T20 Exit - Surprised ?

When I saw Indians exit from T20, it was English football team that came to my mind. There are so many similarities for comfort. EPL and IPL attracts the global attention. Players over-rated by the hyping media. Fooling themselves by these myths and going out in field with no preparation.

Individually take any players in both teams even though both sports are different. Best on the paper, but collectively failing to click. Lampard, Terry earns more than CR7. So do Indian players, who earn more than SA players, even though a reality check on the talents prove otherwise.

It is foreign players who shine in both IPL and EPL, doing nothing for the host countries. Compare this to Spanish league which nurtures local talent, and the success of Spanish national team.

The amount of time dedicated for preparations for representing the country, are severely restricted by IPL and EPL. Because of the money and glamour involved in both, nobody even opts out for a rest. Such is the greed that, we saw how WI captain arrived for the England tour ill-preapred. Same was the case even with India. Any fresh players out there ? You can justify, so was the case with all teams.

This is not entirely true. The athletic ability of SA, NZ players make them more adaptive in such busy times. Many an Indian lack this kind of fitness, and hence a pathetic show in field.

Even a shoulder injury of a player was not found out. So much for pre conditioning for a world cup.

Even though the team boasts of a long batting line, it entierly falls on 3 players - YR, YP and VS, to give the explosive RR. Rest are all run a ball batsmen.

If it was one Ganguly which struggled against rising ball, now we seem to have built a team full of it.

It is not a rant, when a successfull team fails once. But still if we need to take up the place now left void by Oz, lot more has to be done. And GK as defensive as a brick wall as I remember him from playing days as a T20 coach? Some joke :)

Just some points worth a look into - Cut down on the amount of cricket, or have a large squad and rotate players. Make IPL more domestic oriented. Those who arenot motivated should be dropped from national team however skilled they are. Physical fitness is a must.