Apr 03
Yes, this might sound like Britney Spears’ act or any other celebrity trying to emulate Britney Spears in order to grab the front page, but this is not so. This is the sorry state of Indian Cricket today.
With the Indian Cricket League being announced today by the Essar Group and the BCCI immediately putting it down, a big clash of the titans is in store for Indian Cricket and in all probability, only Indian Cricket will be the loser.
Probably for the first time, Sachin speaks out defending himself against the comments of Greg Chappell. In his interview to Times of India (TOI) he says:
“I have given my heart and my soul for 17 years. No coach had mentioned even in passing that my attitude was not correct. Cricket has been my life for all these years and will always be. Again, it’s not that we are defending ourselves. We do realise that we played badly and, as a team, we take full responsibility for that.But what hurt us most is that the coach has questioned our attitude.”
This was in response to the coach Greg Chappell’s accusations that the senior team members often teamed up against his and Dravid’s decisions. Milind Rege, former Ranji Captain says that:
It is completely out of control. Indian Cricket is in a mess right now and unless and until the BCCI come strongly with decisions that are for the players to accept, for the selectors to accept, for those who control cricket to accept, Indian Cricket is going to head for serious trouble.
Definitely not a good direction to head in, for Indian Cricket. Ok, they lost to Bangladesh and were kicked out of the world cup. Lets just forget it as just another match and move on. The way the politicians and the media are hyping this issue, it looks like Indian cricket will take a u-turn and head Zimbabwe’s way, into oblivion. Please, let it not happen like that!
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written by Rajaram S
Apr 03
Yesterday, Essel group chairman Subhash Chandra announced the formation of a cricket league. This would be called the Indian Cricket League, comprising a total of six teams, with each team consisting of upto four international players. This league also plans to setup cricketing academies throughout India and create a talent pool for India Cricket.
But, how far will this venture be a success is anyone’s guess with the BCCI already slamming this idea and pronouncing it an unfruitful venture. Everyone wants a share of the lucrative Indian cricket scene and it is obvious that groups are unwilling to co-operate for cricket’s sake!
It is rumoured that some big names in Indian and international cricket have already been signed on for this league. Lets hope that this turns to be like the English county matches and we get more people to watch these matches than the usual entourage of friends and family who are the only ones to turn up at Ranji matches.
written by Rajaram S
Mar 18
No, not because their cricket was bad. Not because, Ireland’s cricket was good. Not because, the weather in the West Indies were not conducive to their reverse swings. Not because, there were more cameras than usual at this event and the pakistanis could not find a place on the ground, hidden from a camera view, to work on the seams of the cricket balls.
Their early exit from the early cup was a planned, strategically executed move in complete collaboration with their neighbours, India. India and Pakistan had more important matters than the cricket world cup to worry about, like their peace talks. So, even before the teams had left for the world cup, the team managements had been instructed by the respective governments to finish their outing as early as possible and return, so the people of the two countries are not unnecessarily distracted by the cricket and can go about having dozens of rounds of talks.
Pakistan have executed this plan to perfection by losing to West Indies and Ireland. India are on their way after losing to Bangladesh. Fortunately for Pakistan, one of their losses was against West Indies, a good team and hence the innocent public of Pakistan would blame the defeat on the cricket. But, for India, unfortunately, they would have to lose to Bangladesh and Bermuda to go according to plan. This would be difficult to explain for the team management.
So, the team management might “blow the whistle” on the government and reveal the truth behind this plan. Of course, the government at the centre would have learned a trick or two from the former defence minister George Fernandes, and would eventually say that they had only joked when they had asked the Indian team to come back soon from the World cup!
written by Rajaram S
