Aryna Sabalenka mendacity susceptible on the court docket after profitable the purpose that topped her the US Open ladies’s singles champion is a well-recognized sight, usually seen from winners of any of the Majors. Sure, it’s a troublesome grind over two weeks, and attaining victory should be an enormous reduction in addition to pleasure for positive.
Whereas it’s frequent to see males mendacity flat on their backs after a win, feminine athletes like Sabalenka face criticism for doing the identical. Each particular person has a proper to have a good time his/her win as they suppose match, so long as it’s throughout the confines of propriety. Sabalenka had been crushed within the closing final yr by Coco Gauff, an American, and right here she was enjoying one other American within the closing.
The group was understandably rooting for the house woman, so the stress was monumental on Sabalenka. Simply earlier than the semis in opposition to Emma Navarro, one other American, she had jokingly advised the gang that the drinks could be on her in the event that they gave her some help. She didn’t really want that in each the semis and the ultimate, as she was miles higher than her opponents and gained fairly comfortably.
This residence help enterprise is a pure factor, as no person likes to see their nation or nation’s participant lose, particularly in a sporting contest. But this help is invariably held in opposition to Indian crowds by abroad media and commentators. They shortly overlook that even in their very own nation it’s the identical, and their crowds are hardly prone to help the opposition.
I can say with expertise of greater than 50 years that it’s not simply the Indian crowds who’re silent when their group shouldn’t be doing effectively however crowds in each nation. If there may be some noise when, say, India is doing effectively abroad, it’s due to the variety of Indian supporters who journey lengthy distances from India and who cheer for them and never the locals.
So subsequent time, when some commentator or media particular person from abroad tries to speak in regards to the silence of the Indian crowd when India shouldn’t be doing effectively, we must always ask them why their supporters haven’t come to cheer for his or her group.
This enterprise of India bashing must be countered with aggression as a result of that’s the one language they perceive. Just lately, I heard somebody saying it will be good for Check cricket if Joe Root overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s document for many runs and centuries in Check match cricket.
Please inform us what’s fallacious with Check cricket presently when Tendulkar is proudly owning the document and the way will Check cricket be higher if (and that’s an enormous if) an Englishman goes on to carry it. In what manner will it’s higher? Kindly enlighten us.
For some unusual purpose, there’s a notion abroad that BCCI doesn’t like Check cricket.
That’s a ridiculous notion, as India play greater than half a dozen Check matches each season, be it at residence or away. Simply because the IPL is massively profitable doesn’t imply BCCI shouldn’t be all in favour of selling Check cricket, however that’s the narrative that’s being peddled by the abroad media.
The ICC simply introduced that the WTC closing shall be performed at Lord’s subsequent June. Nicely, now we have heard the identical declaration twice earlier, however as quickly because it’s seen that England shouldn’t be going to qualify for the ultimate, the venue will get modified to Southampton or The Oval in London. Now that England is profitable extra Check matches on this interval and there’s an excellent likelihood that they might get to the ultimate, we’re being advised the ultimate shall be at Lord’s. Let’s wait and see. Because the outdated Indian saying goes, DILLI (Lord’s) abhi bhi door hai.