Sunday, January 6, 2008

What Indian cricket must do

All this talk of boycott and calling back the Indian team is bull. Even if it were the right thing to do, one doubts if BCCI has the capacity or the guts to take such a hard stand. It would also not be right, as it would cause irreparable damage to Indian cricket and we would forever be tagged as whingeing losers who could not take the heat. The right thing to do is for the country to get behind our players as one and support them through the rest of the series. This includes the fan, media, TV and BCCI. Let's not forget that the team really fought well in Sydney and with a bit of luck could have held off for a draw.

We should also show the Australians where they get off. Write to the newspaper editors and TV channels to stop taking any comments or articles from the members of the Australian team. Boycott any products endorsed by any of their team members and ensure that they drop them.
Revoke any contracts signed by the Aussie players with the IPL. Hit them where it hurts and I'm sure that they will change their rotten ways.

2 comments:

Ram said...
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Ram said...

Truth be told, only Kumble and Ganguly looked capable of putting up a fight in the second innings. The rest just caved in meekly, including the hyped up Yuvraj Singh. And someone (prob Kumble) needs to issue a stern warning to Harbhajan asking him not to be stupid enough to get into such controversies, and to focus on cricket instead.