Chappell has almost achieved his goal. In his 22-month period he did his best to get Indian team down. His exit from the team I think is a boon to our team. He was the root of India%u2019s defeat in the World Cup. He targeted the senior player%u2019s Sachin and Sourav putting insecurity among them. He threw Sourav out and shuffled the team so much that they forgot their role in the team. Too much of experimentation and imbalancing the team are also the reason for India%u2019s shameful defeat in the World cup. The only thing he did successfully was to demoralize the players and damage the team.
as per me, there was no aggression in indian team as far as Bangladesh & Srilanka match is concern..we were lackin of srishant, pathan and kumble instead of bajji, ajit agarkar and uttpha.
We had a over hyped team and coach. If you see wisden's report before the WC, it was mentioned that India team was the most hyped team and will not win any match in Super 8. They were almost correct .. but for the fact we didn't even reach S8.
We should select a team based on star value, past reputation but a functional one. We should had specialist in each position not some one trying to fit into that position. Any how nothing is lost , I hope the defeat is blessing in disguise. We make the right changes to be a better team. Hope BCCI makes the right move to make better Team.
RE:Over Hyped Team and Coach
by Rajesh S on Apr 06, 2007 06:58 PM Permalink
sorry typo .. I meant
We should not select a team based on star value, past reputation but a functional one. We should had specialist in each position not some one trying to fit into that position.
Instead of holding a professional like Greg Chappel totally responsible for the bad performance why dont we hold the players totally responsible.
(OVER HYPED) Players like Ganguly,Harbajan,Dhoni,yuvraj,tendulkar dont deserve to be in the team as they have been not performing at all through the year.
At least players like Dravid lead from front and also perform.
I think youngsters should have been tried.Players like Ramesh Power,Kaif and other youngsters should have been tried.
Team India failed in almost all departments like batting, bowling,fielding, lack of fighting attitude, planning,etc.etc. It is time to rebuild a professional Team once again to get the lost image. It is time to revamp the Selection Board as well as the money hungry BCCI. Subba Rao.
RE:RE:where india went wrong
by Firuza on Apr 06, 2007 01:53 PM Permalink
India went wrong in not playing properly.According to my self the bowlling,bating was wrong.
RE:where india went wrong
by sunita passi on Apr 06, 2007 02:56 PM Permalink
i agree with mr ramesh.but we are also rong .if public dont do over under preshar the team then our team play agood job
There's a brighter side to India's exit from the World Cup. Something that can cheer up disappointed fans and angry advertisers. Sri Lanka has done a great favour to Indian economy by ousting the cricket team from the World Cup. There are about 80 million cable and satellite viewing homes in India.
According to TAM ratings, the average viewership of all World Cup matches held till now stands at about 3%, with India vs Bangladesh touching a high of 7.25%. To reach the finals, India would have played at least seven more matches.
Considering a TV Rating of 7.25%, at least 5.8 million people would have watched the match. This would have resulted in a productivity loss of 371.2million man hours ( 5.8 million x 8 hours x 8 matches), apart from stress faced by mothers during exams.
About 3% of 81 million TV viewers (2.4 million) were ardent cricket fans and would have sat through all eight hours in the remaining 28 matches. Thus overall, Indian team's ouster would result in a productivity gain of 481 million man hours of work (28x2.4x8 man hours), if put to use.
The Sri Lankans have given a boost to the Indian economy by saving 54,902 man years of work (one year = 8,761 hours). Indians can build seven phases of the Golden Quadrilateral connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai spread over 5,846 kilometres all over again, with this time saved.
A daily wage skilled labourer in Delhi earns Rs 17 per hour. If put to productive use, the 481 million man hours can produce Rs 817 crore of GDP, which is 63% more than BCCI's annual revenues of Rs 500 crore, last year. It's 401% more than the Rs 163 crore losses, corporate India has predicted to incur due India's ouster.
The state electricity boards are also thanking Sri Lanka for the great favour. A TV consumes 45 watts per hour. Assuming a viewer will now switch off his TV by 12 midnight, it will save Rs 135 watts at least per viewer (not considering the electricity consumed by other appliances running simultaneously.)
This will save the electricity boards 324 million watts of electricity ( 3.24 lakh kilowatts) in just 28 days. According to estimates, SEB losses in India will touch Rs 1 lakh crore by 2008.
If disappointed viewers completely switch off their TVs for eight hours, it will save the government at least 8,64,000 kilowatts, along with many more lives %u2014 at least three Indian citizens have been reported to die due to cardiac arrest or suicide after India's defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka.
