Beware of the psychological warfare trap!
September 27, 2007
No sooner did the Australian cricket team land in India than their captain, the redoubtable Ricky Ponting, started his mindgames. He has said that the added burden of Indian cricket fans’ expectations (subsequent to India becoming World T20 cricket Champions) would make it that much harder for the home team. While Dhoni has apparently not reacted (a wise move, I say!), Sreesanth and Robin Uthappa have (unfortunately, in my opinion) made some comments. The media has hailed this “tit for tat” tactic as a manifestaton of the new India that can give back better than it gets and so on. But I would offer some unrequited and gratuitous advice to the youngsters: let your ball and bat do all the talking. Do not get caught in the trap that the wily Ponting has laid for you. Do not let your focus be distracted by the Australians’ mindgames. Remember that in the Mahabharata, Arjuna saw only the eye of the fish (the target) and was thus able to shoot his arrows bang on target. The other competitors saw a whole lot of other things around the target and little wonder that they were not as successful.
Your immediate goal is to win the series against Australia. And do not let anything get in your way. Enjoy yourselves- and good luck!
Entry Filed under: Cricket. Tags: Arjuna, Australian cricket, Dhoni, Indian cricket, Mahabharata, mindgames, Ponting, Robin Uthappa, Sreesanth.
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Andrew Mosey | October 4, 2007 at 8:28 am
Turn up and play the game is the best advice you could give to Shreesanth and Harbajahn, there’s no need to get involved in Rick(y)’s mind games. Just look at Kallis in the world cup for more evidence of why that’s not a good idea.
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anandkrishna | October 5, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Couldn’t agree more with you, mate. Today’s game at Hyderabad was remarkably free of wordy duels- it was also a good game of cricket. Sadly for us India supporters, the result was not what we’d hoped for. But kudos to Team Australia for another clinical display of verve and nerve. I just hope the Indians come back to keep the interest in the series alive. A pity Yuvraj’s ton was in vain.