Very good decision by great Sachin.He will not be comfortable confronting selectors over team selections.That was biggest reason he failed on previous occasions as Captain in 96 and 2000.
RE:Test Captaincy
by Kari on Nov 06, 2007 06:57 PM Permalink
I dont necessarily agree....whenever Sachin is there the Mumbai lobby seems to get very strong....players like Agarkar will once again come back into the team! Yuck!
RE:Test Captaincy
by jatin gopal ved on Nov 06, 2007 07:09 PM Permalink
MATE WE WON A SINGLE TEST IN AUSTRALIA AFTER AGES BECAUSE OF AGARKAR AS HE TOOK 6 WICKETS IN ADELAIDE
RE:Test Captaincy
by ralph nader on Nov 06, 2007 07:15 PM Permalink
Mate--as per vengsarkar's diktat only current form and fitness matters--past glory to be stuffed--so too bad--he loses out
RE:Test Captaincy
by Vikas Joshi on Nov 06, 2007 07:07 PM Permalink
Why do you not post something after thinking. It is very easy to accuse other people, but when you do this without thinking you only end up exposing your ignorance and bias.
RE:stick with dhoni for all forms
by bharat reddy on Nov 06, 2007 06:48 PM Permalink
i agree. Someone should tell him, focus on Captaincy and Keeping.Don't bother about batting.That will take a lot of burden away from him.
RE:stick with dhoni for all forms
by ram kumar on Nov 06, 2007 07:04 PM Permalink
Mr. Reddy. Give some sensible suggestions (its not that ur suggestions will be taken by Dhoni). Dhoni is in the team as wicketkeeper batsman. And if he is given the captaincy, he better bat as well. Stop posting stupid comments
i think sachin is feeling low because he is not getting the attention what he was getting before and upon that youngster brought world cup so he is reall feeling like banging his head against the wall
RE:sachin is feeling low
by ram kumar on Nov 06, 2007 06:43 PM Permalink
U mad. It is not that he is not getting the attention. He is too too matured to even think about such small things. He has seen the BCCI politics, backbiting, from close quarters for a long long time. And ur thoughts abt Sachin banging his head against the wall is stupid. It is he who has turned down and not the selectors or the board who has not offered him the captaincy. Just check before writing.
RE:sachin is feeling low
by sawarya on Nov 06, 2007 06:45 PM Permalink
ram kumar sachin refused captaincy because he is ashamed of himself because he could not bring world cup while youngster brought it
RE:sachin is feeling low
by ram kumar on Nov 06, 2007 06:53 PM Permalink
Boss. The world cup was for ODI and not test matches. And the youngster got the 2020 worldcup and not the ODI.
RE:RE:sachin is feeling low
by sawarya on Nov 06, 2007 06:47 PM Permalink
ram kumar just tell me why he didn't brought world cup don't give me any excuses please
RE:sachin is feeling low
by Ritwik Bhuyan on Nov 06, 2007 06:55 PM Permalink
Just tell me why haven't Dravid, Ganguly, Kallis, Donald, Gary Kirsten, Lara, Akhtar, Waqar, Flintoff, Alec Stewart, etc didn't bring World Cup for their respective teams ? Specially Brian Lara, who is considered the best batsman of this era along side Tendulkar. Why didn't he bring World Cup for the West Indies ?
RE:RE:RE:sachin is feeling low
by ram kumar on Nov 06, 2007 06:55 PM Permalink
OK u give me the reasons how Dhoni got us the 2020 world cup? u might get the answers to all ur questions.
RE:sachin is feeling low
by Ritwik Bhuyan on Nov 06, 2007 07:00 PM Permalink
Dhoni never bought the 20-20 World CUp for India, the Indian team did. 20-20 is a joke !! It's not even worth watching. Talk about Test cricket. Let the 20-20 team any Test match against any good team otside ndia and then we'll talk about their capability.
RE:sachin is feeling low
by ram kumar on Nov 06, 2007 07:07 PM Permalink
Absolutely Ritwik. Whatever be the quality of the game. it is still difficult to win a tournament. But did Dhoni do it single handedly? No it was a team effort. This is something our pal Sawarya doesn't seem to understand.
RE:sachin is feeling low
by Suresh Joshi on Nov 06, 2007 06:57 PM Permalink
What do you mean by world cup?????? keep in mind 20-20 was more luck than performance.......It's good time of dhoni....and it's the same where dravid failed...i.e. good time
RE:Let Dhoni Take up the job
by R Balasubramanian on Nov 06, 2007 06:41 PM Permalink
You are right. Dhoni is really doing fine with his young team. He should be encouraged by one and all cricket lovers for bigger achievements in future.
Let the old horses be rested and not kept on racing knowing their incapacity. Further let the media not bring in debates on the old horses and bring in sympathy on them to confuse the selectors. They have played, earned, in turn did very little for any development except having their own investments. It is right time for their retirement and not keeping raking up their old achievements and de-moralise the youngsters who have a lions heart to perform and bring glory to the country.
