I Just want to say thank you very much Sachin...this is the best thing you ever did to save India....First it was Ganguly who went against Chappel and NOW its Sachin......we love u for telling the truth.....
Most Indians will feel ashamed because they betrayed Ganguly and went with Chappel & Dravid...
Ganguly was right about Chappel....but it took us 2 years ....a world cup exit and many defeats to understand that.........CHAPPEL AND DRAVID ARE PATHETIC...
In a statement that is likely to have a large bearing on the immediate future of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that India's cricketers would be most disappointed with Greg Chappell, the coach, if he questioned their attitude.
In a rare public outburst, Tendulkar, not known to air his views on controversial issues, expressed his anguish. " Paani sar se ooncha ho gaya hai (Things have gone a bit too far to keep quiet). I've given my heart and my soul for 17 years. No coach had mentioned even in passing that my attitude was not correct," Tendulkar told Times of India. "Cricket has been my life for all these years and will always be."
His statements come in the wake of reports that many members in the team have rallied together against Chappell and Dravid and want Tendulkar to take up their case to the board. Cricinfo had reported on the crisis in the team , one largely owing to the rift between Chappell and the senior players, and Tendulkar's statements reinforce the players' stance.
"Tell me, the world has gone on talking about all this [our defeat and exit] but has anybody spared a thought for us?," asked an emotional Tendulkar. "Did they try to find out what we have been going through? I am shattered beyond words and I feel helpless. I've never felt so bad in my entire career ... The World Cup was our passion, our collective goal, our dream and that has been shattered
"I am shattered beyond words and I feel helpless. I've never felt so bad in my entire career." he said. "No matter how many Tests or one-day series you win, nothing else even comes close to a World Cup triumph. The World Cup was our passion, our collective goal, our dream and that has been shattered. And we all are terribly disappointed over it."
Tendulkar took responsibility for the World Cup debacle but responded to what he perceived as a slight to his commitment. "Again, it's not that we are defending ourselves. We do realise that we played badly and, as a team, we take full responsibility for that. But what hurt us most is if the coach has questioned our attitude."
The Indian board's working committee meets on April 7, following the meeting of the review committee the day before. It is expected that Chappell's report, due to be submitted to the board before April 6, will be scathing in its criticism of the attitude of the senior players including Sourav Ganguly, Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh. The working committee meeting will be attended by BCCI's office-bearers and seven former captains, including Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri and S Venkatraghavan.
RE:INDIA WILL LOVE SACHIN FOR THIS
by Dan Lewis on Apr 04, 2007 05:43 AM Permalink
Why not Dravid and Chappel?What atre their contributions to the world cup-an early exit?
RE:RE:INDIA WILL LOVE SACHIN FOR THIS
by Allat the moon God on Apr 04, 2007 05:59 AM Permalink
Ganguly, Tendulkar, Harbhajan and Sehwag need to go. We don't need stars in the team who hardly perform. Look at the New Zealand team that does so well without having any high profile stars. Dravid performed well against Sri Lanka and if not for him we may not have crossed 100 that day.
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by Arup Palit on Apr 04, 2007 10:12 AM Permalink
same case applied for ganguly also. if he had not scored 66 against bangladesh, india could have bundled out below 100.
so first know the stat, and then pass any remarks.
RE:INDIA WILL LOVE SACHIN FOR THIS
by Bhaskar C on Apr 04, 2007 12:04 PM Permalink
QUESTION URSELF R U PATRIOT OR TRAITOR BEFORE U TAKE SIDES OF SACHIN OR GREG. U KNOW WHAT TRAITORS SUFFER WHEN CAUGHT.
THESE TWO BROTHERS HAVE THE AUDACITY TO QUESTION THE COMMITMWENT OF CRICKET GOD - SACHIN TENDULKAR. HELL WITH CHAPPELLS, BRING WHATMORE AS COACH & SACHIN AS CAPTAIN WE WILL BEAT WORLD NO. 1 SOUTH AFRICA. Watch all in www.freewebs.com/evergreen11 website
RE:INDIA WILL LOVE SACHIN FOR THIS
by trompess francis on Apr 04, 2007 05:48 AM Permalink
I think its good that sachin came out saying something..but the bottom line is ...we are out of the tournament...n wat was Mr.Tendulkar's contribution in the WC.At the end of teh day..its not the coach tat goes down to the feild and repersent the country..its our players.And we all did see how pathetic they were.....
RE:INDIA WILL LOVE SACHIN FOR THIS
by Dan Lewis on Apr 04, 2007 07:13 AM Permalink
Is that a necessary prerequisite to criticize Dravid-Chappel? By the way Im not the one you are thinking about. Yet I feel bad when you guys get a divine pleasure in denigrating each others region and vernacular. In the pre-independence era Churchill said giving freedom to Indians will enhance their ability to kill each others like savages. I do not think you guys are any better than that. What time is it now in India? I guess morning! Better start the day fresh and try to do something good.
