Saturday, August 13, 2011

Cricket - The English Tour 2011

India has lost its number 1 position, the series and it's pride with this crushing defeat in three consecutive matches I quote from NDTV. Indians looked as if they could not bowl or field. This I believe is the first series that I have seen India out-beaten in every department like fitness, bowling, fielding, batting, player selection and most importantly decision making. Nobody looked in-charge neither the coach nor the captain.

India lacked an aggressive body language. I heard one commentator say "This is the nicest Indian team he has ever seen. Too polite and too good, unlike the aggressive team under Saurav which anyone would think twice before facing...." Even poor Sreeshanth looked like a tame pussy cat.

One more match in this series and hope they show some metal and aggression.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Cricket 2011

These are my first thoughts to be uploaded in 2011 and it’s about Cricket, Cricket and more Cricket! I love this sport and I am proud to be one of the billion commoners from India to be a huge fan of this sporting extravaganza.

India has most definitely a good chance of making history on home ground, but the pressure of a billion aspirations and hope on the team is so huge that I feel sorry for them. Me being from a Basket Ball background quite understand what is going through the mind of each member of the team. In my view what would disturb the team most would be the cost of non-performance. Many fans unfortunately are so unsporting that in a gify they could forget all the good that a sport star has done till now.

Two days back I was fortunate to meet and talk to Dale Stein at an event in Bangalore. He was brilliant and amazingly composed. Team India needs to be cool and composed. Never loose your cool like the immature Shreeshant, whats he trying to prove? Who is he angry at?

I quote

"Anger of the mind is poison to the soul" - unkown....

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. - Buddha"

My thought at end of today is “Please keep cool and its only sport” and may the best team win!