Only questions
Avinash Subrmanium
Why did we waste our time playing this pointless Test match against Bangladesh? Who did it benefit? Why did we allow Bangladesh to score 400 in their first innings? How did we allow Bangladesh to score 400 in the first innings? Why do some of the worst players in the world always come good against India? What explains the sudden collapse in the second innings?
Why was Murali Kartik hardly given a bowl in the match? What explains the lack of hunger on Srinath's part even though he was making a much-awaited comeback from a long lay-off? What is the sense in playing a two Test series against yet another minnow like Zimbabwe? How are we going to get better at playing abroad if we refuse to play enough abroad? Why do we waste our time playing Sharjah? Why did I 'know' things will turn out pretty much the way they did? How can we be convinced all is hunky-dory when strange happenings such as this continue to take place?
When will Agarkar come good? Will Agarkar come good? Why won't Ramesh tighten up his game? Will Ramesh ever learn to tighten his game? Why is he so easily satisfied? Isn't it time someone gave him a good dressing down? Does anyone care enough to give him a kick up his backside? Why won't an excellent cricketer and human being like Dravid ever learn to rotate the strike? How can Ganguly be allowed to get away with the kind of atrocious running between the wickets? When will we learn to run between the wickets? Isn't a decade a long enough period to realize how important a part of cricket running between the wickets is?
Why didn't Sachin speak up when he had a feeling all was not well in Indian cricket? Why didn't any player speak up when all was not well in Indian cricket? Who were they scared of? Why were they scared? Didn't they care enough about the damage being done to Indian cricket? Who are we scared of? Why don't we ever learn from our mistakes?
Why was Saba Karim preferred over an eye to the future? (No puns intended.) Why was Saba Karim not given a fair run when he ought to have been? Why was he ignored for close to a decade after he made his debut? Why was Robin Singh ignored for close to a decade? Why can't we think a little about our cricket? Why can't we just think? Why won't we prepare better pitches? Why is our domestic cricket in such a mess? Why won't we do a thing to improve it? Why are we so archaic in our ways? Why won't we learn from the good that is happening in so many countries around us?
When are we going to find some good opening batsmen? How are we going to find good opening batsmen for Tests when the only Tests we play can hardly be described as Tests? How can we bask in the farcical glory of having won our first Test abroad in close to a decade when it happens to be against Bangladesh? When will we win our first real Test abroad? Will we win a Test abroad?
Why do we allow careers to be ruined by self-serving officials? What happened to Laxmi Ratan Shukla? What happened to Kaif? Why was Kaif sent to Sharjah? Why was he discarded after Sharjah? Why wasn't Sodhi sent to Sharjah? Why isn't Sodhi being blooded when the time is just right for him to be blooded? What are we waiting for? What happened to Rajesh Chauhan? What happened to Harbhajan? Will Laxman come good? Who will give him the three years lost due to shuffling him around all the wrong places in the batting order? ? How many more careers are we going to let the selectors send down the drain?
Why are Sachin and Rahul wasting their time and talents playing second rate opposition? Why can't the stars we adore put their foot down and open their mouths? Why don't they stand up and speak up? Why is Jaywant Lele still in charge? Why are we putting a spanner in the works even before the foreign coach has taken over? Why are we such a spineless race? Why are we such fools? Why are we such a forgiving people? Will I pull this off? Will I get flak for trying this one? Why am I writing this column? Why do people bother to read columns? What will come out of this? Who cares what's good for Indian cricket? Why can't the Board function like a professional body? Why can't we demand a little transparency? When will we drop the arrogance of our ways? Why am I like a toothless tiger? How long are we going to let this kind of nonsense continue? Am I wasting my time? Am I wasting your time? Will I get hate mail at s.avi@mailcity.com?
Avinash Subrmanium
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