The titled campaign ended up so funny that, Indian's were actually Ho Ha on the field and all the world watching them bat was "Ha Ha" but for most of the fans, this was as tragic as someone dead in their family!
What are the reasons for this? Well media says many... Following are the few which I feel.
1) The politics - The BCCI is the richest cricketing council in the world. Obviously, there are a lot of politicians hovering around the BCCI. There is simply so much money, that every political gun has a dream of becoming BCCI president.
Because of the politics originating at the source, the selection process is flawed. No, I must say is extremely flawed. Instead of giving chance to players who were best suited to play the world cup, our selectors relied on "Experience", which failed to show up on the field. I believe public should be involved in the selection process, instead of sending SMS to programs like Indian Idol, we should do a sms campaign for selecting a better Indian Side.
2) Money dear! - There is enormous amounts of money revolving around the players, in their early stints of careers. The players are given celebrity status in One match! We don't even bestow so much on our beloved bollywood stars as much as we do on these cricketers. I have no hassles with accomplished cricketers who play wonderful cricket, despite doing whatever to earn money. Cricket is about hardwork. Hardcore cash is about less work and more lavishness. The equations are very simple. At least the young guns of Indian cricket of the likes of Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, and others shouldn't be allowed to expose so early to this dirty poison. Yes we need to ensure they get a lot of money, but it should be "Only" through performance. Even mediamen should ensure that they include in their campaign only consistent performers.
3) Non performing Assets - Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar. They were never in absolute rocking form before they were selected. Then why were they selected? What is the purpose of selecting these NPA's for the team? Only the selectors know! Robin Uthappa is an extremely simple case - an overnight star became permanent member of Indian World cup squad only with one good knock on his home ground, on a not so good attack!
People and their emotions are extreme I agree, but the way cricket is managed in our country is certainly on the anvil now, and people need to hit at it. I believe that people should have more voice in this increasingly failing management of Cricket in India.
1 comment:
well.. a lovely article! i totally supoort your views on this topic, but i the main factor we can't neglect in this cricket mess up is "INDIAN PUBLIC".
the masses have given this sport a place next to god! sportsmen have to be treated the same and not celebs. we are the ones to make the sport so popular and give undue importance and even luxuries to these players, its time we bring them down to the soil!
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