Our cricketers are best diplomats
Our Indian test cricketers believe in the policy 'Love thy neighbour'. They love their neighbours so much that they allow the neighbours to win in International matches whether it is a test match or ODI. That generous and big-hearted are our test cricketers. They are able to please any foreign country by this attitude. They are able to do what our professional diplomats are not able to do. They can win the heart of any foreign country. Now where can you find better diplomats then our Indian test cricketers? Our cricketers believe that international sports are not played to win. According to them these matches are played to spread goodwill and nobody spreads it as generously around the world as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men.
Just recently we allowed Australian cricketers to dominate over us even when Australian cricket was in the dumps before we landed in Australia. They had just lost to arch rivals New Zealand and the public standing of the Aussie team was very low. But our cricketers were so kind and generous that they went out of the way to please both Australian cricketers and public by losing to Australia. One should really appreciate the diplomatic tactics that our cricketers adopted. They helped the Australian batsmen who were out of form to regain their peak form and they helped their bowlers to rediscover their rhythm. Our professional Indian diplomats should learn a thing or two from our cricketers
In Bangladesh, we were even more magnanimous. Here was a country represented by third rate cricketers. The Indian team took it upon themselves to bring about a transformation in them by providing them an opportunity to beat the world champions; thus we made a nation of 160 million feel good about itself. It was like a scholar winning the endearing popularity of the backbenchers and letting them share the limelight by personally bringing himself down and letting the backbenchers score over him. This is called diplomacy and our cricketers just displayed their terrific diplomatic skills.
We all know of ambitious young executives who get ignominiously defeated by their ageing bosses on the badminton court, and soon after get plum postings and out of turn promotions. What works for individuals works even better for nations. Our ministry of external affairs should sit with members of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and exploit our cricketers' diplomatic skills by applying them to countries with whom we have outstanding issues. This method will certainly prove more productive than the mainstream efforts of our envoys because it appeals directly to the masses. Our Indian cricketers who are supposed to be superstars have that knack of converting the local boys of other countries into heroes overnight. This is the kind of diplomatic tactics that our ministry of external affairs should adopt. Our country won't have a single enemy after that.
Our Indian test cricketers believe in the policy 'Love thy neighbour'. They love their neighbours so much that they allow the neighbours to win in International matches whether it is a test match or ODI. That generous and big-hearted are our test cricketers. They are able to please any foreign country by this attitude. They are able to do what our professional diplomats are not able to do. They can win the heart of any foreign country. Now where can you find better diplomats then our Indian test cricketers? Our cricketers believe that international sports are not played to win. According to them these matches are played to spread goodwill and nobody spreads it as generously around the world as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men.
Just recently we allowed Australian cricketers to dominate over us even when Australian cricket was in the dumps before we landed in Australia. They had just lost to arch rivals New Zealand and the public standing of the Aussie team was very low. But our cricketers were so kind and generous that they went out of the way to please both Australian cricketers and public by losing to Australia. One should really appreciate the diplomatic tactics that our cricketers adopted. They helped the Australian batsmen who were out of form to regain their peak form and they helped their bowlers to rediscover their rhythm. Our professional Indian diplomats should learn a thing or two from our cricketers
In Bangladesh, we were even more magnanimous. Here was a country represented by third rate cricketers. The Indian team took it upon themselves to bring about a transformation in them by providing them an opportunity to beat the world champions; thus we made a nation of 160 million feel good about itself. It was like a scholar winning the endearing popularity of the backbenchers and letting them share the limelight by personally bringing himself down and letting the backbenchers score over him. This is called diplomacy and our cricketers just displayed their terrific diplomatic skills.
We all know of ambitious young executives who get ignominiously defeated by their ageing bosses on the badminton court, and soon after get plum postings and out of turn promotions. What works for individuals works even better for nations. Our ministry of external affairs should sit with members of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and exploit our cricketers' diplomatic skills by applying them to countries with whom we have outstanding issues. This method will certainly prove more productive than the mainstream efforts of our envoys because it appeals directly to the masses. Our Indian cricketers who are supposed to be superstars have that knack of converting the local boys of other countries into heroes overnight. This is the kind of diplomatic tactics that our ministry of external affairs should adopt. Our country won't have a single enemy after that.
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