The Hype and Swipe of Indian Cricket

One single game turned many fortunes. The match between India and Bangladesh in the world cup cricket 2007 gave a spectacular result leading to a possible upswing of cricket fortunes in Bangladesh and to a positive analysis of the development of cricket in India.

Bangla by beating India got into the super eight stage, where it got a chance to play with five bigger teams in the biggest tournament. Regardless of the win/lose results for Bangladesh in world cup, the team is destined to get pressure of expectations from the supporters back home. Bangla cricket can grow along with the pressure and expectations.

Indian cricket team, exiting prematurely from the world cup, got into a rare troubleshooting mode. The defeat against Bangladesh may change India’s view towards the game. Indian Cricket Board has really become serious and has been making some efforts to rejuvenate the team.

As an avid cricket fan, I am embarrassed to see Indian team getting thrashed by whole countrymen besides the defeats against Bangladesh and Srilanka cricket teams in the World Cup. I don’t understand the logic of the hues and cries raised against the team. I don’t see any deeper crisis regarding the strength of the Indian Cricket team. The team played one bad match against not so minnows Bangladesh, resulting in its removal from the World Cup.

Before the match against Bangladesh, the Indian team was hyped as the strongest contender to win the World Cup. It was tagged as one of the best balanced team in the tournament. The same people who elevated Indian Cricket Team with a hype are now in full reverse mode. No where in the world one can see a person simultaneously getting super hero and super villain status, but in India.

Before the tournament, Indian team had best players. But after it’s exit from the tournament, it is now the worst team with outdated and untalented players. Can anybody show better batsmen than Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvaraj Singh, Sourav Ganguly right now?

Considered as a best batsman in the world, Sachin tendulkar had never been a match winner even in his hey days. But still he was the most dreadful for the opposition bowlers. Likewise Rahul, Sehwag, Dhoni, Ganguly and etc… The team comprising this same bunch or similar bunch of talented, inconsistent players made great wins and won laurels as the super heroes.

Now the time is not to change the team, but to improvise it. Plans should be there to make the players play more consistently. The team selection should be on the basis of performance, instead of Junior, Senior tag.