Monday, January 21, 2008

A letter from an Indian cricket fan

Dear Honchos of BCCI,
It seems you old men are ardently bent at creating an young team India. I welcome your move. The system should try and look towards future. I remember some guy called Greg Chappell tried the same..but eventually when he reached that future he fumbled like a pack of cards. I hope you are not looking at such a future?
It seems from reports that Dhoni and Yuvi has played a hand in eliminating Dada and Jammy. Well since when the BBCI heads started listening to guys who have just began their career. One of them is trying to be a test player and another is trying to be a decent wicket keeper. Oh I am sorry they are the captain and vice-captain of the team. That sounds like reason to listen to them.
Yesterday one of your member Rajiv Shukla said that BCCI has done the right thing and that the Australian pitches requires young stars and we should look toward the future. I guess that’s what you can expect from a failed bureaucrat who’s knowledge of cricket is questionable but still thanks to your immense support he is enjoying his life on the money of tax payers of the country. But who cares that in a country where Shahrukh Khan payes a tax of 15 crore.
But when he gives reason to humiliate great players it seems that the country has gone to the dogs. According to biological theories parasites evolve in places where the climate is suited to their procreation activities, similiarly such guys will thrive around the worlds richest cricket body sucking its wealth for their own mean and crush the basic ethics of sportsmanship.
The question is how do you end the career of a great cricket player? Every country has its own way of doing it. In cricket you try to copy Australia in every aspect except two areas, their selection procedure and the way they handle great player. I guess that’s why you know why Don Bradman was an Australian and not an Indian? No country has such humiliating procedure to end the career of great players except Pakistan. So is it true that you are loving your neighbor as yourself??
Lets look at the two players you have left out. Jammy and dada’s contribution to Indian cricket will surpass the capability of the present captain, vice-captain, selectors and other honchos of BCCI combined. A T20 win have made you so arrogant that you have humiliated the two greatest players of the country. What if the team fails in impress in Australia(As a cricket fan I obviously don’t want that)? I know then you will recall these two players giving some silly excuse. And if they succeed I am sure you will felicitate them by making them occupy the second row of the felicitation dais. I know you cant allow them the first row because the Shuklas and Pawars and Modis and Shahs have better mass appeal and photogenic face
Sourav Ganguly is a poor fielder. I agree he is not a Jonty Rhodes. But he never was a Jonty Rhodes. From the very start of his career he was labeled as a bad fielder. Suddenly after 16 years that becomes a criteria to leave him out of the cricket team. Oh come on you guys can give better reasons! ? Just for a second you forgot he was one of the successful batsman last year and has made India win 9/32 matches he has played single handedly. Now this certainly overshadows his fielding glitches isn’t it. Your new fielder player will probably save 30-40 odd runs but I would love to see how you win matches because of this??
Both Jammy and Dada will surely have lucrative contracts with ESPN STAR sports as commentators. I surely feel they will do a great job. So you see they do not need the money that you offer them, they can do better than that. They play for the nation. Over the years they have batted through worst times to give Indian cricket the platform on which the Shuklas and Pawars and Shah’s are ruling today. They have conquered challenges across the world to give the respect that Indian cricket is getting today. I donot disagree to the Idea of putting in fresh blood in the team but make plans for suitable transition across the generations. Donot gamble too much because the only thing that will suffer loss will be Indian Cricket!
I want to see the Indian Team get the glory that they are looking for. Probably that will keep India buoyant with hope and pride. Billions of people look ahead to the greats of cricket play in their blue uniform. Millions of young Indians dream big about this sport. The Gangulys and Dravids have been role model of a generation. So all you can do for these people is to keep this game away from clutches of politics. Politics have already eaten through the heart of the nation so please at least save its soul.
Hope you will understand what cricket lovers feel about this.

Thanks
An Indian Cricket Fan

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