Dravid is not a powerful leader and has no self belief. He is too introvert & self centered to be a captain. For his selfish act and self interest he (with the help from another two similar minded person Greg& More ) turned the 'Team India'( inherited from great Ganguly era) to a collection of great players. If you can not build a team then you can not be a team leader. Without a %u201Cteam%u201D you can't win. Consequently we dropped from ICC ranking 2 to 6. He has no influencing power and does not have any charisma to be a captain. He himself understands that. That%u2019s why now he got another a couple of south colleagues (Prasad & Sing) to get the help, support and the %u201Cpower%u201D to make the players agree to his silly plans. Remember if that plain fails he will complain like a child that his players didn%u2019t support him.
A person who can%u2019t lead himself how can he lead 1.2 billion people ?
If a simple man like me can understand, why all the so called experts and knowledgeable BCCI persons can%u2019t understand that?
I think they do understand. But this is the board politics and the part of the arrangement how they came into power. The current management does not care about Indian cricket . As long as they are in power and get the money everything else is fine. DRAVID IS THEIR YES MAN. They just want to put people%u2019%u2019s attention to something different, so that they are not judge by their own performance.
The players should go if they are not performing. But so do the captain, coach & the BCCI management. Because of their combined effort India has slipped down to ICC ranking 6, from ICC ranking 2, when they took power from the previous board.
Only in India we sack our most successful captain after a series win while the captain scored a ton in his last test innings. But we keep our captain (and probably our coach too if he wanted to stay) after such a measurable performance in world cup, champions trophy and so on%u2026.
I think we should change attitude towards cricket tournaments. Just like Olympics we should say participation is the main thing. We do not want to win; all we want our good boy Dravid as captain. The team will not win and the players will not demand. After all it is BCCI who are there to control the players and show who are in charge. Not to help or listen to the player or sort our player%u2019s or support%u2019s problem.
What G.R vishwanath said is absolutely right..what can a coach when such players give mediocre performance on the field...No coach can make a great team without the players being committed to the game.Team india is all about individual performance.if they give good individual performances the public doesnt criticise them and they get hired for to do advertisments. The media is also to be blamed for the hype created around indian team. If a player plays a match winning performance in his debut game. the indian media which is absolutely mediocre delcares him the future of indian cricket.The News channels display his performance 24*7 as if he has won a world cup by himself.Give me a break. Guys its time to face reality.No coach can make a great team. He can only guide to be there. and it depends upon the players to play as team and achieve it
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by drphalaksh s walishetty on Apr 02, 2007 10:16 PM Permalink
mr just look at the teams and the venues where dravid has won the matches,mostly against zimbabwe west indies, depleted srilanka and strugglilng poor england in india.i m from bangalore i love dravid as a player but he does not have the leadership qualities like kapil or saurav. he was miserable captain he did not even inspire the fan let alone the team. he is hard working but failed to get the team together for a cause.
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by RGHAVENDRA on Apr 10, 2007 12:44 PM Permalink
u have mentioned almost all the teams.......what abt Dravid winning single handedly the match against australia and the kind scores he has made agnst SA, get ur memory right.......yes dravid is very soft and not aggressive, if observe all the players from K'ntk right from the brgining are of similar attitude with clean image, no politics...probly that is the mistake.
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by karan on Apr 02, 2007 10:41 PM Permalink
i dont know how long u have been following indian cricket ,LET ME TELL U STATS MEAN A BIG NOTHING. one problem india has always had is mediocre captains which includes kapil dev azhar sachin veng krish, so no point in looking at them for answers. only time we had good captains is sunny in 85 b&h series and then ganguly . it is not just winning ratios, the way u play the game is important,aggresive and go get it attitude. that has been lacking since two years. ur team is just stagnating now. so itz time say bye to dravid & chappell go back to ganguly and relearn the winning ways. mean while selectors should identify ur future captain and groom him, in may be two years time.
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by Sincere IndianFan on Apr 02, 2007 09:50 PM Permalink
Suman... You are a genius, U said everything I wanted to say... I want to meet you and shake my hands with you!!! Every word u said is so very true... I appreciate the time u have taken out to illustrate the truth about everything... Hats off to you!!!
raj kumar lucknow I think dravid ko chaia ki chullu bher pani me dube mare usko india me laut ker aana hi nahi chaia tha chappel ko to 100 chappal marna chaia aur uska mouh kala ker kay australia bhej dena chaia chor yaha india team ko fauji ki training day raha tha bhanduk chalana sikha raha tha ussay poochana chaia ke goli chalana sikha ker anatak waad se larne ke training day raha tha mai to kehraha hoon ki control me bhi kuch dokehe baaj baitay hai jismay rajeev shukla woh to koi galti manney ko tayyar hota hi nahi hai usko bhi turant nikal dena chaiya sharad pawar ka chamcha rajeev shukla ka to total interview tv per band ker dena chaia larne ko tayyar rehata hai. dravid ko to turant isteefa de dena chaia nahi to hum log tv per match dekhna band ker dena chaia youvraj ko captain bana dena chaia dravid ko chaia ke petrol pump per etrol bhare cricket khelna chor dena chaia dravid bhoora ho gaya hai 35 saal ka. agar 6 tarik ko dravid ko dubra captain banaya gaya to hum log tv per match dekhna band ker denge. chappel ko to kisi halat me coach rakhna hi nahi chaiya barada beshram hai. jo abhi tak india may hai usne apna kam ker dia 2003 may india australia ka subsay barada kata tha final may india se australia ko harne ka der tha zaheer khan ne run jaada day dia tha islia india har gai thi . chappel ko planning ker kay australia say bheja gaya tha ki team india ko tor do wahi kam usne kiran more kay sath milkay kia phalay ganguli ko nikala jo ki subsey suphal kaptano me say ek hai phir jheer ko lakshman ko kumble ko aur to aur pathan ko jo ki india ka subsay bharya fast boller tha jiski akram aur shastri bhi tarif karte thay pathan ki bolling length bigar di usko allrounder banane kay chakker me uska carrier kharab ker dia. 2007 kay final may kumble ko nahi khilaya agarker jo ki atni kharab bolling kaerta hi use khilaya shreesant ko nahi khilaya yeh sub dravid aur chappel ki pre planning say hua mera control board say kehna hai ki 6 tarik ko jub board ki meeting hogi dravid aur cappel say in sub ke bare me jaroor poochna chaiya .rajeev shukla ki to in logo kae saath chutti ker deni chaia use phorran isteefa lay lena chaiya.
Waht u think if u get a brilliant teacher and brilliant parents then u will become 1st in yr class. If it happens evry man will become 1st. See all will have not the same memory power, it is different to man to man. I try to make known to u whatChappel could do or Dravid cld do. It is all our players poor performance. If the captain and coach will change then can Sehwag, sachin, and saurav make century always? So don't blame to captain or coach. You have to perform well by yourself. Thats all.
