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Back to Square one...................

Recently concluded One Day series against West Indies proved to be an eye opener for Indian fans. Not everything is perfect in current Indian team. Batting problems coupled with lack of experience made sure India gave dismissal performance against a struggling West Indies team (ranked lower in One day rankings). The main culprit was Indian batting lineup, which was not able to adapt to the conditions in Caribbean. Lack of experience was evident from the shot selection by some youngsters. Let take case by case and access the reason for failure. Suresh Riana: First tour to windies had no clue while batting. Surprisingly the same batsman was talk of town during recent series in India. Riana lacked temperament to play and learn in newer batting conditions. He played like he was playing in Indian conditions. Time for Raina to understand that in international cricket few performances cannot keep you in team. Mahindra Singh Dhoni: Played few good shots but still lacked the composure and confi

No Sachin

Sachin declared himself unfit for the forthcoming west indies tour. It is big blow to moral of the team. Indians have been performing exceptionally well in one day but there test venture has been not worth watching. Sachin's absence will be felt more in test arena that one day, owing to his vast experirence. The current indian side is full of youngsters who are roaring to go at every given opporunity but they lack the temperament to play in test match. It will take while for these young turks to convert into good test players and that is why team requires sachin's ability to do the balance act. Morever sachin will missing opporunity to play in west indies before the world cup. For sachin world cup is more like "been there done that", but looking at his current form he needs extra match exposure to get into the groove. After two bad performances in the one days, the cracks in the batting order are evident, they are not threatening for one days but test is concern. Sac

Quota System

Reservation should be abolished from all the sectors, students should be given admission on the basis of merit rather than on basis of caste, creed or religion. Like minded people should oppose the government on reservations and convert the opposition in terms of votes.