YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE IN CRICKET

YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE INCRICKET

MANYCRICKET CRICKET CRITICS AND MEDIA MANAGERS IN INDIA ARE FOUND TO BE DWELLINGUNNECESSARILY ON A SELF-CREATED CONTROVERSY AND COMPARISION BETWEEN THE PASTAND THE PRESENT,THE EXPERIENCED AND THE BUDDING WITHOUT,IN FACT,MAKING ANYINDEPTH STUDY OF CRICKETING ABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS,PERFORMANCES ANDSENSIBILITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GAME.

 

THE YOUNGAND THE EXPERIENCED ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO EACH OTHER AND IT IS THE GAME OFCRICKET THAT PREDOMINATES TNE BOTH.MERELY BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS OLDER THANSOMEBODY ELSE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE LATER IS BETTER THAN THEFORMER OR VICE VERSA SO LONG AS EITHER OF THEM CONTINUES TO GIVE SUPERLATIVEPERFORMANCE AND LUCID CONSISTENCY.BOTH GREENIDGE AND HAYNES OF WEST INDIES WEREIN THEIR LATE 30S OR EARLY 40S WHEN THEY CONTINUED TO MISMERISE THE WORLD BYTHEIR BATTING ABILITIES.BOB SIMPSON IN HIS MID-40S STAGED WONDERFUL COMEBACKFOR AUSTRALIA AND SAVED A TEST SERIES AGAINST INDIA WHEN THEIR BEST TEAM WASHIJACKED BY KERRY PACKER.GAVASKER WAS THE UNDISPUTED BATTING MAESTRO OF THEWORLD WHEN HE CALLED IT A DAY WHEN HE WAS 39.OF COURSE,NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPENTO INDIAN CRICKET WHEN TENDULKAR RETIRES.ALL THREE BIG MEN OF INDIAN CRICKETHAVE ACQUIRED SKILL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND WITHOUT THEM IT HAS BEENPROVED TIME AND AGAIN THAT WE CANNOT DRAW MATCHES WHAT TO SPEAK OF WINNINGANY.HENCE,IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT NO INDIAN TEAM CAN BE THOUGHT OF WITHOUT THEMUNTIL REAL REPLACEMENTS OF OFT-PROVEN TALENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTRY.

 

 

THEY AREINDISPENSIBLE TO THE TEAM SO LONG AS THEIR REPLACEMENTS CONTINUE TO ELUDE THEINDIAN CRICKETING FIRMAMENT.WINNING 20/20 IS DEFINITELY CREDITABLE ; BUT IT ISMERELY A FLASH IN THE PAN AS THE BUDDING YOUNGSTERS ARE PROVING TO BENON-PERFORMING ASSETS IN THE BIGGER VERSION OF THE GAME,VIZ. 50/50 OR TESTCRICKET WHERE PATIENCE,PERSEVERENCE,CONCENTRATION,KEENNESS AND ENDURANCE ARETOUCH-STONES OF SUCCESS.

HOWEVER,WHATEVERA SECTION OF CRITICS MAY FEEL,THE FACT REMAINS THAT THE LOVERS OF THE GAME AREPERFORMANCE-THIRSTY AND NON-PERFORMING YOUTHS ARE IN NO WAY BETTER THANPERFORMING OLD WARRIORS.NO COUNTRY IN RECENT YEARS HAS CHANGED ITS OLD PLAYERSTO GIVE CHANCES TO NEW ONES.EXCEPTION MAY BE THE ZIMBABWIAN TEAM ; BUT WITHWHAT RESULT! THE CRICKET TEAM OF ZIMBABWE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RANKING TABLEAND EVEN DEBARRED FROM PLAYING TEST CRICKET FOR TWO YEARS FOR THEIR SIP-SODPERFORMANCE.WE MAY THEREFORE SAFELY CONCLUDE THAT

EXPERIENCE SHOULD NOT BEALLOWED TO SUFFER IN THE NAME OF YOUTH AND YOUTH SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED IN THENAME OF NON-PERFORMING EXPERIENCE.PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED SELECTION HAS TO BE THEGUIDING FORCE IF INDIA IS TO MAKE AN INDELIBLE IMPACT IN THE CRICKETING WORLDWITH MORE FOCUS ON TALENT-HUNT ON CROSS-COUNTRY BASIS WITHOUT ANY ZONAL OR AGEBIAS.OUR RECENT WORLD CUP FAILURE IN 50/50 CATEGORY IS THE OUTCOME OF THEMINDSET THAT IT IS THE YOUTH RATHER THAN THE EXPERIENCED WHICH ARE GOING TODELIVER.TOO MUCH HANG-OVER PRODUCED A SITUATION WHERE- WHOM- TO- PREFER- OVER-WHOM LANDED US IN A SITUATION WHERE PERFORMANCE WAS SIDELINED AND THETOPSY-TURVY BATTING ORDER SHOWED EVERY PLAER IN A NEW ROLE WITH NOVICE PERFORMANCEAS THEY WERE LEARNING THE TRCK OF THE TRADE IN RESPECTIVE BATTING POSITIONS FORTHE FIRST TIME.

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