no doubt individually india has a stronghold, but we must remember that one can never succeed if ther is no team spirit where team work is concern. the indians must not keep any grudge with one another ....even with the coach.It is a big loss for india as a nation because this so called cricket is one of those fields where indians are competent,can shine and can show their worth.But alas! there very early departure has degraded the must anticipated likely to be won trophy.
No former captain but still in the team wants the credit of winning important matches to go to a new captain. They just want to improve their records or earn as much as possible. Even if the team is on the verge of winning , they will simply see to it that the team loses.This is called internal jealousy. They want to prove that the selectors are wrong in removing them from captaincy. Former captions should not be taken in the team at all, or a captain should be tested ,if he is still good in batting, to go on till he agrees that he is no good for the job. Secondly before the national team goes for a test or 2-3 zonal matches should be played and if a player consistantly performs then only he should be included in the national team. This helps those new comers in the zonal match to prove their competency and get into the team. Zonal players should be all young budding promising players from a pool of 50.The simple rule should be ,"If you are in form play for the country and do not disgrace the country because of your selfish motive. Let somebody play in your place. Your past experience is of no use if you can not contribute on the testing day". We can atleast copy the Australian selection methods which is exellant and time tested.-By Prof.Rao
It is only the billion plus cricket crazy fans who are responsible for the early India exit. Inspite of the fact the Team India had chicken heart8ed perfoemrs, we all put our time and energy in supporting the wrong horse.
Team India showed consistency.........in failing time and again.
Team India is NOT to be blamed. Only the innocent fans are to be blamed for the debacle.
it is money. go back to praksh padukone and others who are absolutely self made. crores are not there at that time. now they have no regrets. even if they are not selected or not playing plenty of balance are available. they have 100% security.
BUT FORGET ABT THE BLUE BUDDIES AND ENJOY SOME OTHER GAMES.
READ THIS FROM NT 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.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007 12:17:08 AM]
NEW DELHI: 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 371.2 million 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
We are a vast country and see no new players other than repeating the old star performers every time. They have played their innings and if they continue further more fingers would point at them, its probably time for them to resign gracefully and the selectors realise the country is piled up with talent . We need a strong hand in selecting the right players without politicians having any hand in the BCCI, which we have blown out of propotion, how many of those in the BCCI understand what the fielding positons are called.The once famous Indian Hockey was killed with politicians interferring in the game. So its time to gear up rather than blame Greg, Sachin and Co, they tried their best and lets give them a pat, nobody wants to loose , we need to take defeat more gracefully, but we need better and more agile youngsters NOW.Use Sachin and Co to guide the new team instead.
We can't attribute abysmal performance of India in WC-07 to any single person. It is collective failure. India had never shown professional performance to be world winners like srilankans and Oz. The irate people of india are now showing their anger by asking to throw senior players from the team. I don't think this is any solution to the problem at hand. India couldn't produce players with alround abilities who can win game on their day. Even the young lads coming into the team are not athletic enough to show fielding skills like senior players in SA, OZ, SRL et al., let alone young buddies in their respective teams. Like in Australia, if one man fails, other man of the team standup and win the game. While in india, we expect a single player to win every game. Don't forget that Tendulkar was only player of India who had delivered under trying conditions and on whom entire nation hopes depended. He athletic even today while running for others. That is why he is recognised world wide among greats. Lately, he has been in and out for reasons unavoidable for any player in international cricket with such a long service. He gets a chance to play an odd game and people expect him to score not less than 100 in every match and put him under tremendous pressure. Dear friends, I plead all of you don't embarass the nation by embarassing Sachin.
Dear friends, In my opinion this is a CREATED DRAMA by BCCI and ZEE to divert the attention of crorers of Indian cricket fans from the poor performance of Indian cricket team
Otherwise how a league can be organised without having basic infrastructure EVEN GROUNDS ????
And with this drama people will forget the world cup and everything will be in control within couple of months when Indian team will defeat Bangladeh on next tour
RE:Parallel cricket league to BCCI by ZEE
by Srini on Apr 05, 2007 06:04 PM Permalink
This world cup incident should never be forgotten. All the senior under performers have to be sacked and fresh talents have to be brought in from all over India. Unless that is done, we should never forget this world cup debacle.
