srikanth and sehwag will win u 1 match in 10. Jayasurya,fleming will win 3-4 /10.
How can u say chappel is poor coach? India went on to make 17 consecutive successful chases under him n won their first test in RSA with him(also a series win in WI)
U guys want a scapegoat, so make chappel one. Do u realise this fact?
The author has correctly hit upon imprtant facts. Pathan loosing his bowling prowess cos of batting just shows his lack of awareness in bowling. Bajji never seemes a grt spinner like a warne or murali. Powar on other hand has acclaimed great praise from all quarters. He looks like getting a wicket evry over.
What wrong has author said?
Infact i think Indians lack of ability to adapt to fast n really slow wickets caused them defeat. They utterly failed in RSA one-day series and so too in West-Indies before that.
Slam bang is not the way on really slow tracks.I'm not saying cricketers r to be blamed..i'm saying one shud understand the real facts n try to rectify defects. A spade is a spade right..!! Stop looking for scapegoats, if u can't think clearly be silent ...don't say dumb shi*
Yr article is spot on. Always wondered why the media does not look into the other side of the picture.
With around 25 runs more required by Bangladesh to win against India in the world cup match, the camera focused a close-up shot of Yuvraj and captured a very wide big yawn. Showed how casually he was taking the game, as though he was playing against a 3rd rate club side and the final result didnt matter to him.
The body language of all the players was so casual, that there was not even any celebration after taking a wicket. How can Chappell be blamed for all this, if the players went to the West Indies thinking they were all stars and models and NOT with the intention of pulverising all other teams they play against.
We have 11 models taking the field and not 11 players. Ex-cricketers talk about current players taking 10 days off the whole year for modelling and that this does not matter. Thats not the point. The point is at an age between 20 and 30, they make so much money in contracts worth minimum 8 to 10 crores per year, that they lose focus on cricket and get swayed by public attn, press/media attn, modelling, star status, chance to meet other celebrities in public life and new found star connections in public life, that cricket becomes just a past time for them. They are more interested in getting more or retaining the sponsorships, than actually playing a committed, dedicated game for India, when it counts. And mind you, most of these players come from Middle class families and hence such big value contracts changes their life style into 7 star lifesyles and it gets into their heads. In a normal lifestyle, many of these players before they entered the Indian team, wouldnt even have the money to stay and dine in 5 star hotels, as they do now.
Dont blame Chappell or any coach for everything. Coaches act as guides for team strategies and it is the responsibility of the players who play on that particular day to acknowledge and implement the game plan, put up by the captain and coach.
Some of our senior players need to be shown the door for ever and some should be out for a year, only then will they value their position in the playing Indian team.
srikanth and sehwag will win u 1 match in 10. Jayasurya,fleming will win 3-4 /10.
How can u say chappel is poor coach? India went on to make 17 consecutive successful chases under him n won their first test in RSA with him(also a series win in WI)
U guys want a scapegoat, so make chappel one. Do u realise this fact?
The author has correctly hit upon imprtant facts. Pathan loosing his bowling prowess cos of batting just shows his lack of awareness in bowling. Bajji never seemes a grt spinner like a warne or murali. Powar on other hand has acclaimed great praise from all quarters. He looks like getting a wicket evry over.
What wrong has author said?
Infact i think Indians lack of ability to adapt to fast n really slow wickets caused them defeat. They utterly failed in RSA one-day series and so too in West-Indies before that.
Slam bang is not the way on really slow tracks.I'm not saying cricketers r to be blamed..i'm saying one shud understand the real facts n try to rectify defects. A spade is a spade right..!! Stop looking for scapegoats, if u can't think clearly be silent ...don't say dumb stuff
RE:RE:kudos to the author
by Krishna on Apr 03, 2007 02:58 PM Permalink
If u r giving credit to chappel for the 17 consecutive successful chases,first test win in RSA and also a series win in WI, then u should also have to make him responsible for WC loss. If u r criticizing our players for the WC loss, then u should also give them credit for the above mentioned wins. so, my dear friend, chappel is very clearly responsible as a person who took the job with a promise that he will win WC007 for india. if he had any problems in the team he should have come out and talk to BCCI, not to the press and he should have done that much before WC. Not after loosing out in the first round itself. he is clearly a vey bad coach and very bad mamager as well.
RE:kudos to the author
by h r on Apr 03, 2007 03:17 PM Permalink
I'm not saying chappel gets all the credit. I said india won 17 matches 'with' him.
Can an expert teacher bring grt results to his institute without good students? The teacher teaches all concepts but it s the student who understands the subject n applies them right? N it is the student who gives exam.
Whoever blames the teacher for the failure of student is a dumb****. What can coach do if fielders don't give 100% , wht can coach do if players aren't mentally tough? What can coach do if we lose the toss n the ball swings like hell.
so U DUMB****'S STOP PLAYING THE BLAME GAME...n start being silent for a while to think clearly
RE:kudos to the author
by always_right on Apr 03, 2007 02:58 PM Permalink
>>How can u say chappel is poor coach? India went on to make 17 consecutive successful chases under him n won their first test in RSA with him(also a series win in WI)
When you are giving credit for a win, you should give credit for defeat also.
>>Infact i think Indians lack of ability to adapt to fast n really slow wickets caused them defeat. They utterly failed in RSA one-day series and so too in West-Indies before that.
Its whose responsibility to foresee all such problems and take corrective measures? Is it a responsibility of each player? You are missing the plot here.
If players are to be blamed then that means we don't need a coach. A good coach can transform a team to another level, and if coach doesn't have confidence of the team, then god help that team.
Players didn't play well, but chappel should gracefully take full responsibility and step down. Instead of pointing fingers at the players, chappel should simply accept that he failed big time.
India wanted Steve Waugh to be coach but he rejected the offer. He was very brilliant and found that nobody can make this team win. There is no point blaming coach or captain if players do not have enough guts to play under pressure
The problem is not with Cricket or cricketers. India simply does not produce sportsmen. Blame it on our physical constitution, and lack of infrastructure even at the district levels, if not village level.
It is with great difficulty our cricketers do one thing, bat or bowl. Asking them to field properly is like asking too many favours out of them, and finally if you ask the bowlers to learn to bat consistently, they will stop bowling and start considering themselves as the next best batsman after Bradman!
Simply put, Indian players just do one or two things well, and forget the rest. Gundappa Vishwanath only knew batting and even in that the only thing he knew was how to square cut. It was great going for him till the time a quickie like imran khan came into the scene, after which the only thing gundappa used to do like a joker, was to square cut after the ball had reached the gloves of the keeper!
Or for that matter Venkatesh prasad. The only thing he knew was bowling, and the only thing in bowling was the leg cutter and off cutter. It was great going for him as well, with some bakras like Gary kirsten and Aamir sohail, just made for getting out to his form of bowling, but finally most players and primarily the aussies figured out that the only thing you needed to do for Prasad's bowling was to stand a wee bit ahead of the stumps and negate the cutters he bowled. He neither had the pace nor the brains to counter this strategy, and he soon faded.
With these kind of dud players, as our legacy, how the heck could we win any thing in world cricket? Mind you, I have not yet spoken about glorious players of the past like " Venkatapathy Raju(Muscles)" "Chetan Sharma" ...
the whole media in india has been crying hoarse over indias exit from the world cup and trying to find out the reason for the same. what i fail to undesrstand is that for sport or game that may be,there is a limit to excellence. some times due to sheer excelence some teams make it beyond a point which will surprise themselves. our cricket team has performed to their abilities, and if 100 crore people has expected them to reach the semis or even the finals then it is the people who are to be blamed.as far as i am concerned india has done exceedinly well, to their abilities, has beaten bermuda convincinly what more do everybody want. why blame the players after fixing such resposibilities as playing in the semis and finals? dontthrust too much resposibilities on a team and then cry about it. first our people has to learn about expectations. now please for gods sake do not pray and tell me that the next world cup is ours.
