The Indian Cricket Saga……

The Indian Cricket Saga……

“The Players don’t have the technique to face the short ball….
The Players are not fit enough; they are overweight and love partying….
The Captain had not fielded the best playing eleven…”

These are some of the reasons given by some the senior cricketers for the Indian teams’ dismal performance in the T20 world cup. But I have a couple of questions…

How many players in the Indian Squad were selected because of their technique?
How many players were selected for their consistency?

Sadly the answer to these questions is ‘NONE’. The Indian cricket team selection was never based on good technique or consistency. If that were the criteria then most of the members of the squad (be it ODI, Test ot T20) would not find place in the team.

What all of India wants are big hitting entertainers who, on a flat track or against an average attack, can tear apart the opposition. Not just the selectors even the public and media is of the same view. The day the selectors decide to take the right moves effigies are burnt, there are protests on the street, questions about bias start rising. That is the sad story of Indian Cricket.

A Rahul Dravid never gets the due credit for his technique or consistency. It’s the Entertainers who are piled up with accolades. There are so many players waiting in the wings with good technique but are always overlooked because they do not tear apart an opposition on a flat track but instead choose to play second fiddle to some batsmen with no technique whatsoever who can on his day (which is rarity) be destructive.

As far as bowling goes. People are always commenting on the lack of players who can bowl fast. Wake up!!! Barring Harbhajan We don’t have a good spinner as well. Reason I attribute again to the importance given to hard hitting batsmen. No one wants to be a Rahul Dravid or a Anil Kumble because they have seen that a big heart and quality performances are not given the due respect in India. All that the selection committee, media and the Indian Audience want to see is hard hitting batting. Bowling is given a back seat. Again that’s the sad story of Indian cricket.

That’s why we had the rebel league in India which has lead to some quality players like Ambati Raydu, A. Jhunjunwala, T.P. Singh, Ali Murtaza lose favour amongst the selectors. I don’t see any of them featuring even in the Indian A Team. That again is the sad story of Indian cricket.

Well that’s it from me today…. Will be back soon with some more ‘Hard Hitting’ comments…

वाह ज़िन्दगी…

वाह ज़िन्दगी…

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किसकी सुनु और किसकी नहीं, ये मुझे पता नहीं..

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सभी अपने ही दिखते हैं.. सभी भला ही चाहते हैं..
पर कोई नहीं ये सोचता की मेरा दिल क्या चाहता हैं…

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यार मिलते भी हैं, तो भिछडने केलिए..
खुशिया देती भी हैं तो, कुछ ही समय केलिए..

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क्या करूँ क्या न करूँ कुछ समझ आता नहीं..
रास्ता दिखाने वाला कोई नज़र आता नहीं..
ज़िन्दगी यह मेरा एक चर्कव्युह बन गया हैं..
जिसका तोड़ मुझे, कहीं नज़र आता नहीं..

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