Champions Trophy…….

I don’t know why but I was not really keen to follow Indian cricket matches in this tournament. As expected, we are out of the trophy and mighty Aussies have done it again. I was not really surprised when we lost that match. The lack of confidence was clearly visible in our players. After all it is a game and in this tournament one bad day on the field could throw your team out.

One can tell lot of reasons for our poor performance recently. People will crib about Chappel’s tactics, his rotation policies, Dravid’s inability to lead the team aggressively and so on.

Still I feel that this is not the end of the road. All we need is couple of comfortable wins to get the team spirit back on the track. This is the same team who has done fantastic job in some of the past tournaments. It was good to see that Viru was coming out of his shell and smashing the ball everywhere on the ground. Tendlya, Dravid , Pathan are already in form.

Well, team for the South African tour is already announced. It was really pity that Rajesh Powar is left out again. With Wasim Jafar’s inclusion in one day team, Sehwag better continue his form found in the match against Australia. Dhoni has to also click this time. We want more fireworks from him and he is definitely capable of doing it. This guy plays as per the situation now days. It will be also interesting to see what Apna Anil bhai does. All Asian teams are out of this tournament, so let’s see if Australia manages to win this time at least. ;)

I am sure that Men in Blue can bring back the world cup this time. We have the ability to do it. And just like millions of people in India, it is also my dream to see the world cup in the mighty hands of apla Sachin Tendulkar.
Cheers,
Amol