The Need of the Hour: Courageous and Sensible Decision Making

Well, it finally happened. Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 7 wickets and in the process qualified for the Super 8's or quarters and also knocked India out of the tournament.
It has been the biggest Nadir for Indian Cricket. I hope they learn their lessons at least now. You can't afford too many superstars in the cricket team. We have Sachin, Sehwag, Ganguly, Dravid, Dhoni......... Well, if you are looking for a team that has more superstars , I am afraid that you can find them only in The Justice League(Superman, Batman, Green Lantern etc).
As they say "Too many Cooks Spoil the Broth". In case of the Indian team," Too many Superstars spoil the team".

We have over-hyped these mortals and we have in a way contributed to the sudden demise of quality in Indian cricket. We should have treated the cricketers as just good sportsmen. Maybe then they would have realised their situation and they would have performed well. But we didn't and look how the Indian Cricketers have fooled themselves now.

There is no doubt that Sachin, Sehwag, Ganguly, and Dravid are immensely talented cricketers who have put match winning performances in the past. But, as i say, they have performed in the past, only in the past. Sachin is not even a shadow of his prime, Dravid looks jaded, Ganguly and Sehwag have started scoring but, they have their own problems: Ganguly takes a lot of time to settle, meanwhile Sehwag tends to throw away his wicket.We don' need just Reputed players, we need performers (not AD Performers).

Well, it's time to say bye bye to Sachin, Dravid, and Ganguly. They hardly have 2 years of cricket left in them thus making them very doubtful probables for 2011. Sorry Dravid,Ganguly, and Sachin, you need to make way for the new generation. Thank you all for the great centuries and fifties that you have made. Thanks a lot for the wonderful innings that you had played and for the entertainment that you provided us. But as they say, all that is well ends well. It's time for you all to leave with grace. We all need a team which can perform well consistently well, not a team of superstars who over promise and fail to keep up.

It's time for us to take some courageous and sensible measures. We need to rotate our senior players.(Only 2 or 3 can play per game). We need to find a youngster who can motivate the team to great heights. It's time that we stop selecting captains on their reputation and experience. I hope BCCI is listening. We need a youthful and talented team. We need to breed youngsters and wait for them to produce results. We should not sack youngsters after 3 or 4 matches just because they fail. Remember we got a Sachin only after we persisted with him for 13ODIs(until which he didn't score a single ODI 50). So we must wait for the team to gain experience and then look for great results.

BCCI needs to concentrate more on Ranji and the other domestic tournaments. Pitches across the country should be relayed and they should be sporting ones, not batsman friendly: Some of them can be pacy and some of them can be spinner-friendly. If the management fears that this may encourage the touring opponents, then only Domestic cricket can be played on these Hard and Bouncy tracks. We can improve the batting quality of youngsters only when they bat on Genuine, and sporting pitches.
The BCCI should take adequate measures to help deserving domestic cricketers. You can improve Indian cricket only if you nourish its roots(i.e domestic cricket). If BCCI honestly does these, we will definitely see the beginning of a Truly Glorious Era of Indian Cricket.
Let us all welcome new changes. We must encourage other sports and stop hyping cricket. After all Cricket is just another game. Let us celebrate only true performers and encourage budding talent.
Let the new era of Indian Cricket begin.