I have been reading several colums written by former cricketer about Indian exit from WORLD CUP. In all the colums barring a few, the message is clear. WHY SHOULD WE DISOWN OUR KIDS WHEN THEY FAIL. Is it a right way to justify our failure? No doubt, these players achieved a lot in the last decade, but a closer look reveals that they DID IT FOR THEMSELVES. Many occasions such performances helped themselves to be in the team BUT NOT TO WIN MATCHES. Especially in crucial ties, their inability was being exposed and their attitutde was taken a beat. We Indian Cricket fans, DOES NOT WANT EVERY INDIVIDUAL PLAYER TO MAKE RECORDS, BUT WE NEED THEM TO PLAY AS A TEAM AND WIN TOURNAMENTS IN INDIA. ThESE PLAYERS ARE NO KIDS TO US, SINCE THEY ARE OVERPAID FOR THEIR ACHIVEMENTS. They are simply the employees of BCCI and inditectly of ours (since we pay for their advertisement performances). Every Indian has a right to criticise when they fail. These players definitely deserves a punishment may be in the form of removal from team or retirement.
RE:About consolation messages
by BHASKARAN GANESHAN on Mar 29, 2007 08:22 AM Permalink
Absolute nonsense! They get paid in huge sums. They are no kids. In fact some of these senior kids have long stopped playing, their staying in the team is a work of the syndicate who sign them for multi-crore deals. They have absolutely no desire or passion to play, except for these commercial considerations, why not, when the BCCI president endorses their ambitions.
