Should Indian fans react with responsibility and balance?
Sachin Tendulkar shares an average
fan's disappointment after Team India's early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup
but he strongly disproves the backlash it has generated back home.
Tendulkar said he was disappointed with India's failed title defence but at the
same time felt the fans back home needed to show more "responsibility and
balance" in their reaction.
"I feel there is very high emotions among the people when they react. But
do these reactions help us to play better? Not really. These actually put more
pressure on the players. We have got to be mature and be with the team,"
Tendulkar said.
"No one can change the past but always can learn from it and do better in
future. I think, we should react to the success and failures with lot of
responsibility and balance. If we do that it becomes easier for everyone,"
he told 'Times Now' channel.
Tendulkar was in London, along with his family, to cheer the Indian team. But
the side under Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not win a single Super Eight match
and crashed out of the tournament, which triggered a backlash in India with
fans questioning Dhoni's leadership and team selection.
Even Dhoni's apology to the nation after crashing out of the event could not
placate the agitated fans who burnt his effigy in his home town Ranchi.
"I am also disappointed along with the nation. I am sure that the guys
planned and tried well, but things sometimes don't click," Tendulkar said.
"Disappointment will be there. But I am sure the team will put the best
step forward to get the rhythm again. If everyone back home stands behind them,
the team may become a formidable one," he added.
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