Posted by: gahugoro March 24, 2007
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In the video, one of the shots depict a young poor kid, with no cloth to cover his emaciated frame, holding the Indian tricolour and chanting the name Team India.
After the song was screened, coach Greg Chapell addressed the team and asked them to compare the scene with the picture of that old lady who was trying to climb over Wagah border to watch India play Pakistan in a cricket match.
Chappell, while comparing the two visuals, asked every member of the Indian team to remember that there are people in the country who despite their deprivations still support the Indian team with passion and spirit.
Chappell asked the team members to try and play Friday's game for countless similar Indians who back the team even when they are struggling with their own daily existence.
Chappell then coined a special slogan for the team's Friday's clash.
Chappell called it "Let's do it for each other."
The evening's meeting ended with all team members being asked to form a huddle similar to what they do in the field in celebration of a wicket gained.
The evening and its message was clear: Indian team needed an injection of selfless lay and hence the slogan "Let's do it for each other."
Too many for too long have put the interest of the self before the bigger cause and Chappell wanted to remind them of the duty.
The visual exercise was also intended to coax cricketers to come out of their "comfort zone" and remember all those fans who support the team even though their life is miserable.
The huddle of course was another exercise to make cricketers play like a 'team'-- it urged bonding to prevail.
Passion, selflessness and responsibility, these perhaps then are three virtues which the Indian cricketers presently lack.
http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1804057.cms
