Saturday, April 21, 2007

The problem with Indian cricket

This is a very important period in Indian cricket. If we don't evolve to the newer faster version of cricket we will get left behind like we did in hockey in the 80s. If we watch a game between Australia and South Africa we see a whole different ball game. Fielders diving at slip cordon, batsman trying to covert ones to twos, fielders trying to make two one. For Ganguly and Sachin when there is a two they get one and if Dravid tried to get two runs of a two run ball he will get himself or his partner run out. The next thing is passion which most Indian cricketers lack. If you watch Bangladesh or Ireland play you will see their passion. How happy the are when the get a wicket or win a game. Indians act like celebrities and winning and losing are all part of the game for them. Sreesanth is an Indian with a lot of passion. He will not make a good captain but he inspires the team. Dravid and Chappell made a huge mistake by not picking him for the world cup team. Another problem is this automatic selection policy. Sachin, Saurav and Dhoni have automatic selection to squad irrespective of form. I and the rest of India are surprised that Sachin and Saurav have been rested for Bangladesh tour. Munaf Patel is a good player but he looks like he is 124 not 24. That to me is a lack of passion. Fielding is as much of a part of cricket as batting and fielding.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You and the silly cricket fans are the problem with Indian criket. Stop watching cricket and do charity work.

Aravind said...

You should stop reading my blog then and do charity work during that time!!!