i think on the 96 tour of south africa, it was vishwanath who selected people like dodda ganesh and david johnson for the all important tour, if he could have selected salil ankola and abey kuruvilla then, things could have been much much different, it is on recoord that, hansie cronje the then captain of south africa after pkaying salil ankola in the one day sereies after the tests, went on to say, "i m really surprised that this guy was not a part of the test tem" Vishwanath is extremely responsible for not giving enough chances to ankola and kuruvilaa who where the most successfu; combi of fast bowling in domestic cricket in those days, also sunil johsi and sujit somasunder were disasters, then we had vijay bharadwaj and very important, rahul dravid was groomed very well which hepled him come to the state he is today, if would have been traeted like ramesh powar or vinod kambli, today he wud have had a 15000 runs, but (playing for karnataka).....
RE:Vishwanath was a great Batsman, But an extremely biased Selector
by chetan shriyan on Mar 29, 2007 07:45 AM Permalink
biased? its a big joke the players were selected for their performences in domestic cricket, ankola andn kuruvilla could not play cricket properly for bombay,forget about india,it was biased selection in favour of mumbai players we had difficulty in winning macthes, only recently the talented players from other parts of india have made india proud by winning test macthes abroad. think about agarkar the most pampered player in the team who gets selected for nothing, every one abroad is happy while he is playing so they can get two boundrys in his over so much for his calibre, isnt it kotnis the less said is better of mumbai players
RE:Vishwanath was a great Batsman, But an extremely biased Selector
by deepak kotnis on Mar 29, 2007 07:48 AM Permalink
oh ye really, i m glad , so the 280 wickets that he took was when u were batting i guess, and dodda ganesh was selected on performance, where, i vishwanaths bedroom....
RE:Vishwanath was a great Batsman, But an extremely biased Selector
by ravi on Mar 29, 2007 08:18 AM Permalink
Dodda Ganesh was the highest wicket taker of that ranji season and david johnson was the fastest in India at that time....Karnataka won the Ranji trophy 2 years in a row and it was natural that these guys get selected....Unlike Vinod Kambi who had more chances than he should have just because Sachin was captain...And dont you say anything about Dravid...no one could have kept him out. For that matter if Sachin had been treated like Powar he would have scored 20,000 runs but for Mumbai....Think big Think India small minded Mumbaite
RE:RE:Vishwanath was a great Batsman, But an extremely biased Selector
by deepak kotnis on Mar 29, 2007 08:28 AM Permalink
well u seem to have a lot of problem with mumbai, the issue is not mumbai or karnataka, issue is whether vishwanath was biased or not, and if u r talking about raji triphy winning, so u r contradicting ur own words because its obvious that mumbai players dominated the world cricket with more than 35 wins till now, so u cant say selectors were biased in selecting them, and vinod kambli was dropped from the test team on the basis of his one day performane, the same sereies in which dravid was selected, so get ur basics right my friend, and where r u mentioning india, ur statements revolve around the ring road of bangalore which doesnt even go till the airport, bye bye....
RE:Vishwanath was a great Batsman, But an extremely biased Selector
by abhishek singh on Mar 29, 2007 09:20 AM Permalink
anyways as far as ankola is concern you are 100% right, i still remember the first one dayers he palyed all the cricket expert , stunned, why this man was not in test team....... mind you i am not from mumbai
RE:Vishwanath was a great Batsman, But an extremely biased Selector
by Mallikarjun Patil on Apr 03, 2007 12:50 AM Permalink
Same thing happened with Narendra Hirwani too. He did perform extemely well in his 1st match. look what happened in coming matches. They all are 1 or 2 match wonders man.
RE:it was not just batting it was bowling that took us down!
by Rajkumar Singh on Mar 29, 2007 09:37 AM Permalink
It is the captain who must have taken care of these! Tell Rahul to lick feet of Pawar, Chappell, More and who ever required to keep his position as a captain. This hichra must go...
india lost against bangladesh & agaist srilanka should be enquiry. we read in danik bhaskar newspaper after defeated by srilanka , there may be 5000 crora sata played by bookies .there may be chances of playing sata by indian team , it should be enquiry bu narkotic test as happened inutter pradesh . people know the realty , wheter they play or not . People india are not digest the defeat agaist them. please go in the detail- other wise pleople leave this game tosee in future . if some player make money &our nation is seeing calm , in one days no body will see this game ,. rakesh
rahul is going to stay the captain.leave him alone.let us just sit back relax and take stock.knee jerk reactions are never good.i am sure team india will come out stronger regards abhay
RE:RE:knee jerk
by abhishek singh on Mar 29, 2007 09:26 AM Permalink
i guess rahul should contiune.... and new team should ahve youth as well as experienced palyers give a break to munaf, irfan, shewag to prove/improve their fitness, let them play domestic cricket atleast a session.... look at munaf( i am not against munaf... he bowled really good) he can't field his spped gone dowm from 140 to 120-130 i guess slector should include people like Joginder Sharma / Ishant Sharma / Manoj tiwari / Badrinath / RP singh / Rohit sharma / Romesh Pawar / vrv singh including ganguly,sachin,dravid,yuvraj, zaheer,sreesanth, dhoni, dinesh agarkar, bhaaji should be removed from the team. kumble is quiting onedayers
RE:knee jerk
by neel on Mar 29, 2007 04:52 PM Permalink
We should not forget that we could not reach champions trophy semifinal played in India,We lost to south africa 4-0, We lost to West Indies 4-1(whichj is 2007 world cup venue), We lost tri-angular series and ranked third Finally we should not for get all these came very very recently and finally do not forget We only managed to win against Bermuda in world cup2007. Ignominious statistics of all the world cups(I don,t keep 1979,1975)
RE:Team for World Cup 2011 (India)
by Vidyavati Senapati on Mar 29, 2007 05:42 AM Permalink
Kaif are you kiddin. Kaif is a guy who absolutely has 0 ability to do anything with the bat.
RE:Team for World Cup 2011 (India)
by Javed MEandDad on Mar 29, 2007 04:46 AM Permalink
mumbai wins all the ranji trophy and oDI and no one from Mumbai....this time will lose definitely
RE:Team for World Cup 2011 (India)
by The Ellusionist on Mar 29, 2007 07:05 AM Permalink
when ? 1967 ? Grow up...stop this hero worship and regional politics
RE:Team for World Cup 2011 (India)
by on Mar 29, 2007 04:54 AM Permalink
Good point mate, but Zaheer is there. BTW can you propose someone. I really couldn't find anyone young.
RE:Dack Dravid
by on Mar 29, 2007 05:37 AM Permalink
Abhe saale Uttam Kumar, Tell me who you think as not a Junk Guy. The MVP (most valuable player) has always been Dravid and Robin Singh till date. These are the people of have won matches single handedly and Saved many matches. Respect them man!
RE:Dack Dravid
by Maha Stud on Mar 29, 2007 11:13 AM Permalink
baey hulkat ... y compare ROBIN wid rahul .... robin was a much .. i repeat much betta player than rahul...
RE:Dack Dravid
by Rajkumar Singh on Mar 29, 2007 09:42 AM Permalink
yes single handedly as his another hand is always on another's feet: saurav earlier and now on Chappells's 9sorry, chappals)
RE:Dack Dravid
by neel on Mar 29, 2007 04:55 PM Permalink
Abe sale nameless ye pad pahele We should not forget that we could not reach champions trophy semifinal played in India,We lost to south africa 4-0, We lost to West Indies 4-1(whichj is 2007 world cup venue), We lost tri-angular series and ranked third Finally we should not for get all these came very very recently and finally do not forget We only managed to win against Bermuda in world cup2007. Ignominious statistics of all the world cups(I don,t keep 1979,1975)
RE:Dack Dravid
by Julius Caeser on Mar 29, 2007 05:12 AM Permalink
Wish people were more sensible. A captain is only as good as his team.If any "junk guy" will "perform" that Dravid will definitely thrive ! Btw we even have a drought of "junk guys" to lead the team at the moment. It is a responsibility nobody is ready to shoulder yet.
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by neel on Mar 29, 2007 04:58 PM Permalink
U act like stupid and idiot south indian, brfore abusing any body let me tell u Its india today hates Dravid except u Idli sambhar
