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It is true you can bring out a match winner from the bunch of world champions, but to challenge the best , it needs to boil in blood. I remember Dravid not enforcing a follow on in Third Test in England , and then painfully batting ,infact battling 96 deliveries in a match where Indian wickets went down tumbling.It was then thrashed by Indian media. He took a long time to recover. I myself in this BB had him beaten black and blue in comments. But i was not that well versed as the responsibility a captain has. But I think Dhoni understands it. This understanding needs to change. Why do we look for permanent solutions to problems when everything is temperory.
We have an out of form Yuvraj Singh, trying to cement his already non existent position in test matches over an inform Suresh Raina who is sent back after being one of the most successful batsmen in the tour. Defies logic.
Dinesh Karthik has been reasonably bad , and his bat has not gathered runs overseas. We give him an onsite opportunity. But then we have Parthiv Patel , in form and vast experience sit back and eat.
Indians play best with two spinners , and Amit Misra is enjoying the whole summer with straw in his face and money in the pocket. But we have Munaf bowling the overs. When Zaheer is expected to bowl 15 overs at a stretch , then i think two paceman would suffice. The services of ex-caption Veeru as bowlers are not utilized, and Sachin is brought seldomly.
We are the best test side in the world , Sorry we are not. We are a bunch of over enthusiastic cricketers, money minded , baffled by the success, aiming for the top spot but dropping it as the catches throughout. We are not ready to learn from mistakes, neither start building pressure when on top , we still continue to lose the last match of each series as if bored of winning, and then tell to world we are best. We are best in making since 1983, and probably will remain so for another decade. This Indian side, like Great Sir Sachin Tendulkar will make unbreakable records, but it like Little Master, not reach the number 1 spot.
Wake up. Change the stands. Think positively. Any cricket fan watching cricket regularly will stand by me when i say , Dhoni is riding high on luck as his success, but I have seen Azhar falling, the Ganguly giving way and the Wall breaking. Those were men of steel who came back, without luck. But when you are riding on luck , and it vanishes, Hansie is the fate.
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