iBlog: Nishit Shah

I couldn’t think of any better way to describe the Indian cricket team, thanks to their pathetic display at the world cup. Greg Chappell had once said Perform or Perish when he started coaching the Indian team. And, the Indian team has been defeated and perished in a way that even minnows would be shameful if anything like this happened to them. I came to know from News the day when Sri Lanka were playing Bangladesh that few India cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar had gone to watch the match to “learn” and “understand” what are Sri Lankan strategies….lol.. And what did you learn Mr. Tendulkar ? How to get out for a duck ? Cool. We are proud of you! Dude, its time for you guys to retire perish. And what is still surprising is that common India man is still hoping that our team will enter super 8’s IF Bermuda beats Bangladesh. Such worse is the situation is that our team has to relay on a minnow like Bermuda who are playing for the first time for their ticket in Super 8s. Team India should be shameful of this.

There was a time when I was so excited about cricket and in particular World Cup Cricket. However, this year I am no longer excited. Thanks to the match fixings and pathetic performance of the Indian team before the World Cup. I still remember that when I was a kid, I used to follow cricket and World Cup Cricket like a manic. I was in school at the time of 1996 World Cup and Times of India had given a 40 pages booklet on World Cup Cricket. I used to note down all the scores and winners of each matches in the book. Those were the days sans Internet! I still treasure that booklet with all the scores written in my schoolboyish handwriting. But now due to some reason, over the period of years I have lost the cricket fever that I had once upon a time for cricket and Indian team. But, this year I am backing Aussies again for a win!