The Cricket World Cup 2007 fever is scaling rapidly on the excitement thermometer as we are almost at the end of the elimination rounds. And I guess India and Indians top the list of excitement, anxiety, speculation, and enjoyment when it comes to World Cup Cricket or any form of cricket for that matter. Yes, we have all blends of cricket fans, fanatics, critics, and mere spectators. It is rightly said that cricket is a religion in India.
India stands at a crucial stage of entering the “Super 8” round currently, with many “ifs” that will decide India’s fate. Let the experts handle those speculations. I am certainly not going to give you a pre or post match analysis here. To summarize in a single line, what I would like to convey is that its time we get emotionally detached to cricket and take it as just a game. I am referring to incidents that happened after India lost to Bangladesh last week. Posters burnt, players bad named, slogans were shouted and I even saw (on some news channel) Dhoni’s property being demolished. This kind of agitation is certainly not required. I mean we are the same people who once said, “Dhoni kya maarta hai boss”. I am not trying to justify India’s defeat but our reaction to it is certainly wrong. Yes, some verbal criticism is a totally acceptable reaction.
That we can lose to Bangladesh was something that we Indians could not digest, but why not? Bangladesh has improved itself and evolved as a good team eventually. We are still comparing it to Bangladesh that was there 4 years back. And finally it’s a game someone will win and the other team will lose. Another reason I see for the agitation is that people who reacted wildly must have lost huge sum of money on betting. They must have assumed that India would win and gambled their fortune on it. When they lost all that, it led to frustration and protest. Thus all that slogan shouting and burnt outs were for their defeat at the game of gambling than India’s defeat to Bangladesh.
Certainly Indian team does not deserve a pat on their back or an escape from the defeat. A little criticism is due and also some expert analysis can be of help. We can just put them off saying, “they are good for nothing”. There can be someday when things may not turn up as expected.
It is very easy to be opinionated. But it matters what the opinion is and where is it required.
India stands at a crucial stage of entering the “Super 8” round currently, with many “ifs” that will decide India’s fate. Let the experts handle those speculations. I am certainly not going to give you a pre or post match analysis here. To summarize in a single line, what I would like to convey is that its time we get emotionally detached to cricket and take it as just a game. I am referring to incidents that happened after India lost to Bangladesh last week. Posters burnt, players bad named, slogans were shouted and I even saw (on some news channel) Dhoni’s property being demolished. This kind of agitation is certainly not required. I mean we are the same people who once said, “Dhoni kya maarta hai boss”. I am not trying to justify India’s defeat but our reaction to it is certainly wrong. Yes, some verbal criticism is a totally acceptable reaction.
That we can lose to Bangladesh was something that we Indians could not digest, but why not? Bangladesh has improved itself and evolved as a good team eventually. We are still comparing it to Bangladesh that was there 4 years back. And finally it’s a game someone will win and the other team will lose. Another reason I see for the agitation is that people who reacted wildly must have lost huge sum of money on betting. They must have assumed that India would win and gambled their fortune on it. When they lost all that, it led to frustration and protest. Thus all that slogan shouting and burnt outs were for their defeat at the game of gambling than India’s defeat to Bangladesh.
Certainly Indian team does not deserve a pat on their back or an escape from the defeat. A little criticism is due and also some expert analysis can be of help. We can just put them off saying, “they are good for nothing”. There can be someday when things may not turn up as expected.
It is very easy to be opinionated. But it matters what the opinion is and where is it required.
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What say lets go for 20-minutes drive-inn.
What say lets go for 20-minutes drive-inn.