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India’s lackluster performance in South Africa prompted severe reply in India. For a change MPs also got into the arena. There was effigy burning and slogan shouting against I guess every member of the team along with coach Chappell. There was demands for sacking of Chappell and induction of sourav. Criticism is good positive criticism is better. But behaving like hooligans at couple of loss does not reflect the tradition of this country. With technological advances especially in IT industry world recognize Indians as smart people. But such incidences were loss of cricket game raises such indiscipline behavior is appalling. I would appreciate Sharad Pawar on his decision to back Chappell till end of the contract and give full support to the Indian team. The way Indian team is playing there is nothing much a coach can do when there is sheer lack of application on part of the batsman. The batting lineup should adjust to the condition and apply accordingly. Regarding MPs furor I would lik

Indian tour to South Africa is a acid test for both Chappell and Dravid. There has been lot of criticism of the team and experimentation techniques of Chappell. Whoever is involved in cricket in India should be ready for such type of tirade as it is the psyche of this nation. I fully support Chappell’s experimentation techniques. People should understand that results are never achieved in short span especially in sports. It requires lot of permutation and combination to come up with exact fit. I think the team is going in right direction. Cricket is game of uncertainties and its likely to lose matches in process of built up. Indian fielding has improved in recent times and also the bowling to some extent. Everybody should appreciate that this is a very young team and it requires lot of support in terms of showing confidence in them before they can become world beaters. Another person affected by criticism is Suresh Raina, he has been out of nick for some time now. He has been heavily