𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞

Oh what a spectacle it was! India’s cricket team basking in the glow of their latest triumph decided to remind the world that winning a cricket match is less about sportsmanship and more about flexing their egos with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

The rumor mills are abuzz and the stench of their post match antics is wafting far beyond the cricket pitch. Forget grace in victory. India’s players have apparently redefined sore winners with a performance so crass it deserves its own Hall of Shame.

Picture this: the match ends the crowd roars and the Indian team drunk on their victory struts around like they’ve just conquered the moon. But do they extend a hand to their opponents in the spirit of the game? Oh heavens no! Why bother with basic decency when you can snub the opposing team entirely? Handshakes are for lesser mortals apparently.

The Indian players in their infinite wisdom decided that acknowledging their rivals was beneath them. Instead they paraded around chests puffed out as if they’d just won a war rather than a cricket match. Classy? Hardly. Pathetic? Absolutely.And then there’s the captain. Oh the captain! This self styled general of the cricket field couldn’t resist turning a sporting event into a bizarre military pageant. While the world expected a few words about strategy teamwork or you know cricket he chose to wax poetic about India’s armed forces.

Yes because nothing screams sporting excellence like dragging tanks and fighter jets into a post match press conference. We dedicate this win to our brave soldiers he thundered conveniently forgetting that the only battle fought was with a leather ball on a 22 yard pitch. One wonders if he was hoping for a flypast from the Indian Air Force to celebrate a particularly good cover drive.This isn’t just a lack of sportsmanship. It’s a masterclass in delusion.

Cricket the gentleman’s game has been hijacked by a team that seems to think it’s auditioning for a Bollywood war epic. The refusal to shake hands? That’s not just unsportsmanlike. It’s a slap in the face to the spirit of the game. It’s as if India’s players looked at the unwritten rules of cricket respect humility camaraderie and decided Nah let’s burn that rulebook and dance on its ashes. And the captain’s military obsession? It’s a tired transparent attempt to cloak a sporting win in jingoistic bravado as if a cricket victory somehow elevates India to global superpower status.

Newsflash: hitting a six doesn’t make you Napoleon.The hypocrisy is staggering. India loves to project itself as the heart of cricket the sport’s spiritual home where passion and tradition reign supreme. Yet when the moment calls for dignity they deliver a performance so ghastly it could make a vulture gag. This is the same team that preaches cricket unites us but can’t muster the basic courtesy to shake hands with their opponents. This is the same captain who claims to embody the spirit of the game but would rather salute imaginary tanks than acknowledge the other team’s effort.

If this is India’s idea of cricket diplomacy then the world is better off without it.

Let’s be real: India’s cricket team didn’t just win a match. They lost the plot. Their behavior exposes a deeper truth about their mindset an insecure need to overcompensate with arrogance and theatrics. It’s not enough to win.

They have to rub it in to strut to sneer to turn a game into a circus.

And while they’re busy chest thumping the world watches unimpressed shaking its head at a team that mistakes boorishness for brilliance.

So here’s a toast to India’s glorious victory a triumph not just over their opponents but over decency sportsmanship and common sense. Keep waving those flags lads and dreaming of military parades. The rest of the cricketing world will be over here playing the actual game.

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