Media making lot of fuss about Drvid & Sacin, but in reality Ganguly is weaker player of all four and Kaif is now more matured who could fit into test team at no. 6 slot.
Selectors are very right in dropping Gangs from the team, as they want to introduce one new face in the playing 11 to start the transition. Selectors can not drop Sachin as he is one of the alltime great players in the world and stands right with Lara, Pontings etc...even if he had a poor series that doesn't matter. Now Dravid who is one of the most trustable batsman in the line up and he too stands right with the greats of modern cricketers in the modern era and he is just a innings away from to be back to his usual WALL act. Finally the chaoice between VVS and Ganguly, even a school kid says that VVS far more better player than ganguly on any day of the week (forget about stats test cricket about playing the situation as well), moreover all these three stars are under mid thirtees and VVS being yengest of all at 33. Gangs is now almost 37 years and which is a good to be retiring age from the cricket for his kind of modest player......
Gangs just fooling himself to divert the attention of the media and the fans......Selectors are not dummies and some of them are great Indian crickers in their era and they know as much as what Gangs or Media (Star TV folks) knows about cricket and there are no politics nor the regional bias involved in droping Gangs..So stop bugging and hang up boots.
Re: It right to drop Ganguly.
by vikram on Sep 13, 2008 03:44 PM Permalink
yeah its right coz ur godfather greg chapell started this trend.dont fool urself man.dravid eats 300 balls and then scores 50 runs.hes too slow.ganguly has always played with great confidence.dravid has no confidence left within him anymore.he plays so slowly and fears thst he'll lose his wicket.laxman is indeed a good player.why they wont drop sachin.is he divinity?????.will they earn the wrath of god if they drop sachin.what r u saying man.nobody is exempted.hes not above the game.if things can apply to ganguly why not sachin.infact sachin fared the worst in the recently concluded test series against srilanka.just see the past performance since the time ganguly returned to the side.get ur facts right,then bark out here.or else worship ur godfather greg chappell and other chamchas in the bcci.thats the best u can do.
Re: It right to drop Ganguly.
by KRISHAN PRASAD on Sep 16, 2008 07:54 AM Permalink
Test cricket requires stayers on the Wicket and only Dravid is capable of doing it. If Dravid does not score or stay the Team has been in doldrums. Statstics prove that, fine. Dropping Ganguly is really questionable. Why don't the Selectors apply the same yardstick for Sachin?? India won a test series in West Indies without Sachin. Only the last series Ganguly did not perform.The Contribution of Dravid & Ganguly is equally good compared to Sachin's contribution to Indian Cricket. Even these two deserve nothing less than Sachin. Probably the media wants them out.
Re: It right to drop Ganguly.
by Sam Raj on Sep 14, 2008 06:04 PM Permalink
Vikram, do you want watch or watch cricket beacuease of Saurav plays cricket...please make this clear yourslef...nobody saying Saurav hadn't done good things to Indian cricket which he had as a skipper(even when he was skipping the side he was droppable man from playing 11), the thing is you need to move on, bloody 37yr old player who can't move on th efield, can't bowl and can save situation, nor he has a great deffence game....see things have to be come to an end, and one should accept that, if Gangs keep trying to stay in the team he is more likely damaging his repution rather doing anything....I am very surprised why is he still trying to fight to get into side...what does he want to prove....he is just fooling himself....instead say the word, boss I have played for good 10 years and I captained team for more than 5 years and acheived what I could do...and I am walking away to give the opertunity to the younger generation....with comments of playing for another 2yrs he is thinking selfishly....which shouldn't be the charecter of Sourav...Thanks.
Re: It right to drop Ganguly.
by sudahrsan on Sep 15, 2008 08:45 PM Permalink
Mr.Sam raj... if they wanna introduce some body y not taking sachin out of the team? u was saying that even if he does not play well he should be in the team.isn't this awkward to hear? and u was also saying that VVS should play and not GANGULY... Y? he is the man of caliber and he only scores runs in last year series.. y only GANGULY kicked out of the team? and u also said that he is a aged man... i just wanna remember that sanath jayasurya was 38 and still roaring... the same in the case of GANGULY.. he is still roaring.. and why neglecting him? do u don't lik Ganguly ? sorry for the reply pa... but this affects the cricket fans a lot...
Re: Re: Re: It right to drop Ganguly.
by sudahrsan on Sep 15, 2008 08:46 PM Permalink
Mr.Sam raj... if they wanna introduce some body y not taking sachin out of the team? u was saying that even if he does not play well he should be in the team.isn't this awkward to hear? and u was also saying that VVS should play and not GANGULY... Y? he is the man of caliber and he only scores runs in last year series.. y only GANGULY kicked out of the team? and u also said that he is a aged man... i just wanna remember that sanath jayasurya was 38 and still roaring... the same in the case of GANGULY.. he is still roaring.. and why neglecting him? do u don\'t lik Ganguly ? sorry for the reply pa... but this affects the cricket fans a lot...
Re: It right to drop Ganguly.
by Solomon Subodh on Sep 14, 2008 03:03 AM Permalink
Very fair judgement. This was eminent and was round the corner. Lachu would contribute more to the team & better equipped to handle both pace and spin and offcourse, no doubt that Rahul & Sachin will be back in form soon. They are Greats anyways. Its a matter of a single good innings and spend more time in the middle.
