It’s nice to know what I write evokes some emotion in people who read and actually respond to what I have written.
I am talking about my last blog and the timing of it could not have been better after what Zaheer Khan said today. The pace ace has said emphatically that he was not tired and surprised at Rahul Dravid’s decision not to enforce the follow-on in the third Test at the Oval.
As it were, almost anyone from the panwallah on the street corner to the better known names like Gundappa Vishwanath and Ravi Shastri have criticised Dravid for his decision. Some people say it was a safety first tactic, but the truth is Dravid did not trust his bowlers.
When you go into a Test match, the captain knows how much pressure he can put on his bowlers. So, if Zaheer Khan has actually said he was not tired, we have to believe him. I am sure, modern day cricketers are a fit lot even if they have stopped walking around at training sessions with old tyres tied around their waist as Greg Chappell wanted them to.
Indian cricket is well-known for having produced fast bowlers who could never shoulder the workload simply because they were not training hard enough at the gym. Ashish Nehra and Atul Wassan are names which readily come to the mind when one talks of bowlers who did not work hard enough on their fitness.
It is only now that we have bowlers like Zaheer, Sree Santh, Pathan and company working hard to stay fit for the grind that international cricket now is. So, if Zaheer has actually spilled the beans (leave the jellybeans aside) he is actually going to stir a whole new debate.
Any single quote from a cricketer today is observed so minutely today under an electron microscope, it can be twisted and turned to any extent. Maybe, Zaheer Khan said he was not tired in a routine matter and it has become a big issue now.
Well, this is cricket, and controversies will always be part of it. Good, bad or ugly!
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4 comments:
Mr Kanan,
You were man enough to concede that you were wrong in the first place and I am happy about it. I feel Zak was perfectly right when he said that he wasn't tired.
Atul Wassan and Delhi speedster Ashish Nehra I feel, were great shirkers but Zaheer is a workhorse. He must have genuinely felt cheated. My hunch is that Dravid was anticipating Zaheer to hog the limelight if India won the second Test. This sense of insecurity prompted him to bat the second time and not enforce the follow-on. Insecurities makes a man do queer things and Dravid has shown he is a slave of his insecurities.
thanks for writing in mr singh
This heading "Zak the ripper" is great!!!
Hello Sir,
U copied my my headline...hmm and I thought you considered it too negative.
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