“Dumb-slog” millionaires
The editorials and letters in your newspaper continue to lambaste the national cricket team for their poor performance in the World Twenty20 cricket tournament, and rightly so. We need to ask the hard question why we (and at least two ill-advised IPL teams with deep pockets) have turned these reckless and thoughtless boys into millionaires. All they are good for are mindless slogging without any understanding of the game or any commitment to the team. And the dumb slogging at best gets the team a total of two fours and a six. One hears that they have "talent". Hardly. There must be ten thousand teenagers in the country who can slog a ball out of the field. But what makes a true cricketer is mental toughness. That trait is sadly lacking in all the Test stalwarts. That's why one of the most expensive IPL players melts down in the final over of the Kolkata Knight Riders match, and becomes the most expensive bowler of the tournament! It is time to cut them off the millionaire gravy train and try something totally new. Perhaps, psychological counselling could help.
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