It pains a lot to say this but beign a hardcore CRICKET fan, I must admit that Indians can't be the top team consistently. I am not referring to the current state where ENG only needs to draw the next 2 tests to become #1, but I am referring to it in a long term.
It seems they have forgotten everything they achieved under Kirsten. I am sure Kirsten would surely had given them an earful and would have blasted them left right and centre. He is not one of those who would have taken this tour lightly and would have made sure that no stoned was unturned. But, considering the fact that he is no more with India and his successor not as efficient, things are looking gloomy for the Indians.
What really surprises me is the fact that the Indian cricket team do not take any pride in being at the top. Unlike the Aussies in their prime, they seem to lack the hunger to win at any cost and the intent to annihilate the opposition. In the series it looked like they did not value thier status and had a feeling of being invinsible.
What pisses me off is the careless attitude shown by SEHWAG & GAMBHIIR. These two shameless people were fully fit to play the IPL and when they realized that their respective teams were all but out of the tournament had they realized that they were carrying niggles developed during the WC. These idiots had close to 4 months (spanning IPL and WI tour) to get their niggles sorted out before the ENG tour, but they were OK with India loosing the test matches in ENG at the cost of getting huge pay-cheques from their IPL bosses.
There is a feeling that the Indian cricket team thinks that now that they have won the WC and are the #1 test side, they have achieved what they wanted to and hence no special efforts are needed to maintain that. This is the attitude that had lead to their downfall.
Look at Raina, Yuvraj, Mukund and other newbees, they score tons of run in domestic circuit, bully Indian and international bowlers in IPL, but still fall prey to the rising and moving ball while touring abroad. Its a matter of shame for India that these very players will be the backbone of Indian Cricket once Sachin, Dravid and Laxman decide to hang their boots.
All the joy and pride of winning the WC and #1 test status seems to be going down the drain. If this continues for any longer then it wont be long before we find ourselves in the sorry state of mid-90s.
Bunch of shameless blokes.
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