LET THE DESERVING DESERVE THEIR RIGHTS!
I badly take pity on the ill-fated Karun Nair
Who, no sooner did, an enviable triple ton, fire
Than became the prey of his sour-doom’s ire.
What a talented wretch and unfortunate player!
What should be then the better batting criteria
To satisfy the just, unbiased cricketing intelligentsia
To remove the opacity stain in selection inertia
To plead for Mercy, or snatch It as the astute Portia?
As far as my little cricketing acumen is concerned
Nair was the first of his batting Indian kind
Who, just after a sterling, immaculate Test innings
Was to be so disgracefully hurled and pushed behind
Under the plea of being an inexperienced novice
And most ironically, inept, unfit and unlearned.
So, let the more disgraceful, crushing blows from the Aussies
Lock the lame pretext caskets, and open the lids of Mercies!
Let all the deserving deserve their deserving, natural rights
Let not evil powers prevail, for a national loss, in the fights!
©Shankar D Mishra 27 .02.2017
Email id: shankardmishrapoet@mail.com
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N.B.
Karun Nair scored a brilliant triple century against England in Chennai, but it was not enough to guarantee his spot in the India cricket team squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh.
CRICKET Updated: Feb 10, 2017 09:56 IST: Hindustan Times
Nair, 25, scored 303* runs in 5th test match against England at Chennai to become only the second Indian after opener Virender Sehwag, who achieved this feat for record two-times.
Unfortunately for Nair, he was dropped from the Test side that was selected for one-off test between India-Bangladesh, with Ajinkya Rahane picked in place of him.
If we take a look into the record books, we find few names who are being dropped from team after scoring triple century. Here's a list of players who didn't make into the next match despite scoring triple ton in the previous.
Player Team Score Against Year
Len Hutton England 364* Australia 1938
Andy Sandham England 325* West Indies 1930
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 329* New Zealand 2002
Keeping the similarities of the triple hundred aside, here's one difference between them and Indian batsman Karun Nair - all the other foreign players missed the match due to some kind of injury, whereas Nair had no such issues.
Andy Sandham missed out the test due to a car accident, Len Hutton missed match following a head injury and Pakistan's former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq underwent heel surgery had to skip the next Test after making a triple century.
Despite the snub, Nair's family were not bothered about the decision and instead backed their son with belief that their son is talented enough to bounce back without losing confidence.
They also backed the decision to include Ajinkya Rahanne in the side saying he deserved his place in the Test team.
First Published: Saturday, February 11, 2017 - 12:13 ZEE NEWS
I badly take pity on the ill-fated Karun Nair
Who, no sooner did, an enviable triple ton, fire
Than became the prey of his sour-doom’s ire.
What a talented wretch and unfortunate player!
What should be then the better batting criteria
To satisfy the just, unbiased cricketing intelligentsia
To remove the opacity stain in selection inertia
To plead for Mercy, or snatch It as the astute Portia?
As far as my little cricketing acumen is concerned
Nair was the first of his batting Indian kind
Who, just after a sterling, immaculate Test innings
Was to be so disgracefully hurled and pushed behind
Under the plea of being an inexperienced novice
And most ironically, inept, unfit and unlearned.
So, let the more disgraceful, crushing blows from the Aussies
Lock the lame pretext caskets, and open the lids of Mercies!
Let all the deserving deserve their deserving, natural rights
Let not evil powers prevail, for a national loss, in the fights!
©Shankar D Mishra 27 .02.2017
Email id: shankardmishrapoet@mail.com
Dear, revered friends, if u like my poems, please visit my Timeline to enjoy many more new poems of different tastes. Thank u.
N.B.
Karun Nair scored a brilliant triple century against England in Chennai, but it was not enough to guarantee his spot in the India cricket team squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh.
CRICKET Updated: Feb 10, 2017 09:56 IST: Hindustan Times
Nair, 25, scored 303* runs in 5th test match against England at Chennai to become only the second Indian after opener Virender Sehwag, who achieved this feat for record two-times.
Unfortunately for Nair, he was dropped from the Test side that was selected for one-off test between India-Bangladesh, with Ajinkya Rahane picked in place of him.
If we take a look into the record books, we find few names who are being dropped from team after scoring triple century. Here's a list of players who didn't make into the next match despite scoring triple ton in the previous.
Player Team Score Against Year
Len Hutton England 364* Australia 1938
Andy Sandham England 325* West Indies 1930
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 329* New Zealand 2002
Keeping the similarities of the triple hundred aside, here's one difference between them and Indian batsman Karun Nair - all the other foreign players missed the match due to some kind of injury, whereas Nair had no such issues.
Andy Sandham missed out the test due to a car accident, Len Hutton missed match following a head injury and Pakistan's former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq underwent heel surgery had to skip the next Test after making a triple century.
Despite the snub, Nair's family were not bothered about the decision and instead backed their son with belief that their son is talented enough to bounce back without losing confidence.
They also backed the decision to include Ajinkya Rahanne in the side saying he deserved his place in the Test team.
First Published: Saturday, February 11, 2017 - 12:13 ZEE NEWS
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