Consistency in this Indian team is as elusive as a hit from Yash Raj camp. Having beaten Australia in Australia in the winter, we thought, we finally have arrived, right up there to win the world [cup]. Not for a single moment we spared a thought on a miserable Caribbean outing that we had gulped down our throats like a bitter medicine. Then came IPL, where in young blood with oozing panache and verve, took the entire nation by storm. Somewhere in our mindspace we started dreaming about clinching the distant world cup of 2011…..but then god spat on our face. We got the hint of the ground reality, two back to back defeats at the hands of Pakistan and Sri Lanka in two consecutive finals.[ we are the new south African team, located in Asia ] It’s not that we played bad cricket, in fact we played a very good cricket, but letting the opposition go off the tenterhooks, is as big a mistake in cricket as casting Rakhi Sawant for Seeta’s role in Ramayana. And we did just that! We let opposition to enter our back yard and allowed them not only to occupy our house but to rule us. Last time the ruler was Ajantha Mendis, a lanky spin bowler from sri lankan side, who simply wrecked our on-the-paper-strong batting line-up. We caught the flight to Colombo in the hope to prove ‘we don’t mind mendis’. And like Britney spear he did it again, and again. He ‘shaved’ the Indian batter on a spin track. Sri lanka has always been a formidable force in their den, but we did not acknowledge that and perished.
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