Well said Kumble! Kumble's maturity shows in his writing. As he says, some of our young players need counselling on how to handle fame and money. Why can't the youngsters take a leaf from the books of senoirs like Kumble, Sachin Laxman and Dravid to learn how to handle fame and money without damaging one's reputation?
RE:Well Said Kumble!
by SSP on Apr 30, 2008 12:16 PM Permalink
Because they think they are bigger and better than the seniors. I guess most of the youngsters will not be seen in the team by next year.
RE:Well Said Kumble!
by suresh kasu on Apr 30, 2008 12:15 PM Permalink
harbajan has been playing for India since 1997-98 at test/on day level apart from domestic tourneys earlier . He is not young in Cricket by age as well Suresh Kasu
The after math of Harbhajan- Sreesanth fight brought me to comment on Mr. Gentleman Kumble. Yes Kumble saab well said. Education is the best wealth- best insurance. But the sad side evolving cricket fame & wealth today is many of todays cricketers are from heartland belts with lesser education with fast track to wealth. A 19 year old just out of 2 is getting 60 Lakhs a year Thanks to IPL. no one grudges their wealth. But I fault the system & BCCI& state associations for not investing in developing these ambassadors of India or future ambassadors to be well rounded by investing in education. In education I mean outside the cricket field & a in class room with crash professional development courses in soft skills- personal grooming, Intra personal skills & people skills, cutural sensitivity education, cross cultural management skills learnt in a expreience sharing basis. Just short intense courses of 2-3 days- will do. For example place the unlike minded group of wannbe & current test players in a class for transactional analysis (TA) course to know who they really are ! Many can be taught in Hindi even if many of the new comers do not know gorra saab language. Make this learning compulsory for all first class level cricketers; not just Text players for international. Even club level & Ranji level. This value add will do a world of good to them, U will not have incidents like Bhaji selling india pride in Australia or Mohali or sreesanths swearing at all. I recall in 60s &
RE:Hail Kumble
by suresh kasu on Apr 30, 2008 12:46 PM Permalink
Any sport involves aggression & energy may be they are reqd. However which sport today whether its football, rugby ,tennis or even carrom has all literate players . Srinath & Kumble are engineers lucky enough to get a break & come out with flying colours .Our owm Lalchand Rajput was the best Ranji player with a super record . Today even though he performed as a super coach in Australia where has perseverence & literacy taken him (at a sport level). We also have a most tolerent Laxman who 2 me has been the most unluckiest of all time players - A SLAP to BCCI SURESHKASU
Some people in the team and BCCI could not tolerate the fact that a Sikh was getting so much limelight. Especially after the Australia & South Africa series Bhajji was a Hero. Some ppl could not tolerate a Sikh guy's success, so a plot was hatched to bring him down. Bhajji's mistake was that he fell into their trap easily. Bhajji dosent know that for which country he is even willing to give up his life, the ppl of that country hate him because of his being a sikh.
RE:Some people
by prashant sharma on Apr 30, 2008 12:11 PM Permalink
hah ha ha js thaali mein ka rahe ho usi ko gaali de rahe ho. very good. very good. sardar PM bana ua hai fir bhi khush nahin hai yeh kaum!
RE:Some people
by suresh kasu on Apr 30, 2008 12:22 PM Permalink
In any case Gill & Harbajan are in the news for negative reasons . As I mentioned plz. select people only till the time they perform as in Australia/ England ,you xtnd non performance & later on he tries a whole lot of gimmics to stay in the limelight & be media cenric for future selection. Suresh Kasu
RE:Some people
by Monty on Apr 30, 2008 12:17 PM Permalink
I can not blame you....See the time it is just 9 minutes past 12.....It is your natural instinct......Koi baa nahin aakhir aap bhi ek sardar hain.....
RE:Some people
by Nishant on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
PURE CRAP... Dont bring religion into all this. I am proud of Sikhs as they are as much Indian as I am. Harbhajan did a liquor ad removing his turban. They are celebrity & they only think of money.
RE:Some people
by Junglee on Apr 30, 2008 12:23 PM Permalink
Hey, your judgement seems ill-adviced by a narrow view of a sportperson. Do not ever forget the truth that a sportsperson does not belong to any community. Only people like you tend to compare them in the eyes of community.
It is understandable that the community to which a good sportsperson belongs to rejoice more than others. But, it does not mean that they would not do so when a sportsperson becomes a pride of a nation, whichever community he belongs to.
Lastly, a good sportsperson means not just the playing skills he possesses, he also becomes a role model for all younsters and should display humility, understanding, ethics and morality. Thew name SPORTS characterises just these and nothing else! People like you give different meanings and that hurts.
RE:Some people
by suresh kasu on Apr 30, 2008 12:57 PM Permalink
Why didnt he slap Symonds Or Hayden oh I forgot both are minorities (by caste ,how about size)Had he then no ICC,no BCCI ,no IPL rules siidha insaf woh bhi tabadtob . I am sure Harbo would have been retd hurt permanently
RE:Some people
by Onedulkar on Apr 30, 2008 12:11 PM Permalink
You dickkhead, where is your brain? The whole India is proud of our Sikh PM. But Harbhajan is a criminal.
RE:after cricket
by naresh sreenivas on Apr 30, 2008 12:22 PM Permalink
Kumble well said. you fanatics out there don't protect your religon by protecting a violent man. this is not the first time a sikh has reacted violently. remember sidhu is a murderer. nothing wrong in teaching a fellow cricketer and the teacher is the most disciplined and respected in the game today.
RE:Imagine if Manmohan Singh behaved like Harbhajan
by ben hur on Apr 30, 2008 12:16 PM Permalink
let mannu act on provocations. it wud hv been better after all the serial bomb blast in mumbai rlys.
RE:Imagine if Manmohan Singh behaved like Harbhajan
by bharat on Apr 30, 2008 12:11 PM Permalink
I hope someone provokes Manmohan to slap Madam Sonia in the parliament!
Sreesanth was let off because he belongs to the influential south indian brahmin community, where as Bhajji belongs to a small minority community. This is the whole reason for severe punishment to Bhajji. His being a Sikh is his biggest crime.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by subramanian rama on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
your comments are stupid. Where does community come into this. Why do you people politicize everything. Was not Harbajan let off lightly when he made the racial comments and the whole world knows that he got away because of BCCI which is a cash rich and dominates the world cricket arem twisted the ICC . Harbajan is no saint and he should have been punished more severely may be with one year ban. Do you mean to say he was let off lightly earlier because of his community. Come on Grow up !
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by Chandra CS on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
A Sardar or people who are enjoying reservations/caste difference can only think like that.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by madan menon on Apr 30, 2008 12:10 PM Permalink
Sreesanth is a influential south indian brahmin? are you gone out of your mind? Check the facts before blabbering anything in the net OK? Pl do not exhibit your ignorance.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by vishal kothari on Apr 30, 2008 12:14 PM Permalink
i dont understand why guys like u brings community everytime to defend something.. dont forget our PM i from sikh commuinity only which u consider minority...first time the board has taken correct decision.. bajji required some treatment.. but also i agree that sree should havent been left apart..but i dont think that he was left coz he belongs to majority community..
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by viswanath Seshamani on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
Sree santh is Nair ( Khatria) & not a Brahmin. Get Ur factsa correct. Brahmins in Kerala are Namboodris or Palghat Iyers.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by Krishnan Kutty on Apr 30, 2008 12:13 PM Permalink
Who told Sreeshanth is a Brahmin ? Dont write such rubbish things without knowing anything. Bhajji deserve (also sreeshant badly deserves this slap). When BCCI bailed out Bhajji in Australia, did you tell anything like "Bhajji is from North India so, Sharad Pawar supported him". People like you need some urgent counselling for keeping such mentality.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by Mohammed Islamul on Apr 30, 2008 12:14 PM Permalink
jv please leave your email id or place where you come from... you are such a big nuts I guess..
this is against no sikhs..who are known to be brave generally and not as stupid as bhajji is...
remember the indian army has a sikh regiment and a gurkha regiment... the only ones named after a particular community...
not because sikhs are stupid or whatever... dont try to communalise a single person's act to the whole community...
having said that the braveness in PM Manmohansingh is terribly missing... especially in the case of the recent T R Balu incident...
so in all it has got nothing to do with communities... just the individual
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by bhupinder raj on Apr 30, 2008 12:18 PM Permalink
Stop this division of minority/majority. Both are players and they have committed the offence in that capacity. Don't look at every thing with a jaundice eye. Use some common sense
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by mohan mohan on Apr 30, 2008 12:11 PM Permalink
The bane of India. People making such divisive comments and wallowing in majority-minority politics and complexes. When will we ever rise above such petty thinking ?
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by bharat on Apr 30, 2008 12:09 PM Permalink
Mayawati, please read this email and see that this poor, innocent member of the minorities is honoured for his courage shown against the Brahmins!
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by B J on Apr 30, 2008 12:11 PM Permalink
What you have wrote above is utter nonsense. Pls dont assume things and blabber. There is not even 1% truth in what you have written.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by Raju Pachipulusu on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
Don't make every thing under cast & religion. Even though we are educated still think in the same direction of before independence. Now, even cricket, politics, education, jobs every where cast & religion comes in to picture. I don't when our nation (people) will come out of this even after 65% literecy we report.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by Vibhu Sharma on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
You remind me of Azharuddin telling that he was targetted in match fixing because he was from minority community... forgetting that there were 4 others (including Kapil, Jadeja...) and forrgetting that he was captain of India for a decade.
Where was this logic when Indian team suppored this 'minority' guy in australia? People like you are deranged and harmful for a civilized society.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by suresh kasu on Apr 30, 2008 12:31 PM Permalink
Sreesanth to my knowledge was a break dancer who performed in Boogie Woogie & an optimist who is full of life . He has intrinsic positive aggression in all fields of life & a God fearing person as mostus . He reminds me of Mahatmaji who offered his second cheek for non violence. Suresh Kasu
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by new media on Apr 30, 2008 12:38 PM Permalink
Thank God so many good people(Impartial-secular and intelligent)lives here.
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by rajendra hegde on Apr 30, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
Sreshant is not a Brahmin. He is a nair and Brahmins are not at all influnetial even in their home because they constitute a miniscule of population. Stop this nonsense MR/MRS JV. do not writ withour knowing the things properly and make wild accusations on Brahmins who are not at all connected to this event. making bramins as their target without any reason and rhyme has become a fashion for rogues like Mr JV
RE:Sreesanth let off because
by Mohammed Islamul on Apr 30, 2008 12:10 PM Permalink
Sreesanth a brahmin??? shit what a big lie... he belongs to the nair community... sreesanth eats so much of beef, sheep and fish..... and you think he comes from brahmin community...
