Sunday, March 25, 2007

You build them..and you wreck them..

Former players, board officials and the national media were united in condemning an Indian team that had all but crashed out of the World Cup in the Caribbean on Friday.
Winners in1983 and finalists in the last tournament, India suffered a 69-run defeat intheir crunch Group B match against Sri Lanka and their slim hopes of progressing now hinge on an unlikely defeat for Bangladesh by debutants Bermuda on Sunday.
"It is disappointing. This is not what we deserve," former test batsman and coach Aunshuman Gaekwad said.
"But mistakes made earlier turned out to be very costly," he said, referring to the shock defeat to neighbours Bangladesh last Saturday led to this predicament.
"They didn't play well at all. No partnerships. You don't win matches unless there is a team effort," said the former coach of India's woeful batting display against formerchampions Sri Lanka.
India were skittled out for 185 in their attempt to chase a challenging total of 254-6.

"CAPITULATION", ran the page one headline in national daily Hindustan Times witha picture of a dejected Sachin Tendulkar walking back to the pavilion after being dismissed for a duck. "Super Flop, not Super Eight," screamed the page one headline of the Times of India as it asked, "Bermuda win over Bangla can save us, but do we deserve it?"The World Cup-frenzy in the country had been fuelled by a multitude of television channels and media houses who have touted the team as favourites and were tracking the action minute-by-minute since the team arrived in the Caribbean.
Television channels reported that Zaheer Khan's restaurant in Pune was stoned while police said told that security had been beefed up outside the residences of Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar in Mumbai.

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