Sandeep Koak Blog on Indian team

We need change

After seeing India’s game in Australia what cricket fans will think about team India. First question will be coming to their mind, is this team India which was first in Test Cricket ranking short time back? And the answer of course will be ICC ranking system is not justifiable.

What happened overseas to Indian team which is invincible at home turf? Are they not well equipped with foreign conditions? Do they not have experience of foreign turfs? Do they not have technique of facing world class bowlers? Such type of question will be raised again and again if we will continue to losing match. And question will be raised again and again on world class players. So one question in last which cover all the above questions is, why do we lose in foreign pitches? Some reasons that I think for lose of India.

For how many years we will bear the burden of senior players in the team when we have good young players sitting on bench and waiting for their turn. Laxman is flopped from last one year. Definitely he has world class technique, no doubt, but for how many tests we will lose due to his lack of consistence form. Will we still continue to lose tests like, what we are doing from last one year? One thing I noticed about Indian team is that this team is not eager to win. After losing test our player are going for picnic instead of practicing or preparing for next test. Is this the right spirit of a team, which wants to be world no. 1 in Ranking? One more thing is our team selection for any match. Why did India not opt for right team combination, playing Vinay Kumar instead of Ashwin or Ojha, anyone of them could have been a great success when we know that fast bowling is not our strength and especially the Perth pitch, which was supporting the off spinner like Virender Sehwag. There are lot many issues with team India which need to be resolved if India wants to win overseas.

I will say Indian team needs restructure and giving chance to youngster in spite of bearing the burden of senior players and judging the players on their current performance and conditions where team will be playing, not on their past performance what they have done for the country.