WORTHLESS CRICKET BY INDIA IN WORLD CUP

Indian cricket team has shamefully surrendered to the English team in the semi final. Had they won that match it would have been the win of the Cup. Lot of people are the shareholders of this 10 wicket defeat. Those include the players, the team management, the coaches, the BCCI and some sections of the media.

Decades ago a team was picked from a choice list of hardly 20-25 players. Now we have selection choice of 200 - 250 players. Unfortunately we don't have a winning at all. Why it is said is because our loss to England was for 10 wickets. If we had lost for one or two wickets this discussion would not have come up at all. Today's bowlers have umpteen ways to study the weakness of the opposition batsman. This has been well exploited by our opposition teams, especially England.

Now we must go for a more accurate and result oriented selection process. It is suggested to keep three experienced players for this purpose. The team selected should be retained for the particular series, avoiding match by match changes. The coaches appointed both for batting and bowling should give individual attention to each player for a long duration. The media may also try to spot the errors of each players rather than showering in more and more praises.

Best wishes to the new Indian team.

K V George