Tough to wear champions' crown

I am reminded of 1983. The epic win in the World Cup transformed the face of Indian cricket no doubt but consistency took a heavy beating. Read The Article

Total Comments: 8

Author

Messages

Vorshal	Tough to wear champions'' crown If you are a real champion, you somehow don''t find that tough! For example, take the 70s-80s West Indies team or the current Australian team or the Bradman''s team. If they had just one loss, they would come back that much harder! It is only true - tough to wear, if you had a somewhat of a fluke win - a chance factor! Many teams have won various tournaments, but they would only be what can be considered aberrations - the best team on that day! India had a good all-round team in 1983. We don''t have all-rounders of that calibre any more. Also, India has always been a weak bowling team, poor batting against fast and short pitched bowling and sub-standard fielding. And, when we win, we go to the roof-top! We have won two big tournament and some others. But, regretfully, we were neve a champion team! So, there is never going to be that question - tough to wear the crown. Thank you. ( Posted: Saturday , October 06, 2007 at 06:30 )
ryan	It seems like everyone in India, cowland is a self-declared cricket expert..You win one "baseball" style tournament, and hey India is the best team, you go crazy,, come on its totally pathetic, look at the Australians, they have won so many world cups and that too convincingly, you think they are jumping up and down like yo-yos.. No we see on how the team can be improved and what can be done next.. U red Indians have nothing other than cricket, In australia, fine we lost the baseball tournament, but hey we got a national rugby team, a strong mens and hockey team, great tennis players, great football team, great olympic team, great basketball team, need I go on.. My advice to all you Indians, learn to act sensibly and not emotionally, learn to view things as they are and not how you would want them to be, hopefully by doing this, one day in the far away future, you may win against bangladesh and reach the finals of a world cup.. Ohh sorry as for winning the world cup, well as long you have the great cricketing board of BCCI,, forget it.. ( Posted: Tuesday , October 02, 2007 at 17:00 )
S Balakrishnan	Nothing original in the views expressed by Sandip. I think the fear that the youngsters would get carried away by the success in the T20 world cup is absolutely misplaced.These cricketers are grown up and not 15 year old kids.To me Yuvraj, Gambhir, Uthappa,Sreesanth and RP Singh have the energy, the self confidence and the motivation to succeed in the shorter versions of the game.Plus, to my mind they seem to be playing for the side all the time, never mind if they play the odd extravagant stroke or bowl the odd full toss in trying to york the batsman. ( Posted: Tuesday , October 02, 2007 at 08:21 )
Bala, you should clear the cobwebs in your mind, cause they are totally out of control,, these young players are greedy, selfish and agressive players unlike the seniors who behaved and acted like gentleman, Now in Cricket, you need to shout abuse (sreesanth) and jump like gorilla to get a batsmen out? Please, I like days when the real battle took place between great bolwing and great batting-- shane warned agains srikanth,, those battles are what cricket should be about.. not this circus show.. where even the audience are part of the circus freaks.. ( Posted by Bhai on Tuesday , October 02, 2007 at 17:23 )   Bala, you should clear the cobwebs in your mind, cause they are totally out of control,, these young players are greedy, selfish and agressive players unlike the seniors who behaved and acted like gentleman, Now in Cricket, you need to shout abuse (sreesanth) and jump like gorilla to get a batsmen out? Please, I like days when the real battle took place between great bolwing and great batting-- shane warned agains srikanth,, those battles are what cricket should be about.. not this circus show.. where even the audience are part of the circus freaks.. ( Posted by Bhai on Tuesday , October 02, 2007 at 17:23 )
Chandresh	Very good article and perspective by Patil. ( Posted: Monday , October 01, 2007 at 20:02 )
sreevatsan	This will be case as long as India sport become very consistent and the format for any World cup is to win foru matches in a row and then win the champion.None is surprised if Srilanka or Australia wins any tournment because they deserve to win the tournment and in the case of India some luck on the day wins the matches. ( Posted: Monday , October 01, 2007 at 18:27 )
Prem Raja	Very well written by Patil....easy to read, and clearly presented. These extravagant cash incentives need not be given. They could rather be used to serve the needy in India. In USA, the NBA players constantly participate in community events, where they help out the less previleged to read, etc.. Such themes are very healthy for players and society. It also gives us an oppurtunity to see the human side of players.. ( Posted: Monday , October 01, 2007 at 17:29 )
Sanjay N	A sensible and valuable article from Sandeep. I have a feeling that some of our youngsters will learn the hard way. Today''s youth has a little too much arrogance just as yesteryear''s were a touch too timid. Going back to the aftermath of the ''83 win and Windies'' immediate revenge, we went onto a great 4 year run that ended with defeat in the ''87 WC semi. In between, we won an exciting one off 1985 World Championship in Oz, and the Asia cup. We had a terrific team for the ''87 WC and we really should have defended our crown sucessfully oh home turf. ( Posted: Monday , October 01, 2007 at 16:41 )

Your Feedback

Maximum characters allowed

Name

Email

Country

Select Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Zaire) Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon The Gambia Gaza Strip and West Bank Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti The Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Bank and Gaza Strip Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe

Guidelines

• Do not be rude to other users/authors or disrupt an ongoing conversation/debate.
• Do not use ethnic slurs, engage in personal insults or use objectionable language.
• Criticism, when constructive and non-disruptive is always welcome.
• Comments with links in them won't be published other than in cases of rare exceptions.
• Comments that include personal details such as postal addresses and telephone numbers will not be published.
• Keep the comments relevant to the topic as much as possible.
• Do not impersonate another reader or a public figure.
• Do try to use English to write your comments.
• Comment Policy Explained

Disclaimer