India’s pathetic performance in Australia is secondary when weighed against silly comments coming from our floundering cricketers.
“We are not embarrassed about our show. In fact, there is nothing to be embarrassed about.”
“There is no point talking about our performance.”
The above is just a sampling of some comments made at post-match press conferences by our cricketing stalwarts — such as Ashwin and Virat Kohli. In fact, newbie after newbie (Ishant Sharma as well) is allowed to be the spokesperson for India in Australia when that responsibility should be with the captain or any of the senior players in the team.
So it is a loss of face for India both on and off the field. In fact, the nonsense coming out of these juniors is more damaging for the country than their consistent failures. Defeats happen, so we should not go overboard with it – just as getting carried away by victories is not a sane approach.
If anything, what Ashwin has been saying regularly in Australia only shows they care little about how they play and more about the money they make. It is only Indian fans who stress themselves out by watchiing the mediocrity on display who should get embarrassed.
Either Dhoni and the seniors do not have the courage to face the media or they are deliberately trying to insult journalists by making them listen to the inanities coming from the juniormost cricketers on India’s behalf. A gag order against them will be in order.
G Joslin Vethakumar
