Indian Hockey slaughtered into obscurity. Thanks to Individualism
Ok
so this is it . The great Indian Hockey Team ends their run with great disappointment.
Humiliating defeats five in a row, finishing with all defeats once the torch
bearer of Indian glory fades out in gloom. They started with radiant hope of
winning gold but buried under the dark despair inviting many scorns and pointing
out some crucial factors that would certainly encourage disgust of million
heads.
Indian
Team, let’s not call them a team, they are eleven egocentric souls with great
physique and apparent skill playing for the individual glory, trying everything,
galloping round the fields, showing flamboyant stickworks , running through the
flanks , hitting hard to the goals except one thing and how shameful it is , to
pass the ball to the fellow team mates ! Passing the ball must be below per their
dignity, hurts their chauvinism, alien in their nature. They can only try
passing if they are left out of all choices.
Honestly,
the dejected Indian coach Nobbs who had come down from Australia to coach Indian Team
, left dumbfounded when his students shows no respects to his teaching and
discarded the idea of game plan , passing , thoughtful movements. These players
are so well engrossed in the past pride, they mould the necessities of the game
in their own way as if it is their birth right (purkho ka game hai bhai , ek
phringi keya hummen khak shikhayega) . Time
have changed, it’s no longer the same game, never will be the same again, when
players like Dhanchand , RS Gentil, Md Sahid ruled the game with their dazzling
skills. The definition of modern hockey lies in the supremacy of team performance,
innovative game plans, and one touch passing. It is more about the field goals and
delivering the results rather than just finding opportunity to get a penalty
corner and converting it.
Anyway
I am not qualified to comment on this game, it’s just that the disheartened Indian
heart curses with anger. There are stalwarts and gurus who will surely dissect the
catastrophic performance and come out with conclusions though that too will be
dumped into the dustbin. Before I end, I must take names of Sardara Sing , Chetri
who stood out from the peril ,with their shinning performance , Sardara ,who never waste
keeping the ball with him unless it’s a necessity shows some light in the
tunnel.
P.S. Just when the Indian Hockey team finishes the
journey with all defeats, the ‘Hero Indian’ ad
begins to appear in Television… What a great mockery …Marci!
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