India in recent times has won laurels abroad in cricket in a big way.She has smashed Australia , the worldcup king, in 20
and 50over ODIs.In the most recent 5-day testmatch against SouthAfrica Virendra Sewhag has compiled a triple century.India has developed superclass medium pacers who have rattled Australian toporder batsman such as Ricky Ponting.In the ladies'' tennis Sania Mirza is a world ranker.Vishwanathn Anand is the topmost ranker in world chess championship.A few years back Prakash Padukone placed India in an enviable position in world badminton.India is heading towards a super champion in games both indoor and outdoor.Infact there is tremendous opportunity in sports.India has earned million dollars in cricket.Inspite of the recent matchfixing episodes,India has come out unscathed.India has also overcome the dominance of vested interests to come out in a positive direction.The main point is that we have built ourselves from strong roots in cricket.Cricket , though a game of the lords once upon a time,has thrived to a a height of great
international character which shows promise of international brotherhood.It aims to create Wilfrd Owen''s "ONE World".Looking back cricket in India has gone through a process of
evolution from 5-day pattern to 50 and 20 over odis-copybook to hurricane hitting games as viewers have lesser spare time these days.In the change of format from 5dayers to odis the culture of cricket has undergone an evolution.Karthikeyan has made an impact in formula car racing.Be cause of Dhyanchand the stick rule came into existence in hockey.
The transition from slow blocking to a flurry of sixes and fours is really stunning.It needs dedication and upgrading of mental attitude.
Yuvraj Singh''s towering six sixers are truly breathtaking.In every good school sports should be encouraged in a professional way.In yester years promising cricketers were sent by Indian Cricket Board to schools abroad for learning tips and tricks.However India has learnt that playing in real matches under specialists is the effective way to develop a Killer in all aspects of cricket.India has reached a confidence level which will produce very soon "World Beaters".