The last two matches in South Africa has left lot of Indian Cricket supporters in total despair.The issue has been raised in parliment and there is a lot of outcry among the parlimentarians.However to my mind this thing was coming for quite sometime.
If one has closely followed Indian cricket for the last few months and years the decay had started quite sometime back.For me the most critical position in the batting order is the No.3 slot.Here in the Indian team we have Dravid coming in at that position.Now in the last match which is a classic example of how Dravid has built his averages and his reputation in part,India were 40-3 or so and everybody watching the match would have realised that the match was lost (except for some magical batting by Dhoni) Dravid was pottering along to score some 60 odd runs.What he was trying to do is well known only to him.At some point one gets the feeling Dravid is playing for a draw in one dayers.In the past Sunil Gavaskar was blamed by various people for trying to play for a draw in one dayersBy comparison look at how Ricky Ponting plays in such a position.It is the attitude at that critical position that determines how the team performs.
More on the travails of indian cricket in days to come.Comments are welcome.
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