BeautifulGame Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 As India's tour of Australia continues to play out like a bad dream and the brickbats come thick and fast, a rattled Indian cricket board (BCCI) is trying to put a long-term recovery plan in place. For starters, the board has written to the top Test-playing nations to revive the India-A tour matches. A senior official of the board said on condition of anonymity: "After what happened in England, we have already identified measures to help improve our Test performance. We have contacted boards of cricket playing countries like Australia, South Africa and England and expressed a desire to restart the India-A tours. Their responses are awaited." The two humiliating Test defeats Down Under, coming just months after the thrashing in England, have left the BCCI perplexed. The board does not know how to explain it. The team playing in Australia, they feel, is one of the best in the world. So, what's gone wrong and what is to be done now? Sources within the board hinted that at least two senior batsmen are expected to retire from Test cricket by the end of this year, or early next year. "We can't talk about drastic measures. We can't drop a Rahul Dravid who was last year's top scorer but has failed to notch-up runs during the ongoing Test series. He is still a world class batsman. Even a player like VVS Laxman has a worthy reputation. If he too is faltering in Australia, it's really a cause for concern. At the end of the day, they are not getting any younger," the concerned official said. As for the youngsters, the feeling in the board is that they have to be inducted into the playing XI gradually. With the team already down 2-0, it would be too much to ask Rohit Sharma - if he gets to play in the third Test in Perth - to get cracking on a fast, bouncy wicket in his debut Test match. Even a biggie like Laxman took 30 innings to score his first Test century, the official pointed out. "It's completely up to the selectors as to how they plan out the future course of action. We will surely have to take corrective measures and we should start with domestic pitches, which are mostly batsman-friendly. We have to prepare sporting wickets and restructure the National Cricket Academy and most importantly, we need to give some time to this team to come up again," another senior official reasoned. In a country where this game is followed like a religion, will the fans be patient enough for the transition to take place? "What other option do we have? If England are No. 1 Test team today, it's because they planned their cricket well," the official said while indicating that BCCI wouldn't mind following in England's footsteps. If injuries hampered India's chances in England, technical deficiency, poor tactical and lack of application has been the hallmark of the team's show in Australia. As for the bowlers, the board can only hope that the pool of fast bowlers, which it will shortlist for the future, will come good in time. The transition has to be smooth and a lot will depend on how this team performs in last two Test matches in Australia. "If it's a whitewash again, we will take necessary measures. We won't hesitate to take some harsh steps," said an official. Right now, it is a wait and watch policy for BCCI. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-australia/top-stories/Rattled-BCCI-looks-at-long-term-recovery-plan/articleshow/11406203.cms My real worry is the last line.Surely losing 6 away tests in a row pathetically is enough to call for emergency measures? Why are they waiting to see whether its a whitewash or not.What if we win one of the next 2 tests and draw the other miraculously.Will BCCI carry on as if everything is OK? I hope we rather lose 4-0 than 3-0 or 3-1 if that is what BCCI needs to wake and make some proper planning for future.
amiret Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 We have contacted boards of cricket playing countries like Australia, South Africa and England and expressed a desire to restart the India-A tours. Why in the world did they Stop the tours in the first place !!! i thought our A teams were touring all along.:confused_smile: We will surely have to take corrective measures and we should start with domestic pitches, which are mostly batsman-friendly. They have always acknowledged the problem but no corrective measures have ever been taken.
amiret Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 My real worry is the last line.Surely losing 6 away tests in a row pathetically is enough to call for emergency measures? Why are they waiting to see whether its a whitewash or not.What if we win one of the next 2 tests and draw the other miraculously.Will BCCI carry on as if everything is OK? I agree it is a strange comment. It is almost as if they are not concerned about the losses , but only about the PUBLIC opinion & perception of those losses. Nobody wants to disturb the status-quo. A 4-0 whitewash in England was not enough for BCCI to take strong measures as they could easily hide behind the "injuries" excuse. Now it has become a PR nightmare for them as they are being bombarded on all TV Channels. If it's a whitewash again, we will take necessary measures. We won't hesitate to take some harsh steps," said an official.
Deleted_User_1 Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Kuch nahin hone wala!!!! Sab bakwas hain saala!!!
Sachin=GOD Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Ghanta kuch karenge yeh log. Just wait and watch how the next tamasha season will be even longer and the A tour and Test series' even shorter.
bharat297 Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 I've never understood why they don't encourage curators to prepare sporting wickets for domestic. Of all the measures required to improve Indian cricket in the long-term, that one is the one that probably takes the least effort by the BCCI , yet they haven't done it. But if this article is correct (and I doubt it is), it looks like they have finally woken up. Oh well, I'll believe it when I see it.
Karan114 Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 The Tamasha league is due to start in a couple of months - the Indian masses will be flocking into watch Saurabh Tiwary, Raina, Pathan etc. cowlash some trundlers for a few sixes and these Test whitewashes will be forgotten. And the BCCI couldn't give two **** as long as the tamasha keeps bringing the moolah in - all this talk is just talk, we've heard it a hundred times from them with zero follow up on the ground.
Needforspeed Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 The Tamasha league is due to start in a couple of months - the Indian masses will be flocking into watch Saurabh Tiwary' date=' Raina, Pathan etc. cowlash some trundlers for a few sixes and these Test whitewashes will be forgotten. And the BCCI couldn't give two shits as long as the tamasha keeps bringing the moolah in - all this talk is just talk, we've heard it a hundred times from them with zero follow up on the ground.[/quote'] +1
BERGKAMP Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 all the bcci board members need to resign, and we need a new board in whose priorities are cricket first, money second.
bharat297 Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Kumble and Ganguly should run Indian cricket. :two_thumbs_up:
chainsmoker1985 Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Once, when an ODI match against Sri Lanka in Delhi got cancelled due to bad pitch, some caller on Dial C for Cricket asked Daljit Singh, BCCI Pitch Curator(who was on another phone line)- 'That earlier, PCA used to have the best fast bowler's track in India but now why is it losing its identity and becoming flat and why India keep on producing flat tracks match after match.' Then Daljit Singh instead of committing his mistake, us bande par hi chad gya ki we don't know anything about pitches so we better not talk about it.
Sachin=GOD Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Kumble and Ganguly should run Indian cricket. :two_thumbs_up: Tenvic :blink:
Cricket Tragic Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 The Tamasha league is due to start in a couple of months - the Indian masses will be flocking into watch Saurabh Tiwary' date= Raina, Pathan etc. cowlash some trundlers for a few sixes and these Test whitewashes will be forgotten. And the BCCI couldn't give two **** as long as the tamasha keeps bringing the moolah in - all this talk is just talk, we've heard it a hundred times from them with zero follow up on the ground. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: :((
shinchan Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 everything will b forgotten once :mi: IPL satrts :isalute::isalute::isalute:
Needforspeed Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 everything will b forgotten once :csk:IPL satrts :isalute::isalute::isalute: Corrected :--D
The Dark Horse Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 Tenvic :blink: The guy just resigned, why bring it up again and again?
Sachin=GOD Posted January 8, 2012 Posted January 8, 2012 The guy just resigned' date=' why bring it up again and again?[/quote'] from which post?? He only resigned as NCA Chairman IIRC.
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