Winning is a strange habit. If you are used to winning ... if you are one of those who has had that Midas touch and everything you touched turned gold ... and then suddenly if you lose, the loss can be hard to digest. It is not at all easy to take the loss in your strides because you are just not used to losing the gold. Suddenly your abilities are doubted, suddenly you are considered weak and any reason given for the loss is termed a lame excuse. You are termed a sore loser.
So suddenly if Australia lose to India, they are considered a weak team and India are termed champions. If Anil Kumble has one bad series and Amit Mishra has one good game, Kumble is considered history and Mishra the next Warney. If Rahul doesn't score for a while its said that the wall is crumbling, if Rohit Sharma scores a couple of fifties he's considered an instant replacement for Dravid. If Federer loses one Wimbeldon final to Nadal, Federer is said to be fading.
Its the time of T20 where test cricket is so easily neglected. Its a world of one match wonders and proven performers are so very quickly forgotten!!! They say in cricket, you are only as good as your last innings. So true. But its all immensely frustrating and disappointing that you have to keep proving you critics wrong. Time and again.
So suddenly if Australia lose to India, they are considered a weak team and India are termed champions. If Anil Kumble has one bad series and Amit Mishra has one good game, Kumble is considered history and Mishra the next Warney. If Rahul doesn't score for a while its said that the wall is crumbling, if Rohit Sharma scores a couple of fifties he's considered an instant replacement for Dravid. If Federer loses one Wimbeldon final to Nadal, Federer is said to be fading.
Its the time of T20 where test cricket is so easily neglected. Its a world of one match wonders and proven performers are so very quickly forgotten!!! They say in cricket, you are only as good as your last innings. So true. But its all immensely frustrating and disappointing that you have to keep proving you critics wrong. Time and again.
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