Certainly not. Dravid can only be a batsman in test matches. He does not have the temparament to be in ODI team. Poor fielder. Can stand only in slips. Poor runner. He is not shrewd. Mentally weak. He is not made of captain stuff.
RE:Dravid - Captain
by hello frnds on Apr 03, 2007 09:30 AM Permalink
cricket game is not for u r entertaiment.......ok
god give to mouth not blem on every body....ok first u know what is cricket...... Cricket is not game for entertainment...like sahid afridi...Jaysurya...jist like pitch hitter...its class game
RE:Dravid - Captain
by chetan shetty on Apr 03, 2007 09:31 AM Permalink
Rahul is the only player in Indian cricket team as of now who is consistant. Tell me one player who has scored the way he has for past 4 to 5 years. Dont talk like a fool....he cannot handle the team properly because of internal politics.Its time that sachin, sewagh and bajji has to be dumpped....
The problem with cat is that its very cute and when he is hungry it will be your best friend. So most of the people like them. But its useless... But dogs barks, make noise,most don't like this, but dogs are helpful when needed. Dravid is like a cat, every body likes him. But he is useless.
It is inside the mind of each individual that my mind is best, to whom I support is the bast and what I say is the bast and others are idiots. It is the mental reflection of egoism. What Chappel has in high percentage. Now Shah, Veng. and power will support Dravid as they have selected him as the capain and will try to hide all the odds of the captain. You see, Inzy and Lara, how they have been blamed. Does anyone think that Lara is a bad player or Inzy? Then why people says Lara to stepdown? Because they are great players and have no capacity to lead the team. Only doing well in the cricket will not make anyone a great captain. There are many thinks to do to be a good captain and after all luck should support.
RE:I am the best and also my mind
by chetan shetty on Apr 03, 2007 09:34 AM Permalink
what will a captain do if none of your player perform ??? what should only captain or coach be blammed ? we Indians should take cricket as a sports...might win or loss...not gauranteed...
Sack all Seniors, and bring in young guys & pump Fresh blood.Chuck out Agarkar,Harbhajan,Tendulkar & seek VRS from them . These people should own moral responsibility for india's exit. LARA has scored 19 centuries so far, which helped Windies win 16 times , How many centuries has tendulkar scored (could be 40) but whats use, india is always on the losing side, or he will show his power against minnows like kenya,canada & zimbabwe. PLAY LIKE LARA, when the team needs u the most. He should look back at his contribution these days , and quit the game gracefully, before destiny prevails ..
Nonsense. Niranjan Shan seems living in a fool's world. He doesn't know abcd of Cricket and he is talking about Captaincy. Let him play politics in the BCCI so that he can destroy the Indian Cricket in co-ordination with senior cricketers of India.
Each and every senior member of this Indian team should be kicked from the back and ask them to go home. We should not give any respect or make them heroes when they are out in the field again.
BCCI should sack the following players without any delay : Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, Sehwag, Harbhajan & Zaheer. They should not be allowed to play more politics and spoil Indian Cricket. All of them earned more than what they deserve. We (fans) made them heroes and now it is right time to give them back.
My sincere request to all cricket loving people of India to boycott the matches if the above players are again selected for team India.
RE:'Dravid is one of the most astute captains'
by Ramanath Babu on Apr 03, 2007 09:22 AM Permalink
And Mr.Nair, you know all about cricket. Do you know where a cover fielder is placed? Or for that matter do you know what is a leg-cutter or an off-break?
Mr. Shah is absolutely right that Dravid is an astute caption. REmoving shirt and waiving it in the balcony or making the opposite caption to wait for toss is not the sign of aggression.
Cricket is a gentlman's game and it is good for cricket if fanatics do not watch the game.
RE:RE:'Dravid is one of the most astute captains'
by Raghunathan Nair on Apr 03, 2007 09:47 AM Permalink
Mr Babu - Don't get upset because I know you are a strong supporter of Rahul but the fact is that he failed miserably in motivating the team. Because Niranjan Shah supported Rahul you are also backing Niranjan. Please let me know your postal so that I can detail you where is the cover fielder placed, what is a leg-cutter or an off-break.
Please don't react like a child. Our problem biggest problem is reaction and we don't have a collective opinion.
RE:RE:RE:'Dravid is one of the most astute captains'
by Ramanath Babu on Apr 03, 2007 12:28 PM Permalink
Mr. Nair,
I am a 50-yer old and right from my younger days, I was fascinated to this game. I still recollect those days in the early 70s, when I used to hear commentary on AIR when no one in our village knew what exactly this game is. I have seen, GAvaskar, Vishwanath and Abid Ali batting for India, withb Farooq Engineer, Solkar, and the bowling department handled by Chandra, Bedi and Prasanna. I do not react without any reason. I know what captaincy is all about. We have seen Mike brearly captaining England and taking them to newer heights. The very same team was lost miserably miserably when Botham was handed over the captaincy. I have seen how Lloyd handled his players. In the Benson & Hegde series in Australia, I have seen how our Gavaskar guided Indian team to victory. They brought in the bowling changes when it needed. Their field placements were perfect. That is the difference between a bad captain and good captain. No captain can motivate his batsmen, espectially if they are already established. Do you think Ganguly can play any role in Dravid's or Sachin's batting. They are senior players and do not need any motivation as such. If Sreeshant or Harbhajan is batting if the caption happen to be atthe other end,he can motivate such players. For that caption has to be there in the field. Sitting at the dressing room, no caption can motivate any batsman. Criticism heaped on Dravid is absolutely baseless. EVerybody blew their own bugle. And everybody feels they know cricket better than a Dravid or a Sachin! Think yourself. Do you think you are a far better authority than Dravid, Sachin or for that matter Ganguly to comment on cricketing matters?
