Sunday, April 08, 2007

Darkest Hour of Indian Cricket

Indian cricket has hit the nadir of its state, it cannot go worse than this.
For the past few days after the BCCI meeting, the most thing that has been discussed has been - about endorsements, money, who is getting how much moolah, how much should each cricketer get, what is the limit of ads the cricketer should act in - I am getting the feeling whether BCCI exists to control cricket or something else and also Captain Rahul Dravid (for whom I have utmost respect as a player) comes out issuing a statement that there should be a discussion between players and BCCI officials regarding the endorsements, with this one act he has fallen in the eyes of true cricket fans like us; Did he come out so openly when they came back losing from the world cup, did he or any of the team members bother to aplologize to the Indian public for the poor show they put up in the carribean.

Tendulkar went into a defensive mode and questioned Chapell that in 17 years no one had questioned his commitment and or made any comments about him and it hurts to be questioned by the coach, this shows how much of an indivudual Sachin is, did he even feel how much each and every cricket fan of this country would have felt for the poor show he and the team put, did he come out and speak to the media and explain why they failed and atleast apologize to the Indian cricket loving public, NO, all that matters to him is about himself and as long as his credentials and his reputation is kept intact he is fine (for him individual glory is what matters at this time and not how the team fares).

The indian cricketers defy the boards gag of not speaking to the media if something is said about them but when the team fails no one takes responsibility and quote that they cannot comment because the board says so.

All that matters to BCCI and the Cricketers is about making money and nothing else, they all know public memory is short and all it needs is some Big scores from all seniors and some wickets by our bunny bowlers and then again the media will showcase them as demi-gods and then the story continues again.....

Let Indian cricket rest in peace.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good words.