Cricket in India and for Indians

Indians are ,in general, very passionate about cricket. To us it isn't just another ball game. Most of us associate the failure and success of our team as a thing that can be as personal as it gets. We worship our cricketers as demigods. But the problem is we ,as a cricket-loving, nation are too emotional. A few days prior to the ongoing T20 world cup ,we were counting the benefits of recently concluded IPL was going to cause on the campaign of India in the world cup. But since India lost all its matches in the super-eight stage ,everything took a U-turn. We forgot all the success that this team has achieved in the last two years or so in the real form of cricket ,ie, Test and ODIs. We ,too,easily forget the unpredictable nature of the shortest form of cricket where the purest cricketing character and skills are hardly tested. Not very long ago, the Indian news media was going gaga over the leadership skills of M.S Dhoni and branded him as 'Captain Cool' and after the unexpected exit of the Indian team the same man has been called 'Captain Arrogant'.Now this is real transformation!!!!!!!!!! One can easily feel and hear these days the amount of heated words every other fan is having about the Indian team and particularly Dhoni.We can't digest defeat at all and unless we change this habit it is always going to hurt us . We need to take defeats as graciously.England have never won a major cricket tournament and still they have fans who remain loyal in worst of times. But we, despite being the one of the most successful teams in recent times, always want to win . It is quite interesting as well as annoying to hear the various theories that people have these days about cricket. The only real solution is that we should not give the vast importance even to victory and then only it won't hurt when our team loses . We should always remember that the guys on the field never want to lose and they are there on that field after years of hard work.