Hari the Hadron

Saturday, October 30, 2004

MEEK INDIAN SURRENDER TO THE AUSSIE THUNDER

It was the vulgar exposure of the impotency in the Indian batting attack and the brilliance of the research that the Australian think-tank had done on the weakness of so-called “Mighty” Indian batting and the flawless execution of the plan by the committed Australian cricketers that summarizes the proceedings of the Fourth day at the Nagpur cricket test between India and Australia, giving the Australians the much deserved Test Series victory over Indians in India.

I am a staunch supporter of Indian cricket and very patriotic about India winning, but I am a greater patriot of the game of cricket. With the kind of spineless, unprofessional, uncommitted attitude that was displayed by all departments of the Indian Team as well as the selection committee, it would have been an insult to the game had India even managed to salvage a draw in this Test match at Nagpur.

Just look at the Australian Team coach and the management who have done a thorough study on each Indian player. They know exactly how each Indian batsman would react to every ball and they know exactly the limitations of each Indian bowler too, which was evident at the way Anil Kumble who took 12 wickets in the Chennai Test, was hammered all over in this Test. And we have a Captain and team management who bluff around till about one hour before the test match that Harbhajan Singh is fully fit to play the test. That only shows the immaturity of the Indian think-tank and how poorly they have assessed the potential of the opposition. It is high time that Ganguly starts performing in the ground than in the press conferences.

And what to say about the Indian Selectors performance, who were once given a very apt definition, by one of our erstwhile senior cricketer a few decades back. The tailenders of the Aussie team were holding the bat and using it with much better technique than Mr. Akash Chopra and Mr. Yuvaraj Singh, our expert candidates for the opening batsman. We had a wicket keeper, who was said to have been selected for his batting prowess, who also incidentally knows to wear the wicket-keeping gloves and feel comfortable posing to the cameras with them. Normally in a selection process or for that matter any organizational process, first the role to be played by each of the slots in the team or organization, have to be identified and then human resources fitted into the slots based on their expertise in the respective roles. But in the selection process of the Indian cricket team, the objective of the selection is totally absent, so no question of ascertainment of roles of the eleven slots. The players selected in the team are generally unaware of their role as well as expertise and try to fit in the role available to be played when they land up in the cricket ground and finally do not perform at all and the result is before your eyes in the Nagpur cricket test. Everybody, including Tendulkar himself were shouting, chanting and praying for Tendulkar to play the third test, but for what purpose. Maybe even Tendulkar did not know that which was evident from the result.

LET SOMEBODY PLEASE EDUCATE THE BCCI AND ITS SELECTORS THAT INDIAN CRICKET TEAM DOES NOT REQUIRE HEROES OR THE SO-CALLED EXPERIENCED NON-PERFORMING ASSETS, BUT JUST SIMPLE CRICKETERS LIKE DAMIEN MARTIN AND CLARKE, WHO KNOW EXACTLY THEIR ROLES IN THE TEAM AND PLAY IT TO PRECISION TO MAKE THE TEAM WIN.

13 Comments:

  • Hi everybody. Please feel free to comment. Even criticism would be a compliment.

    By Blogger hari, at 12:15 AM  

  • Hi..Deepak Jeswal here and my site is http://randomexpressions.rediffblogs.com

    Came thru Jammy's blog

    Welcome to the blogworld...its an addiction. And if u want to know how, just read this blog by Hima http://himasspace.blogspot.com/... her latest post talks of this affliction only...and i fully agree with her.

    Your blog is cool.

    I hv just posted a short story on mine HATE- a love story ( yes yes, the paradox was intentional). Hope u like it. Not a great writer, i try to pen in as much as i can. Two posts down a compilation of my old posts can be read which more or less sums up myself quite well ( The post is titled SIZZLING AS EVER; and is still on the front page ). Do drop by.

    Since I am not much of a cricket buff ( just a cursory viewer off and on) cannot really comment much on ur post. But will definitely come back.

    See ya

    Deepak Jeswal
    http://randomexpressions.rediffblogs.com

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:02 PM  

  • hari,
    agree with you completely. did u manage to read peter roebuck in the hindu after the aussies won the nagpur match? the message was very simple: aussies are a much BETTER team!
    The role Parthiv Patel has played intrigues me. Wonder why ganguly kept supporting him and kept him in the team (he could not have remained otherwise) despite all those misses. but ur right-- its time for introspection. at least, considering the money the country is spending on the indian cricket team!

    cheers!
    ramya

    By Blogger Houseowner, at 6:50 AM  

  • one thing that pisses me off about the indian cricket team is the larger-than-life image of ceratin players. as long as the whole country patronises just one sport, and as long as there is no competitive domestic circuit, indian cricket is never going to improve.

    instead of having just one team for a nation, have few pro-clubs and let them be private. I'm sure the quality would be much better.

    By Blogger saranyan r, at 9:13 AM  

  • just don't want to talk abt that... i hate to face my aussie colleagues now...

    By Blogger Chakra, at 2:08 AM  

  • Hi..Deepak Jeswal here...

    I did not see u at my blog, but thanks for linking me up ( though the correct url is http://randomexpressions.rediffblogs.com ) ie without the www anywhere.

    So, when do we get to see ur next post?

    Waiting eagerly.

    Regards
    Deepak Jeswal

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:58 AM  

  • Hi Deepak, thanks for visiting my blog. I did visit your blog, but could not read your HATE blog fully, will try and finish it today and comment appropriately.

    Hi Ramya, Peter Roebuck was absolutely right. Moreover it is time that money in cricket was linked to the commitment to the profession and results as in case of other professions. In the name of short professional careers they focus more off the game than on it.

    Hi Saranyan,
    Despite all odds you find the cricketers performing much better than other sports. Look at hockey with all the facilities, we are not able to score a goal and weightlifting is a total fraud.

    Hi Chakra.I am truly sad at your predicament as even otherwise Aussies are belligerent characters.

    By Blogger hari, at 1:10 AM  

  • Hi Hima,
    Welcome to my blog. In India the term professionalism is still grossly misused. First of all the role clarity of people is still not there. So some one like Tendulkar who is a professional batsman now looks more like a professional model.

    So we have professionals but without clarity about their profession.

    By Blogger hari, at 1:14 AM  

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