25th June 1983, a day which changed the face of cricket in our country. I was born on this day and many of our generation have just seen those images off late on television have no idea or just cant feel the essence of that victory and what it meant to us as a cricketing nation. Cricketers were not idols at that time nobody rather knew them, they didn't play for money or fame they played for their country probably that was the reason they cpuld do it. In an interview the MOM of the WC finals Mohinder Amarnath says that they were paid 15000 INR fir the entire series and they saved the laundry bills by washing their own clothes, how many our present cricketers can feel that passion who are these days born with a silver spoon in their mouths. When we say that Sachin Tendulakar is the world's greatest batsman, do we ever realize that their was a little master named Sunil Manohar Gavaskar who faced the greatest bowling lineups of all times and scored those preciuos runs which i feel are more than if sachin doubles them too. How many of us know about G vishwanath the rock solid player, he didn't feature in any ads those days, few of us might recognize him as a match refree. TOday things have changed with money flowing in from every corner and players getting the best possible facilities we are still unable to repeat 1983. What is the reason behind?
Today players dont get tired playing in the IPL where lots of money is involved but when it comes to playing for the country theres a lot of fatigue.
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