In my opinion Dravid is the best captain under current given circumstances. All budda guys are going and hunting for ducks in the WC-07. Take out out-of-form budda guys who is representing corporates, and then we evaluate Dravids worth.
RE:Dravid is a Great captain
by Uttamkumar on Apr 10, 2007 03:47 AM Permalink
If Dravid dies now or legs broken (thanks GOD if happens), then INDIAN cricket will be saved, from crime in BCCI, slavery to white skin (Chappell) and many other criminal activity going on in BCCI.
I don't think Dravid will be a good Captain for India. He lacks aggression and tact.
The current lot of so called Senior Players have brought disgrace to the nation.
If BCCI is really serious, they must suspend all the non-performers from the team for at least one year. Let them compete in the domestic or county cricket for 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.
It is matter of India's pride. And it is time for BCCI to take a principled stand.
RE:I don't think Dravid is Captainship Material!
by Uttamkumar on Apr 10, 2007 01:31 AM Permalink
Fact is Captain should have a quality to extract the best out of team members and coordinate every properly in the batting order and bowling too. Dravid lacks that quality.
Lat 2 years he did all sort of nonsense experiments along with Chappell and he miserably failed in th World cup. So basic quality of Captaincy does not belong to him/Dravid.
If you think he is a good cricketer, then let it be (be an example of Arbind De Silva of Srilanka). But he should resign from Captaincy or be sacked from Captaincy.
RE:I don't think Dravid is Captainship Material!
by Ganesan Ramanathan on Apr 10, 2007 03:07 AM Permalink
I agree with you. Even before the WC 2007, the two tours to WI and SA where India failed misarably in ODIs show that Dravid lacks leadership qualities to extract the best from the players. Whereas in test matches in both the tours India has done well. So, Dravid may be retained as captain for test matches and for ODIs an young and dashing captain (perhaps Yuvraj singh? should be appointed.
With due respect to Mr. Chetan Chauhan's comments on Dravid's captaincy, I believe that Dravid has failed as a leader. People in INDIA beleive or say that Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly are legends but there is lot of doubt over their capabilities!! They have failed time and again even against worst team..We can say Jayasuriya, Lara, Ponting, Fleming are real legends and they have proved again and again over most competetive opponents..Indian team clearly lacks passion, aggression and efforts to play competetive cricket at any level. No doubt we have enough talent but its not utilized properly!
If anybody thinks Cricket is a team sports, not individual, then why people like you attack Sachin for the failure in world cup.
Another fact is Captain should have a quality to extract the best out of team members and coordinate every properly in the batting order and bowling too. Dravid lacks that quality.
Lat 2 years he did all sort of nonsense experiments along with Chappell and he miserably failed in th World cup. So basic quality of Captaincy does not belong to him/Dravid.
If you think he is a good cricketer, then let it be (be an example of Arbind De Silva of Srilanka). But he should resign from Captaincy or be sacked from Captaincy.
I don't know how ? It's time we cut the crap.We lost both the ICC trophy at home & the World cup in the very first round ! If we are not prepared to learn ..then we are condemned to repeat it. We need to induct and infuse new ideas that can take us to the top in the next few years.
Are you joking Mr.Chauhan? Is it a reverse way like reverse swing,of showing what Dravid is.Last WC,under the leadership of Ganguly Indian reached finals and this captain Dravid has eliminated India in very 1st round of WC.So ability Dravid has proved?
RE:Dravid-captain
by Shekar on Apr 10, 2007 12:31 AM Permalink
"Dravid has eliminated India in very 1st round of WC"-Don't you know cricket is a team sport, not a individual played game. Check your cricket basics before commenting someone.
RE:Dravid-captain
by Gautam Das on Apr 10, 2007 12:47 AM Permalink
then why do u need a captain? let india play w/o a captain - after all it's a team game!
RE:Dravid-captain
by Uttamkumar on Apr 10, 2007 01:06 AM Permalink
Shekhar, if you think Cricket is a team sports, not individual, then why people like you attack Sachin for the failure in world cup.
Another fact is Captain should have a quality to extract the best out of team and coordinate every properly in the batting order and bowling too. Dravid lacks that quality.
Lat 2 years he did all sort of nonsense experiments along with Chappell and he miserably failed in th World cup. So basic quality of Captaincy does not belong to him/Dravid.
If you think he is a good cricketer, then let it be. But he should resign from Captaincy or be sacked from Captaincy.
RE:Dravid-captain
by Vishwa natha on Apr 10, 2007 01:55 AM Permalink
yes, Dravid should tell Tendulkar to keep his bat and pad together while facing the ball and encourage Ganguly to run when his partener calls for quick singles. Dravid should also teach Ganguly and his fans that against Barmuda even Harbajan can score more than run a ball and sheet anchors are not needed against Barmuda/Hawai/Thailand etc. Why bost so much about Ganguly? Taking of your shirt is not aggression. India reached last world cup final just because of the form of Tendulakar,Dravid and Sehwag. Stop nonsense. It is easy for a selfish person to lead unselfish people, reverse is impossible.
RE:Dravid-captain
by zzzzz zzzzz on Apr 10, 2007 02:47 AM Permalink
That's pure BS. Are you aware of 2003 WC? Ganguly lead from the front and was the second highest run getter among Indian batsmen, with an average of 58.1
RE:Dravid-captain
by Indian on Apr 10, 2007 03:34 AM Permalink
Do you really think Dravid knows a bit about captaincy? This guys seems cannot play without Sehawg, Dhoni or Robin. He wants all pinchhitters in the team to win matches and constantly ignoring others. I can bet you Irfan Pathan would have scored more runs than Uttapa. So why don't you include him as an allrounder.
RE:Dravid-captain
by Praveen Huilgol on Apr 10, 2007 02:10 AM Permalink
you are right. but you are ignoring Mr, Yuvaraj Singh he was also in good form at 03, WC
