Now that Tendulkar has refused obvious choice for Captaincy should be Dhoni given his acceptance in the team & his record as a leader. Going back the old & failed mantra of two separate captains cannot augur well for the same nor would bringing back old tried & tested materials of the past. Looking ahead should be the mantra & facing the fact Dhoni & Yuvraj seems to the hope for Indian cricket
we all know that Ganguly is the best ever Indian captain...so he should be offered for this role. But things are not that simple in country like India, where BCCI is run by some non-cricketer fools....they'll go for the Dhoni, who will stay as puppet.
This is the most tasking appointment even more than PM becouse we are bunch of uinreasonable emotional nationalist.We will accept national disaster,Godra but not defet in Cricket.sachin perhaps took correct decision becouse knows his strength and faults.He is no doubt one of the greatest Cricket brain in the world but not a great forceful motivetor to those who are far behind him.The quality of a Leader comes out when he/she brings best out of a ordinary person and delevers result.We had Tiger Pataudi and lately Saurav Ganguly in that mould.Dhoni is no doubt coming up well but we have to think to use his enegry in class of cricket at this moment or gradually bring him to the stage.The fear is that if he burs out early due to great strain at one time then we shall be loosing a potential great captain too early.Rather give a year to him to feel the pulse of the situation more so in Australia where the asking is too tasking as Vice captain exposing him in few matches and leatr bring him in the Test as captain.Let us have Ganguly although he is not a yes boy to the adminstrers but for the good of the country and cricket give him a session to guide Dhoni so that he is ready for future.
Kumble or Lakshman is the right choice to lead team inida in the test matches....Dhoni is too young for a test captain & also its tough for a wicket keeper to also be a captain for a th elonger version , he is curently enjoying the T20 & the ODI captaincy, lets not overburden him with the Test captaincy as well and bring in people with experience to do this job so none other than KUMBLE or LAKSHMAN is the right choice.
RE:KUMBLE or LAKSHMAN is the right choice
by dc on Nov 06, 2007 04:25 PM Permalink
u think vengi has a soft corner for either laxman or kumble? he will never let that happen. Although, I wish Laxman would be a good choice.
BCCI may start a new chapter in history of cricket by sending a captain less team to Australia.
The logic is - If we can win without Coach, we can do so without captain either.
Toss can be handled by Vengsarkar - he does not any way know the limits in his role as selector.
We may appoint a vice captain to do the field placings. Our fielding being so great, the position at which the catches are dropped is inconsequential as long as they are dropped.
Decisions about follow on (not probable on this tour) will be taken by batsman on the crease - it will avoid many heart burns.
In future tours we may attempt a team less tour. Pawar may lead his NCP gang and bring back the trophy. The payment for trophy may be made thru cuts received in wheat import deals.
RE:Slap On RAW Face ,GET OUT RAW
by anindyarup dam on Nov 06, 2007 04:21 PM Permalink
Strange!...How come RAW is coming into the discussion....what does RAW have to do with cricket?
make ganguly captain in his last remaining years.. he was a good captain..india's best infact. n let the remaining guys play without burden on their head... n perform their best.. dont curtail dhoni's natural game with tension of captaincy .. he already has to do wicketkeeping..
RE:Agarkar!
by Ramesh S on Nov 06, 2007 04:28 PM Permalink
HAhaha.. Agarkar is the best guy to lead India... hahahahaha... to think of why he was in the team in the firts place... Thank goodness Tendulkar is not a captian, otherwise.. this guy will be in the playing 15 and travel all over.... Hahahah great one.. Agarkar as the captain along with Sadagopan Ramesh, Wasim Jaffer, Ramesh Powar, AA Muzumdar, RP Verma, I Abdulla, SO Kukreja and VR Samant .. Hahahaha....
Nobody wants to get the charm of team India wrath, as acaptain,so Dhoni be careful in taking lot of responsiblity.no u lost u long hair after few months u will become bald be carefull.
