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i came across this statement from tendulkar…
"it is a fairly new team and the challenge is definitely there. playing in new zealand, where the conditions are going to be tough, is a completely different experience."
i think we are still not over the last tour's ghosts to new zealand…and i must say we are over reacting and over rating nz tour than it really deserve…
we have got the most devastating and inform opening combination in the world in batting as well as bowling and man to man nz team don’t even compare…they are struggling to find a good replacement of a player like oram…mccullum has been in indifferent form off late…their bowling is good, but it’s anything but threatening…
so while we may get some ‘different’ conditions over there…i am confident that we have players who will see us thru…besides that india will be first playing two t20s and five odis…then only we will play real cricket that is test matches…
the itinerary of the tour is such that it will provide us enough time to get accustomed to, and for a team that is looking to be tops it’s very handy…
then why the fuss…? are they ‘programming’ us for the possible mishap, like last time, we might have over there? why are we made to believe that mines are awaiting us in nz? …and even if they have prepared mines, we have the resources to exploit them to our advantage…
if we really want to be the no.1 team, we won’t always find conditions we want…we won’t find opposition teams lying on the mat for us to walk all over them…we have to conquer them in their own backyard to be no. 1, not only in icc ratings… but to be adjudged real champions…
i think this is pessimism working overtime…which prevents us from thinking that we can really beat the shit out of a team struggling to keep its place at the bottom of the table… we are still very cautious, thinking a bad patch is just around the corner…the same pessimism which makes us think that oh we are surely gonna lose this match coz law of averages are gonna catch up with us soon…
wonder why the law of averages never caught up with oz and west indies in their prime…?
when will we get accustomed to being a nation, and a team which is not only looking to be the top in the world, but really has the potential to be so…?
don’t you think we too need to change in our attitude and thinking the way we want our team to?
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Yes, NZ tour would be the real tough 'tour' after a while..
...and how that will be kinka...can you elaborate?
SP, If you go by Sehwag's comments pre-oz series, they were in stark contrast to SRT's. That was a home series, and India wanted to be bullish with the Aussies. With NZL, they wanted to be lowkey, so they got the grand old man to speak. It's the routine safe sensible talk, best to be ignored. Almost sounds like Mahela.
About the attitude, Sehwag's pre-oz comments say it all. With the Kiwis, the interest will be far less, the match timings (IST) inaccessible, unless you wake at 3am. Don't think India wants to hype an unhyped series, and look stupid if it doesn't go too well.
I think it makes sense.. remember, India's recent dominating victories have come at home where they have decimated everyone, but then that is something they have been doing for the last 2 decades or even longer..
Its the foreign tours that India have to master. Agreed that lately they have tremendously improved as tourists winning in WI and England, but they still have a long way to go as far as winning abroad is concerned..
Its wise to not be too confident about a NZ tour, irrespective of how good or bad NZ are...
Don't think India wants to hype an unhyped series, and look stupid if it doesn't go too well.
this is the actual point as well as psyche of team as well as fan NC...
besides we don't need srt or sehwag to tell us which series is should be hyped or not... ;-)
so you too don't count victories on WI and england...Q :)
bt seriously the point is not whether it can go wrong at nz...the point is how can we be called real champs if we wont beat teams like nz even at their home...?
SP, I do count them, hence I mentioned that those wins were part of India improving as travellers.. and ur right India cannot be considered number 1 till they start winning consistently on foreign tours.. not in ODIs, but in tests..
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