One of the most scary parts of playing continuous cricket is the weariness factor. The players are being put through 9 months of continuous cricket and this is not doing them any good. Few of the key factors of consistent performance are good rest and regeneration of body stamina and strength. On watching Champion's League T20, one thing is clear. The players are struggling and they are struggling big time. There is no punch, there is no vibe, there is no kick to any of the matches that has happened so far. Playing for the sake of playing is clearly seen and it hurts to see them play this way. Cricket should be played from the heart and not from anywhere else. A player would be able to give his beat only if he is totally fit and his mind is totally into the game. If that is missing then the soul itself is missing.
Gambhir, one of the most lethal player India has seen is struggling. He is not able to time the balls well and his shot selections are shaky. He needs to go get some solid net sessions and that is not going to happen if he spends the whole of the month playing T20 cricket. In the name of entertainment, I feel that T20 cricket is being overdone and the players are not getting sufficient net practices and healthy recuperation time.
Gambhir is just one example. There are many such players who are not in their elements right now and this will be clearly seen in the test series against England starting this November. If the team is not fresh and all ready for the season, it will be clearly seen in their performance and the overall performance of the team and that is something which the BCCI and the selectors have to think about before bundling the players off to play for the Champions League.
Shane Watson was called back by the Australian Cricket Board to practice and get accustomed to the bigger format of the game as Australia will be taking on South Africa next month. Though I felt bad that I would not see him anymore in CLT20, on thinking hard I felt that the decision to call him back to practice for the upcoming test matches was a well thought out one and it will obviously help him and the team in the larger format of the game.
Everything is not about T20. It is a format which came up recently and it is a format which needs no foot work, no book shots, no well laid out plan, no strategy. It is a format which needs hard hitters. Though it has become important in today's world, test cricket will remain the true representative of the Gentleman's Game followed by ODI cricket.
-Aishwarya Kumar
Gambhir, one of the most lethal player India has seen is struggling. He is not able to time the balls well and his shot selections are shaky. He needs to go get some solid net sessions and that is not going to happen if he spends the whole of the month playing T20 cricket. In the name of entertainment, I feel that T20 cricket is being overdone and the players are not getting sufficient net practices and healthy recuperation time.
Gambhir is just one example. There are many such players who are not in their elements right now and this will be clearly seen in the test series against England starting this November. If the team is not fresh and all ready for the season, it will be clearly seen in their performance and the overall performance of the team and that is something which the BCCI and the selectors have to think about before bundling the players off to play for the Champions League.
Shane Watson was called back by the Australian Cricket Board to practice and get accustomed to the bigger format of the game as Australia will be taking on South Africa next month. Though I felt bad that I would not see him anymore in CLT20, on thinking hard I felt that the decision to call him back to practice for the upcoming test matches was a well thought out one and it will obviously help him and the team in the larger format of the game.
Everything is not about T20. It is a format which came up recently and it is a format which needs no foot work, no book shots, no well laid out plan, no strategy. It is a format which needs hard hitters. Though it has become important in today's world, test cricket will remain the true representative of the Gentleman's Game followed by ODI cricket.
-Aishwarya Kumar
Awesome. :) Well written. :)
ReplyDeleteI usually enjoy watching IPL/T20 matches along with ODI ones, but I am having no interest in this CLT20, despite one of my favourite teams, KKR being it. I don't feel bad when they lose either. In the IPL I actually felt passionate about it, but here I don't feel anything.
I am looking forward to the upcoming Team India v/s England tour. Can't wait to see them play as a team.
Also, the BCCI really NEED to realize that these players are human beings, not robots and treat them accordingly. Abusing their bodies is not good. I read in Virat's interview that they get only some 2-3 months OVERALL for themselves and that is so not fair. They should be given atleast some 4-5 months off, as they are also human beings...and also for the fact that when they are on the field they give their life and soul to the game.
In a way, I'm glad RCB didn't qualify. As much as I miss Virat, Gayle and the others, I'm also glad the former is receiving sufficient rest.
Keep writing,
Always and forever,
Nidheya.
Ya, completely true.
ReplyDeleteThank you. :D
Will do.
Aishu. :D
Any day, Test cricket is a million times better than the T20 format. How I miss watching a sweaty Rahul Dravid standing on the pitch surveying the field as if it were his own or for a VVS Laxman walk lazily to torture the opposition with his heavenly batting and elegant timing unmatched anywhere. RESPECT.
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