Scraps Stuffs - Random musings from apun ka desh

Everything I've read about the various comments from BCCI tells me that nothing is going to happen to Indian cricket other than more of the same - more mediocrity, more respect for reputations and past performance, more ostrich like attitudes and more incompetence. BCCI says the coach will go - as if all the blame for the debacle was his alone. When Chappell took over and the Indian cricket team starting winning matches, they were all praise for his process. Now the same process is deemed to have failed. Perhaps they should look at the execution of the process and whether Chappell was allowed to have a free hand in doing so. He has stated time and again that we need a younger team, but a team of oldies went to the Cup. The results were predictable.

If reports in the media are anything to go buy, the senior people have a serious attitude problem and think of themselves as above any criticism or accountability. BCCI seems most reluctant to address this issue, so how can things change. Getting an Indian coach won't help. Do you see a Sehwag or a Ganguly or for that matter a Dravid listening to, say, a Mohinder Amarnath? Or a Sandeep Patil? They first thing they will throw at him is that their records don't match ours so they can't tell us what to do.

Its time to put Ganguly, Dravid, Tendulkar and Sehwag to pasture and tell them that their time is over. Let younger legs, enthusiasm and passion take over. Which means getting rid of Sharad Pawar first of all.