Yes, India has fared poorly at the English Test.
Went to England as 1st rankers despite an average series with the West Indies. Wasn’t it clear that the Indian cricket team was already on the downswing?
Harbhajan had no business going on the tourts at all. Zaheer Khan should have declined like a gentleman. Sehwag should have known better than to travel half-way round the world with a sore shoulder. Yuvraj has always been inconsistent. Raina, Kohli , Amit Mishra are a little short of being top professionals.
Sachin’s anxiety for that elusive century has affected his game. Dhoni’s luck has probably deserted him for the time-being. Ishant is about 10 km slower than he was when he broke into the international arena.
So, do we go on analyzing the performance and turn the team into a punching bag? Is the doleful call for Gary Kirsten again warranted?
At all events the obsession with victory and the Number One Ranking is simply silly.
Men will do well for a period. Then they will start tiring and playing indifferently. Why should we demand that they be supermen? Why are we so demanding and mindless? How many of us work well each day of our active lives?
Stop being hysterical, please. If a better team defeats our team, accept it and move on. Find some ways of improving. But don’t degrade an already beleaguered team. They did not go there promising to sweep everything in sight. All we know is that the team has not played well, and there is need for some changes, the most important being a change in our attitude.
Otherwise, the team has been just as inconsistent as Indian teams of earlier times.
Failing the English Test is a good reminder that our expectations were unrealistic. Let’s grow up and be more realistic about victory and defeat.
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