Friday, November 24, 2006
Indian Cricket team: Do they need to be criticised?
After the heavy drubbing at Durban, the entire country is criticising the Indian cricketers and the coach. I agree that they need to be criticised, however, the degree and the manner in which it is done seems unfair. In a game, both victory and loss must occur as both the teams cannot win. We all know that Indian team at present is not among the best of the teams. We also know that this team rarely does well on foreign trips, especially on bouncy and pacy tracks. Therefore, despite our passion for the game of cricket, this team will not win more than 40-50% of their matches. However, bad losses like this should be used as an opportunity to impress on the BCCI officials to improve the infrastructure of the game. International players need to play domestic matches too. Younger kids need to be nurtured. Selectors also should be broad-visioned and balanced in their approach. If a certain player like Suresh Raina is not ready to play at this level yet, he should be sent back to play Ranji and Duleep trophy matches and perhaps Ganguly and Laxman given another chance.
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