India can win

When Anil Kumble says it was the ‘greatest overseas win by India in which he figured’ it is understandable that the humility of the giant Karnatakan is showing ever so magnificently. But when the rest of the so called ‘experts’ do a ‘sheep walk’, sincerity of their expression raises an automatic alarm. No doubt, the team’s triumph in Perth was indeed extra-ordinary and would deserve to be recorded in letters of gold. But to pretend as if all other wins by India at home or away were hollow comparatively, smacks of a very short human memory. The best that Kumble could have done after annihilating the Aussies in less than four days at Perth was to carry himself with cool aplomb and dignity, without a trace of conceit or arrogance. But some from the Indian media decided to heap Kumble with accolades unheard of in his career earlier. Not only that, some of them are even shouting for similar financial gains for Kumble, especially, and his men, as was accorded to Dhoni and company when they won the T20 World Cup in South Africa late last year.I am not too sure if Kumble and his lads had lucrative rewards in mind going into the Perth Test. Such a mindset can only emerge from the game’s administrators who are for always looking for reflected glory and eager to make their presence felt by flaunting their riches – not ‘theirs’ really but the BCCI’s ! However, the glory as they say, belongs to the BCCI and seldom to the players who slog their buts off in extreme conditions of hostility on the field and provocation off it.