10 reasons why it's tough to be an Indian cricketer

5. If you’re from Chennai Super Kings, you’re the captain’s pet

We don’t care about you have taken 50 wickets!

They say the best players come from the best teams. In football, you often see the national team dominated by the players from their league champions but for Indian cricket, this theory doesn’t hold true. If you are from Chennai Super Kings and you have been included in the Indian side, it means you’re MS Dhoni’s pet and have N. Srinivasan’s phone number on speed dial 1. Even if you’re the best ODI bowler and have picked up 50 wickets in a year, you’re still in the team because you are “Dhoni ka chamcha” .

6. You better not get out to the short ball

No Test cricket for you…Sorry bro!

Never, ever get out to a short delivery. Duck, sway out, hook, pull, cut but don’t flinch and for Suresh Raina’s sake, don’t get out to a bouncer. It’s a taboo to get out to a short delivery if you’re an Indian batsman and the entire world will treat you as an outcast if you so much flinch at a missile hurled at your ribcage at 150 miles per hour.

It’s okay for a Jonny Bairstow and a Phil Jacques to dance around on a turning track, but if Suresh Raina can’t handle the short delivery – no Test cricket for you…Sorry bro!