After 28 years England won a series
in India. India lost a home series after 10 years. Indian cricket has stooped
to a new low. England deserved to win and full credit to the Englishmen the way
they played. India on the other hand have themselves to blame. On home
conditions losing to England will not be forgotten soon.
The blame game has started with the
captain blaming the batsmen for the loss. How stupid is this. In fact our
bowlers failed miserably and on tracks prepared specially to suit our spinners,
they failed to take 20 wickets in all the test matches except Ahmedabad. On the
other hand, the English spinners did a wonderful job. They were far better than
any of our spinners. Indians, who were known to play spin better, struggled
against Swan & Panesar.
Even though in the last test match
we played with 4 specialist spinners, we were not able to get 20 wickets and
win the match. The quality of the spinners we have at present are not at all
match winners. They have just performed in patches.
The biggest problem faced by Indian
cricket is lack of quality bowlers. We do not have match winners like a Kapil
Dev or a Anil Kumble. These 2 cricketers have won India so many matches single
handedly. Why are we not able to groom good bowlers ??? Our nation is obsessed
with batting. Every one wants to be a batsman. Everyone wants to hit fours and
sixes. No one wants to take up bowling seriously. With bowlers getting hit in
the shorter version of the game, there is a tilt with the younger generation towards
being a batsman. Even in the nets a bowler doesn’t like to be hit. Look at the
bowlers face when he is hit .
The biggest step the board has to
take is to develop / nurture bowlers and make them match winners. There is no
dearth of talent in our country. Unless there is encouragement on this front,
india will only produce batsmen and we will never have quality bowlers.
It’s time to act fast , else we will
continue the losing streak at home also…..
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