In India some people still suffer the quota or regionalistic attitude when it comes to cricket. Tamil players not selected or Mumbai players being preferred when a Mumbai skipper was captain kinda talks are so common in India. Cynicism and jingoism are at its best when cricket is being discussed in India. Everybody knows the game more than the selectors and the poor jokers are always trampled by the so called experts.
Unfortunately this age REGIONALISM doesnt hold any place in Indian cricket. Dilip Vengsarkar tried to do it but he wasnt successful. Srikanth tried to stuff in his Tamil players in the team but nobody succeeded. Badrinath was automatic replacement for every injured player in 2008 in Srikanth era as was Rohit Sharma during Vengsarkar era. Chennai, Mumbai.
Why do we need to give regional boundaries to CRICKET in India. It stumps me. And then few jingoist bloggers who blindly support a team and trample others (Mumbai supported, others trashed) leave a bad taste in the mouth. Sourav Ganguly changed the mindset of the Indian cricketing setup, unforutnately the public mindset couldnt be changed.
Mantra according to me is perform and earn your place. Doesnt matter if you hail from Mumbai or Morena or Madurai or Delhi or Dehradun or Andaman...Jingoism, cynicism and regional feudal mindset just doesnt have any place in modern day Indian cricket. The days of Raj are over and so are feudal days.
No wonder supporting the pan Indian mindset has shooed away all the commenters on this blog. Regionalism wins. Go find blogs which whine on Mumbai or Tamil Nadu, they would have all comments, not this one. Fuck who bothers about comments.
