Gone are those days when the players actually played for their country.Now a days the sport has become so commercialized that the individual player is bound to put personal gains through product endorsements before his responsibilities and commitments towards his country and fellow countrymen.The 1983 world cup win shadows still loom in peoples minds, but its high time they realize that those days have gone past long
....the writing is on the wall.... Australian have re-written history and any player who had been written off had shown whenever tehy had an opportunity to play with the Indians. Ponting was on the verge of forced retirement but his performance has delayed retirement for certain seasons by now due to scoring a century. Indian crickerters play for themselves... not for their country so why is everybody so perturbed....... Let them enjoy.if they are not doing well....they would be answerable... why is everybody so mad when they lose or win as if they would share their income with the poverty lot.
People have been talking about preparing bouncy pitches in India, so that when our pseudo heroes play abroad, they feel like playing at home. What most of us don't understand is, Cricket in India is basically a batsman's game. How many people will go and watch the game if a batting side consistently scores under 250 runs in an ODI. BCCI will never do anything to repair Indian Cricket Teams reputation in away series.
Re: Green Top Pitches
by Jiju on Jan 10, 2012 05:04 AM
Dont u know the concept of low scoring thrillers? It will make the game more interesting & challenging than 300/400 scoring games.
1. see , in australian ,english pitches , due to cold conditions , the soils there tend to contract and elastic , so ball bounces , seams , swings, in indian conditions due to hot weather soil expands and ball keeps low , never swings much.
2.indian batsmen n bowlers , since they eat less varieties of protein rich raw meats n sea foods have lesser physical strength , so medium bowlers n malnourished batsmen.
3. in swinging seaming conditions , while batting , see the difference in approach by english n aussie batsmen , its clearly visible that even tendulkar is playing forward , on ball trust ie indian batsmen applying indian method of batting - playing the ball seeing from bowler's hand , while aussie batsmen play the ball after pitching.
Re: Reasons for india's failure : psychological/scientific of vie
by Jiju on Jan 08, 2012 02:41 PM
Vijay, are you Dhoni's freelanceryou seem to have a few excuses like him :)
Re: Reasons for india's failure : psychological/scientific of vie
by sam on Jan 08, 2012 11:05 PM
Mr. Vijay, Australian weather is not as cold and damp like England.. Hence, your first excuse doesnt hold much water
1. see , in australian ,english pitches , due to cold conditions , the soils there tend to contract and elastic , so ball bounces , seams , swings, in indian conditions due to hot weather soil expands and ball keeps low , never swings much.
2.indian batsmen n bowlers , since they eat less varieties of protein rich raw meats n sea foods have lesser physical strength , so medium bowlers n malnourished batsmen.
3. in swinging seaming conditions , while batting , see the difference in approach by english n aussie batsmen , its clearly visible that even tendulkar is playing forward , on ball trust ie indian batsmen applying indian method of batting - playing the ball seeing from bowler's hand , while aussie batsmen play the ball after pitching.
Re: Reasons for india's failure : psychological/scientific of vie
by Abhijit Nair on Jan 08, 2012 02:34 PM
to perform in Australia and win test series at least one month preparation is required. England were in aus and palyed well in 4 state games before 1st test @ Gabba and even then they were outplayed in first 3 days
Re: playing conditions
by Akhilesh Mohan on Jan 08, 2012 02:11 PM
and on the contrary a more enjoyed and relax attitude can help the players overcome any stress !
It is a sports game and not a war or an exam.
some will give their best others may not - it is ok
These guy are still the best we could send there !
So lets take the defeats wiht pinch of salt and come back wiser !
Re: playing conditions
by Abhijit Nair on Jan 08, 2012 02:40 PM
you may be true to some extent.but Aus team are training after the win @ scg but indian team that lost are sightseeing/taking rest
good is this Aussie team on turning tracks? If Indian team is a flat track bully foriegn teams are also no different. Shall we call them 'Grassy track bulls'. Seriously, India should play its domestic cricket on seaming grassy tracks. But when teams come visiting, we should play them on turning tracks at test venues and highlight their inadequacies.
Re: Re: How
by THOMAS SEBASTIAN on Jan 08, 2012 01:58 PM
Thats why I said ,play domestic cricket on grassy tracks. Since we play spin well naturally , we will shape up better in both conditions(getting used to seaming tracks in domestic cricket).
