These members can remain in the team: Robin Uthappa Irfan Pathan M. Dhoni Harbajan Singh Rahul Dravid
Shewag should be temporarily dropped; but he still has left some cricket in him. Then, the rest of the slots should be filled by young blood. It's for the selectors and BCCI to do justice to Indian cricket fans who have lifted the world cricket to greater heights. They need to remember one thing that Indian cricket team has never done anything great (except for the 1983 team); it's only because of the cricket crazy India fans that the world cricket has scaled the dizzy heights. If this fan following is to be sustained, then the BCCI cannot keep ditching Indian cricket fans. A mass of people cannot be fooled in the longer term.
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RE:world cup
by Zomiee on Apr 10, 2007 08:13 AM Permalink
please remove sehwag, ganguly, yuvraj, zaheer, agarkar, harbajan from your team and look for some yonger prospects who maintains a postive attitude towards cricket..BTW where is Sreesanth???
Indian cricket is vitiated with money, money and money. nothing else. the board should be cleansed of this cronies who do not care for the actual game. then they can talk about the team. cancer is there. board is ruled by politicians. what result can u expect in this situation except some platitudes, soulless harsh words, machinations, manipulations, hype and nonsense. the players and the real players are all hand in glove. the real fools are who watch the game.
RE:present cricket scenrio
by Ravi chandran on Apr 10, 2007 10:03 AM Permalink
A wise guy like you among fools like us surprise all with your candid outbursts.
sachin is useless player he only play for record not for country guys pls go n tell bcci to drop n him shewag n harbhajan. BRING BACK KAIF MAKE VICE CAPTAIN AND MAKE YURAJ AS CAPTAIN THESE YOUNGS GUNS AHVE WON LOT OF MATCHES FOR INDIA THEY PLAY FOR COUNTRY NOT FOR RECORD LIKE OUR MEDIA HERO SACHIN...
RE:hi guys
by Delip Viswanandan on Apr 10, 2007 09:12 PM Permalink
And what has made a useless cricket fan like come to this conclussion that Sachin has played for records. You will be saying the same nasty things about players like Yuvraj at an opportune moment I am sure. I think it is more to with jealousy for the money he has made. If you weren't useless you would have made some money in your life too.
RE:Player's Agents are the cause for this SCANDAL
by Ravi chandran on Apr 10, 2007 10:07 AM Permalink
BCCI is 'hand-in-glove' with the players in the murky dealings.
RE:RE:Player's Agents are the cause for this SCANDAL
by Delip Viswanandan on Apr 10, 2007 09:22 PM Permalink
Stop being jealous of the money the players make...the game is global and moved on. they make their money because they are talented and good enough to play for their country and it is not at the expense of our country's pride and honour. The players do have enough passion for the country they represent. Just by failing in a couple of matches you don't become useless overnight. Indian teams do lack the mental strength in some tough situations.
There is nothing to learn from a minnow like BD. They are the most inconsistent team. They were involved in match fxing against India and South Africa. None of their players would even qualify to play for weak teams like Assam and Orissa. Send India under-19 instead. India should play with teams that are at par with them. Cancel BD tour and extend England tour by another 5 or 6 practice matches against top county sides.
RE:RE:Scrap BD tour
by KSatish on Apr 10, 2007 12:56 AM Permalink
Man i think you are one of those guys who just reads the news and forms opinions. I say so cause you dont seem to have followed the matchs closely. If you did you would not say that about BD. Yeah Ireland is another story I might say inconsistent and all that u said about them (except match fixing) but not BD. If you see by the skill they showed. They might even win one more match. As far as consistency goes. yeah they are not consistent but is India consistent?? Is WI consistent? And so BD.
RE:Scrap BD tour
by Minto on Apr 10, 2007 03:17 AM Permalink
But, do you think I am wrong to observe that they do not have a single player that would qualify to play for Assam or orissa, forget Maharashtra or Bengal (West that is)?
RE:Scrap BD tour
by Rajesh on Apr 12, 2007 05:00 AM Permalink
I am no fan of BD. Come on give them a break. They did deserve to go to the second round as they have rightly won crucial matches. They have indeed beaten a few good teams and the recent match against england they atleast tried to defend their meagre total of 143. They got 6 pommies packing for 114 ( am i right on that count). I remember in the sixties how we used to fare against the giants like Sir Garfeild Sober's Windies or the Bill Lawry's Aussies. We were sitting ducks. Going by Mintos logic Windies or aussies should have sent under 19 team to India. I wouldnt have the priviledge to watch Either Hall or hunt or Bynoe or the the wicketkeepers of the class of Mike Hendricks or McKenzie. In the end who knows BD might turn out to be a good team in years to come. Our cricketers have to get their acts straight. Let us not worry about who our team plays.
The current lot of so called Senior Players have brought disgrace to the nation.
In order to prove their point, BCCI must suspend all the non-performers from the team for at least one year.
After one year, if they can match the fitness and strength of the Australian Team Players, they may be given a chance, but on merit only.
Equally responsible are the Selectors who chose such lazy, tired, weak and incompetent souls to represent our great country. All these selectors must be replaced, right away.
RE:Don't include seniors in the team for one year!
by Ravi chandran on Apr 10, 2007 10:13 AM Permalink
Barry Wood of Lancashire was fat and a Test opener for England. Every morning, he would run up and down the galleries in the stadium at least 10 times. That succinctly defined FITNESS.
RE:world record
by jay on Apr 09, 2007 11:49 PM Permalink
This is an understatement. It should be Sachin and his grandson together in the Indian team. Of course, his grandson will be his (Sachin's) runner.
Half way up in Super8..Interesting article compiled by me..
Here are the present point level after all teams have played 4 matches in the super 8 level( given today NZ will beat Ireland)
Team Name - NEXT 3 MATCHES - PRESENT POINT LEVEL ================================================= Aus - IRL SL NZ - 8 NZ - SL SA AUS - 8 SL - NZ AUS IRL - 6 SA - WI NZ ENG - 4 Eng - BG SA WI -2 WI - SA BG ENG - 2 BG - ENG IRL WI -2
TO REACH SF - (MIN-MAX Points required) ======================================== SF Top Qualifier with MAX Points after super 8 can be 14 (Australia) Teams with 10 points after super-8 level WILL qualify for SF spots 2/3 Teams with 8 points after super-8 MAY STILL QUALIFY for SF spot 2/3 Teams with 6 points CAN STILL SCRAPE in..But last spot.
Aus - IRL SL NZ - 8 -- 10(IRL) Sure - 100% SF spot- NZ - SL SA AUS - 8 - Win gainst any 3 teams ensures SF spot SL - NZ AUS IRL - 6 -- 8(IRL) sure- before that win against nz or aus, SF spot sure SA - WI NZ ENG - 4 - Need to win atleast one but two games for ensuring SF Spot- Win against WI/ENG could eliminate opposing team. Eng - BG SA WI -2 - Need to win all 3 especially one with SA..atleast two(include SA win) to scrape in WI - SA BG ENG - 2 - Need to win all 3 especially one with SA..atleast two(include SA win) to scrape in BG - ENG IRL WI -2 - Need to win all 3 atleast two..May spring a surprise,if SA fail to score 2 wins !!
Interesting in the next 3 -4 days ================================= SA vs WI on Tuesday- WI lose,they will be eliminated (very impt. match for all the bottom 4 teams now) ENG Vs BG - Whoever loses is out almost..If BG wins,it would tilt the scales ! SL Vs NZ on Thursday- Will determine SF2 and SF3 Spot mostly..Whoever wins could avoid Aussies in the Semis !
n for India..Ravi Shastri..All the best..Its not gonna be easy especially on fast pitches..having said that bangaldesh tour,wont be easy..take the "super heroes" and see them struggle again..In a way,It may put an end to their careers therby giving chances to youngsters, from trips after Bangladesh tour !!
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by S Kumar on Apr 10, 2007 02:29 AM Permalink
Aussies cant be beaten..They r all peaking.They r big-game people..India wins the warmup matches like champions and go out duds.
Where did you get the patience to compile this stuff.awesome work bro
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by Minto on Apr 10, 2007 06:01 AM Permalink
Vinod, you wrote, "its not gonna be easy especially on fast pitches". I thought they prepare dead pitches to help BD score a win, which is few and far between.
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by Ravi chandran on Apr 10, 2007 10:28 AM Permalink
I expect Aus X BD, NZ X SL in the Semis. Don't term me a semi for saying this.
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by Murugesa Pandian on Apr 10, 2007 02:21 AM Permalink
Excellent dude. Very timely compilation to clear things up.
Forget the incompetent faction-ridden Indian time. Let us enjoy the feast of cricket ahead in the next fortnight !!
By the way, I feel the Proteas are the only people who can beat the Ozzys !!
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by Suresh Kumar on Apr 10, 2007 02:16 AM Permalink
I feel only Newzealand has the talent to challenge aussies..Southafrican seem to be off-colour !!
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by rick anthony on Apr 10, 2007 08:10 AM Permalink
sri lanka too.. because they have some good all rounder and dangerous muritharan.. at this time, top order is not fully form.. otherwise it will be challage for aussie..
RE:WC 2007 - Semis - Who will Qualify ???
by Ashok Kumar on Apr 10, 2007 02:48 PM Permalink
NZ can be at top if they keep their winning streak and win against Aus. In that case, NZ will enter Final and lift teh cup. SL also have the chance. NZ/SL can win the cup if Aus is eliminated in the Semi.
