A matter of concern!

Look at this scorecard.

Now look past the fact that India A won. Done?

Now look past Jaidev Unadkot's stunning match figures. Done?
Now look at these sets of numbers
2-130 (Mukund, 37.4 ov), 3-188 (Rahane, 50.2 ov), 4-202 (Pandey, 54.5 ov), 5-206 (Tiwary, 58.6 ov), 6-206 (Pujara, 59.2 ov), 7-207 (Ganapathy, 60.4 ov), 8-207 (Iqbal Abdulla, 60.5 ov), 9-230 (Kulkarni, 69.6 ov), 
and
3-102 (Phillips, 31.6 ov), 4-106 (Fletcher, 35.2 ov), 5-125 (Walton, 43.3 ov), 6-125 (Bernard, 47.1 ov), 7-164 (Edwards, 60.3 ov), 8-176 (Russell, 64.2 ov), 9-256 (Khan, 81.1 ov), 10-257 (Tonge, 81.4 ov)
How often has this happened with Indian cricket that we let slip a winning position and equally, we allow a team that is down and out, back into the contest?
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory was the hall mark India's cricket in the 80s and the 90s. That it should be the leitmotif for the next generation of India's cricketers is a matter of concern.


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