Root Cause for Indian Debacle--Unfortunate Loss of Poojara's Wicket

The root cause for the Debacle of India at Nagpur could reasonably be attributed to the loss of Thejeswar Poojara's wicket in the most unfortunate manner.This is an inference based on Media Stories. But, these kinds of happenings is nothing new in India.One could,perhaps,observe this kind of instances everywhere in India particularly among the rich.Infights are very common in India paving way for outsiders to derive undue advantages. Perhaps,this must be the reason why Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru described India as a land of Unity&Diversity.He has also mentioned about the imperturbability prevailing in Indiaas a tribute to this Holy Nation. So there is no wonder how such matters enter in the Game of Glorious Uncertainty! Incidentally, on the final day of the final Test there had been no obvious resistance from India.To put it in other words,the resistance caused by the unwillingness to win contributed towards the debacle against which, visibly,there had been no attempt to overcome it. England deserved all kinds of praise for taking the match to a drawn one thereby securing the break to 27 year old draught viz a series win in Indian soil. But the way in which they achieved the distinction was somewhat unbecoming of English tradition.Even their Arch rivals in "Ashes" might not have resorted to such a course of action. There was no harm done, had they made a sporting declaration at least one hour after Tea.Obviously, they were not only fearing the capability of Indian Batsmen but lacked confidence in their own Bowlers to force a win against India as well! There wasnt any need to prolong the game so late on the pretext of getting century for IanBell.Finally bell of century rang for him but there was no declaration forth coming. So Indian Captain M.S.Dhoni, towards the end of the final session as if to ramp up the sense of anticlimax handed over the ball to Gautam Gambhir to bowl. Perhaps, this gesture opened the eyes of the England Captain to declare at 352/4. Captain Dhoni promptly offered for a drwn match which was accepted by the England Counterpart. Finally in the post match Interview by the Commentators Captain Cook said,"there is a belief in India that Indian spinners alone could win matches in India&pacers can notdo it. I wanted to prove they are wrong&I did it" Though ,I am not aware of any Indian Captain publicly announce the way Captain Cook said,it is a fact that the spin TRIOChandrasekhar,Bsedi,Prasanna& later on Venkataraghavan had won many matches in India&abroad.Of course there was great reputation for Indians all over the world Perhaps,Alistair Cook was referring the first victory of India over England in the England sioil under the Captaincy of Ajit Wadekar when Chandrasekhar took 6 wickets in an Innings to put an end to England Supremacy. Or was it that prompted him to say so, a plain fact, that India had won two World cups in the past(The latest on 2nd Aopril,2011 at the Wankhedes,Mumbai under the captaincy ofM.S.Dhoni) whereas England are yet to plant kisses on a World Cup? Any ways,This series does appear to be one tending to becoming the reminder of tale of two indegenous Goats fighting & an observer, a Guest Forester deriving advantage out of it!! Congratulations to England&all the best to both Teams India&England to more enthusiastic encounters of of T20 matches&Oneday Internationals starting from the coming Thursday,20th December2012. SreedharanMundanat 17thDecember 2012 17-40Hrs(IST)