Time to revive Indian Cricket?
You really cannot curse Mike Atherton for laughing while he announced the Player-of-the-series from the Indian side during the presentation ceremony at the Oval after India lost the last and final test and allowed England to complete a 4-0 whitewash. You also cannot help but feel sorry for Rahul Dravid (adjudged the player of the series from the Indian side), the only batsman who was willing to stay at the crease throughout the tournament. Dravid, who scored 461 runs in the 4-match series, hit the nail on the head when he rightly quipped at the post-match presentation, “It might take half an hour (to explain why India performed so dismally in the 4 match series).” In just a few words, therefore, he had actually summed up Team India’s performance. A defeat is excusable, in fact understandable-you can’t go on winning anything and everything under the sun. However, the margin of defeats, and the lethargy displayed by Team India is indeed a matter of concern. To begin with, this Ind