THE GREAT INDIAN BATTING LINE UP
by rajat bhardwaj on Apr 03, 2007 02:41 PM
i think media and ppl who havent played cricket competitively think cricket game can be won and lost by captain and coach.in cricket coach has a very limited role to play. problem with india is that we dont have sporting icons and we are left with cricket players .who play 1 good innings and media makes them the next vivian richards or gilchrist.i bet majority of ppl wont even know who is coaching newzealand,west indies or austrlia.cricket is a team game played by 11 players, so a single individual is as good as a team. if players like Martin,langer ,bevan have retired at top of their game or have been sacked for lack of form,i bet no indian player will ever admit that its time to retire till their form has hit rock bottom.sachin for god sack should have retired 3-4 years back. how many innings do you remember of sachin's and india winning chasing runs, guys like yuvraj and dravid have won more games for india. i think selction should be performance based ,sehwag didnt deserved to be in world cup team ,poor dinesh karthink who looked the most solid player for the last few innings cudnt fit into the team becoz of so called star players like sehwag and sachin.
i think dravid should be more accountable then greg chappel coz in cricket captain has a much larger role to play then coach.
if ppl think team has faired badly against chappel, then all should check the stats of india while playing overseas in tests and one dayers under anshuman gaekwad,madan lan,kapil dev,wadekar. india has never been no 1 team in the world ever under any coach. coaches wont make difference we need good players with strong mental approach rather then talented players who after even 100 one dayers is called a newcomer in india cricket.
