The defeat for India in World Cup is the last nail in the coffin and was inevitable . However ,the defeat is a good sign for other Indian Sports and people of the country. Poor Parents are happy that their children have started studying and saved lot of money also otherwise these mobile companies and yellow journalistic TV channels would have looted these poor children by luring them to take part in various stupid competitions and guessing games through SMS.
There are only 8 nations playing serious cricket and India is one amoung them. Still India could not reach the last eight of the tournament.
Did anyone gave a thought to our own narrow thinking on issues related to region, religion etc.
Some people are asking for the blood of Greg Chappel. But he can not be cowed down and the people who are mastering over the game are no match for him
The coach essentially wanted a team which can field brilliantly, run the singles like cheetah , take catches like frogs catching their prey and people with love and respect towards each other and less egoistic and mentally tough people. He is of the opinion that the so called Godly gifted people who plays cricket or God on offside or on side are of no use if he cant field properly, not able to take catches and not run singles and not mentally tough. What he got was handicapped people without any mental toughness.
Then we had this yellow journalistic TV channels who created so much hype and pressure on these players which was enough for their downfall. This is ultimately what had happened.
Take an example. Saurav Ganguli was playing extremely poor during the last one year of his captaincy. But he was persisted and when coach thrown him out, he was brought back with regional pressure with even Chief Minister and other Politicians from the state. Was it a correct step ? His removal from the captaincy was an apt decision but we so much furore and ultimately brought him back and thrust upon Poor Dravid who was the main resistance from this Indian side during the last 10 years against foreign teams on foreign soil.
It is true that Saurav played better on his come back but his fitness is in doubt. India needs younger players and for God's sake, players like sachin,saurav,kumble,sewag should retire and give way to others. Dravid is innocent in the whole issue and therefore should atleast be given 6 months more. He was the real wall India had for the last 10 years and therefore that should be respected.
RE:INDIAN CRICKET PRESENT VOWS
by Anakin Skywalker on Apr 02, 2007 11:41 PM Permalink
Dravid showed his aggression only at press conferences .... if he showed even a tenth of that on field India would have gone thru. The 190 was not an easy target for Bangladesh if the man at healm had attacked.
RE:INDIAN CRICKET PRESENT VOWS
by Gaurav Misra on Apr 02, 2007 11:48 PM Permalink
absolutely right . there is no way ganguly can stay in this team and maybe tendulkar too .. the odi game is not suitable for them. look at jayasuria or hayden ... they are old, yet the way they bat shows that they feel pride representing the country. these two idiots think they have done enough in the past to keep playing for india for ever
