Did I hear that right? - Media myth: Indian cricket team selection was flawed as many players were 'past prime'

India is out (okay - almost out) of the WC 2007. Worst performance since the 1979 WC. The "commercial favorites" have disappointed a billion hopes (as not all Indians have TV - many won't even know what cricket is, we're counting each TV watching, internet surfing, cricket knowing Indian's hope atleast twice).

I'm sad, mad and very pissed off - as any loyal fan would be. But, the tabloid type myths that the Indian media is spreading is pissing me off even more. I'll try to address some of these baseless, ignorant and extremely inflammatory comments passed around in the media (both print and visual) in the next few blogs.

Here is a table of the ages of the Indian squad for the WC.

Rahul Dravid	34
Sachin Tendulkar	33
Ajit Agarkar	29
MS Dhoni	25
Saurav Ganguly	34
Harbhajan Singh	26
Dinesh Karthik	21
Zaheer Khan	28
Anil Kumble	36
Munaf Patel	23
Irfan Pathan	22
Virender Sehwag	28
Sreesanth	24
Robin Uthappa	21
Yuvraj Singh	25

Average Age 27

Are you telling me that 27 is old??!!

To compare, here's the average age of one of the favorites of the WC - the Australian team.

Adam Gilchrist	35
Mathew Hayden	35
Ricky Ponting	32
Michael Clarke	25
Andrew Symonds	31
Michael Hussey	31
Shane Watson	25
Brad Hogg	36
NW Bracken	29
SW Tait	24
Glenn McGrath	37
Stuart Clark	31
Brad Haddin	29
Brad Hodge	32
Mitchell Johnson	24

Average Age 30

Average age - 3 years older!!! Lets put this in perspective. Its almost a difference of playing/seeing/being aware of one additional world cup. While most of the Indians were not even born at the 1979 world cup, many of the Australian team members were getting their first dose of cricket.

Point proven. Media - please stop saying that 27 is old!