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‘SriGanesh’ or ‘Bismillah’, whichever is the medium, the function of these words remains the same & i.e. to start any work by taking lord’s name. In India, Cricket is a religion & Cricketers are the gods. So what better way to start the blog than to discuss about cricket?

Tomorrow these so called gods have a do or die match & that too against Australia. But does it really matter to them? Last month in a similar do or die situation, they lost to Australia & I don’t think they are going to fair any better this time. Indian cricket board has hired a psychologist from time to time for the team. The psychologist worked wonders in the 2003 world cup & came up with the famous ‘huddle’ concept. It helped the team a lot then. They have another psychologist now with the team. But can he really help? I don’t think so.

The difference between 2003 & now in my view is that the then promising youngsters have matured in a negative way. The transformation is like that of a normal police officer (not the filmy heroes, they do not exist). When a guy joins the police force, he is apprehensive of what he is doing & eager to show others that he is capable enough. But as time passes by, he learns the tricks of the trade, forgets everything about the ethics he had vowed to follow & learn how he can bend the rules. Similarly the youngsters in the team seem to have forgotten everything about the fighting spirit they used to show previously. While practicing they resemble a bunch of kids who are playing gully cricket. They still enjoy the game as they used to do previously (because it has given them money, position, everything), but the dedication seems to be missing. The sight of Greg Chappell giving a piece of his mind to the cricketers few days back(talking about their level of dedication) clearly shows that the team is not in a right mood to play.

I hope that they lose tomorrow’s match, so that it might work as a wake up call & the teams prepares itself to battle it out in the world cup in a manner it did last time.