I did not want to write about this topic but I cannot resist it anymore. India is out of the world cup and what a sad sight it was. I thought this team would definitely go to the next round by beating Bangladesh and Bermuda. That was a given, but subsequently you know they were not consistent enough to move to the semis or further.
Removing the emotions aside, this Indian team promised a lot, but did not deliver. They had all the support systems in place, the expertise required, the skills, treated like kings and enough time to plan for the world cup, but they did not perform. This team did not have the stomach for a fight. In any team, you need everyone to come together to become a winning unit and i think we were always hovering around the 50-50 winning percentage.
Serious questions need to be asked by the administration and we should get back to the spirit of winning rather than the commerical aspects. I think there is so much money floating around that players and administators are not held accountable for poor performance. There should be an attitude change to try new players, start winning abroad and keeping the effect of politics on the game to a minimum. Allow players to play cricket rather than do all other stuff. People should start treating them as normal people and dont care too much about them (remove them from their demi God status).
Cricket is a common thread that unites the country and has so much emotions associated with it. It is in the DNA of Indians and to get it out of the system is like breaking up from your love. I think this is the opportunity for all people to give other sports some credit and start encouraging people in other sports. People should start going to some athletics events, football matches, golf tournaments, tennis and so on and encourage people from other sports as well. I think every Indian is so much attached to cricket at this point and it really hurts when the team plays so badly. If this is not working out, try other sports should be the mantra.
Finally, the death of Bob Woolmer has cast a shroud around the Pakistan team and the latest is that two Pakistan players have been asked to stay back in Jamaica. It is a very sad thing that a person can be killed for losing a game and in fact, the players lost it. As they say, you can only take the horse to the water, but not make it drink. There is a much deeper plot to the murder of Woolmer which hopefully will be revealed soon and not swept under the carpet.
Removing the emotions aside, this Indian team promised a lot, but did not deliver. They had all the support systems in place, the expertise required, the skills, treated like kings and enough time to plan for the world cup, but they did not perform. This team did not have the stomach for a fight. In any team, you need everyone to come together to become a winning unit and i think we were always hovering around the 50-50 winning percentage.
Serious questions need to be asked by the administration and we should get back to the spirit of winning rather than the commerical aspects. I think there is so much money floating around that players and administators are not held accountable for poor performance. There should be an attitude change to try new players, start winning abroad and keeping the effect of politics on the game to a minimum. Allow players to play cricket rather than do all other stuff. People should start treating them as normal people and dont care too much about them (remove them from their demi God status).
Cricket is a common thread that unites the country and has so much emotions associated with it. It is in the DNA of Indians and to get it out of the system is like breaking up from your love. I think this is the opportunity for all people to give other sports some credit and start encouraging people in other sports. People should start going to some athletics events, football matches, golf tournaments, tennis and so on and encourage people from other sports as well. I think every Indian is so much attached to cricket at this point and it really hurts when the team plays so badly. If this is not working out, try other sports should be the mantra.
Finally, the death of Bob Woolmer has cast a shroud around the Pakistan team and the latest is that two Pakistan players have been asked to stay back in Jamaica. It is a very sad thing that a person can be killed for losing a game and in fact, the players lost it. As they say, you can only take the horse to the water, but not make it drink. There is a much deeper plot to the murder of Woolmer which hopefully will be revealed soon and not swept under the carpet.
1 comment:
Stupid. Our cricketers can never learn from mistakes and improve! They can only show how consistently we can make mistakes.
No more discussions. Stop it.
Good to see you back @ blog. Please continue.
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