India cricket
captain MS Dhoni gave out the right signals right after the Kolkata Test defeat
that there was no question of quitting his captaincy. Right, why would he? Do the
corrupt politicians do so? Do the rotten chiefs of Indian sports bodies do so? Who
bothers about national pride and dignity? If supreme bodies like the Indian Olympic Association or the Boxers’ get suspended by the international
controlling authorities, let it be so, why would anyone give up personal profit
for that! The national selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) showed similar inclination as how they could possibly control the Frankenstein
it itself created and nourished. 
Therefore, as
per Dhoni’s signals three perfect scapegoats have been identified for the
sacrificial altar by the BCCI Selectors in Kolkata today for the fourth Test match between India and England staring in Nagpur
from 13th December, 2012. The first one is Yuvraj Singh who fought
cancer to get back to cricket. About his fitness captain Dhoni has always been
suspecting and protesting, and so he had to be sacrificed. The second one is Harbhajan Singh
who hardly played in this Test Series, and when he did in fact play in the
Mumbai Test he was hardly used by the captain the bounce in the pitch
notwithstanding. The third one is veteran pacer Zaheer Khan. Well, one senior
had to be sacrificed to please the offended cricket fans and experts of India. Anybody with
experience would do that. One youngster pacer (Parvinder Awana) was brought in,
again for that purpose only.
So, what about
Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and the captain himself? As we
have already indicated players like him call the shots rather playing them well
in the field. Read on! Whom Dhoni has brought in for the remaining two slots? Ravindra
Jadeja, the great Indian all-rounder on paper, for whom Dhoni allegedly arranged the
maximum ever price to buy him for Chennai Super Kings in IPL-5 captained by Dhoni himself.
And who else for the spinner’s slot than Piyush Chawla? These two have been
Dhoni’s all time favorites all the time.
Therefore, the
King remains King whatever happens and the powers that be rally around him
only, this has been the Indian story, ever. Sad, atrocious, supreme arrogance,
highhandedness, power of vested interests, power of money…you decide how you
want to get vocal about all this. By the way, Team India
for the T20 matches against England
has also been announced. The skipper figures, naturally, there too along with
his trusted comrades. Right?
As per latest
reports the BCCI had warned one and every player of Team India for poor
performance. Whoa! At least something is better than nothing! But who will bell
the cat…sorry…has Dhoni been warned too?
