The world's top one-day cricket team, India, has yet again been defeated by New Zealand in a one-day match. This comes after the team's defeats in South Africa.
Clearly, the patrons, selectors and the captain are not learning from their mistakes. One must learn from Pakistan how, despite its team's internal problems, its players have been able to deliver results from their ramshackle team. Here, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the selectors and the captain do not learn.
Despite the so-called plethora of talent, the team is still carrying a baggage which is not performing. There is a simple solution to this: Give those who have performed a chance and leave out the non-performers. If R Ashwin and a few others cannot perform, why persist with themIJ We have a number of players who are part of the larger squad but they have been sitting on the sidelines. With such talent, the BCCI should tap the performers and abandon its rigid stand.