Saurav Ganguly becoming captain again has come as a boon to the Indian cricket team for the last few seasons. Though , MS Dhoni has taken them to  new heights of success and spirit. They have found a new self belief in their capabilities. The members are enjoying like never before. It may seem very smooth and easy now, but when Dhoni began his captainship it was a big hurdle to bring in new ideas without going against the ego’s of the seniors of the team some of whom had been captains before. Dhoni set the ground rules straight in the very beginning. He made them clear both in field and outside that performance will be the only criteria for selection int0 the team. He also made a point to show respect to the seniors and their accomplishments.

So how has Indian cricket really changed? Professionalism is the one answer for it. Winning is not everything anymore, it is the only thing. The fraternity has taken by surprise by this enthusiastic team of Indian cricketers who enjoy bullying their competitors into submission. The days when Indian cricketers personified gentlemanship are past. Today’s bunch believes in aggression in its own ways. Earlier such incidents would lead to loss of concentration of the players. Now they force our players to a renewed confidence and increase the resoluteness. The epitome of such attitude would be Yuvraj Singh taking Stuart Board for 6 sixes in an over, after a tiff off with Andrew Flintoff. This team of aggressive cricket has made the Indian cricketers one of the most enthralling teams in the world. Another good feature of the team is the new found consistency. We were used to watching their performance shuttle between complete brilliance and pure mediocrity. Now the team is a strong believer of the term “Winning habit”. They fight their guts out not to lose this habit or a game.

We can say that this is the best ever Indian cricket team in the history. They have conquered all teams on their conditions in the recent past. India is now called the “team to beat”.

Posted on July 30th, 2009 by admin
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