Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Golden Chance to become Indian Hockey hero!

Indian Hockey faces a captaincy issue now.
Coach Jose Brasa says that he has nominated Prabhjot Singh for captaincy.
Hockey India officials claim that coach doesn't have a say in this matter and the captain, according to them, is Rajpal Singh.

Now, if you ask me, here are questions that shouldn't be thought about.

1) Is Brasa eligible to nominate the captain or not?

2) Has Hockey India taken a good decision or a decision with vested interests?

The people in debate are Rajpal Singh and Prabhjot Singh.
They are amongst the senior most players of the team. How they act at this time is what will be crucial in the coming days of the World Cup.

This time it's not the fight with the outside corrupt and incompetent officials. The country supported the previous fight because it was for a genuine cause and it was the betterment of the game.

This fight although, superfically, looks as if it's a fight between HI officials and Jose Brasa. But if 2 individuals take the baton in their hands and decide that they themselves can sort out the matter along with their team-mates, then it's only between 2 individuals - individuals who are amongst the best Hockey players in the country, right now.

The team will not do well without either of them. So, can't we have something like this - Either Rajpal or Prabhjot back out in the favour of other? Just for the sake of the team?

For it doesn't matter who will have the last word. It does matter what rank did the team have in the World Cup.
For it doesn't matter whether Brasa or Batra will win. It does matter that neither Prabhjot nor Rajpal should loose the spirit with which they enter the field everytime.

The one who backs-out does loose the captaincy but he surely will set an example for the generations to come - an example where the team spirit is more important than just a ceremonial post.

And that is where lies the golden chance to become Indian Hockey hero - a hero, with ultimate sportsmanship, who decided to hand over the leadership of the team to fellow team mate, at the World Cup, only and only for the sake of betterment of his team!

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