The cricket festival of India ,a mix- up of cricketers from India& abroad,is coming to an end with just a couple of
Matches including final left to be staged.
An article on cricket " They came,They saw& Flopped" by Nishad.P.Vaidya prompted me to write this Blog.
Everything he he has brought out in the article is true.
To put it in a nut shell,he has clearly brought out the cases of the veteran cricketers like most successful
Veteran Captain Ricky Ponting,Kumar Sangakkara,Jack Kallis, Veerender Sehwag,Tilakratne Dilshan ,Ross Tailor & a
few more good players could not find form after playing a few games .One clear factor emerges from this is that
the limited cricket version of T -20 does not suit their talent& had to struggle.
A few more veterans were not mentioned by him are Mahela Jaywardene ,Yuvraj Singh & Brendon MacCullum and the
great Wicket Keeper- cum- Batsman Adam Gilchrist who also could not find form & struggled.
A more recent origin of good players to be mentioned are Unmukth Chand& Cheteswar Poojara
Unmukth Chand the 20 year old lad who captained the Under 19 Cricket Team which won the World cup for India last
Year(2012) playing almost practically alone.
Why all the good players could not find form& why they struggled?
The answer to this question is not very far from us which can not be traced.
Basically the latest Version of cricket Fastival of India is a matter of Human Auction& not human Action.
A good batsman need some time to settle ,watch the Bowler closely& minutely to study his Bowling Action,the ability
of the spinners to turn the ball,the swinging of the fast bowlers ,the nature of Yorkers they bowl,whether the
amount of reverse swinging is detrimental to his wicket& the amount of the help& the impact of moisture in the
Wicket to the Bowler etc etc.
But in the latest Fastival cricket neither the Bowler nor the batsman gets time to observe & settle.
This is why the Test cricket & Later version One day Internationals based on which the World Cup of Cricket started
In 1975 became the real versions of Cricket
The present Fastival cricket is like the Vegeterian Kerala Dish AVIYAL.This is nothing but a collection of
Varieties of Vegetable put together ( including left overs)&cooked by adding a few ingredients .
The AVIYAL is a very tasty dish but the latest mixed- up cricket of Indian and Foreign players does not look so
tasty because of the involvement of illegal ways of making money & changing the color of money from Black to white
Including enormous waste of money on cheer girls to make it more glamourous.
The Cricket is 125 years old & with a Tradition of quality as the Judiciary has pointed out.
But this Fastival Cricket is just 6 to 7 years old.
Do we need such a new version?
Is it not time to stop it to save the Traditional game of Glorious Uncertainty played in India for more than 125
Years?
Do you not think a formal Ban on this Fastival Cricket of T-20 which not only diminishes the quality & value of
traditional cricket but indirectly destroy the carrier of youngsters involved in the game?
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