The older,the better...unless you are a banana or Indian Cricket team. Anyway,team is back home. Captain repeated his favorite boring defeat statements in hangover tone . Coach sounded arrogant and ignorant as always. And the Mukhiya (head of BCCI) tried to calm down the momentum by promising a sweeping change (only he knows the meaning of his words). Doesn't he need to be swept away as a first change? What a politician who (forget about knowing anything about cricket-the game) cann't even speak properly(because till sometime ago he was a tobacco addict) is doing on that chair? Why all the major sport's clubs whether it is hockey, football or cricket are being headed by politicians? And ironically why nobody raises questions against their credibility?
After every defeat ( which is happening quite regularly now a days), Mukhiya calls up a meeting of former cricket players. Players on their part feels honored and flattered. Both parties butter each other and say good bye till the next tournament defeat. No one cares...not even the cricket fans. Once India win next two consecutive matches, everything will be forgotten. The same demons will again become heroes. They will again be worshiped and prayed. So nothing is changed...nothing will change...then why are we feeling so heart broken? Honestly we had never expected this team to win us world cup. They had been playing worse for quite some time now. Whether it's West Indies, South Africa or even Champions Trophy in home ground, their performance was disasterous. Ironically even after all these India was being projected as one of the possible contenders of cup. How ridiculous!
I hail from a remote part of Jharkhand, where Television has just reached. I was the first cricket fan of my village. That time nobody even knew what this game is all about. Sitting on the back of my buffalo i used to listen cricket commentaries on the radio. And from then...till today, I follow the game with same enthusiasm. That's why it hurts. It hurts seeing politics and political faces in a game like cricket. It hurts seeing cricket taking the path of Indian hockey and soccer. It hurts seeing some dickhead called Pawar, Shah and Modies taking decision about gentleman's game. That's why sometime I hate democracy in everything, where numbers decide the fate.
Indian cricket needs younger blood and passion. Olders should give the way to youngers. Politicians should give the way to professionals. Process is already there, implementation is something what cricket in India needs. The reason why we don't see any fresh talents in Indian cricket is that all the state cricket boards are being run by LLPP politicians. They don't let real talent to emerge up on cricketing arena. Today it costs millions to get a place in any of the State Ranji Team. Where a poor boy with genuine talent will bring so much money from to bribe the white clads. I know several cases where a village boy with tremendous talent couldn't get a place in state team only because he didn't had a good reference and money to offer. This cann't go worse than this. High time to get up...otherwise it will be too late...after all cricket is the only game left for we indians to boost upon.
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