Indian Cricketing Team Spirals Downward

By Author: ram kausik
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Overheard at a discussion among a group of people who had just finished watching India beat Pakistan at the One Day Internationals held in Ferozeshah Kotla, “I can’t believe Pakistan played so badly.” The concerned voice filled with surprise and dismay is not that of a Pakistani, but a true blood, honest to goodness, Indian!

Gone are the days when people watched the ancient rivals, relentless as they were, battle out their years of frustrations at the cricket pitch, with the fervor and restless enthusiasm of the spectators down at the Roman amphitheatres. Now all those chants; all those prayers to their respective Gods; all those harmless tattoos and the tri-colored afro wigs have given way to vapid, somewhat disciplined audience watching equally insipid cricket playing. It’s sad, the state of present day Indian Cricket. Even when India managed a miraculous (stress on the word miraculous) victory of about 10 runs against long time rivals Pakistan, the most the fan had to express was that Pakistan didn’t put up a good performance. It is almost as if India’s dismal routine had the fan rooting for the other team ...
... to give the Indian cricket team the thrashing they deserved.

Even as the Indian squad comes undone, the cricket board and all the people of India, whose entertainment, that cricket catered to, desperately searches for a solution to what went wrong in the past few years. It might be the captain’s fault; but then again how can one individual be responsible for the passivity of the entire team. Since it is a group effort, It must only mean that the team as a whole needs to work on its many negative and disadvantageous points. True, MS Dhoni has been a little off recently. It was after all under his leadership, that India’s monumental, nine out of ten, defeat at their first ever home series took place. There is also a mass absence of cricket stalwarts such as Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar et al. Add to these, power play, ego clash and one-man ship among the players and you get a perfect recipe for disaster.

Off the few players still retaining India’s dignity, Ajinkya Rahane name is painted prominent. Ajinkya Rahane statistics show that he is a top order batsman who first caught India’s eye when he helped Mumbai to a 38th title win after amassing 1089 runs during his second Ranji season. Ajinkya Rahane profile might be a little plain but his accomplishment sure paint a different picture.