So we won again!!! Hmm…Impressive. But not surprising. Probably that’s because the quality of players that is swelling up our team today is so high, that a win don’t come as a shock. Our team sure have what it takes to snatch a win and to top it all, a talismanic captain who plays his cards right.
But there is a question I’d like you to ponder……It does feel good to win, doesn’t it? Did you ever feel this happy when you used to play against eachother? In the past a Friday would have been just another day of cricket…cricket practice to be specific. Today we are talking about victory and defeats. It pains when we lose and euphoric when we win, especially the hard fought ones. Why is that? The answer is simple…..it’s because we play for the TEAM. We play against an opposition and not against eachother…only when we have an enemy that we tend to bring out our best. It’s the presence of an external opposition that makes us stick together and fight for eachother and fight like warriors to the end.
In the process we are also beginning to realize that the Team is more important than the individual. Whether one player got a chance to bat or bowl is Not more important than the team winning. What does it matter if I play fantastic and the team lose? Only when our team wins that we all win, otherwise it’s a defeat for all.
Its only when this feeling sets in, that there will be camaraderie. Only when there is camaraderie shall there be bonding. It’s this bonding that we envisioned when we laid the corner stone of Candor.
We are in the right track. May the spirit of Candor reign.
Congrats once again to each of those players who made their mark on the field in every little way.
Proudly Candor
Rajiv Philip
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Ameer keeps on repeating this words before start of every match - 'Let us make winning a habit'. Guys its time to celebrate the success of the TEAM. At the same time we should be able to digest failures too. Losing a match should not degrade our spirits or end up in a blame game. Losing should not affect this bonding or dampen the spirits. I am not trying to be negative at this point of time when we should be celebrating and I know well that I need not stress the importance of handling failures.
ReplyDeleteWe have gone through a lean period and we worked hard to achieve this.
In my opinion discipline in all the fields– bowling, wicket keeping, fielding and batting was the key.
Let’s keep this habit forever and prepare ourselves for the upcoming Capital tournament.
Best Wishes to all of you.