Et tu Brute! Done in the ODIs as well!

Something must be rotten in the BCCI world,as the World Champion team has been playing sub par cricket in CB Series and have quickly managed to get itself eliminated.England rallied from a 3-0 whitewash to win the ODI series in the UAE, however Indians have gone from one defeat to another with such aplomb that it is difficult to appreciate that this indeed is the World Cup winning team.Only Yuvraj singh is missing from the Team that won the World Cup and the team is playing poor cricket all round.

Several myths appear to have gone bust.One is something that is not borne by sustained set of convincing data about Sehwag being a good one day opening batsman,his 219 notwithstanding.Even at the World Cup, his ordinariness was covered by Gambhir.He may be scoring at a quicker pace but Saurabh Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar outpace him by miles in matter of partnerships and winning matches.Another is that the young players are good enough to carry on on their own in ODIs.They will do well at home but struggle against good teams on sporting surfaces.Only Kohli looks to be a genuine prospect and settles one middle order slot for sometime.Sehwag has lost the plot by thinking that natural game and genius that he possesses is siuted to ODIs.He is best suited for tests.It will not be for the first time that he will lose his Test place because of continued failure in ODIs.

Ranji Trophy is played in the best season in this country for outdoors.BCCI can make it a spectacle.Imagine a Bengal vs railways Match in Central delhi with a bengali Food Festival for four days.Ticket Prices could include a buffet.there could be some music as well.Two of the days could be weekends.It is not as desperate as it sounds.
Television does not necessarily make an event a success.India vs France was low quality hockey with medium or low TRP but 15000 people in the stadium madefor a festival atmosphere.Cricket should learn.With so many children playing Tennis and Football and following various leagues around Europe, it is matter of time that cricket will face competition to generate eyeballs.

The generation now in their forties have all been weaned on diet of well attended domestic matches and ALL India Radio providing them ball by ball coverage.This generation will retire in over a decade but live for at least three decades thereafter.several of them will be well healed pensioners.Cricket could build on this generation like in England.The grand children they take to the matches Tests and Domestic would make for the future generation of cricketers.