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by sangram on Apr 05, 2007 08:43 PM

I am hugely disappointed with the way India played in the world cup. I have been following all the cricket matches played by all the teams and I can be 100% sure that our cricket system is very wrong. There are ppl in the board who haven%u2019t even held a bat in their hands. I feel following should be done to improve the system

1) Reduce the number of matches which India plays in a year

2) If India is going for a tour then make them play in suitable conditions. like for e.g.- if they are touring England or New Zealand then make them practice for minimum 15 days in north where there is due like Delhi or mohali or jammu

if they are touring Australia them make some bouncy pitches in south or west and make them practice for 15days and we al know that there have been matches played on the pitches of India where there was bounce and after their practice make them go 15 to 20 days before any tour so there they at least get 3 practice matches to play before the tour starts.

3) Its not only the batsmen our BOWLERS also need to practice to foreign conditions as we have seen even on wickets having a lot of grass or bounce or bowlers fails to bowl at right lengths.

4) all players should play the domestic matches and this will add competition within the country and our newcomers will get to play quality players which will help them play in tough situations as it is in Australia, they play tough cricket, as it was said be Mr. IAN CHAPPLE Australia, south Africa have the capacity to bring the game back when its not going their way we saw in the champions trophy finals windies got to a flyer from some 90 for 1 in 12 overs they were bowled out for 120 or 130 but India cant do that and that is cas our players dont have tough compitition in the the domestic circuit.

5) its not that Australian domestic circuit is the best if you see today there are not enough youngsters in their domestic team 80% of them are above 31 yrs of age.if you see in present Australian team there are only 3 or 4 players below 30%u2019s it%u2019s a worry for them too

6)Munaf patel was once our fastest bowler and now he is the slowest amongst the lot.MR Chappell had asked him to bowl line and length but i feel there should be one bowler i the team who should be very quick to unsettle the batsmen.

I HOPE MY MAIL WILL BE READ

SANGRAM



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