India can't become No.1 if they keep playing safe
So, is it, as I increasingly believe, that India’s inherent nature is to play safe and that a defeat or an act of provocation causes them to bind together and produce performances that are otherwise bottled inside
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
So, is it, as I increasingly believe, that India’s inherent nature is to play safe and that a defeat or an act of provocation causes them to bind together and produce performances that are otherwise bottled inside? asks Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express.
India will need to find a route other than defeat to win matches if Gary Kirsten’s ambition of becoming number one has to be realised. It is a good thought and one that all good teams must possess but to implement that, the entire team has to be comfortable with the idea. You cannot expect to be number one and lose by an innings and two hundred runs. Indeed, as most successful Olympic athletes will tell you, as indeed will Australia’s cricketers, the result cannot be a source of anxiety.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo