Dear Alastair,
You and your team have been magnificent in the cricket test series in India so far. We won the first test, but you guys came back with a steely resolve and thumped our back sides in the next two matches. It hurt, but we could not help laud your preparation, attitude and skill. Barring one or two exceptions, our sorry side couldn't bat or bowl, and the less said about our fielding, the better.
We didn't quite hand over the two matches to you, but our attitude of "give us spinning tracks, we will show up and beat the crap out of anyone" didn't help matters. We have so many folks in the team living on past glory, that there is no place for promising youngsters. But who can blame them when we have administrators who are too busy counting the money from TV rights, IPL contracts, and the like?
To cut a long story short, we need a big favour from you. Please, please, beat the crap out of our team one more time at Nagpur. I know, I know, I am being unpatriotic. But honestly, I don't see any other way to wake up the cricket establishment in India. You have administered a pretty good dose of reality to a team that was number one not too long ago. Now go ahead and deliver the knock out punch.
The last thing we want is for you to get complacent and muddy the waters by losing the last test match. Because an Indian victory at Nagpur will clearly demonstrate to our cricket establishment that all is well with Indian cricket. The 8-0 drubbing in England and Australia was an aberration. So were the last two test matches. So was the loss of form of most of the seniors over a 2 year period. The selectors will then look like heroes for persisting with the right players.
One last time Alastair, please don't let us down. Keep your guard up. Don't forget that you have an opportunity to make history. And do Indian cricket a huge favour.
Yours sincerely,
A diehard Indian cricket fan
You and your team have been magnificent in the cricket test series in India so far. We won the first test, but you guys came back with a steely resolve and thumped our back sides in the next two matches. It hurt, but we could not help laud your preparation, attitude and skill. Barring one or two exceptions, our sorry side couldn't bat or bowl, and the less said about our fielding, the better.
We didn't quite hand over the two matches to you, but our attitude of "give us spinning tracks, we will show up and beat the crap out of anyone" didn't help matters. We have so many folks in the team living on past glory, that there is no place for promising youngsters. But who can blame them when we have administrators who are too busy counting the money from TV rights, IPL contracts, and the like?
To cut a long story short, we need a big favour from you. Please, please, beat the crap out of our team one more time at Nagpur. I know, I know, I am being unpatriotic. But honestly, I don't see any other way to wake up the cricket establishment in India. You have administered a pretty good dose of reality to a team that was number one not too long ago. Now go ahead and deliver the knock out punch.
The last thing we want is for you to get complacent and muddy the waters by losing the last test match. Because an Indian victory at Nagpur will clearly demonstrate to our cricket establishment that all is well with Indian cricket. The 8-0 drubbing in England and Australia was an aberration. So were the last two test matches. So was the loss of form of most of the seniors over a 2 year period. The selectors will then look like heroes for persisting with the right players.
One last time Alastair, please don't let us down. Keep your guard up. Don't forget that you have an opportunity to make history. And do Indian cricket a huge favour.
Yours sincerely,
A diehard Indian cricket fan
6 comments:
good thought. how about a suggestion for what should be going forward?
agree. any thoghts on what the team could be / should be going forward?
Right on Nitin...will root for the Englishmen!!
Right on Nitin...will root for the Englishmen in Nagpur!!
Lots of thoughts Sachin, and that will perhaps be the topic of another blog post. For starters, our core fast bowling attack for Test cricket should be Ishant, Sreesanth, Umesh Yadav. Give these guys a good long rope and keep them out of ODI cricket for heaven's sake. Bring in Rahane for Gambhir, and another youngster (perhaps Badrinath) for Tendulkar. Retire Yuvraj unless he makes runs again in FC cricket. Play with 5 specialist bowlers and groom one bowler for an allrounder spot. Much more, but as I said, topic for another post.
Attaboy Kanwarjit!
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