Friday, January 6, 2012

From A Frustrated Indian Cricket Fan



This was supposed to be India's best chance to win a Test series in Australia. A series every cricket fan has been waiting for. Just like they did for the Ind Vs Eng last summer. And here we are. In just 8 days of Cricket , Australia have demolished India. Its not the 2-0 scoreline that hurts. It is the cricket that India has offered. That's more disheartening.

Being an Avid Cricket Fan, here are the Action Items that I would suggest for Team India.


  1. Abort The Current Tour: There is no point of continuing this one. Even Australian will get bored of humiliating us on this long tour as we have earned this 2-0 score line just in 8 days of cricket.
  2. Make a Quick Tour to Bangladesh : Closer we get to home, better we are. And a Weak Opponent would be the right tonic we need now. Nothing personal, I just want them to get back that winning feeling. This one was suggested by one of my Friend. I didn't agree with him then. But I guess that's the solution we have right now.
  3. Let Sachin make that Hundred: The Rashtriya Intezaar. That's what his fans are now calling this hundred. We would have loved it against this Australian Side. Based on current form I am sure he can get that on this Australian tour. But when is he going to do that, NOBODY knows. And I think rest of the Team is getting impatient too. Especially Openers. They just want Sachin to be on crease and score that hundred. So lets just get over it . His highest score is against Bangladesh  then why not 100th Century !!!
  4. Leave Dhoni & Kohli there to Play Bangladesh Premier League : Trust me this is going help in great deal. In test matches Dhoni has been liability especially overseas. Not a single hundred outside Asia. Its a takes more than scoring runs in T20 Leagues to become Sachin , Dravid or even Laxman. Sooner they realize this better it is for them. Based on current form we can’t let them play IPL too.
  5. Book a Ticket to Zimbabwe for Duncun Fletcher: I am not sure what this Grand Old Man is doing in this Indian Team. 4-0 in England. 2-0 already in Aus. He is almost 65 Years old. Rahane, Ishant, Rohit, Mithun , etc are just 23. Almost like his Grand Kids. Huge generation GAP. Let him live in Zimbabwe to play Cricket with his real Grand Kids . May be that will help Zimbabwe Cricket in long run.
  6. Fly back to Australia with Test Specialists. : Get some technically correct batsman . Call Pujara. Call Babrinath. Call Karthick. Sad that we dont have any Pace bowlers to replace the current ones. Kick Ishant on his back. Kick More. But make sure he doesn't get injured. Ask him to take some wickets. I am sure he is better than what he has been doing in Australia.
  7. Play Better Cricket: I never believed in the No. 1 Test Ranking that we got. How can we become No. 1 without ever winning a series in Australia & South Africa. We haven't even won a series in Sri Lanka in almost 2 Decades. I am sure this Team can play better. Like they have been doing couple of years ago.

Hope this helps !!!
At-least it helped me to take out some frustration.

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