The world cup of 2007 is finally over with the Australians winning it for the third straight time. Somebody stop them! And after a disastrous exit the Indian cricket team is bound for their tour of bangladesh. The reasons for exit has been numerous and rightly so although Greg Chappel’s comment on the Indian cricket board being run like the Zimbabwe and Gavaskar’s retaliation of the Australian cricket team with Greg Chappel as the coach being defeated by Ireland sooner rather than later seems slightly exaggerated.
I grew up playing and watching cricket and cricket is still my favorite sport. So I was disappointed like any other Indian cricket fan for the spineless show displayed by our team. The world cup of 2007 might be over but Indian cricket is far from done. There is still talent and experience in the team. It is only a question of putting the pieces together. I guess its easier said than done! The team still has in it to become world-beaters. But to realize the potential the BCCI, who also happens to be the richest cricket board in the world, has to implement a few important steps. Some of which will be in the likes of giving young performing cricketers a chance to play along with their seniors counterparts, preparing sporting pitches, creating a pool of players for one-day and test cricket, rotation policy for players and making fitness a priority. And please keep politics out of cricket!!!
The Bangladesh series is a fresh start to the season. A few younger players have been brought into the side for the series. A step in the right direction I should say. Shastri's interim appointment is also good, as he is known to be a keen observer of the game. His comment recently of having patience with experienced players seems to be correct. A player like Sachin is not done yet and still has a couple of years in him. Having said that there are a quite a few talented players waiting in the wings to break into the team and replace the senior players. After all isn’t it India that produced the likes of Gavaskar, Kapil and Sachin who with their brand of cricket gave joy to the millions of cricket fans? India sure has talent! But talent alone cannot win matches. It’s required of team India to now play as a team. And with that lets look forward to the year 2011 with renewed vigor and anticipation.
I grew up playing and watching cricket and cricket is still my favorite sport. So I was disappointed like any other Indian cricket fan for the spineless show displayed by our team. The world cup of 2007 might be over but Indian cricket is far from done. There is still talent and experience in the team. It is only a question of putting the pieces together. I guess its easier said than done! The team still has in it to become world-beaters. But to realize the potential the BCCI, who also happens to be the richest cricket board in the world, has to implement a few important steps. Some of which will be in the likes of giving young performing cricketers a chance to play along with their seniors counterparts, preparing sporting pitches, creating a pool of players for one-day and test cricket, rotation policy for players and making fitness a priority. And please keep politics out of cricket!!!
The Bangladesh series is a fresh start to the season. A few younger players have been brought into the side for the series. A step in the right direction I should say. Shastri's interim appointment is also good, as he is known to be a keen observer of the game. His comment recently of having patience with experienced players seems to be correct. A player like Sachin is not done yet and still has a couple of years in him. Having said that there are a quite a few talented players waiting in the wings to break into the team and replace the senior players. After all isn’t it India that produced the likes of Gavaskar, Kapil and Sachin who with their brand of cricket gave joy to the millions of cricket fans? India sure has talent! But talent alone cannot win matches. It’s required of team India to now play as a team. And with that lets look forward to the year 2011 with renewed vigor and anticipation.
3 comments:
Come 2011 and we might have a matamorphosized cricket! hehehe... keep up the good work n let ur imagination fly for 2011...
Let us aim for the sky - atleast one will land on a tree top. So in 2011, we can expect this potential champions to atleast make the round of eight.
I am also an Indian cricket fan. Nice blog and I am sure we will make it big in 2011 world cup.
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