So here we are; the end of the calender year 2012 is far near and we are gonna enter 2013. This year was a major astonishing in many aspects and the same is true about the Indian cricket. This year remained a major disappointment for the Indian cricket fans. This year, at one hand , we had to face some totally unexpected losses and on the other hand, our very best players of the past two decades retired from cricket. So we can say that this year was a shocking too. We are a bit helpless and sad that we will never ever be able to watch the legends like Draid, Laxman and Sachin batting and scoring lots of runs. Although, Sachin has announced retirement from ODI only; its a major shock for the whole cricketing nation. Many of the veterans have agreed and others seem to be shocked at this untimely and sudden decision of the legend.
Apart from the retirements this year, if we talk about the performance of the Indian squad, we come to conclude that it was nothing but a "POOR SHOW". Starting from the very start of 2012, we performed poorly well, went on to loss key matches and even got some defeats full of shame. In the month of January we were playing the very unfortunate series in Australia and lost three test matches in a row, out of which two defeats were awarded with loss with innings and we completed the track of 8 test loss in a row shamelessly. In the subsequent month, we were not even able to qualify to the finals of the CB series. At least such performances raise questions over the reputation of a team which is a world champion. Now, let's talk about the month of March, when we lost to a team like Bangladesh and could not qualify to the finals of Asia Cup. It was harassing and every fan was forced to criticize the team Then, we come across the NZ tour of India, where we demonstrated brilliant game against a team which is gonna be new Zimbabwe and largely boasted of our spin attack. Then the same spin attack was killed so brutally in the World T20 by Australian batsman that they could not get even little space for hiding their faces. This was the same spin attack which pretended to trying for getting wickets in the home series against England. Prior to that, series win against Sri Lanka was the consolation win of the year.
Now, coming to the batting, we find that no batsman other than Virat Kohli performed well in any format. Opening pair, the so called Sehwag and Gambhir, looked struggling for getting runs. Sachin's most anticipated super-hundred made him so nervous that he hardly managed to hit it in a match against Bangladesh that India lost. He too did perform so bad that ultimately had to decide to retire Ashwin batted well more than to bowl, which is his prime responsibility and his words of inventing a new mystery bowling style proved to be all wrong. Pujara and Bhuvaneshwar were the two biggest gifts for India of the departing year.
As far as the captaincy and selection process is concerned, the respected captain of our Indian team, who was considered the lucky charm, proved to be a very fake leader. He, taking from selection of the team to the strategic plans, individual performance, decisions after winning the tosses to the demand of desired pitches, proved to be a fake captain. Boasting of revenge, the beloved team could not even make the series draw against the White people. And how shamelessly smart he is that every time the team lost, our dear captain praised the opposition instead of describing their own failure. There is a lot to say as the reality of the false captain, but I would end my words by simply stating that this captain was good and lucky because of the performances by the fellow players and now its an alarming condition when appointment of a new captain is badly needed.
So, above all, we are gonna enter the new year with the hope of Indian team to overcome this crisis and retain the image of being the true world champion.
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