Inherent instinct and institutional intelligence a dozen observations.

 

Inherent instinct and institutional intelligence a dozen observations.

 

 

The two quotes of famous writer on cricket Neville Cardus, "Cric​ket ..... game is inclined towards sentimentalism ....” and "scoreboard is an ass". I think both these are only partly true now, not fully true.

 

1.The game must raise above ‘sentimentalism’ and ‘score board’ is very important because the game, like most other things in life, cannot gloat on unquantifiable romantic emotions but needs some measurements.

 

Lessons from AFGHANISTAN versus PAKISTAN match at Chepauk on ko 23rd October.

 

2. Long live IPL like European Football clubs.

 

3. It gives a huge opportunity for practical on field exposure to high level of game.

 

4. This schooling and learning polishes and enhances the inherent skills.

 

5. While playing, usually and predominantly the adrenal takes over, as it must, over other faculties.

 

6.However, to get the desired results the rough edges of that adrenal must be smoothened with clinical perfection wherein one is forced to restrain the instinct for playing to the galleries and strike rate by replacing them with milking singles and twos to build an innings without throwing away the wickets. 

 

7. Playing to the situation which includes not only opposition’s strengths and weaknesses but getting to know the dimensions of the ground ( 'cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties' as the cliche, it is also full of irregularities - no ground has identical, much less, same dimension, which is a given in all other sports).

 

8. So, the game does and must involve lot of strategies, intelligent application of skills, techniques, and talents as per the ' contextual or situational demands' rather than either individual or collective sentiments. 

 

9. In my opinion getting groomed in IPL is like getting an opportunity to learn from multi cuisine chefs from across the globe.

 

10. Let all the status quo of glorious multiple uncertainties prevail, the suspense and mystery around every game situation continue, let the game welcome all technologies and multitude of skill sets to keep enhancing its level of glorious uncertainties which is what makes its inherent spirit live.

 

11. IPL also teaches the most vital lesson for today’s perverted short cut and sensationalism  seeking Wokeism that real globalism and international concern must primarily recognize certain inevitable fundamental facts that at all levels or multiple levels we need to consciously be aware and nurture interrelationships , interdependence , interconnectedness as well as accept and appreciate the fact that merit and competition matter over all maddening ideological or political counter claims of contrived social engineering concepts even if they are justifiable [which means of course access to opportunities must not be denied to any, certain historical mistakes must be corrected and it is a collective social responsibility of everyone to put away all sorts of irrelevant discriminations].

 

12. If one were to get it across brutally frank are we not born as Rajineesh [Osho] who said several years back that our life is not decided by any or many theories of evolution but “ by competition and he went on to say we were born after one out of the millions of sperms competed successfully and reached the ovary to start our life’s journey”.