Foreign coaches
Sir,
This has reference
to 'Foreign Coaches, local players' DE April 11,
2002.
Well knowledgeable
in Sports sphere Mr. Rajesh Dhar in his
constructive critical write up ''Foreign Coaches,
local Players "DE April 11, 2002 has rightly
diagnosed the disease which the Indian cricket
has developed seriously and has rightly tried to
explore its therapy. The real tragedy with
Indians as a whole and the active cricket playing
members in particular is that we lack dedication,
self confidence, determination and will power to
win the game. Not to speak of the spirit of
winning the game we have even forgotten the
panacea proverb, "Play the game and play it
well". Surely Mr. Rajesh Dhar is on the
right track when he says that fitness is from
within.
Many a time when
we watch the unfortunate live telecast of the
matches it seems that Indian cricketers throw the
games to their opponents. It is said that we
should learn lessons from the past mistakes and
from the promised enemies. Indian political game
and its cricket wing have always shown
indifference towards the art of learning and
removing the flaws. I do not hesitate to name
Pakistan which is our proved enemy alas, our
theory of 'live and let live' has succumbed to
Pak theory of ''Offence is the best
defence". We should not feel ashamed of
praising Pak players when the fight or play in
the field especially with India.
Lastly, I am not
in agreement with Mr. Rajesh Dhar's suggestion of
appointing local coaches like Sunil Gavaskar. How
far Sunil Gavaskar was committed to his
individual records than the compacted team spirit
to win is no way hidden to the learned author. At
the same how the seeds of playing the game in a
positive approach will be induced in the nerves
of Indian players remains uncovered. I personally
liked the continued sequence of the write ups of
Mr. Dhar whose every sentence is filled with
anger, anxiety, worry and outbursts which evinces
his spirit of games, which definitely our
cricketers, players lack.
Yours etc...
Adarsh Ajit,
88, Raghunath Pora
Udhampur.
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