Failed Strategy

It took a cricket match that made me realize that truth should be onething that should never be hidden. There is a moment to tell that certain risks are not worth taking it. I was pretty amazed when our captain decided to open the batting completely against the strategy that was discussed for the week before the match. Instant reaction from me was full of curses and abuse. I had lost the plot and had left the team worrying about this than taking it up later after the outcome of the match. We lost the match with our captain getting dismissed in the very first ball and our star batsman getting out in the next over.

Our Captain now had forgotten everything that was laid out how to get the scores. Our Pinch hitter was not send when the score needed to be accelerated. He has totally forgotten about the chase and I with my rather laid back attitude and curse to myself was thinking about not speaking out. I made the greatest mistake listening to my friends when my mind was distinctly clear about the truth. The truth was about the risk that someone was going to take. Was that a truth? May not be. I felt and has read about all the good stories that tell about people who took risks when nobody believed him or her and was successful. Now I need to tell here that people obviously talk about perceptions they have about a particular thing. Here I did not have a perception. I had data and analysis on the talent part. The captain just had an average of 7 and a strike rate under 70 as an opener which obviously helps me understand that he is not the greatest hitter or a batsman by any means at the current rate. He is a high risk stock which if it clicks is good and bankruptcy if not.

I felt awful after the loss. My friends had the theory that our team vibes will be lost if I had spoken the truth. I am pretty sure that after the match, players are more worried about the captain now and vibes is they hate him for what he had done. If on by chance I had spoke about this there would not have been any hate but an open democracy that would have thrown open ideas. I had a link this up with the current scenario in India and my friends observation was that it would not have gone well with him. Yes. They are true, as leaders are averse to criticism and that it would always be good for telling to people who actually listens.

I am back to this article after a week and the truth now is I am slowly coming out of the defeat. It is just one among the many defeats. Interestingly I read an article about individualism in India, It speaks about why Indians are better individuals than team players. Once a decision has been made still they feel that their part has been right. They never follow the consensus. I was again thinking what has happened in the match. First of all I was not there in the decision making process. The simple thing is I was not considered worth discussing it. This means my point of view would never have been a concern. Hence why would I bother about it.

The answer why I bother is I have the passion for winning. When I am playing the game my only idea is the team to win. This is the one thing I am waiting for in the whole week. When I go their I am not looking to enjoy myself. I go with a zeal and the mood I get from it is what that drives me for the next week. Without the match I feel I am incomplete.

Just now I am getting ready for the next tournament. The only difference would be I will speak the truth and play for the team.