"Keep It Simple Silly"

“Keep It Simple Silly”

Yes we have lost 4-0 to England. Why ???  The obvious question every body would ask.  Few of the reasons I have tried  to explain ---

If we have watched the series  there was no lack of effort  or commitment from the Indian bowlers , they always  stayed in the hunt  but  the English cricket  which  always gave importance to Test cricket  & put hard work  paid them good returns. In 2010 Ashes  also England Team looked integral,  well prepared , & more importantly  mentally  tough.  Apart from the Perth test   England team  showed their class,  grit &   literally outplayed Australia in their  home soil  despite  the likes of Peter Siddle, Johnson,  Bollinger  bowled their heart out.  The reason for transformation of the England team  who were used  to loose  6 out of  5 series  they played every year  is the preparation, attitude & binding as  a team. Apart from the Ian Bell incident there was no nonsense  cricket  or incident associated with England through out.  Their bowlers used the pitch with command , swung the ball with classical English swing & bowled  the bouncer when required with fruitful result. At situations  when  India  had upper hand someone like Broad ,Bresnan or swan  came with spirited spells  & turned the  momentum and outcome of the match in England’s favor  example second & fourth test  of the series. & batting …. After South Africa  England team  looked  with depth in batting as even  No. 9 scoring more  consistently. Three double centuries in one series that too on friendly pitches shows the class of  English batting.  Most of the England batsmen played to the delivery, rarely tried to force the shot ( exception being Pieterson who has his own style of  playing  using the crease  according to the bowler.) forcing the bowler to bowl at them, make him  tired  & score runs.  

If we look at India’s struggle in all the four tests we hardly played 90 over,  Saving a test match on fifth day  looks like mounting  Everest.  Sachin, Dravid , Laxman  are just  few steps  away  from the retirement door & still Yuvraj, Raina ,  Dhoni  Murli Vijay   not finding the way to   fit  in the slots.  New  players don’t want to come out of  the glamour of IPL & Champions league  which are played on the dead wicket. Our fast bowlers  were  not willing to bowl  above   135 km/hr  mark.   We have to nurture at least  6 fast bowlers  with long term plan if we are to become a good Test side.    

Everybody laughed at Shane Warne when he predicted that England would win the series 3-1. Having played  so much  matches against England & also in the county cricket  Shane Warne ‘s  experience  & his opinion  should not have been neglected. 

No tag of star player,  No  discussion of  records,  Not relying on single player,  not  rushing half  fit player . Just select 11  good players  as per the requirement&  condition  plan  for the day , focus to achieve plan versus actual  & carry on.   That’s the success story of England’s  24 carat performance.

 Most of the time we ignore simple things & try to solve the complex.

Moral of the story  :--à     “Keep It Simple Silly.