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by mohan on Apr 17, 2007 02:11 PM Permalink
Hey that the reality, to date Dravid is the most hated guy among the indian cricket fans. Its not Dada fan/servant - this heats comes out from every indian fan, coz of our exit from WC. May be if DADA is captain, I guess we defenitely go to semis atleast.
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by mohan on Apr 17, 2007 02:15 PM Permalink
dont forget - who hit most sixes in WC for Indian. Its DADA man DADA made us proud - what Dravid did??? If DADA is KING, then ofcourse all of us.... THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE KING AT A TIME
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by bharat on Apr 17, 2007 11:36 AM Permalink
It was the innings from Tendulkar and Sehwag against Pakistan, under more challenging circumstances and against a much superior bowling attack that saw India into the semis!
RE:Dravid
by anurag rai on Apr 17, 2007 10:10 AM Permalink
THEN Y IS INDIA OUT OF THIS WORLD CUP....WHATS THE DIFFERENCE......tendulkar sehwag Dravid....they are still in the team.....SO Y ARE WE NOT IN THE WORLD CUP.....Y WE GOT KICKED OUT...."IF UR ANSWER IS LUCK"....BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN CHAMPIONSTROPHY.....CANT U SEE THAT....ANSWER THIS??????
RE:Dravid
by bharat on Apr 17, 2007 11:33 AM Permalink
They were at peak form at 2003 WC. Now they are not. Ganguly was lucky to have a team with so many good players at their best. ... and yes, all these were established before Ganguly became the captain so don't try to pass credit to Ganguly for bringing out the best from these players!
RE:Dravid
by anurag rai on Apr 17, 2007 12:04 PM Permalink
I thought so a looser like wil say luck.so dhoni yuvraj sehwag decided to go out of form during champiostrophy and world cup under dravid.i wil give u a example ganguly allowed sachin to open the bating it paid off thats captaincy while dravid made him bat in the middle order wher he did not wanted to bat- he failed poor captaincy.
RE:RE:Dravid
by bharat on Apr 17, 2007 12:24 PM Permalink
1. Both the decisions (to play Tendulkar as an opener in 2003 and in the middle order in 2007) were correct under the circumstances. In 2003, Sachin was at his peak and had the form and strength to blast the bowlers in the 1st 15 overs. So, he was the right choice as the opener.
In 2007, he was well past his peak. He had been plagued by injuries in the past few years and did not have the same fire power to blast the bowling. A role in the middle order was more appropriate for him and for the team. Hence the decision to move him to the middle order was also appropriate.
2. It is not that Ganguly invented Tendulkar as an opener. He (along with Ganguly) had been a highly successful opening pair in onedayers long before Ganguly took over as the captain.
3. You can use adjectives to describe me if you like ("looser' etc etc) as you like. I can use similar ones too. But argue sportingly. I have nothing personal against you and I am sure you don't hold anything against me.
RE:Dravid
by Suman Bhat on Apr 17, 2007 01:34 PM Permalink
gangster like ganguly in team cunning politician ganguly betryed team, deliberately played the negative cricket and had big role in defeeat against Bangaldesh and SL Take out dravid's contributions and check the statistcs for ganguly's sccuss as captain ganguly betrayed dalmiay, sachin and dravid ganguly is selfish, cunning, politician should be out of team with his chelas like dhoni, bajji, zahirkhan take out l Dravid%u2019s contributions and performance during the ganguly cpatiancy tenure? tThen ganguly is big ZEROOOOOOOOOOganguly is root cause of problem he promoted groupism he played negative cricket and had a big role in defeat becoz of him only whole nation is mourning today that india as exited from world cup. he is a selfish traitorhe betrayed dalmiay, sachin and dravid gnaguly and his gang should be out of team India
RE:Dravid
by Suman Bhat on Apr 17, 2007 02:07 PM Permalink
take out l Dravid%u2019s contributions and performance during the ganguly cpatiancy tenure? tThen ganguly is big ZEROOOOOOOOOOganguly is root cause of problem he promoted groupism he played negative cricket and had a big role in defeat becoz of him only whole nation is mourning today that india as exited from world cup. he is a selfish traitorhe betrayed dalmiay, sachin and dravid gnaguly and his gang should be out of team India
RE:Dravid
by mohan on Apr 17, 2007 02:01 PM Permalink
In my opinion Dravid dont have the lion heart, courage, which is one of the captaincy quality. For example, Kapil in WC'83 faced a situation when India down by 17/5, he stood like rock lion and roared 175 and because of that we won the cup. Dravid also stood against SL, but dont had that guts to fight till the end, which PAK always has(I admire), look the way the lost to Ireland, they fought until the last ball even with that small score. Even Azhar lost to ZIM in one WC cause to exit. Ganguly has the leadership qualities, unfortunately India not used him fully instead threw dung over him, result INDIA suffered humilations only. NOW WHO IS DARE TO SAY - DRAVID GOOD CAPTAIN
RE:Dravid
by bharat on Apr 17, 2007 09:55 AM Permalink
He may have, but he has not come to this earth with the blessing of eternity! His days are over. Even if one agrees that Dravid is not fit to lead India, neither is Ganguly. In the first place, he has not shown sufficient batting form to prove that he is good enough to deserve a place as a batsman. The question of whether or not he can be a captain is irrelevant at this point in time.
