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RE:Can't agree
by Ankit on Apr 07, 2007 12:40 AM

I despise people like yourself who form theories which result in futile solutions. Let's face it, changing a few faces in the team MIGHT resolve things temporarily. Remember when Ganguly was dropped and people didn't spare a thought for him when we were winning almost everything. As soon as we were mauled by SA, the first thing the selectors did was bring back Ganguly (and if you check the records he wasn't doing all that well in domestic cricket either).

The problem is the development of players. To give you an analogy, you are not going to become a software developer by using VB.Net occassionally. You have to be working in the environment regularly. Similarly, you can't expect to do well abroad if you play on those sort of pitches seldomly. You become an expert by doing so regularly. And that's where the problem is. We need to change the roots to see the results.

The cricketers you named will be the first ones you'll fall back on once your so-called youth brigade fails over and over again. I am certainly not against bringing in youth (after all they are the future), but we don't need to rush things to the extent that a few failures destroy their confidence. We need to develop them under diverse conditions (be it hostile for batting or bowling) to develop their all round cricketing skills. And to be brutally honest, I don't see that happening by dropping these players and bringing in a few rookies.

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