Pathethic show

felt disgusted while watching the 2nd match against England. The way the team plays. not even as a team. just a group of individually minded players. The way Ganguly got run-out was amateurish. If the captain doesn't know where he is heading, what do you expect from the rest of the tema ??!! this series and the one before it wasn't worth watching, not even worth playing. no wonder sachin sat out of the tournament. there was some rumour about him having a fight with ganguly. must be true. we won the last match on sunday, but that too by a close margin. Sometimes the Indian cricket team raises the hopes of the whole country by winning a tournament or series convincingly and then suddenly brings it all down with a strange reversal. You start to wonder whether this is the same team that has won against Australi, Pakistan, the same team that reached the World Cup final.
Oh well, the Indian man has learned to cope and deal with these ups and downs in cricket. He has to face much more greater challenges in his daily life. But it would be a satisfying end to a hard day's work if he can come home and watch a match in which the Indian team works as a team and beats the hell out of the opposition.
One of the things which could be done is to make specialized teams according to the home ground or the opposing team.
We've seen that M' Kaif and Ashish Nehra have performed consistently in England and against England. Then these two people SHOULD be in the team whenever we're playing against England. People may say that this may lead to complacency in the team. But that kind of smugness is already prevelant, where a player takes his position in the team for granted. See the performance of Sehwag in recent times. Even the senior players need to be reminded sometimes that if they don't perform they can also pack their bags and give a chance to other younger players. A new kind of discipline will be needed if India wish to become World Champions once again.