Dravid, it’s not worth to expect dynamism from “the Wall”….

India won the test series after a long time in England. The Dravid and co. was looking very happy, yet there was something, the fans here in India were not happy about. Nobody seems to be enjoying the victory as if there was something, which was killing them. The reason for this was that, “even though they win they win with a chicken’s heart”. They could win the series by 2-0 but Dravid decided to “play it safe” and tinkered the third test match to a draw. Further the first match was a draw due to bad weather on fifth day. That test match was moving towards a definite defeat of Indian cricket team. Thus when India won the series 1-0 (after winning the second test in handsome style) fans felt, that their heroes are some lucky chickens getting victory by chance instead of men in shining armors. The efforts were inadequate for the series win. Yes, Indian Cricket team won the series but they lost all the pride, all the praise. I remember famous dialog of a Hindi movie Baazigar “Haar kar jitney wale ko baazigar kehte hain”. But Indian cricket team “jeetkar bhi haar gayi”, what should we call them!!!!!

England was down to follow on and Dravid decided not to ask them to follow on and decided to bat again. The argument he put for his decision was “the bowlers were tired”. Certainly if one is playing at international level for a country where cricket is a religion this argument is just not acceptable. Further the lead bowler “Zaheer Khan” denied the fact that he was tired. In the second innings captain played an inning which just made his intentions clear. He faced too many balls to make too less of runs which made it clear that Indians are playing for draw. The real reason was Dravid’s failure to cope up the inexorability for an overseas series win. They were playing for “not to loose” instead of playing for win. The great legend Wasim Akram says “Winning is a habit” and certainly this Indian cricket team is not habitual of winning. They will not be until they start playing for win.

I pray that some day Indian cricket team get some sportsman spirit and they started playing for winning and that was the difference in the team led by “big mouth and arrogant” Ganguly and the team led by “The Wall”. The wall is too “static” and too defensive. I hope the youngster there will realize this fact soon and then we will be having a perfect avenue for the team of our dreams soon…..