Today indeed must be a sad day for Indian Cricket. They way India played hurt even more than the way Pakistan chased.
It's hard to understand the kind of selection policy being employed by the Indian Board. As far as I can see, the regional politics is playing a really dirty game in the already rotten cricket scene. How else can one justify dropping a team player like Dravid, and keeping a record-hungry player like Sachin ? Or keeping a high-run conceding bowler like Zaheer Khan? Or recalling an already out of form Virendar Sehwag ?
If power-seeking selectors like Vengsarkar play this game, it will only lead Indian cricket toward the path of doom. The second-one dayer at Mohali emphasized the need of a cool headed middle order batsman like Dravid to stay, when the likes of Yuvraj and Dhoni went for glory. Dhoni's callous attitude may have paid of in the T20 cup, but he needs to be a lot more strategic in the longer ODI version.
As ardent supporters of Team Blue, one can only hope that the end of selfish cricketers, region-savvy selectors/Board can only start looking at the bigger picture - the future of Indian Cricket !
It's hard to understand the kind of selection policy being employed by the Indian Board. As far as I can see, the regional politics is playing a really dirty game in the already rotten cricket scene. How else can one justify dropping a team player like Dravid, and keeping a record-hungry player like Sachin ? Or keeping a high-run conceding bowler like Zaheer Khan? Or recalling an already out of form Virendar Sehwag ?
If power-seeking selectors like Vengsarkar play this game, it will only lead Indian cricket toward the path of doom. The second-one dayer at Mohali emphasized the need of a cool headed middle order batsman like Dravid to stay, when the likes of Yuvraj and Dhoni went for glory. Dhoni's callous attitude may have paid of in the T20 cup, but he needs to be a lot more strategic in the longer ODI version.
As ardent supporters of Team Blue, one can only hope that the end of selfish cricketers, region-savvy selectors/Board can only start looking at the bigger picture - the future of Indian Cricket !
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