Upon the widely expected dismissal from cricket carnival at the Caribbean and subsequent crushing of bloated images of cricketers as national heroes, one would have expected some genuine cleanup in the way the game is played and promoted in our country.
Instead, the great Maratha, the BCCI president and the team of cahoots that he leads decided to brush everything under carpet. Not that Mr. Pawar is not expert doing that, and indeed much more. He sure is, but unfortunately his track record is a testimony of failed experiments. He is best known as the quintessential opportunity seeker who rarely succeeds beyond his home domain.
Seeing them on TV emerging from the ‘stock-taking’ meeting, it is difficult to imagine that the bunch of selectors would be all smiles so soon after the worst debacle Indian cricket has suffered. It is equally improbable that no heads would be scalped except the soft dismissal of Greg Chappel.
It’s not my case of opening cards to say that Rahul Dravid should have been asked to step down owning partial responsibility of not having it in him to lead the national side. One hears he frequently served errands between his coach and fellow teammates when Greg wasn’t willing to talk to them.
If true, one feels sorry for him, because despite his stature as a sound batsman, it’ll be beyond his ability to deliver, leading a team from the front.
As for us, touted as a cricket-loving nation, the less said the better. The carnival (it hurts my ‘ego’ to term it world cup, because a world cup can be one and only one, the FIFA World Cup) hasn’t yet ended, but there is just no ‘fever’ anymore. Instead, we’re looking at the nondescript forthcoming Bangladesh visit to ‘avenge’ the carnival defeat.
Meanwhile, here is that infamous video that shows the Australians shoving Mr. Pawar in the ICC cup.
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