RE:ganguly excellent
by Usman Ali on Nov 06, 2007 05:48 AM Permalink
Sourav Ganguly WAS a great player. Gone are his golden days and most of his shots y'day where either edges or leg byes. It was again funny to see him getting run out. Don't forget the catch which he dropped off Yousuf who ended up making 83 with a SR of 100. Sachin took two wickets but failed with bat. Zaheer khan was very expensive. It is not quit clear that ganguly is playing for his place in the team. Getting out on 30s and 40s and then getting ducks on the following innings is not a sign of GREAT player. Something BCCI Dhoni needs to do in future matches : * Remove Sachin, Zaheer and Ganguly for at least this ODI series. * Give chance to Rohit Sharma and Praveen Kumar. Unless the youngster gets chances how would they establish themselves in the international arena?? * Gambhir and Uthappa should open. If Uthappa or Gambhir fails, Praveen Kumar can open the way he opens for Uttar Pradesh. * Irfan Pathan should bowl his natural swingers rather than the let or off cutters. This would help him in Australia also. * Uthappa should understand his responsibilities and play sensibly long innings.
We need some consistent performers like Symonds and Hayden and no paper tigers like ganguly and tendulkar. Time to try for some youngsters now. India has done it in T20 and I m sure the youngsters would deliver it in ODIs as well. Let them get chances.
RE:ganguly excellent
by Sayantan on Nov 06, 2007 07:06 AM Permalink
Mr Usman Ali,
Who made Sachin and Sourav "Paper Tiger"? Do you think they made over 10000 runs in one day cricket in BOOK CRICKET? I don't know what do you mean by giving chances to youngsters? There are 9 other places in this team isn't it?Do you think all those nine players are performing better than Sachin and Sourav? Not at all. I don't understand why you guys are shouting for youngster why Sachin and Sourav were the best performer in last yr? Again you did mention about Hayden and Symonds. Yes you are right that they are best performers for Australia, and they are not youngsters.. Australians are not shouting like you guys for yonugsters...
RE:ganguly excellent
by Usman Ali on Nov 06, 2007 07:16 AM Permalink
Well Sayantan, Sachin and Sourav will retire tomorrow. What would u do then??? Don't u think there should be smooth transition period to nourish this young talent. Tomorrow these youngsters would be asked to bat in conditions (like australia) all of a sudden when sachin/sourav fails, what would they do then?? They would have not got enough exposure to the international arena by then. When u want to continue with these old horses, why the hell do u keep including these young talents in the squad if they r not going to be given any chances. Same thing happened with Badrinath. He was not included in the squad not in the final XI and then got excluded even from XV. Isn't this ridiculous???
RE:RE:ganguly excellent
by zippy y on Nov 06, 2007 07:20 AM Permalink
very well said, there are lot of points you mention but, who don't have ability to think, how they gonna to understand these smart talk..... they just compare 20/20 with 50overs game. if sachine socre 38 he is not good but if gambhir or uthhapa socre 38 will be good...... and sachin/sourav arealways handy to ball....
RE:ganguly excellent
by Usman Ali on Nov 06, 2007 07:30 AM Permalink
Dear Zippy, What about the energy on the field. Entire world knows how Ganguly fields and runs between the wickets. Even our college students runs and fields better than him. Forget his bowling, it's of no use. Mind you, Gangooli dropped Yousuf on 2. If India would have lost y'day, all CREDIT would have gone to Ganguly. Thank God this was not Australia. So far Sachin is concerned, he just got TWO wickets y'day and look at the amount of runs he went in the death overs. If he is really a good bowler, he should have restricted those runs also. Mark my words, Sachin will fail miserably in this series.
