When India needed only 2 runs to win off the last ball against West Indies, in the recently held Mumbai test, I could not console myself when Ashwin had completed only 1 run, whereas Aaron had completed 2 runs. The body language from Ashwin was already to give up when the shot was hit towards the long-on. The killer instinct was lagging there completely. Had Dhoni or Kohli would have been there, we would have seen a brown wash against the West Indies team.
Such has been the woes of Tamil Nadu players that even though they are rated as the best team in the nation, on paper, they are unable to to go beyond semi-final in the Ranji Trophy matches. This attributes to the lack of killer instict or the lack of self-beleif and in some cases, they rate themselves more than the team.
Right from my young age, I have seen many stalwatrs of yesteryears inclduing V.Sivaramakrishnan, L. Sivaramakrishnan, T.E.Srinivasan, Bharat Reddy till the recent Tamil Nadu players like Badrinath, Balaji, Murali Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Dinesh Karthik and Ashwin – So far, only 2 players have emerged successful in the Indian National ranks – Krish Srikkanth and S.Venkataraghavn. It is because these 2 players were not only aggressive but ensured that their contribution was more towards the welfare of the team.
Everyone reading this column will agree that Murali Vijay or Abhinav Mukund are better players than Rahane. Yet, The national selectors prefer Ajinkya Rahane for the Aussies tour simply because Rahane play for the situations and has self-beleif making the on-side management beielve that he can win matches, through his contributions. There are other young players in Kohli, Raina, Rohit Sharma excelling for the simple reason they have their killer instinct, have beleif in the themselves and more importantly, play for the cause of the team.
With the onset of IPL an d the Tamil Nadu players emerging with players like Suresh Raina, Dhoni, Hussey, Morkel etc., I only hope the self-belief of these players also changes with time.
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I totally agree with what you say and it is the main reason why even now Indian team has few players from TN compared to other regions like mumbai and delhi and hope TN players change this attitude and work for success of team before it worsens.
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