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[TheChowmeinWarrior]

from a blog that i found from Anand Vasu's blog..India Uncut...

Why do you support the Indian team? They ALWAYS lose. They’re USELESS.”

Okay, how many of you have heard THAT one recently? I’ve heard it several times. So has Aravind Murali. So has Vishvanathan Srinivasan. So has Tony Chacko. Mostly from people who have no problem joining the party when the boys win.

Our answer?

Because it’s OUR team, you morons! O-U-R team. India. The men in blue.

We don’t support this team just because it wins all the time. Or is the darling of the media. Or is filled with good-looking hunks. Or scientists. Or opening batsmen. Or whatever.

We support this team because they play for India. And, in case you haven’t noticed, we’re Indians.

little supporter
Stay with it, little one. Stay with it - don’t let them tell you any differently.

I’m no apologist for the team. I believe they have a long way to go before they provide us with anything more than patches of brilliance (but WHAT brilliance!). I think our approach to fielding is miserable. I agree that our bowlers and batsmen are infuriatingly inconsistent. We’re often lazy, indisciplined and unprofessional. And no, I don’t think we’ll win the world cup.

So, what do you want me to do? Paint myself yellow and support Australia? Sounds ridiculous? Exactly.

It’s all about loyalty, you superficial palookas. That’s why people support Atletico Bilbao. Or Charlton Athletic. Or Tim Henman. Or England. Or India. Loss after loss after heartbreaking loss. That’s what real supporters do. That’s what makes them different from fair-weather fans who will guzzle the bubbly during the good times, and change the channel during the bad.

We’ll castigate the selections. We’ll say Suresh Raina needs a kick up the rear. We’ll dream of throwing the fast bowlers off a plane. We’ll crucify the captain and make plans to assassinate the coach. But when the game begins, we’ll be there. When a single wicket falls, we’ll dream of an impossible recovery. When a tailender finds the boundary, we’ll hope for cricketing miracles. We’ll believe in our hearts what we cannot conceive with our minds.

Because that’s what we do, us cricket fans.

And whenever our team wins, none of you outsiders will ever know the sweetness we feel. Hope you enjoy waiting for The DaVinci Code 2, or the next Shah Rukh blockbuster, or whatever. We have a world cup to look forward to.

http://papayas.wordpress.com/2006/11/03/why-i-support-the-indian-team/

Hope you lot remember this through the ups and downs of this team...nerrgh...

[keep-it-cool]

LOL. Good one.

[Sahir]

Well, we're all still here discussing on the forum whether we win or lose, right?  So, most of us can hardly be classified as fairweather fans.  In fact, quite the contrary, we all probably care just too much.  The wins make us ecstatic and the losses despressed.  Alas...it's worse than heroin, this Indian cricket, and I don't think I'll ever kick the habit.  I'll probably go to my grave yelling "line and length, you idiot, line and length!"

[Libran]

Well, we're all still here discussing on the forum whether we win or lose, right?  So, most of us can hardly be classified as fairweather fans.  In fact, quite the contrary, we all probably care just too much.  The wins make us ecstatic and the losses despressed.  Alas...it's worse than heroin, this Indian cricket, and I don't think I'll ever kick the habit.  I'll probably go to my grave yelling "line and length, you idiot, line and length!"

It is the frustration that is let out...and not a hatred for the team..that is very clear in our minds...

There is a line from one English song which captures the essence "Pray until profanity"...where one prays to God for his presence in physical form and realizing that it is taking a bit too long or knowing it may not happen, he starts calling God names..abusing him...