kumble is biased in selecting karthik. look at the catch drops of pathetic karthik, kumble is persisting n prefering karthik over parthiv. that just shows how regionalistic he is.
if kumble wants karthik to b in the team, he shud get him as a batsman n not as a keeper. today's karthik's performance itself is a proof.
RE:pathetic karthik.
by SachinTheGreat on Jul 24, 2008 11:45 PM Permalink
I dont know why ur blaming Anil Kumble for everything, If there is someone to blame it should be Dilip Vengserkar, Dilip Vengserkar made blunder by selecting nonsense Team for Bangladesh Kitply Cup and Asia Cup, Dilip Vengserkar gave chances to idiotic morons Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla just bcoz MS DHoni wanted them in the Team.
Now Dilip Vengserkar has made another blunder by selecting Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel and Harbhajan Singh for Test Matches, Everyone knows that Harbhajan Singh is better ODI bowler than Test Match bowler instead Dilip Vengserkar should have selected Pragyan Ojha or Amit Mishra as the other Spinner................................
RE:pathetic karthik.
by vinay on Jul 24, 2008 11:51 PM Permalink
true. mishra cud hv been much better option esp in test matches. he is just the kind of bolr for longer version of ckt.
but reason for blaming kumble is also obvious. when he gets the 15, still he shows biasedness or rather regionalistic repeat regionalistic approach while selecting pathetic keeper karthik ahead of deserving parthiv. ppl compare parthiv's keeping done by him 5 years back n forget all the hard work n improvement done by him since then. n for batting, if karthik has done well so has done by parthiv also. karthik is out of form even in batting. look at his ipl scores. kumble prefers karthik for the known reasons.
RE:pathetic karthik.
by SachinTheGreat on Jul 25, 2008 12:06 AM Permalink
Vinay thugh I endorse ur views but I beg to differ, If U remember in the Practice Match Dinesh Karthik scored 58 runs in the first inings along with Sachin Tendulkar who scored 69 runs whereas all other Indian batsman failed.
Although Parthiv patel is better wicket-keeper than Dinesh Karthik in ODI's but Dinesh Karthik has better batting record than Parthiv Patel in Test Matches, Remember Dinesh Karthik scored useful runs in MTN Test Series in South Africa.
According to Me Dinesh Karthik is automatically the first choice as wicket-keeper batsman and Anil Kumble does not have any regional feelings......................
RE:pathetic karthik.
by vinay on Jul 25, 2008 12:41 AM Permalink
even i admire karthik in the sense that when no one thought beyond dhobi in ind ckt, karthik came on the scene n went on play good innings with bat in sa n then in eng. subsequent performance is not noteworthy n he is flop.
as far as batting is concerned, parthiv is not much behind. in fact, he scored more than 1500 runs this season n that also against all quality opponents scoring 6 consecutive centuries on all the pitches (including overseas pitches in sa/zimb). even he is opening the batting n proved his worth against the best in ipl. the only contention is to gv the chance to the deserved one n parthiv deserves a better chance. nothing against karthik though.
RE:pathetic karthik.
by Hero Hyderabadi on Jul 25, 2008 08:28 AM Permalink
How can a kannadiga(Kumble) has reagional feelings for a tamilian(Karthik). Can anybody explain?
