Indian Cricket – 10 Questions

10 questions every Indian Cricket fan should ask.

The difference between victory and defeat lies in that moment of truth , whether you let  go or hang in there for one more second. Fighting each moment of truth inches you close towards winning the war.

Unfortunately, in this England series we lost many such moments and a 1-4 scoreline is written in history forever.We made champions of débutantes and heroes of old war horses, in conditions which were similar to our backyard.

Its time to ask tough questions : here are 10 of them, which Cricket lovers across the country should ask the team.

Read the 10 questions here

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Champions Trophy 2017 Final

Sometimes in life you get to be the pigeon and sometimes the statue. This time it was Team India’s turn to be the statue. Team Pakistan got a huge monkey off their backs by beating their arch rivals when it mattered the most. The question now, is where is the monkey?

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If Virat Kohli was your boss

Imagine a Monday morning meeting after a massive miss in forecast, all committed deals lost or stalled, and you missed your quarter targets by a mile.What would your boss say?

And what if he happens to be Virat Kohli?

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Consistent Champ or Comeback Kid?

Lasse Viren fell down running the Olympic 10,000 meter final at the Munich games, and then went on to win a world record. Ben Ainslie won the America’s cup coming back from a huge deficit. Dennis Taylor came back to beat Steve Davis. India beat Australia after following on in the 2001 series. Tom Brady’s Patriots came back from a massive deficit to win NFL!

World just loves comebacks, but spare a thought for the consistent champions, who is rooting for them? Who is rooting for consistency and design ?

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Cricket Moving

Twenty percent of the world watches Cricket today, that is more than 1.5Bn people. This explosion of new audience has come by way of making the game more reachable to the masses.

To make it more reachable, it has simplified the sport on hand, and made it more lucrative on the other. This poses the question, whether the sport is being compromised to reach more audiences or are the audiences maturing up to understand the nuances of the game?

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Sach is Life

The tag line – No games only sports applies to this man. The Kabir couplet “aisi karni kar chalo, tum hanson aur jag roye ( do something so good that you smile while you go, and people miss you and cry for you)  – when was the last time you read a tribute about a sportsperson without talking about a single achievement on the field , instead just talk about the person alone? This is but a small tribute to a small -tall man called Sachin Tendulkar!

Read here.

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India Chalta Hai

 

Chalta Hai Yaar is perhaps the most commonly used phrase in India these days.All languages,dialects,have a similar expression. Light Tisko,Swalpa Adjust Madi,Thand Rakh,Take it easy etc. are various forms of this expression in the country today.

Does this also reflect the country’s identity and mindset ? 

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State of Cricket

So where do we begin to fix out most loved sport?  Over the years, we have seen an alarming decline in performance, more importantly the manner of losing has been quite disturbing. So here is a proposed 10 point plan to fix the slide.

Read about it here.

Cheers

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