Ha ha ha!!! Nice joke. Someone please wake up Rajput from his deep sleep. He is having a nice dream. Just hope and pray that Australia won't humiliate again India like they did in Baroda.
RE:Rajput wake up please
by Ravi Ranjan on Oct 13, 2007 01:38 AM Permalink
Since 1990 or so, India wins one match and then Australia wins at least two matches. There is no comparison. We should not play more than 3 match ODI series with Australia otherwise there will be continues humiliation. Also, please stop publishing "Will India win nth ODI match against Australia?" on rediff. It just makes me sick. We have to go to drawing board, get physically and mentally fits playes and above all treat it as team sports first. Rather than fight Ganguly fan vs. Sachin fan vs. Dravid fan. It is becoming like India-Pakistan issue. Ganguly fans will be happy only if all three are dropped. Same way with Sachin and Dravid fans. Just like Pakistan does not care for its own success as long as India also fails. [ eg. WC 2007]
RE:Rajput wake up please
by ijh jhb on Oct 13, 2007 04:33 AM Permalink
Whatever you've said is totally irrelevant. Nobody's even talking about fans. You need to understand that there're ways in which India works, albeit funny.
Dhoni (Rajput, Sachin or anyone for that matter) has never claimed we're world beaters. We've always respected Australia's superiority. Its so easy to say - go back to the drawing board. Sachin's considered a cricketing genius by many. Now will he have to come and listen to a Ravi Ranjan to understand how to play cricket?
India's a world class team, but not a world beater. And if we emulate another team's strategy, we might fail miserably. We've our own strong points and playing to our strengths and building upon them is what these players clearly understand. That is probably the only reason we rose to the top in the 20-20. Remember, you cannot argue Aussies weren't in their prime for the 20-20, coz they did play a splendid game against us. And in any case, one might also say they lost coz they were caught napping.
Hyenas hunt the way they have to just as a lion hunts the way it has to. If a hyena tries to emulate the lion, it will fail.
RE:Rajput wake up please
by Ravi Ranjan on Oct 13, 2007 05:18 AM Permalink
You might as well substitute my name with any coach! We'll always have superstars due to geniuses- but can we win consistently- that's the point. We had Gavaskar, then Kapil Dev, Azhar, Sachin, Dravid et. al, but that will not prevent us from a defeat. Cricket has become very professional since Packer days- good teams will always find a way to get you out- however great you are. Lara has all the records, but in the past 10-15 years look at WI results. Regardless of personal attacks, don't we want the same things- victory for Indian team on a consistent basis. You may lose a match here or there- but you should be able to win 65-70% of ODIs overall.
mr rajput nothing is going to happen if u give 100 of such comments in media till indian team learn how to play with champions. They have to show aggresssion in field not like indian members who only talks. Till the timethey do it keep quiet.
RE:lets indian batsman talk not u
by Moses Joseph on Oct 12, 2007 11:50 PM Permalink
AND in a moist ground, do not elect to bat first. Follow the principles properly!
Rajput felt that the key to the Indian batting clicking is a solid opening stand.
"Our main aim would be not to lose wickets in the first 10 overs. Whenever we have had a good opening partnership we have put up a good total," he said.
India's lone victory in the series, by eight runs at Chandigarh on October 8, their first over Australia in ODIs since January, 2004, came after openers Sachin Tendulkar [Images] (79) and Ganguly (41) had put on 91 for the first wicket.
RE:PURE SUPERSTRITION
by Jayanth Shah on Oct 12, 2007 11:18 PM Permalink
not losing wickets is key in 50 over cricket. not how you stupid india fans say - 'wack 7 runs an over all the time'
RE:PURE SUPERSTRITION
by alpha92@yahoo.com on Oct 13, 2007 03:28 AM Permalink
What is motivating Rajput to persue a losing strategy. Australians must be happy and satisfied.
RE:PURE SUPERSTRITION
by Aravind sai on Oct 13, 2007 01:00 AM Permalink
If opening stand is key to india's success.... how many matches india could get that solid opening parterships out of 10..... I think hardly 3-4.In those 3-4 matches ....how many times can india capitalise solid opening partnership..... hardly 1-2 times..... by Mr. RAjput views......india can only win 1-2 matches out of 10....
RE:PURE SUPERSTRITION
by prabhu kumar on Oct 13, 2007 02:38 AM Permalink
thats y we loste 6 out of 10 matches mateches ,the other 3-4 matches u ill defnitely see on of top three firing
Sachin Tendulkar topped Shane Warne's countdown of greatest cricketers edging out Brian Lara, who was placed second. Curtly Ambrose, Allan Border and Glenn McGrath rounded out the top five in Warne's Times column.
Warne rated Tendulkar ahead of Lara on account of his mental toughness and hailed him as a "great player and a great man". He wrote, "Outside grounds [in India], people wait until he [Tendulkar] goes in before paying to enter. They seem to want a wicket to fall even though it is their own side that will suffer ... He [Tendulkar] grew up under incredible weight of expectation and never buckled once - not under poor umpiring decisions or anything else."
Warne and Tendulkar clashed several times on the field, but their most most famous battles were on Australia's tour to India in 1997-98. Warne struck the first salvo, dismissing Tendulkar for 4 in the first Test, but was then taken apart in the second, going for 122 runs in 30 overs as Tendulkar smashed a matchwinning unbeaten 155. Tendulkar finished the series with an average of 111, while Warne's ten wickets cost him 54 apiece.
Five Australians were placed in the top ten, including three of Warne's captains - Border, Ricky Ponting and Mark Taylor. Ian Healy, tenth on the list, was described as the best wicketk
