Indian cricketers: Tigers at home, lambs overseas
The strong and lustrous Indian batting line up was thrashed 4-0 in the Tests arena and 3-0 in one-dayers. Barring few notable performances, the tour of England was completely dominated by English players - be it bowling, batting or fielding.
PEOPLE, MEDIA and cricket greats - all are going gaga over the current performance of Team India against England. With yesterday’s triumph at Wankhede, Mumbai, men in blue have stamped their authority on home pitches. They are seldom defeated whatever be the format - be it Test matches or in the shorter version - one-day matches in home conditions. Now, they have taken an unassailable lead of 4-0 in the series. This is the same team, which was absolutely whitewashed recently in England failing to win even a single match. The strong and lustrous Indian batting line up was thrashed 4-0 in the test arena and 3-0 in one dayers. Barring few notable performances, the tour of England was completely dominated by English players be it bowling, batting or fielding. Veteran Rahul was the only silver lining in the shameful tour - he scored two centuries in the Test series.
Eyebrows were raised; faces were frowned on the way Team India was thrashed in the tour. All sorts of weird explanations came out, but heads didn’t roll as has been the Indian way of managing things, be it sports or politics. There is no accountability in the system. When the team performs wonderfully, management, coaches, and support staff - all are commended but when the team fails to meet expectations, only post-mortem takes place, and nobody is sacked.
BCCI threw its hat in support of players and selectors. Instead of showing him the door, the chairman of selectors, K. Srikkant was given one more year of extension. Shocking and surprising, well this is the way things move in this country.
With India doing well at home, people, cricket greats and others who were critical of Team India’s performance during the English tour has again started singing songs in praise about the so-called Indian match winners. The fact of the matter is the strong Indian batting line-up is susceptible to short rising and bouncy deliveries, and they can’t survive on pace and bouncy pitches overseas, the recent example being England. Once again men in blue have proved that they are tigers at home and lambs outside.
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