Players are not playing for the team, individual player is solely concernedfor himself with a tension about his inclusion in the team for the next bout. Seniors are interested in creating recors for themselves without realising taht it is high time they retire gracefully.
Indian players lack intensity and are inconsistent in their performance. This team lacks killer instinct and give up easily. The team lacks perseverance and players take their selection for granted. The team is incapable of playing well abroad and it appears they are capable of performing well only in India.
Re: Re: What I think of Indian Team
by BAJEE PATIL on Jan 20, 2012 03:12 AM
Thank you! You said "Well said" but the problem is they aren't doing well. I want to stop wasting my time watching Indian team losing miserably constantly. I know it is sports some times you lose and sometimes you win but the way they are losing is pathetic.
With teams like NZ were able to perform well in Australia, the problem with this Indian team was inspite of being a quality team it went down 0-3.
The gap between FC cricket in India and international is purely psychological. Similarly the home to overseas gap is also mental in nature.
The media, players and officials have always engaged in hyping up pitches to be quick and pace and bounce being a problem. But there were no demons in the pitch which shows that the mental aspect of becoming tentative affected the Indian top-order.
The two main areas are, individual mental toughness and team dynamics. For individuals, the form of the players, choking, errors, fear of pace and bounce, motivation, confidence and self-belief are some of the areas the Indian team can work on future overseas tours.
Team dynamics in sports is divided in to 2 parts:
1. Social dynamics:When players don't get along 2. Tasks dynamics: When team cohesion affects the end result required by players tasks.
The problem with Sachin's goals like 100 centuries can affect team cohesion and team dynamics. In Social cohesion, when players don't get along they dont talk to each other or say things that disturbs them.
Losing your temper is another problem with team cohesion, when LBW decisions like a player of Sachin's calibre is given out. It demoralizes the team, and the process of mental dis-integration is ongoing.
All people are jealous that the indian cricket team are earning more. The moment they talk about cricket, immediately they talk that they are earning more. If you are good enough, nobody is stoping you from playing for india and earning money. People who comment on players first need to think whether they are good enough in their profession, whether they are doing everything correct. Everybody in our profession make mistakes and learn. Our mistakes are not highlighted whereas players mistakes are. Moreover no one is compelled to watch cricket and say they have wasted their time. People are watching cricket because we are performing at the highest level. Dont blame the team when they lose. Everyone has the right to criticise. But keep in mind they have done so much to make india proud in international level. Think about BCCI. It dictates terms to International cricket council. Tell me in how many fields india are dictating terms to the world. Dont be jealous be proud to be indian. Not so ago we were world no.1 in test and also we are world champions in ODI format. If you dont understand cricket, please stop watching or else go stand in sun for 10 hrs each day, get hit by hard ball 50 times and think about the pressure they handle day in day out from criticising people and media. Then every human will realise the truth. HATS OFF TO GREAT INDIAN PLAYERS.
Re: Indian Cricket
by rajnish gupta on Jan 19, 2012 08:12 AM
this is the worst one sided post i hav ever seen.....u are reminding of the pressure they handle day in day out....dear frnd they are paid 1000 times than they deserve for that pressure...and does only indian players have pressure...australians dont have pressure????? they do hv pressure but they have guts to overcome it....and dont remind of wc victory....otherwise west indies people will also start feeling proud of their 1977 WC victory....its long back now dear...india won the wc bcos it was in its own sub continent....had it been in austraia...even quarter final would have been a luxury
Re: Re: Indian Cricket
by Abhishek Kulkarni on Jan 19, 2012 11:36 AM
Kudos Rajnish. Well said about the pressure part. Let me tell you more money doesn't mean you can handle more pressure, more pressure infact makes you earn more money. If you are paid more money it doesn't mean you can lift a mountain. So stop comparing in money terms. The fact is Indians are over paid. Period. What we should be discussing here are technical aspects like why are Indians not able to handle the pace and bounce of australian bowlers and wickets. What can we do about it. Think about that. More money will not make players play better. They have to be trained to handle pressure, pace, killer instinct and bounce. And your comment on winning a WC at home is laughable. Always remember a WC is a WC. Don't forget we have also beaten the Aussies at home. Similarly they have also won at home. We need to pick up their killer instinct qualities and their wickets true bounce wickets.
With teams like NZ were able to perform well in Australia, the problem with this Indian team was inspite of being a quality team it went down 0-3.
The gap between FC cricket in India and international is purely psychological. Similarly the home to overseas gap is also mental in nature.
The media, players and officials have always engaged in hyping up pitches to be quick and pace and bounce being a problem. But there were no demons in the pitch which shows that the mental aspect of becoming tentative affected the Indian top-order.
The two main areas are, individual mental toughness and team dynamics. For individuals, the form of the players, choking, errors, fear of pace and bounce, motivation, confidence and self-belief are some of the areas the Indian team can work on future overseas tours.
Team dynamics in sports is divided in to 2 parts:
1. Social dynamics:When players don't get along 2. Tasks dynamics: When team cohesion affects the end result required by players tasks.
The problem with Sachin's goals like 100 centuries can affect team cohesion and team dynamics. In Social cohesion, when players don't get along they dont talk to each other or say things that disturbs them.
Losing your temper is another problem with team cohesion, when LBW decisions like a player of Sachin's calibre is given out. It demoralizes the team, and the process of mental dis-integration is ongoing.
It is needless to mention that the Cash rich IPL is playing havoc in Indian Team's performance. There has been a talk of performance-wise pay, for the past 20 years, after the black-wash in 1983 (by West Indies in India). This incidentally, after India won the first world cup.
People who have been following the Indian crickets performance in the past 20-25 years, will admit that the GAME has taken a tactical backseat and we are paying the price for that.
Neverthless, BCCI should come out of currency-mania to improve the game and instil confidence in the players. MSD seems to be behaving with big brother attitude and seems to be cut off from the rest. BCCI should have a separate think-tank for TEST team and ODI team and should follow performance-wise pay to them to improve the performance.
