Ha ha ha!!! Nice joke. Someone please wake up Rajput from his deep sleep. He is having a nice dream. Just hope and pray that Australia won't humiliate again India like they did in Baroda.
RE:Rajput wake up please
by Ravi Ranjan on Oct 13, 2007 01:38 AM Permalink
Since 1990 or so, India wins one match and then Australia wins at least two matches. There is no comparison. We should not play more than 3 match ODI series with Australia otherwise there will be continues humiliation. Also, please stop publishing "Will India win nth ODI match against Australia?" on rediff. It just makes me sick. We have to go to drawing board, get physically and mentally fits playes and above all treat it as team sports first. Rather than fight Ganguly fan vs. Sachin fan vs. Dravid fan. It is becoming like India-Pakistan issue. Ganguly fans will be happy only if all three are dropped. Same way with Sachin and Dravid fans. Just like Pakistan does not care for its own success as long as India also fails. [ eg. WC 2007]
RE:Rajput wake up please
by ijh jhb on Oct 13, 2007 04:33 AM Permalink
Whatever you've said is totally irrelevant. Nobody's even talking about fans. You need to understand that there're ways in which India works, albeit funny.
Dhoni (Rajput, Sachin or anyone for that matter) has never claimed we're world beaters. We've always respected Australia's superiority. Its so easy to say - go back to the drawing board. Sachin's considered a cricketing genius by many. Now will he have to come and listen to a Ravi Ranjan to understand how to play cricket?
India's a world class team, but not a world beater. And if we emulate another team's strategy, we might fail miserably. We've our own strong points and playing to our strengths and building upon them is what these players clearly understand. That is probably the only reason we rose to the top in the 20-20. Remember, you cannot argue Aussies weren't in their prime for the 20-20, coz they did play a splendid game against us. And in any case, one might also say they lost coz they were caught napping.
Hyenas hunt the way they have to just as a lion hunts the way it has to. If a hyena tries to emulate the lion, it will fail.
RE:Rajput wake up please
by Ravi Ranjan on Oct 13, 2007 05:18 AM Permalink
You might as well substitute my name with any coach! We'll always have superstars due to geniuses- but can we win consistently- that's the point. We had Gavaskar, then Kapil Dev, Azhar, Sachin, Dravid et. al, but that will not prevent us from a defeat. Cricket has become very professional since Packer days- good teams will always find a way to get you out- however great you are. Lara has all the records, but in the past 10-15 years look at WI results. Regardless of personal attacks, don't we want the same things- victory for Indian team on a consistent basis. You may lose a match here or there- but you should be able to win 65-70% of ODIs overall.
