Like millions of Indian Fans i too watched the pathetic display by the Indian Cricket Team..Now we have to rely on Bermuda to beat Bangladesh if we have to go through to next stage.I pray feverishly that it does not happen.Bangladesh deserves to be in Super 8 than India.
This all raises just one question..There is money,there is name ...but where the hell is the commitment? The one thing which was pretty clear from both the matches we lost was that the other team had more intent to win than us..
In the match against Bangladesh it looked like indians did not believe that Bangladesh could beat them even if they scored just 10 runs.The attitude cost them dearly.They were not ready to make something happen rather were content to let Bangladesh press the self destroy button,which did not happen.
In the match against Srilankans it was easy to see that they had come to the game with the purpose of gaining 2 points while going to next round shall india make through.Even when this was a do or die match for india we just failed to realize the enormity of the match.When Srilankans were tottering we just let them off the hook and they took it with both hands.
While Indian cricketers would be the ones making all the money they never look like they deserve all these.One has to just see the performance by India outside Indian subcontinent.So is it time for us to do a reality check? Should we just boycott all the stuff promoted by them?
What this would achieve is that sponsors will move away from cricket and cricketers will get more time to play cricket and train rather than doing endorsements.
Or is this the problem with the genes?Are we not aggressive enough or are we not physically fit enough genetically to play and physically intensive sport.Agreed cricket needs fitness but if you compare with other sports like Athletics or Tennis or Football..the fitness levels required are far less.Maybe that explains why India is not a big force in any of the above sports.
Why blame team india..blame ours genes instead :P
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I wouldnt blame our genes I would blame our laziness. What do you and me and other Indians do on a staurday or sunday when we have free time, watch SRK, Big B, and host of bollywood dolls run arround trees.
What do Australians do, go out to the beach, surf, swim, play rugby, cricket, football. thats the difference
Maybe it is because we really are not physically strong enuf to do those kind of activities..call it laziness or blame it on genes..but traditionally we never did well in any endurance sports..I dont know of an Indian who would have participated in Tour de France :)
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