Viruses are of so many kinds. Some are fatal, some make you sick, some pose an immediate threat to your life and some even change your life. Our cricketers have fallen prey to the last kind of the virus.
They have succumbed to the vicious and dreadful infection of the virus which changes the total life style and the pattern of activities of a person.
And there are sub types of this kind of the virus. Viz. Political virus, bollywood virus, fixing virus, Ad. market virus, arrogance virus etc. etc. All these viruses have laid very dangerous impact on the sport in general and the player in particular.
India might be the most richest cricket board of the world and the most powerful as well, keeping in view India’s position at the ICC. But if we try to analyse the effect of these positions on the overall body language of the cricketers, we will come to the conclusion that it has adversely affected the players and left them alarmingly arrogant.
Needless to elaborate on the kinds of viruses which have invaded the playing potentialities of the cricketers. Records tell us the whole story.
How pathetic !
But this is the truth about Indian cricket, and some elite cricketers, who unfortunately are the so called back bone of Indian cricket, who have ruined the cricketing image of our country, should be shown the door, before they make any further damage to the game.
Nip the evil in the bud.
Well, I feel it is not going to be fruitful for both, struggling and promising cricketers of India, if we name these ailing stalwarts of the game.
The only thing I would like to suggest to the budding cricketers of India is that they should not follow the precedence which their erring icons have set for them.
Country comes first.Individuality comes next. It is never the reverse of it. If you are a cricketer,then you ought to worship the game selflessly.
Glitter of glamour is the enemy of the game.
Real cricket connotes toil,sweat,hard work, practice, dedication, sincerity, obedience, team work and simple living. Because it the simple living which holds key to dedication, and dedication happens to be the name of the game.
Cricketing life should be treated on the pattern of “Gurukul”. Where every activity which does not go in line with the basic fundamentals of the Gurukul, is forbidden.
Glamour in cricket, has been eroding the very essence of the game. And it is not that we don’t know it. But why we are turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to this grave state of affiars, remains to be a mystery.
In a bid to solve this mystery, Cricket board will have to put its foot down and start being more and more strict towards the arrogant few. And give the game, its original form and the players, their original persona and identity.
BCCI very urgently needs to get its act together, before it is too late.