The last month of 2012 is in full swing and so have been the activities both within as well outside the Blue Caramel world. Udaipur, for a change, has beaten Jodhpur, Jaipur as well as Mumbai into the proverbial "Pulp". Mehul and Heena have both worked in tandem and seem to be forming a formidable team.
Speaking of teams brings me to the remarkable change of fortunes of Team India, India's men's cricket team under the captaincy of 'Captain Cool" Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MSD or Mahi as he is often fondly called burst into the Indian cricket team as a flamboyant wicketkeeper and a destructive batsman. His rise has been phenomenal and in fact after he was given the captaincy of the Indian cricket team, the team went on to become T20 world champions, ODI world champions and also the number one Test team. He was referred to as the captain with the "Midas" touch. This amazing run was not exclusive to the National cricket team but also percolated to successes in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) where he captained the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to unprecedented glory.
From this seemingly invincible position, 2012 has seen the rapid fall of Dhoni's fortune and along with it Team India's. So, what have been the reasons?
The first thing that comes to mind is maybe it is just a transitional phase that every great cricketing team goes through when some of its established players retire. Team India has seen some of its stalwarts retire in the last few years and Gary Kirsten, the coach too left the team. Ganguly, Kumble, Dravid, Laxman have all retired and probably the best of Tendulkar is behind him But then didn't India win the ODI and the T20 world cups without them?
So, what could be the reason?? There have been talks of Ego clashes and disunity among the team members. But probably the main reason has been failure on part of the team to plan for its future course of action. When you are the number one, you have to run as fast as you can just to remain the number one and this is where Team India has miserably failed.
Dhoni's main drawback has been that he along with the BCCI has failed to plan for the future and when you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is something that all members of Blue Caramel at all the offices, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur or Mumbai have to bear in mind. Today is very precious and we need to plan today and if we don't plan today then future would definitely come and kick us in our , you know where, and see to it that we repent having failed to plan when it was required.
Speaking of teams brings me to the remarkable change of fortunes of Team India, India's men's cricket team under the captaincy of 'Captain Cool" Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MSD or Mahi as he is often fondly called burst into the Indian cricket team as a flamboyant wicketkeeper and a destructive batsman. His rise has been phenomenal and in fact after he was given the captaincy of the Indian cricket team, the team went on to become T20 world champions, ODI world champions and also the number one Test team. He was referred to as the captain with the "Midas" touch. This amazing run was not exclusive to the National cricket team but also percolated to successes in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) where he captained the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to unprecedented glory.
From this seemingly invincible position, 2012 has seen the rapid fall of Dhoni's fortune and along with it Team India's. So, what have been the reasons?
The first thing that comes to mind is maybe it is just a transitional phase that every great cricketing team goes through when some of its established players retire. Team India has seen some of its stalwarts retire in the last few years and Gary Kirsten, the coach too left the team. Ganguly, Kumble, Dravid, Laxman have all retired and probably the best of Tendulkar is behind him But then didn't India win the ODI and the T20 world cups without them?
So, what could be the reason?? There have been talks of Ego clashes and disunity among the team members. But probably the main reason has been failure on part of the team to plan for its future course of action. When you are the number one, you have to run as fast as you can just to remain the number one and this is where Team India has miserably failed.
Dhoni's main drawback has been that he along with the BCCI has failed to plan for the future and when you fail to plan, you plan to fail. This is something that all members of Blue Caramel at all the offices, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur or Mumbai have to bear in mind. Today is very precious and we need to plan today and if we don't plan today then future would definitely come and kick us in our , you know where, and see to it that we repent having failed to plan when it was required.
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