None of them batted well, excluding Yuvraj, the way Saurav consumed all the balls itself told the story what was to follow as the others comming in too tried that, instead of following their own style of batting, what I feel is that most of them were too defensive and were scared if they will become out. The tension of the World Cup. The worst batting line up in the world is from India as a team, offcourse individually they might be strong. Shewag if he is there should be asked to play his own style of game, but I personally feel he should be out. Lets accept the fact that he was a good player, but lets also accept the fact that he is not in that skill anymore, so we need to take strong decisions and drop him. Offcourse Dravid and others have a soft corner for this guy for his perevious performance, we all know that. BUT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD
RE:cricket
by Sandip Bhattacharya on Mar 18, 2007 10:59 PM Permalink
Stupid! If Sourav didn't bat that way India could not have crossed 100! Everything Sourav does is wrong! And you say Bengalis play politics!
RE:RE:cricket
by Anil singh on Mar 18, 2007 11:26 PM Permalink
u idiot bengali!Though Ganguli made 66 but he consumed too many balls for the same.He gave the upper hand too bangaldeshis.Openers job is to hit over the top.Its not the first time india had lost two early wickets but ganguly played as if the bangaldseis bowlers are unplayable.He gave negative attitude to batsmen who follwed him.But I agree it was a collective underperformance by all.But ganguly didnt do any good to team as he failed miserably whenever he danced down the track to hit a six or four.Also he ditched the team in the last stages when he should have continued batting aggressively.He really put alot of pressure on dhoni and all tailenders by getting out at wrong timing.He knew the pitch as he stayed there for 129 balls but didnt hit any fours or sixes in last overs. but bottomline everybody performed badly except yuvraj and munaf patel.
RE:RE:RE:cricket
by Anil singh on Mar 18, 2007 11:28 PM Permalink
In thje above message,it should have been wrong time and not wrong timing..excuse me for the gramatical mistake.
Defeat of men in blue is a big worry for corporate world who were banking on these players to sell their products in world cup tournament. They sure will be worried as lot of money is riding on team's performance.
RE:Indian fans
by Manasi Sharad Vernekar on Mar 18, 2007 10:45 PM Permalink
Fans are not responsible to the players, but the players are responsible to the fans.
RE:RE:RE:Indian fans
by raghu ram on Mar 18, 2007 10:48 PM Permalink
Because they don%u2019t love players in Indian team but they love India and Cricket...They could not see the humiliation to the country and cricket because of this ad loving commercial players
RE:RE:Indian fans
by Bala krishnan on Mar 18, 2007 10:38 PM Permalink
Yes it is very true. India as a country is full of people who doesnt have enough brain to decide which is important. May be some literacy could help these barbarians.
RE:Let's Boycott the all the products endorsed by the Cricketers
by Abhi on Mar 18, 2007 10:32 PM Permalink
can u stop drinking pepsi tommorrow? can you stope eating sunfeast biscuits tommorrow? do you promise not to buy sansui TV or use Max Life Insurance??? Do you promise not to buy Xbox 360 even if your kid asks for it????
RE:Let's Boycott the all the products endorsed by the Cricketers
by iamansp on Mar 18, 2007 10:35 PM Permalink
You are absolutely correct. Boycotting the products is not the answer. We should demand the corporations to pull out their adds from all media. We have to tell corporates not to take their endorsements. These sportsmen are so commercialized that they forget playing and concentrate on bandannas hairstyle and freeking everything other than the sport which made them popular in the first place.
It is hightime we as Indians encourage other sports like football, hockey and for the fact atleast ask our govt to start training camps for Olympics with a 20 year plan.
Its not Kaif, give a chance to Dinesh Karthick to get control in middle order batting. Sehwag should be called back immediately to join his wife for wearing saree.
All the corporates have to pull out their cricket ads from television. Agreed that Bangladesh played better cricket. It is bad team selection and judgment on the part of India. I may not have played professional cricket, but our teams lacks the hunger for success. They are always concerned about their next AD film. All the corporates have to pull out the ads involving Indian cricketers until they put up a good fight and reach the Semis.
Our batting failed us. What is the point of having a batting average greater than 40 if you dont have the heart to give a fight in a match.
