This was my first reaction when I saw Star News correspondents in search of culprits for more or less an average performance by Team India against Bangladesh in 1st ODI .This futile ODI became headlines of prime time news .Worst part of the over hyped coverage was the quest for weak links in Team India .It was appearing as if so called India’s only well wishers (Media) wanted this team to lose against the minnows (I continue to call Bangladeshis minnows despite of their performance in WC’07 ) and had their arsenal ready to be bombarded on already wounded clan .But MS Dhoni’s brave effort snatched
that opportunity from the prey searchers .As they say even Brahma cannot convince the stubborn same was the case against these news makers .In spite of India’s victory they started finding flaw in Dhoni’s style of Batting (common guys he was adjudged MOM ),Dravid’s facial expressions (can any one tell me what this is to do with the team performance )and Zaheer’s line and length (mind you he has been the most successful Indian Bowler in recent past ) .The in depth analysis bowl by bowl , match by match and that too by so called experts who haven’t been much successful in their cricketing carrier is just like making a mockery of Indian cricket .Just as political parties always are short of relevant issues it seems that even India Media is finding it hard to capture the pertinent picture of the country .Journalism is much more than cricket coverage or conglomerating information about abhiash’s wedding .It’s now time for ‘junta janardaan’ to decide for itself about do’s and don’ts .One thing that we need to understand it that winning does not call for worship but appreciation nor does losing calls for violence .We have to regain the patience that we have lost so that we actually think before we react to the situations blindly .
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