Ever
since India has toured England
and tasted a bitter loss of 4-0 giving away every bit of their Test cricket
supremacy to the opponents, the 2011 World Cup champion seems all in news for
their awful run only.
India recently
have lost their home Test series 2-1 to England
with a match drawn at Nagpur;
the series which propagandized to be a revengeful saga resulted to be a pale
effort from the hosts. With all the introspection and calculations, many a
sport (cricket) lover back in India disappointed to their highest emotions
rating once a propelling force of Indian Cricket – Sachin Tendulkar – as a
spoilsport. Not only Indian cricket lovers, but also the bigwigs of Cricket
game too opined that he must get off the field instead of being a spoiler of
all-time.
Once
the supremacist of world Test Cricket - India
- eventually dropped down from their top position all thanks to England’s
character and determined cricket back in 2011. Nevertheless to mention, their
loss 4-0 to England
is completely a over-sized promotion of Tendulkar’s ton of tons. Had the
limelight and concern been on then player’s injuries and necessary steps to be
taken, India
would now be in a position to rule the Test cricket. But, nothing of that sort seen
a daylight apart from praising Sachin Tendulkar’s century of centuries.
No Defence and No
Determination
In
today’s Indian Test cricket we evidently miss the determined performances like
those of Rahul Dravid’s and V.V.S.Laxman’s. Is it because of too much focus on
T20 format of the game which Indian’s are crazily admired for? We do accept
that Pujara made it to the stands during the India Vs Eng first Test back in Ahmadabad scoring a double ton and stood firm against all the hopeless seniors.
But even the youngster endured to be a one time wonder – a big thanks to his so
called senior’s teammates who gave nothing motivate.
The gap to be filled
To
the worst, the criticism flowing in as by the comments of England batting
legend Geoffrey Boycott – India is no longer the force it was in the past and
that too two great batsmen Dravid and Laxman have retired, it is evident that
India is no longer a Test Cricket nation, at least, an intimidating one. True
to Geoffrey’s comments, there is a need to fit the shoes of Dravid and Laxman’s
Test cricket play – defending and capitalizing when it requires.
Dipping World Ranks
Adding
ice on the cake to India’s
poor performance, not only the nation’s ranking but also the player’s
individual rankings too are dipping down from the Top 20 cricket ranking list.
Sachin has lost his place in Top 20 and Dhoni no way near top 20 as he stands
at 38th position.
In
hindsight, nothing to be surprised if someone says, Indian Test cricket going
through an awful run.
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