Friends, I am Lotiya Pathan, great fan of ganguly. Yesterday I have watched full match by
awaking in the night in Tokyo.
My observation; 1. Ganguly was great player, he is achieved what he wanted, 10 K run in ODI plus 100
wickets. But yesterday, he was looking tired during the fielding, may be age factor. There
was lack of enthusiam in his body language. During saving a boundry, he was struggling. I am not agnst him, but I strognly believe that this is the right time that he should
gracefully take retirement, and thus creating opportuinity for youngsters. He can play Test
matches for 1 or 2 series and take retirement from that format too.
2. Tendulkar: He was great, He is great and he will remain great. I have not seen any better
batsman than tendulkar in my life. He is God of cricket. Wow, the way he was playing
yesterday..no one can describe in his paper. one should have lucky to have watching such
wonderful shots. It was just great. With this form, I have no doubt that he would be one of
the prime member of WC-2011. People who critises him are really mad, do not have any real
understanding of cricket.
3. Dravid: Wow, what a great batsman he is !! He is wall of test cricket. After sacked of
ODI, he made consecutive hundreds in ranji match agnst Mumbai and Punjab respectively. This
shows, how class batsman he is !! So apart from regionalism, we must all agree, he is gem.
RE:pls comment !!
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 16, 2007 05:40 AM Permalink
contn: I wish, if we all indian are able to met out well treatment to him. I am waiting for him comeback to provide solidity in the middle order.
4. Yuvraj-Dhoni: just great, matured enough to understand the need of ODI format. Well played. Both are future of India.
RE:RE:pls comment !!
by Akhil on Nov 16, 2007 05:56 AM Permalink
Lotiya, DHOBI will struggle in Australia. We saw that in SA and England. Dhobi can play only on subcontinent wickets.
RE:pls comment !!
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 16, 2007 06:14 AM Permalink
I dont think so, Akhil. He is having strong mental power, would be hamaring aus bowler.
RE:pls comment !!
by S Chandra on Nov 16, 2007 08:36 AM Permalink
Nope, he will play quite well in Australia, cos he likes bounce, where the ball comes onto the bat. He made a 100 in Faislabad on fast pitch against full steam Shoaib Akhtar and hit him out of the park in his backyard !
Dhoni is not afraid of pace, he plays well against it. He'll do well in Australia.
RE:pls comment !!
by Akhil on Nov 16, 2007 05:55 AM Permalink
Hi Lotiya, Good match too see y'day though not tht interesting. Though I m not a gr8 fan of sachin, but it was him who made the middle order batsmen to chase the target easily with RR of quite below 5.0 per over. My Analysis : * Ganguly should think of retiring from ODI otherwise he will be kicked off. * Gambhir should seriously think of improving his technique. He can only play the cover drive or shots coming down the wicket. He doesnt know how to pull the short balls and gets out very easily that way. His batting skills will be a worry in Aussie tour. * Uthappa should have been promoted so that he can get some confidence in his batting since he hasn't anything remarkable in this series so far. * Murali Kartik should not be removed at any cost. That will demotivate him. * Even though Sehwag played well, he doesnt deserve a place in the squad. Because he plays in 1 match and the following 8-10 matches, goes out on single digits. * Yuvraj should bowl the middle overs at 5-6. He can be removed if he goes for runs after 2-3 overs. Yuvraj should learn the leg spin bowling (chinaman) which will help him bowl googlies. * Rohit Sharma and Praveen Kumar now should be tried at least in last ODI. * Dravid should be back in ODI team. He is anytime better player than Uthappa/Gambhir.
RE:pls comment !!
by sudhir dhar on Nov 16, 2007 06:27 AM Permalink
I don't agree Lotiya. I am not even bong, but Ganguly's was bothered by Chappells documentary which came out this week.He will bounce back.
