May 14, 2010

The mess that Indian cricket is in

The recent (horrible) performance of the Indian cricket team in the ICC 20-20 World Cup can be blamed on so many many factors. It seems that everyone has something or the other to be blamed for. Lets see the list:

Captain: M. S. Dhoni

  • Stubborn decision making

  • Deciding not to practice between the games in the super 8 stage. He thought it would better be to rest and stay fresh rather than practice against short pitch bowling.



Players:Team as a whole

  • Absolutely clueless against short pitch bowling

  • Apparently 8 of them are over weight and unfit for international cricket. Coach Gary Kirsten says that he is fitter than most Indian players

  • Excessive late night partying during IPL may have led to extremely tired bodies



BCCI and Selection Committee

  • Ignored coach's review after IPL2 saying that there should be a 2 week break between IPL and any other tour. IPL3 and ICC WC were hardly a week apart.

  • Did not ask the Coach's views before selecting the team. They have also chosen the team for Zimbabwe tour without consulting the coach.

  • Team for the WC was chosen on the basis of IPL performances. Competition in the IPL is much less compared to the level of play in international T-20 matches.

  • Players are being kept in the squad based on past performances for too long. Yuvraj Singh, who once aspired to be captain of India, is now in the worst slump of his career, sports a pot belly and doesn't seem interested in his cricket anymore.



I guess the only person who escapes the blame in the whole Indian cricket framework is the coach Gary Kirsten. With players and the BCCI acting like God, no one is heeding to what he says. We can see the results. Players as well as the selection committee have been thoroughly proved that they are nowhere near invincible. Its time to buck up, and listen to what people are saying. Sacking Dhoni from the post of captain is only a shady move to show you are doing something, but everyone knows, that thats gonna make matters worse and nothing else.

The whole cricket framework needs to be revamped, else Indian cricket is gonna go down the drain pretty soon.

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