Aug 14, 2005 08:56 AM
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(Updated Aug 14, 2005 08:56 AM)
First I would begin by saying that the current Indian team is not responsible for teh debacle we are facing. Its the selectors who are causing this. This has led to two subteams within our team one for Dravid & another for Ganguly. Who on earth told Sehvag to come out in public & say that Ganguly is a better player & captain than Dravid.
Hi, Judging a person just from 4-5 matches is completely wrong. You can give sourav 2 years to prove him and judge Rahul just from one series is not warranted. Sourav is worried only about his captancy & records and cares very little for the team. What has he done in the last two years to give him a place in the team, leave alone captancy. This entire series was lost not for any other reason but to make sourav the captain again.
Indian Selection Board MUST BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE INDIAN PUBLIC. Who are these people who decide that such horrible playing will continue and no one will say anything. Today the players donot have time off their BUSY SCHEDULE (READ: Opening Restaurants - as retirement plans as Viredra suggests or from shooting commercials) and wasting all their energy and time there rather than concentrating on your job.
See playing is a job they are doing. They represent India. Now what would happen if employees do not perform? Give them a PINK NOTE - ie sack them rather than carrying them as a liability. I am surprised that from the entire country of 100+ crores you cannot find 11 good players! When will this zoning system of selection go? When will real players who want to play rather than do commercials & restaurants come? Only then can india think of winning another world cup. If this state of affairs continue, the day is not far when countries like Scotland & US would be ahead of us in rating systems! In todays team we donot see the fighting spirit and the quest to get more and win a match.
I would strongly recommend that the BCCI give a performance based package to the players. 1 run = X Amount etc. For bowlers below X runrate per over X Amount and so on. The better you perform the better the package. And if average X runs are not done within 5 matches then you give chance to the next, and thus give a grading to players and rotate players. Once in the team no one should feel secure and then would this team perform. I feel we need to follow a carrot and stick effort. There should be a individual player rating system. According to me there should be 4 teams that the Board should select. When not playing with other countries, these teams should play amongst each other and then select the best out of them which would be best 4 batsmen, 4 bowlers, 1wk & 2 all rounders. This will allow us to send across the best team for each event, thus increasing our chances of winning a world cup.
Finally I feel the politicians are doing a much better job compared to these guys...atleast they are making india as a superpower, however they may be doing so. Indian Cricket Team has to decide Perform or Perish! Or remove cricket from advertisers list and put a ban on cricketers coming in commercials, and make them accountable for their deeds, only then will we move forward...