Looks like Zee TV cricket board is giving sleepless night to BCCI, at last BCCI is making some bold decisions...by axing the aged players and bringing the younger talent to the core. Thanks to ZEE & Kapil for giving the people their money's worth!
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by TandooriRasamKadhi rosgula on Sep 18, 2007 06:14 PM Permalink
Now the one thing I read in common from all the commenst from Bongla folks is "when Ganguly took over as captain, Indian cricket was at its lowest low, with match fixing scandles just over....". Instead of just worshiping your DADA all day long and keep chewing same gum over and again, take a break and check some numbers from your Dada's captaincy time. All these seniors were at the pick of prime in their career and ready now to bow out in few years. You think players like Dravid, Sachine or Kumble needs your dada to get the best out of them? These players are not your dada, they are in the entire different class, and for that reason they are admired by the cricketing greats around the world...
And about that cool brain!! the most part of that cool brain you're talking about was belong to John Wright. All your Dada had was whatever he had hidden in his nose, that he kept picking all day long in the field...
Anyway, I am not saying Dada was bad captain atall. The point is Gangu had group of players simply playing the best at that time and that helped him notched in victories
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by cynical nerd on Sep 18, 2007 06:27 PM Permalink
Very good point Tandoori....it was John and players who made it, then peak (pick, according to u) form went away, in came Mr. Chappel...in came Dravid...and see what happened??
regarding d nose part, u have a good eye i must say...can make tandoori of it :) or can ask yuvraj, when we were abt to get out of WC..he was digging it hard.
Anyway am not saying u r a bad writer or u hate bongalis..the point is u need to improve ur writing a bit, and pay a lil more attention ..all d best
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by Sovon Banerjee on Sep 18, 2007 06:22 PM Permalink
Think something good in life. Stats says that he was the best captain and everybody believe that he can do better than Dhoni.
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by Ifear paceman on Sep 18, 2007 06:26 PM Permalink
Captaincy records
Saurav Ganguly
ODI matches captained 147 Matches won 76 Win percentage 51 % Wins against quality oppositions Aus 4 Eng 7 NZ6 Pak 7 SA 7 SL 6 WI 8 total 46 Win percentage quality oppositions drops to 31 %
Rahul Dravid
ODI matches captained 75 Matches won 41 Win percentage 54 % Wins against quality oppositions Aus 1 Eng 8Pak 5 SA 4 SL 8 WI 8 Total 34 Win percentage quality oppositions drops to 45 % Difference in wins against quality opposition is whopping 14 percentage !!!
Test record of ind last 2 capains.
Ganguly Matches 49 Won 21 win raito 1.62 Dravid Matches 25 Won 8 win raito 1.33
Ganguly 9 out of 21 against minnows Dravid 1 out of 8 against minnows
Tendulkar none out of 4 against minnows. Because of Dalmiya lot of matches were organised against minnows to boost records
Revised records against quality opposition
Ganguly Matches38 Won 12 win raito 0.31 Dravid Matches 23 Won 7 win raito 0.30
The result is just opposite the popular perceptions..
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by jayasimha on Sep 18, 2007 06:29 PM Permalink
that everybody is bengal only--what's wrong with you guys--players come players go--there are different states in india-nobody creates such a ruckus--overseas counties,provinces, islands all rally behind captain and team--here you guys go on and on, your politicians jump in, your media friends jump in--common give us and others a break--end of ganguly does not mean end of indian cricket team.
RE:RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by jayasimha on Sep 18, 2007 06:14 PM Permalink
if they had selected gangs they would have been the 5 wise men is it?
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by Sovon Banerjee on Sep 18, 2007 06:13 PM Permalink
Can everybody send rose to Pawar with message "Get Well Soon Mamu"
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by jayasimha on Sep 18, 2007 06:12 PM Permalink
shows your hatred for biharis--why do you bring all these equations--why all this venom against everybody else--is there no stopping this madness?
RE:RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by Abdul Bari on Sep 18, 2007 06:25 PM Permalink
dont be racist, what is bihari and y dada play under him if dada wish to sit outside plz he should sit at home dhoni has better record
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by paul on Sep 18, 2007 07:52 PM Permalink
Am told the bongs (Mukherjje's & chaterjee's)wash their wife's undes, pls excuse me if i am wrong, i picked up this info from a post in this forum
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by jayasimha on Sep 18, 2007 06:30 PM Permalink
this is ridiculous and highly insulting--how can you be so insensitive
RE:RE:RE:RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by paul on Sep 18, 2007 07:54 PM Permalink
I am told the bongs (Mukherjee's & Chaterjee's) wash their w i f e ' s u n d e s , pls excuse me if i am wrong, picked up this info from a post in this forum
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by Frank Opinion on Sep 18, 2007 06:30 PM Permalink
Dear Mr Mukharjee,
Considering the agility of your dada in field and running between wickets, he should not play. check his run rate in recent times. he will do a favour by not playing under a bihari. yes, he may like playing under a paki instead. send him there.
RE:RE:RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by karthik on Sep 18, 2007 06:48 PM Permalink
POINTS Y BONGO'S ARE PROUD OF - 1)THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST RED-LIGHT AREA IN INDIA -SONA GACHHI 2)THEY HAVE SEXY SISTERS LIKE RIYA SEN.,RAIMA SEN,KOENA MITRA,BIPASHA BASU,WHO ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR CHRACTER 3)N HOW CAN WE FORGET THE GR8 PATRIOTIC DADA WHO REFUSED SERVING WATER TO THE PLAYERS OF INDIAN TEAM IN 1992 WEN HE WAS FIRST SELECTED AS AN EXTRA PLAYER AND OF COURSE SO FIT FOR PLAYING
RE:FOOLISH Pawar..................
by Gutur Gutum on Sep 18, 2007 06:46 PM Permalink
Abhijeet Mukharjee, if u miss him as captain, make him the captain of your gully team.
The BCCI is a bunch of losers and they have proved it by selecting Dhoni as the captain!!
Sourav Ganguly is the only heavyweight guy who you need to get under the skin of the Aussies!! Remember how he got under the skin of STeve Waugh by going late for the toss on a few ocassions??
Dada could play mind games and you do need to play mind games to unsettle the Aussies....
Certain selections also raise a few eyebrows; what are Poiwar and Karthick doing in the team??
As far as i'am concerned, Ramesh Powar and Dinesh Karthick should not be in the ODI team!! Karthick failed completely, both as a fielder and as a batsman in the recent England ODIs!!
By excluding Sehwag and young Rohit Sharma, the selectors have conveyed that they are still whimsical and foolish!!
The only good thing about this team is the axing of Munaf and Agarkar, both of who don't deserve a look-in again......
But the exclusion of Rohit Sharma is an unfair one considering the fact that the youngster never got his chances recently!!
RE:what a awful selection
by jeevan on Sep 18, 2007 06:06 PM Permalink
now looking forward to 2011 world cup, ganguly, dravid and sachin should be phased out of the team or in a given series, only one of them should be selected to play..
RE:what a awful selection
by TandooriRasamKadhi rosgula on Sep 18, 2007 06:17 PM Permalink
Most comments here are abolutely thoughtless. I doubted she even knows what's comming 9n 2011
RE:we must select 11 player Team for first three ODIs vs Australia
by sahil malhotra on Sep 18, 2007 06:05 PM Permalink
karthik instead of gambhir and uthappa at number 3. Rest is fine
Why ramesh power in team? Any reason Why Gambhir in team? Replace any all rounder Sehwag we need he is batting little well and bowl also you are dropped him ? Dhoni is did not have much experience well he is not technic player Any way let%u2019s see what happening in future better selector should concentrate in Indian fielding, and bowling and batting also. Why not if captaincy not took Mr.sachin give to Mr.Sourav he is senior player Still we have not good bowlers,Fielders,,, Selector doing waste of Indians peoples times
RE:FIRST CHANGE SELECTORS WASTING INDIA IMAGE IN CRICKET
by CrispinJohnSusiharan on Sep 18, 2007 05:54 PM Permalink
I too wrote a similar message. But mine is marked as report abuse.............
The Indian Cricket Board and Selectors have once again proved that they are a bunch of jokers by selecting Dhoni as captain. Dhoni, in spite of his peculiar style of batting, may be a good player, but totally not having the experience as captain. Once Ganguly is available for captaincy, putting such a huge responsibility on Dhoni"s shoulders, is utter foolishness. That too against Australians who are very tough and aggressive team, a man of high calibre should be leading the side. Whatever criticism may be there against Dada, nobody will disagree that, as of now he is the only credible choice. When Cricket in India is controlled by such clowns who do not Know the difference between a foot ball and a cricket ball such things only are bound to happen..
RE:captaincy confusions
by jayasimha on Sep 18, 2007 06:03 PM Permalink
did SA suffer when they appointed Greame Smith? We ought to take our chances and look towards building for the future--when India won 18 matches on the trot where was ganguly in the team--pls note cricket is a team game--nobody is indispensible--Dhoni needs all the support and encouragement.
RE:captaincy confusions
by mahesh vasant kallianpur on Sep 18, 2007 06:32 PM Permalink
Well said Jaysimha. These Bengalis will support Ganguly as captain even when he is 80 years old. It is only Bengali rhetoric. The BCCI has made a good move by appointing Dhoni as captain. Atleast they are looking at the future.
Dhoni is still a bachha in the cricket world ... he is a good player ..but still needs a lot of experience... Pawar is an idiot ..just because of his ego he did not make Ganguly as a Captain....
Its for sure that India is going to loose all the matches....
RE:Its nothing worse than making Dhoni as Captain
by samir khokhar on Sep 18, 2007 05:50 PM Permalink
dhoni has been flp in last six tournaments in odis except bangladesh and africa eleven. he is playing worst.
RE:Its nothing worse than making Dhoni as Captain
by Sanjay on Sep 18, 2007 05:52 PM Permalink
Criterion for Indian captain is certainly not performance or capability for sure. There are some other arrangements.
RE:Its nothing worse than making Dhoni as Captain
by Sanjay on Sep 18, 2007 05:50 PM Permalink
I wish you prediction does not come true but it seems it is more likely that we are heading for another mess.
RE:Its nothing worse than making Dhoni as Captain
by MADHAB CHANDRA SIKDER on Sep 18, 2007 06:14 PM Permalink
MOHAMMED FAROOQ, you are absolutely right!
RE:Its nothing worse than making Dhoni as Captain
by Arun Mishra on Sep 18, 2007 05:54 PM Permalink
This is a good desicion for future. But Dhoni need to have a long term as a captain as well as confident from selector and support from co players of team.
Tendulkar,Dravid & Ganguly should take retirement and let younger generation come up take more responsibility.
Now it is the turn of Dhoni. If you all remember well, Dhoni's place was in danger sometime back during the England's tour when Dinesh Karthik was doing well as opener. Greg Chappell has gone to the extent of mentioning that Karthick was "captain material". Things change in Indian cricket like sensex. Yuvraj was considered as the future captain of India. He failed in few matches and no one talks about him now. Same with Shewag and Irfan Pathan.
It will not be a surprise if Shewag becomes the captian for the next series.
