FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO BLAME THE BCCI, SITTING AT THE UPPER POST BUT DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF CRICKET , JUST LOOKING FOR THE MONEY, BCCI SHOULD KNOW THAT AGE DOESN'T MATTER IN CRICKET ONLY PERFOMANCE COUNT, JUST LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIA THEY HAVE THE POINTING , GILCHRIST , SYMONDS , HAYDEN , NOW BCCI SHOULD SHUT THEIR SHOP & HANDOVER TO ICL TO HANDLE BECAUSE IN ICL THERIE MANY GREAT LEGENDS OF CRICKET LIKE KAPIL DEV , WHO HAS GREAT KNOWLEDGE & PASSION TOWARD THE CRTICKET
INDIA HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING NO I TILL WE GET A WICKET TAKER BOWLER LIKE KUMBLE AUSTRALIA NO DOUBT TOUGH CHANCES AGAINST US ITS GOOD BUT REMEMBER HOW HOOPER AND CHANDERPAUL FRUSRATED US PATHAN FIRST HATRICK WENT VAIN YOUNIS/YOUSUF HOW THEY FRUSRATED US KALILIS ALONE IS ENOUGH SO STILL THERR IS PLENTY OF DEPATRMENT WERE INDIA SHOULD LIFT THEM GANGULY ASUUMES RIGHT AFTER KUMBLE WE NEED A COVER BOWLER LIKE HIM BATSMAN ARE COMMON AND WE CAN GET AS MANY WE WANT. BUT WE CANNOT GET ANOTHER SACHIN TENDULKAR
RE:RE:till kumble retries
by Madhusudhan N.R. on Jan 21, 2008 04:45 PM Permalink
Yes, we need to groom youngsters to replace the top players, apart from above two, Dravid, Saurav, VVS are going to be hard to replace. We will have a bigger hole to fill than the Aussies.
RE:till kumble retries
by Indian Expatriate on Jan 21, 2008 06:32 PM Permalink
i think the days are gone, when there was a single star player in indian team. right now, everybody does contribute to the success which can be easily seen in the last match. no one went to score a century, but everybody contributed in one or the other way. so india is definitely going to be a better team from now on.
RE:Being Number One
by heroraja on Jan 21, 2008 05:12 PM Permalink
just one victory does not mean that india will be no.1.they got to keep going and selectors shd keep winnnin combination going.aussies won just about everywhere they played tests.both at home and away.so india still got long way to go.if we keep exaggregate one victory our players forget about next match and will loose 1-3.so cricket lovers plz dont make our cricketers toooooo proud.gud they wont but very important to keep going.
Apart from his personal recrods and next to bradman and bla bla bla , show me anything that helped India benefit form his talent. He is there in Indian team since long,played many world cups but stil you have to use microscope to find sachin batting help India to Gain World Cup. Sham eon Sachin and his fans
There was a time when India was similar to what Zimbabwe are now and in many matches Sachin saved India's pride by avoiding them from massive defeats.
Its a team game and everyone required to play their part. Had he played for a team like Australia then that team wudnt have lost a match at all.
When you have bowlers like Venkatesh Prasad, Robin Singh, Debasis Mohanty etc etc and inconsistent batsmen how u expect one man to score runs and help the team everytime when he was pitted against high quality opponents ??
RE:Damn Sachin
by Blueyes on Jan 21, 2008 06:09 PM Permalink
Sachin is the greatest player. He has failed when India needed hiim to play desperately during the crucial match against SL in the World Cup 2007. He played brilliantly in the World Cup final 2003. How can you forget his greatness during the the atwest Trophy Final. The historic match where he managed 5 when India required him to fire?? Sachin truly is the greatest player in the World.Cheers
RE:Damn Sachin
by bijo m on Jan 21, 2008 06:47 PM Permalink
open your eyes dear ones.......this bloody sentence is going on for a long time now "when needed sachin never plays" now just stop this!!! how a team comes to the finals.....think that first. If he was not there, India would have been a zero like the Zim and Bangls....After the Kapil/Sunny/Veng decade (which was not as big as today's team) it was the only man Sachin who brought glory to the Indian cricket. Even the Great cricketers think the same way.
I wish that the Fabulous Five of Sachin, Rahul, Sourav, Laxman & Kumble believe that the Adelaide Test is their final International Match and make a strong Statement by putting in an outstanding performance.
Australia is not the place to experiment with greenhorns and let the Selectors and BCCI realize that. It is shocking to note that Ganguly's inclusion was opposed by Dhoni whose own performance on the Australian tour has been slightly above pathetic.
RE:Fabulous Five please make a Statement
by ratan goswami on Jan 21, 2008 05:03 PM Permalink
This is Indian terms is called Baimanior gaddari, Dhoni if not picked up by Ganguly would have been playing for Jharkhand maximum for Ranji trophy for the entire life. See now the fun Bret lee breaking jaws of Suresh Raina bahut majha ayega
crucial question is aussie team has everything in place, a coach, good media mgt, good media backing them, great team management, great facilities, talent spotting, solid board concerned only about the cricket & national team.
we dont have all that in palce, we have some of it.
RE:play this way in every match - sure you can...
by Birju on Jan 21, 2008 07:31 PM Permalink
Hamare paas Niranjan Sah hai, Lalit Modi Hain, Shashank Manohar Hain auur saab ka baap Sharad Pawar Hain ............Aussies ko toh hum roz dhul chatayenge ............Jeo India!!!
I agree to BCCI that they are looking for future. But I need to ask, are they really looking in right direction. Our senior players have hardly 1-2 yrs left, now in this stage they have been dropped. I agree Ganguly can't run fast, fielding is poor, but can anyone from young lot can match him. No one ganguly and dravid are class, which is required for quality cricket. Moreover these young guys promises a lot, but never deliver in quality cricket. Raina is still a waste. Praveen kumar has no pace. Gautam is not gambhir at all, he is very arrogant. If we need to phase out seniors, make the bench strength strong, which we dont have. If selectors can drop dravid and ganguly, why can't they dare to drop Sachin as well, the most selfish player India ever had. Still Ganguly is better match winner than Sachin. This selection is not fair at all.
RE:Unfair selection
by ratan goswami on Jan 21, 2008 05:06 PM Permalink
forget that India team selection criteria is first good feilder then comes batting and bowling. So Athletes which can run 100m and then prospective hockey and football goalkeepers are the first criteria to play cricket and get selected for Indian team. Samjha Karo yaar
RE:Unfair selection
by SAYYED IQBAL on Jan 23, 2008 09:14 AM Permalink
you are telling absolutely wrong because Sachin played a great knocked every time India needed but Ganguly played a only good Captaincy which India is not required right now. So there is no use of ganguly in the One-Day squad. Apart from these Dravid is the most required player India having because his talent and mindset. So they should Select him
RE:Unfair selection
by Ritwik Bhuyan on Jan 21, 2008 02:45 PM Permalink
Ha, ha, ha .. So according to you, Tendulkar with a Strike Arte of 86 is selfish ... but Ganguly with a Strike Rate of 73 is a team man !!
Ganguly's average against the best team in the world, Australia-
RE:Unfair selection
by Mannu bhai on Jan 21, 2008 04:37 PM Permalink
Wats the use !!!!! Sachin's 2nd innings avarage aginst australia is 16 which is very bad by his standards.ITs nt abt the individual records. Infact both of them have proved thir caliber many times.
Its nt just the past records that matters. see the current form of gunguly.So, he is important for the going series.
RE:Unfair selection
by bala raju on Jan 21, 2008 05:12 PM Permalink
what abt first innings ...that is not runs..useless words u r telling..sachin is the master always.shut ur mouth first
