dravid is a thinking cricketer, n like Gavaskar, can be a good commentator on retirement. however, both are good for the purpose of commentary and not for the job of captaincy, as they are bad captains on the field with no success to corrobarate their plans.
RE:Ford's pulling out not a lost opportunity: Dravid
by Sanjeev Verma on Jun 16, 2007 11:25 PM Permalink
I think that Dravid's record as captain is quite good. Just look at his record and compare it to that of anyone including Ganguly. I think that it is a wrong perception that he has not been that successful.
RE:Ford's pulling out not a lost opportunity: Dravid
by tushar dalvi on Jun 17, 2007 05:44 AM Permalink
Dear Mr. Verma,
Do you close your eyes when you watch cricket? Or do you see only Match Records. We need captain to unite palyers and lead them from front. In world cup Vs Bangladesh, we could have won, if we had atacking field from Over 1. But Dravid didnt attack and waited for wckts to fall. We had defended 125 Vs Pakistan at Sharjah and not to forget 1983 WC final, 166 vs West Indies.
Also in 2003 under Ganguly, we defended 151 vs Holland in 1st Match. Holland bolwed out for 50 Runs. It was attacking strategy.
Captains like Lara (reached super8) Stephen Fleming (Reached semis)have Resigned. But Dravid is Shameless. He should give way to Sourav!!
RE:Ford's pulling out not a lost opportunity: Dravid
by sreenath bukkapatnam on Jun 17, 2007 01:47 AM Permalink
Suggesting that Gavaskar was a bad captain only potrays india's ignorance of its past.He was the captain with most test victories(9)before saurav and Azhar.Kindly compare his record with Kapil dev for example.
