For the good of Cricket
India have been bundled out. Time to burn the effigies, time to run riot in the streets chanting "... hai-hai", time to take up the issue in the zero hour of parliament, time for Lalu to herald the oncoming Bihari Talent to be the savior of Indian Cricket. Well, all that and more. But only for those who have yet to smell the coffee.
For the awakened soul, there couldn't have happened, a better thing.
Its time when we can free our souls of forever tracking the progress of these 11 men (or 15, depending on your team-selection), its time when we wont have to sit and watch Sidhu and others expound for hours together on the strategies, analyses and suchlike. Maybe its time to shut the TV and watch the world do better things than play cricket, or better still, do those things yourself. The channels will go on, the world cup analyses programs will continue to occupy the prime time, though no one should be watching (the awakened ones at least). The sponsorships have been tied up months in advance, so the news will continue to be generated.
However, its time, when we can relax without getting affected by the results of the Indian team for months togther, till the next season perhaps. Some of us may never come back to it though.
Its time for players themselves to sort it out in the mind as well, weigh their future, measure their passion & intensity. Some may never play again, some may make their secret pledges to win the next one.
Hopefully, a lot of moral cleansing will take place. Optimistically, the board would focus on the processes rather than individuals. Next season, we will win the test series down under, who wants the world cup?
For the awakened soul, there couldn't have happened, a better thing.
Its time when we can free our souls of forever tracking the progress of these 11 men (or 15, depending on your team-selection), its time when we wont have to sit and watch Sidhu and others expound for hours together on the strategies, analyses and suchlike. Maybe its time to shut the TV and watch the world do better things than play cricket, or better still, do those things yourself. The channels will go on, the world cup analyses programs will continue to occupy the prime time, though no one should be watching (the awakened ones at least). The sponsorships have been tied up months in advance, so the news will continue to be generated.
However, its time, when we can relax without getting affected by the results of the Indian team for months togther, till the next season perhaps. Some of us may never come back to it though.
Its time for players themselves to sort it out in the mind as well, weigh their future, measure their passion & intensity. Some may never play again, some may make their secret pledges to win the next one.
Hopefully, a lot of moral cleansing will take place. Optimistically, the board would focus on the processes rather than individuals. Next season, we will win the test series down under, who wants the world cup?
posted by Amit at 2:56 PM
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