Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has slammed nation’s “hero worshipping” and “icon tradition” behind India’s stoop throughout each transition time.
Manjrekar defined how even within the hero worshipping has affected India essentially the most within the transition part of the Indian cricket and the icon gamers drag the staff down. India have misplaced back-to-back Check collection in opposition to New Zealand (0-3) at residence and in opposition to Australia (1-3) away.
“The one foremost cause behind that is the icon tradition we now have in India and the hero worship of sure gamers,” he wrote in his column for Hindustan Occasions.
“Be it 2011-12 or now, it’s the identical state of affairs that will get performed out — iconic gamers that includes prominently doing the alternative of what they did their whole careers, thereby dragging the staff down with their diminished performances.”
Manjrekar identified how India misplaced 0-8 in 2011-12 to England and Australia, the place the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid struggled. Nevertheless, Dravid scored 4 centuries in India’s 0-4 loss in opposition to England, and averaged 76.83 however in Australia he faired poorly.
“In terms of the large gamers, we as a rustic are simply not in a position to keep rational,” he mentioned.
“Cricketing logic goes out of the window after which the selectors hope the participant leaves on his personal in order that they don’t appear like the villains who brutally ended the profession of a terrific who thousands and thousands of followers worship. They simply worry the backlash.”
Manjrekar gave instance of Australia, the place an all-time nice Ricky Ponting was dropped after his efficiency dropped. Even on this collection, they dropped Nathan McSweeney after he performed a preventing knock at Gabba. however was changed by a 19-year-old Sam Konstas. Then in Sydney, all-rounder Mitchell Marsh paved method for Beau Webster.
“Nathan McSweeney was dropped to get Sam Konstas in. Mitchell Marsh was dropped to get Beau Webster. Each choices did wonders to Australia’s possibilities of profitable the collection,” he mentioned.
Manjrekar has additionally suggested chairman of selector Ajit Agarkar to take powerful choice on the present Indian icon gamers.
“Does Rohit Sharma nonetheless have the potential to make up for all his current failures? I wish to suppose that the present choice committee has a fairly good concept about this.
“However now comes the powerful half—can the committee truly take a troublesome choice in sync with their observations? For Mr Ajit Agarkar to take a pure cricketing choice irrespective of who the participant is, we now have to make his job simpler.”
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