The Indian think tank! I do not know who they comprise of exactly!! Apparently the experiments during the last one year has shaken the solid ediffice, built by Wright and Ganguly. 1. Removal of Ganguly from captaincy and side was a blunder particularly when the bad patch of the legend was showing signs of recovery. 2. A mediocre cricketer used to jump too much for making appeals disproportionate to the number of dismissals caused by him, removed Saurav. 3. A man passing the Secondary examination in third division becomes the examiner of a national scholar! 4. A bowler was made to open the innings and was advised to concentrate on batting instead of bowling. 5. An young and enthusiastic good player of club cricket level was carried along and nurtured with the hope that he would be a replacement for Ganguly. 6. Give this club cricketer one thousand chances and his average would not improve beyond 20. 7. Some good players were put under threat and coercion- perform or perish, thereby reducing their confidence level to the rock bottom. 8. By giving of and on chance to the old war horses and some new comers, nothing ultimately clicked. 9. A bunch of scattered individuals are placed in the hands of an uncertain leader who is thinking too many things at a time and lacking in conviction himself. 10. I do not know how many more blunders would be committed by the think tank before or during the world cup. 11. I can only suggest that Vengsarkar is the only person whom the team can look forward to for directions off the field. 12. On the field decisions should be collective and taken after consultation between the trio Sachin-Dravid-Ganguly. 13. Chappel should concentrate on advising the players on cricketing shots, running between the wickets, batting and bowling grips and so on. 14.Changing Rahul's captaincy is neither possible nor necessary at this stage but he should not be obstinate and he must consult Saurav and Sachin on the field all the time. 15. Anyone by any chance close to the dressing room or whatever may pass on the tips to the persons concerned, I have no access to any. 16. Let us hope for the best anyway.
Dravid remain the captain. Saurav remain consistent. Tendulkar remain brilliant. Viru remain off spinner at number ten.
The above is a bad poetry written by me this evening when just like Dravid I was also thinking how and where to accommodate Viru.
It was really a bad joke done in a bad taste, which I could relalise later while rethinking, and beg to be apologised.
After some serious thought, suddenly like a flash of light I discovered the secrets of Viru's failure. Let me share it with you so that some of you who may know Viru or Dravid can pass on the message.
Actually Viru is gradually losing his game proportionate to his loss of hair. He can try hair grafting which can give him more confidence and perhaps restore his long lost brilliance as a cricketer. How about that. Perhaps Sanath Jayasurya can tell Viru how to go on losing hair and playing good game simultaneously.
RE:Some analysis, tips and Viru
by Mauruthi on Feb 15, 2007 02:26 AM Permalink
ha ha good joke... viru can try hair combing technique and see whether his form comes back
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by navin kumar on Feb 15, 2007 09:48 AM Permalink
ok! enough of bengalis n their crazy ideas! we will do one thing,, would request ICC to permit us to send 2 teams.. one representing India n the other representing bengal!he he he
the analysis is good and the vatious conclusions clearly show that while we have a good team, we do not have anu commonsense in chhosing the side's boelers for a particular match--against SL in goa i think four pacers would have made the job easy and forget viru as opener-saurav/sachin should be back and yuvsaraj,viru and dravid should follow--no need of sixth batsmen for most matces and play one regular spinner--harbajam against SL andkumble against all others.thanks--rajaram
RE:Some analysis, tips and Viru
by abhinav prakash on Feb 14, 2007 11:00 PM Permalink
Frankly speaking, I know your bias in favor of Ganguly and against Dravid. But your bias doesnt change the fact that when Ganguly was ousted from captaincy, India was placed at number 7 in ODI ranking-so much for the greatness of captaincy. As a player, I have, or for that matter, any one has nothing against him. Issues of him being vulnerable against fast bowlers or fast pitches are bullshit and he is a great ODI batsman. But life can exist without captaincy as well.
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by Raman Bajaj on Feb 14, 2007 11:23 PM Permalink
Another bengali Bull shit. perfect example of B-O-B-B(Bengali on Bengali bias). I think we should throw all the Bengalis who shouted against Team India at Eden Gardens when Saurav was not playing in Bay of Bengal. No questions asked.
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by Faceless Spirit on Feb 15, 2007 12:04 AM Permalink
It is a mere coincidence that the followed and the follower speak the same language. Eden Garden crowd shout was a wrong reaction for a right reason, I believe. Do not blame the Bengalis for Bengali bias. Bengal is in front for protesting against injustice right from the days of British Raj. They have got a fighting spirit and clear judgements.
Lokmannya Tilak once said what Bengal thinks today, India thinks to morrow. Still I tell at least a few Bajajs were there on that day in the Eden crowd who also shouted, as Bengal and Kolkata are a great melting pot. It is mini India. All communities and all religions happily coexist here. So by abusing Bengal you are abusing India. If you are unbiased and have courage then criticise unequivocally what More and Chappel did. Just a bit of bad patch and the legend was shown the exit gate when he was recovering and just accomplished a century. Elegance personified, indomitable fighter, intelligent and courageous leader, just overnight becomes a non-entity, and you people started laughing like a Chimpanzee. You buffoons, good for nothings and diggers of your own graves will never appreciate good things and shall go on arguing endlessly.
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by naveen mahale on Feb 15, 2007 09:35 AM Permalink
Mr Spirit,
Ok, Once I will agree bengalis are fighter but only for bengalis not for other indians , Even kumble was thrown out in ganguly captanicy that was not injustice or robin singh was out of team before WC being a such match winner only thrown out bcoz age factor where were bengalis then
RE:RE:Some analysis, tips and Viru
by Yogesh R on Feb 15, 2007 12:45 AM Permalink
Perfectly on target Abhinav. He is vulnurable against fast bowling as well as he averaged just 23 between 2005 and 2006 against teams other than Zimbabwe and bangladesh in ODIs and 27 in tests during the same period which is why Ganguly deserved to be dropped from the team.
RE:Some analysis, tips and Viru
by Yogesh R on Feb 15, 2007 01:00 AM Permalink
How about this?
Replace Dravid with ganguly as Captain Dump Dravid and bring Devang Gandhi in his place Dump Dhoni and bring Deep Dasgupta as keeper Dump Zaheer and bring Ranadeb Bose in his place Dump Munaf and bring S.S.Paul in his place Dump Kumble and bring utpal Chatterjee in his place
Replace Chappel with Somnath Cahterjee as Coach
Would these make you happy? And would India then be a sure bet to bring home the silverware?
