Team for the World Cup

i was standing in front of the mess the other day when i heard a great roar of spectators coming from the T.V. in the MPH upstairs. Sensing a blistering knock from Tendulkar or Dhoni, I ran upstairs to see the match. What i saw on the screen was something completely different. Tendulkar was dejectedly walking back to the pavilion after having made a painstaking 2 runs from 15 balls. India had lost their second wicket. India went on to lose the match by a record breaking 10 wickets. They had achieved this feat only 3 times previous to this, once before against the proteas. Big deal...u may feel. India is known to be unreliable in terms of cinsistent performances anyways. But the deal is big...this time, it was the first time that a home crowd was cheering for the visitors...and cheering in one voice. It was the first time that a state or a region had taken so much importance over the country for so many people at one place. It was for the first time that just because a Bengali was not playing in the match, the crowd was willing to change their dedication to an alien nation. It was in my reckoning, the first time that the true nature of this regional snake has shown its fangs.

Are not the other players of the team not Indians? Are they not playing for the country? Are they not representing the people of India (which in my knowledge also includes West Bengal)? This is the same team which convincingly defeated the Lankans and had just broken the record of unbeaten south africans. Would they have lost in this way had the crowd behaved as they shld have....For the Country...?

From next time I feel the selectors have one more criteria to fill before deciding on the team for home matches...the venue will have to be decided first and then a reservation has to be made in the team that at least one player in the playing 11 has to come from that state.

If these are the reservations that are going to come to the team...why not have the usual SC/ST etc reservations? Possibly we could even incorporate one for the part of the country....say...2 places for a North paw, etc etc etc etc....and the team for the World Cup is ready!!!