The 'final before the final' match on the 23rd proved that indians are indeed paper tigers in blue.They performed reasonably well on the field to restrict the roaring lankan lions to 254 , but then later on completely spoilt the show by losing focus while chasing the target. Uthappa never looked to settle in. Almost every shot he played had the ball floating in the air. Sachin has been the biggest dissapointment, and his records are just like some numbers scribbled on a paper. Ganguly just threw his wicket, a little bit of patientce at that stage could have set the platform for india. the rest of the team dismissals are not worth writing about. A lot has been said, tried and tested, but the end result is not the billion fans allover the world of indian cricket were expecting.Too much has been tried to be done by the coach in a short span of time, which has brought complete instability in the team, no fixed opening pair, neither fixed opening bowlers and constant shuffling did not allow the team to get into a mould and to work around as a unit. Its allover now, so just lets accpet it that this indian team was incapable to bring our dreams to reality. Let the boys come home, support them, afterall they represented our country , they are our ambassadors. They need to replan and start from scratch, new ideas and new strategies have to be planned. Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly if your bodies are not able to take the pressure step down, you have been great , they diamonds of cricket, the country will always remember you, but now the country's pride is at stake so your decision can decide the future, be true to yourslef and respect the faith we have in you. Once vital decisons have been taken and the plan is set, they should forget the defeat and take an oath that every match they play form here on they will win it, atleast they will show that positive fighting attitude. When we say harsh things its not that we want to hurt you, we are concerened about you, because we love you. Its ok , we are with you in this time of adversity , come back and rise again , rise so high to the sky and show the world , that the tiger is wounded not dead. Jai Hind
