THE REAL PICTURE

2011 WC- A good chance for India to redeem itself.. really?? Recently,India lost to SRI, AUS and SA (In India).. The fact is that UV performed with the bat for a couple of years and then Gambhir took the mantle of scoring runs for the next couple..Infact, sans Sachin and Dhoni, no one has been playing good,consistent cricket..

Gambhir forgets to drag his bat now..UV has decided he has fielded enough to sleep on the field for the rest of his career..Nehra doesn't seem to know cricket has three dimensions,v.i.z, batting,bowling and fielding..Sehwag cannot adjust according to situation, never mind if Dhoni and Symonds can..Yusuf, Raina and many others hop like frogs while facing the short stuff..Irfan has lost his swing.. Ishant has lost his pace and nip.. And what has the board done about it?? No warnings, no deadlines to any player, no steps to rectify the basics of various players or to improve the domestic structure.. Instead they have introduced "fresh legs" in the form of Vinay kumar and Saha, who at best, look good to play ...at school level presently..

It is amazing to find no pace drop,lack of commitment, poor basics,stardom or uni-dimensionality in most foreign cricketers.. I think it would be in the best interest of Indian cricket that they forget about the 2011 WC.. Start from the scratch.. Improve the pitches,facilities and the domestic structure..Teach players the right basics.. Make performance the main criteria for all players..Build a team for the future.. For how long is Sachin going to stay? What about bowling once Zaheer (best of the Indian attack ) retires? One can certainly guess the standard of test cricket in India in the near future..Its high time board and players realise what is and work towards a better future..