Having watched and followed Indian cricket teams performance over the years, it is seen that indian team lacks the sincereity and the dedication to win consistently. whenever there is a new person introduced he performs at his best only for a limited period , the moment he feels his place is secured , he takes things lightly. i believe the excess of money they receive by sponsorship is the culprit, take rahul dravid , his record initially as captain was outstanding, , now i think they donot seem to exploit or study the strengths and weakness of the opposition player, atleast it is not evident . i also believe there is tendency to close ranks , a new player is not welcome atleast a batsmen if he does not fit/gel within the core group as acompanion. a new player whois able to make good raport with the core group survives even after medicore performance, but with a similiar performance a loner will find himself out of team. that is why u will find certain players who do exceptionally wel in domestic cricket are selected for a tour but do not get enough oppourunities, are droped after 1 or 2 games , whereas someone like rainna kaif,yuvraj were given more chances.
