From: pacd@thor.ece.uc.edu (P. Avinash Chander Dev)
Subject: SAARC INDIAN TEAM
Followup-To: SAARC
Originator: pacd@thor.ece.uc.edu
Organization: Unversity of Cincinnati, ECE Dept
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:19:02 GMT


THIS MAIL IS FOR PEOPLE WITH SOME CRICKETING SENSE

What we need is a politically correct winning team consisting of the
most promising players in the country. I cant believe that there isnt
a single person in the South Zone that can represent the Indian team.
If there is a sobers in bombay and a Gomes in Bangalore, then it is
fine, but that is not the case.  Person A is as good as Person B, do
not be biased, try some political tact in selection, the country is
not the North and West alone, try a little bit of diplomacy. That is
the way the world works, you have to keep the people satisfied, be
mature and intelligent in the selection process. If the players from
Bombay and Delhi are much better than the rest of the south, people
are not going to mind, the better man makes it, but that is
not the case.

This team is an example of how stupid the selection process is in
India. I have lived through these selections as a cricket player in
Madras, the people who select the local teams (all levels of
representation) are no better either, eventhough things have improved
nowadays. I have played for Tamilnadu schools, South zone universities
team etc (These teams are selected entirely by performance in the
inter-university tournament, schools tournament etc, with a hint of a
quota system, i.e, a seemingly decent distribution among all
participants).....I would like to add, I have been kept out of teams
by the quota basis, but then it didnt matter, because it was after all
not the country you are fighting to represent....If it was my country
was the team I was fighting to get into dropped me because of a quota
system I would be pissed, and probably my confidence too, like most
TN, Bengal and Karnataka players are feeling right now...

So what is the solution, well we want winners in the Indian team,
people who would fight till the end (Maninder screwed up two games in
Madras and one in Calcutta, may be a good player, has had his chances,
and is a proven NOT match winner, I have seen him captain North zone
Universities, he was pathetic as a captain, of course he could have
become better, the only thing for him is his experience,).  The next
question people may ask is how to find winners, of course from winning
teams, people may argue that Bombay and Delhi are the winningest teams
in India, well TN, Karnataka, and Bengal has been up there too, where
is their representation in that team.  Why is V.B Chandrasekar not in
the team? why is Ashish Kapoor not in the team?  I saw kambli play in
Australia, he cant play pace, AKRAM OR WAQAR OR JAVED would get him in
no time, hopefully he will get a century against SL or Bangladesh, and
will get some confidence against big name bowlers, of course he
deserves a place in the team for his performances....

I DONT SEE AN INDIAN TEAM LISTED.....It looks more
like a combined West and North zone team, pathetic...



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