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INDIAN CRICKET TEAM'S SHORT SELECTION IS FARCE

Even before the seven match series started I gave a hint that both Suresh Raina and Yuveraj Singh are good for nothing as they are scared of short pitched deliveries and swishing outside the stump is their main weakness.  The maintained that and proved me right in the series.  I can select a better Indian side.  The side always play for do or die matches most of the time and that shows their inherent weakness.  Haad the pitches in India are pacy like the one Mohali we could have lost the series by now. In spite of India's defeat at Mohali, Ishant Sharma is retained in the side for the next four matches for Star sports cup matches. Such a poor display of bowling by Ishant Sharma could have cost his place in the side in other countries.  But selectors lack the much needed acumen to give a long rope to spent force like Ishant Sharma.  It is time to infuse young blood instead of trying a tested Ishant Sharma all the time.  We have talented tearaway fast bowlers from Delhi, Haryana, UP, Punjab and Kerala and trying a tired bowler is a futile attempt.  Even if the traumatised bowler from the Indian team take five or six wickets in the remaining games, he has caused the damage to Team India, which is irreparable and will be talked for years.  In the past we saw cricketers getting few chances and sent to domestic cricket but in the present team even passengers are getting repeated chances and still fail miserably.  Take the case of Subramaniam Badrinath.  He is the prolific run getter in the Indian domestic circuit and considered the right person to replace Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar with his perfect batting technique.  Having played the pace of Dayle Steyn and selected as a replacement of Tendulkar several time he is an automatic choice in the Indian side when Sachin is going to leave than number 4 spot.  Instead we try Tom, Dick and Harry for that position. If you give a player n number of chances, then he is likely to succeed once in a blue moon.  That is the case of many Indian Cricketers and they retain their places as captain's men for a quite a long time.  It is time to build a strong Indian side leaving alone partiality as the selection satire make us weary decades after decades and the end result is just a defeat on a tough overseas tour. Let us revamp our side now.