Drop Tendulkar,Sewag. change captain to Yuvaraj. Bring in Powar,Persevere with Irfan,Agarkar is too expensive and wayward. there must be 2 spinners.Send the young players to English League Ranji experience is not good enough. Change the type of wickets we prepare, thwy must support bowlers.
Well lots and lots have been said about the performance. About dropping the complete team, coach, etc. etc. etc. First things first: Let us face it, we as Indians did not have the right kind of preparation. The pitches in India are tailor made for batting. Whenever we go out we struggle. It is a mircale that some of our cricketers actually have performed well overseas - Sunil Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Dravid, Lakshman, Ganguly to name a few. First the pitches should be sportive and bouncy. Then I think we should develop the cricketers both physicallya and mentally. It is very disappointing to see such a performance in the World Cup, even though it is just another tournament. It is not important who is there in the team, but it is the mindset. We are afraid of loosing and therefore try to play over cautiously. So we are neither here nor there. We should continue with the team. After all it is the same team which won a record 18 matches chasing. So come on India, play well and forget the fear of loosing. Nobody complains if you fight hard and loose. The perception is that you are taking it to easy. But as players I think your disappointment is much much more than all the fans. We as fans have our own problems and tend to forget with the sports/cricket victories. Some of us react violently. We as a nation are behind you. You should also put in a honest and dedicated effort each time you go to the ground. And improve every time. Let us start the process of rebuilding.
RE:logic of Pawar
by neha on Mar 25, 2007 10:46 PM Permalink
True,BCCI should be cleared all the Pawars&Shuklas.We don't need politicians to run cricket in the country.If they are so interestd in sports,then why not uplift other sports.They are so interested in cricket not because of their love for the game,but like true politicians its another money minting business for them.
RE:logic of Pawar
by Dipak Bhandiwad on Mar 25, 2007 08:14 PM Permalink
Plain and Simple........Emply the professionals like MBAs to head the BCCI...Not the Illiterates like mr. Pawars....Shuklas..Mores...et al....We need administrators and not politicians in sports!
Dear Friends, Bangla Desh had won the toss and decided to field, but the play is stopped due to clouds and light showers. All of us should pray that this match should be played, otherwise Bangla Desh will add one point to their score and enter the super-8 series.
RE:Its raining...
by Dipak B on Mar 25, 2007 08:17 PM Permalink
Great news.....Do you want INdia in Super8?? Come on, we need some competetion here not models walking the ramp......Bangladesh deserves place in Super8...
Why to blame coach?? He is not to play in the ground. Unless, the players with so-called heavy records are there in the team, nothing can improve for India. The players like Ganguly, Sehwag, Sachin should retire or make them retire voluntary for the larger national interest. We the people of India are crazy and media is too making hype of every issue. Ganguly when dropped from team was a welcome decesion by media. Now, he was included and did nothing for the country. He did scored well but only for himself, by consuming so much balls, by making pressure on the other batsmen to improve the run-rate, even agains minnows like Barmuda, he failed to accelrate. He is a strokeless man now-a-days. Sachin is not the exception. He failed in every crucial moment. Why to include him for such crucial matches. We, Indians, never want to be over emotional. In my views, the whole team should be rested except Dinesh Kaartik. Dhoni should be shifted from cricket to modelling. Suggest it to the selecters, at least for nations pride. pleeeeez...
RE:About the Indian Performance in world cup...
by Sachin Bobade on Mar 25, 2007 08:15 PM Permalink
Abe shane Coach ne hi to team ki puri vaaat laga dali, sabkae dilme team ki jagah ki sureity ki problem khadi ki, aur to usne Tendulkar ko kya soch ke fourth position ke liye utara aur dravid ko fifth jabki woh to third position par hi Wall tha, Chappel hi hain jisane yeh team ek experiment ke liye use ki jisake vajahese hum josh kho kar haaar gaye~!
I strongly protest with Rediff about my message posted at 7.48 p.m. being considered as abuse. Friends, please read it and tell if there is any abuse in that.
Dhoni plays only when all others play. he does not like to contribute alone and also during crisis. That way Dinesh Kartik has a better temperament. Looks like Sachin has to retire from ODIs gracefully as he is totally out of color in ODIs.
its stup[id to say that batting was basd , if batting was bad then why r we taking so called speciaslised bo0wlers then. these bowlers have x xperience than the bangladesh n srilnankans i think the entire team needs to ber basnned
