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I have seldom strayed from it. But today I feel like doing so because like tainted MPs and MLAs in the blue, members of the Indian cricket team and their associates have humiliated the country. They do not know what India’s honour is. They have played with it. Failing in one or two games is understandable, but when they do not figure even among the top eight teams in the world, they raise doubts about their commitment and competence. They are prankish and playful in unending advertisements in which they appear, but when it comes to playing cricket, they are just not there. It is a scandal or scam beyond proportion. They should be banned from appearing in advertisements. My suggestion is that there be a parliamentary committee to probe into the entire episode of Indian cricket. Thus we may be able to find out what ails the game and those who participate in world cup. As expected, India lost to Sri Lanka and is about to crash out of the World Cup. The whole nation is in mourning. However, there is nothing to mourn about India’s loss, as this debacle presents itself as a golden opportunity for the resurrection of Indian cricket. Since the last World Cup, Indian cricket has not seen any appreciable improvement. There has been no augmentation in the bench strength and infusion of fresh blood. The same pool of players has been representing the team time and again with no results to show. Trapped in superstardom, Indian cricket has been stuck in a big hole. No attempt was made to get out of this hole. An occasional win amidst a series of defeats has been the order of the day over the past few years. Mind you, even if India had won against Sri Lanka, it would not have won the World Cup. Take the current New Zealand team, which does not have any superstars but the players combine as a team to win. The same applies to South Africa. What we need in the team are match-winners and not big names. It is time for the big players to retire.

It is time all self respecting Indians boycotted the products endorsed by Indian cricketers.

Should we be shedding a few tears for Rahul Dravid’s captaincy and his so-called best batsmen in the world? Perhaps not! Non-performance deserves to be punished and rightly so. As long as we drown ourselves in the narcissistic glory of the past, we will continue to falter. It has been proved once again that it is not experience, it is not past glory that counts, but current performance. Dravid faltered in choosing his team, and was guilty of poor captaincy, and the country paid the price for it. But are we man enough to bar this team from playing cricket for at least one year?

It is not always proper to blame the coach for the poor performance of the team, or for that matter of any particular player. If Sachin Tendulkar, who has played a record number of Test and One-Day matches, gets out for duck, how is Greg Chappell responsible? The political leaders should not hold any position in the Board,On the contrary the TV Channel has to be directed not to spoil the player performance by exagaration,

Based on the form shown in this tournament, Sri Lanka is among the hot favourites to win the World Cup. The problem with India has been that we talk about becoming champions without any corresponding action to support our words. Champions act like champions, walk, talk and in fact, behave as champions, the Australian team being a case in point. There needs to be self-belief that you can do it. This is what the Indian team lacks. The team’s lacklustre approach to the game has been its sad undoing in game after game, tournament after tournament. It was thought that Rahul Dravid would bring in professionalism, dedication and a commitment to the team, but he has gone the way of past captains. He needs to understand that the Indian team’s enemies are within. We wish him and his boys well, but let them realise that the writing is on the wall. A failure to read it or misinterpret it is not in India’s interest.