See the positive side

[Precambrian]

Why don't we see the positive side? We are getting too emotional because we tend to put all our eggs in the cricket basket. For me ever since Tendulkar retired : 1. My interest in cricket is going downhill. I admit, I login to ICF these days to check politics section and other misc stuff than cricket. 2. Of course Indian test team's performances aren't exactly helping matters, esp overseas ones. 3. I am willing to see things in perspective. This is a team in transition - I do not want to get overtly committed mentally and am actually enjoying the development of this team. 4. It's time to focus on other stuff. Branch out attention to other sports, or use it on personal improvement and knowledge enrichment. 5. I think we should all take a chill pill, stop getting so sentimental about performances of our team in a format that is quickly and decisively dying. Stop trying to ape and imitate westerners and their outdated concepts of what cricket should be. Test cricket need not be the ultimate avenue for our youngsters to do well in. Englishmen thinks that is the ultimate because that's the only format in which they do reasonably well. We must go down the T20 route boldly because honestly that is the future. It requires skills sets that are unique. Test cricket requires skills that are largely out of sync with the changing modern world. And we have made our youngsters already invest much of their career and efforts in the shorter format, and that's what made most of them stars. If we continue putting pressure on them to be good at everything, automatically they will start dropping out like the Malingas and the Pollards, becoming T20 specialists. And no, nobody wants to be a test specialist, simply because of the money and glamour part. It isn't a terrible thing. People choose movies over dramas, do we make fun of SRk because he doesn't act in dramas? Do we set a criteria that drama experience is an essential pre-requisite for acting in movies? No! As the entertainment industry evolved out went the appeal of dramas didn't it? I am happy at least our young team gave it a bit of fight by winning one test in alien conditions. But it isn't end of everything. In short, a big middle finger to test match cricket.

[Sachin=GOD]

Test cricket need not be the ultimate avenue for our youngsters to do well in. Englishmen thinks that is the ultimate because that's the only format in which they do reasonably well. We must go down the T20 route boldly because honestly that is the future. It requires skills sets that are unique. Pathetic excuse for pathetic performance in Tests.

[tweaker]

I have also lost interest in cricket now,Iam watching Pro Kabaddi now

[express bowling]

The thing is ...... thousands of us here actually love test cricket. The OP maybe right about trends, future of cricket etc..... But TODAY , among all sports, test cricket is what I like the most. As simple as that.

[Forever Indian]

Nothing beats Test Cricket. I would rather watch baseball than T20 stuff if that's the only cricket provided.

[vvvslaxman]

Almost all batsmen present, past are judged by their test credentials. Otherwise Kohli would be an all time great already. Yes giving up on Indian cricket temporarily fine which i did during 2011 England tour, rarely followed Australian series. We were losing by gigantic margins l.

[sensible-indian]

It was so depressing to see us perform so badly in the last 2 tests. It had 2011 written all over it.

[CSK Fan]

If it lack of talent or skills I would agree. When you don't even bother to turn up what can one say? The success of Bhuvi and Ashwin with the bat shows there were no unplayable deliveries. Bowlers have taken wickets in patches What gets me is the attitude of the team and the defensive approach and failure of the captain to seize key moments And what are the fans expected to do, ignore there is a series going on with players donning Indian colors. the same players who earn millions and show such energy in IPL? Why don't you use the same logic and boycott IPL which hurts a team in 'transistion'?

[NareshK]

India just won a test at Lord's a couple of games ago. There are lot of good things about this team and they will get better as they play more. Its still a very young, inexperienced team and they will have ups and downs and make some mistakes when they play overseas. All this experience will help them in the future but important thing for them is to learn and grow and become better. Don't have to panic.

[adi B]

Nah,I disagree.nothing matches test cricket,It's the best format to judge players and a team.maybe the younger generation of cricketer ain't too interested in tests but when u have role models like sachin,ganguly,dravid,vvs,kumble etc surely the young players like Pujara,kohli,bhuvi etc wanna succeed in this format and prove their mettle in world cricket.only test cricket can earn u the pinnacle of respect amongst ex greats. It's good to see that guys like Vijay,warner,Faf come out and say they want to excel in this format

[FreakazoiD]

India just won a test at Lord's a couple of games ago. There are lot of good things about this team and they will get better as they play more. Its still a very young, inexperienced team and they will have ups and downs and make some mistakes when they play overseas. All this experience will help them in the future but important thing for them is to learn and grow and become better. Don't have to panic.

Dhoni, is that you again? :haha: On a serious note, I'm tired of hearing this "young" crap. In 2011 we had the most experienced team ever and got thrashed 4-0. And now we use inexperience as an excuse? And btw this team is not that young - 3 of them are over 30, and Pankaj is nearing 30. Average age must be 27ish, which is certainly more than England's. The likes of Vijay, Pujara and Kohli have played 20+ tests and toured WI, SA, NZ, so inexperience cannot be an excuse.

[NareshK]

Dhoni, is that you again? :haha: On a serious note, I'm tired of hearing this "young" crap. In 2011 we had the most experienced team ever and got thrashed 4-0. And now we use inexperience as an excuse? And btw this team is not that young - 3 of them are over 30, and Pankaj is nearing 30. Average age must be 27ish, which is certainly more than England's. The likes of Vijay, Pujara and Kohli have played 20+ tests and toured WI, SA, NZ, so inexperience cannot be an excuse.

Nobody other than Dhoni have toured England before. The conditions here are vastly different than anywhere you get in the world. The ball swings a mile here and does so for a long time. Its quite tough to adapt. They did well at Nottingham and Lord's so we need to give them credit but I agree, last two tests have been disappointing. But remember even Aussies lost 3-0 in England and Eng lost 5-0 in Aus. Did they panic and run around like the sky is falling ?

[vijay50]

Why don't we see the positive side? We are getting too emotional because we tend to put all our eggs in the cricket basket. For me ever since Tendulkar retired : 1. My interest in cricket is going downhill. I admit, I login to ICF these days to check politics section and other misc stuff than cricket. 2. Of course Indian test team's performances aren't exactly helping matters, esp overseas ones. 3. I am willing to see things in perspective. This is a team in transition - I do not want to get overtly committed mentally and am actually enjoying the development of this team. 4. It's time to focus on other stuff. Branch out attention to other sports, or use it on personal improvement and knowledge enrichment. 5. I think we should all take a chill pill, stop getting so sentimental about performances of our team in a format that is quickly and decisively dying. Stop trying to ape and imitate westerners and their outdated concepts of what cricket should be. Test cricket need not be the ultimate avenue for our youngsters to do well in. Englishmen thinks that is the ultimate because that's the only format in which they do reasonably well. We must go down the T20 route boldly because honestly that is the future. It requires skills sets that are unique. Test cricket requires skills that are largely out of sync with the changing modern world. And we have made our youngsters already invest much of their career and efforts in the shorter format, and that's what made most of them stars. If we continue putting pressure on them to be good at everything, automatically they will start dropping out like the Malingas and the Pollards, becoming T20 specialists. And no, nobody wants to be a test specialist, simply because of the money and glamour part. It isn't a terrible thing. People choose movies over dramas, do we make fun of SRk because he doesn't act in dramas? Do we set a criteria that drama experience is an essential pre-requisite for acting in movies? No! As the entertainment industry evolved out went the appeal of dramas didn't it? I am happy at least our young team gave it a bit of fight by winning one test in alien conditions. But it isn't end of everything. In short, a big middle finger to test match cricket.

Thanks Mr.Srini for you comments and finishing Indian test cricket.

[jalebi_bhai]

Sorry Pre.....have to disagree with you on this one........this tour has been an unmitigated disaster.....Test Cricket for me is the pinnacle......it requires true mental fortitude and skill to thrive in the format unlike T20 and ODIs (to a certain extent)........T20 is the format that will help globalize cricket.....but Test Cricket will always be 'the' format.....

[rkt.india]

Sorry Pre.....have to disagree with you on this one........this tour has been an unmitigated disaster.....Test Cricket for me is the pinnacle......it requires true mental fortitude and skill to thrive in the format unlike T20 and ODIs (to a certain extent)........T20 is the format that will help globalize cricket.....but Test Cricket will always be 'the' format.....

Not quite. 2011 and England were 2012 Aus were.

[jalebi_bhai]

Not quite. 2011 and England were 2012 Aus were.

They've all been bad......we may have won a test this series.....but our best batsmen have been brutally exposed by a mediocre left arm spinner in non-spinning conditions.....