Ireland qualified for one rankings. How about India ? India did not beat Bangla or Sri Lanka. So, please disqualify India from One Day Ranking. Next World Cup, India should play qualifying round with Bermuda, Scotland, Canada, Nepal, UAE. If they win only india should play 2011 world cup. Dear ICC Please put ban india from one day ranking.
Dear Cricketing Fans, hope you all will accept this. Thanks
RE:Dear ICC
by Annie on Apr 17, 2007 12:19 PM Permalink
Just because Indian cricket is going through tough times it doesn't mean that everyone should abandon the ship. The same players have given you guys a lot of good times too, now try sticking it out through the bad, instead of behaving like this. When things are as bad as this , hopefully it can only get better. Keep the faith alive.
RE:Dear ICC
by Mani Vannan on Apr 17, 2007 01:16 PM Permalink
My dear, if they cannot able to perform such a mega event, where u r expecting to perform, in a domestic match ?. not acceptable your comments.
RE:Dear ICC
by Sreeram Ramaswamy on Apr 17, 2007 01:33 PM Permalink
In the upcoming series against Bangladesh and Ireland, if the same Tendulkar and Dravid hit 50s or 100s and we thrash these minnows or giant-killers (call them as you please), we fans and media alike would make them heroes. All of us will instantly forget the world cup debacle and compete against one another in singing praises about the same team that we're now criticising. Thaz the irony! We make heroes out of nothing and zeroes also out of nothing. England, Australia, West Indies, NewZealand, South Africa doesn't react our way. Blue Billions are amazing.
RE:Dear ICC
by Annie on Apr 17, 2007 02:17 PM Permalink
Maybe if you keep your expectations real you will not be so dissapointed in the future. There is a prevalent culture of negativity in most South Asians, and sadly Indians are no exception, so you lost some games, move on, look ahead. Such self-defeating criticism is not going to help anyone, it's very depressing, I would much rather look ahead. Why not use this ouster from the Cup as a wake-up call, the level of competition elsewhere is alot higher and the Indians simply need to raise their game (especially at the domestic level).
There is no dearth of talent here, they are just mentally not tough enough to stand the pressure, and I think the public is partly at fault here, no where else in the world do you see the kind of pressure put on cricketers as we do in India. think about it. If the Indians lose then they break a BILLION (very violent) hearts, The Australians play with abandon because a game is just a game to them. Nobody needs this kind of stress, so chill brothers.
RE:Dear ICC
by DaKiwiIndian on Apr 18, 2007 11:13 AM Permalink
I totally agree with annie and disagree with Mani! v shud b supporting them because v all know that even if everyone is angry with the players now when they win against bangla and ireland those same ppl will b cheering the players fully!! so as annie said what happened at the world cup shud b used as a wake-up!
