Reasons of failure of team India. a)Cricket is a team game. If you remove the Captain mercilessly just when he started recovering from a bad patch with a predetermined plan.From one day, from test and then from the team altogether, you disturb the rythm of the team. b)You with vengeance start serching for an alternative to a person who still has a few years of cricket left, then your intentions are clear.You do not think about cricket or the team, you just have a petty agenda of blocking somebody's chances of redemtion, corrections and improvements. c) This petty agenda gets you out of focus. All your energy is concentrated on a negative agenda.You cn not see positive feel positive.In such a situation you can never be a role model. Other players canot accept you as a true leader. d)You also are not consistent in your planning. You go on testing players till the eve of the cup. Instead of encouraging the players going through a bad patch, you abuse them and drop them. You try very mediocre players from the domestic circuit. Here also you do not bring in the most prolific run getters of most wicket taking bowlers from the domestic cicuit. e) In a word you create an air of uncertainty among all the players. The old the new and the not so old. f) In such a given situation you can not get the best from your team. All the members become shaky and uncertain. g) You ruin the team in the process and your expection that players would give their best out of fear psychosis is a wrong theory.Negative incentive is not as rewarding as a positive incentive of appreciation from your coach or captain. " You didnt play? Okay never mind. Actually you should have done this or should not have done this. All right better luck next time, we are with you." h) This is called team spirit. This is called man management. I understand Chappel Rahul combination totally failed to consider this aspect of Indian cricket.They thought they would carry on experiments, drive out all legacies of the past captain and somehow put up a disjointed bunch of brilliant players who will perform for them. This is nver possible. The team spirit left by Saurav legacy continued in the first phase of Rahul Chappel era and won some matches. It evaporated too soon. Too much of experiments and ulterior motive ruined the team and the resultant humiliation for a nation of 125 million followed. This is clear logic. In the circumstances I see only one person standing above the rest to lead India for another two years required for grooming a new leader. This interim Captaincy must go to Saurav Ganguly. Obstinates term me as regionally biased, but it is only a coincidence that he is also an Indian hailing from the East.
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by dtr on Apr 03, 2007 08:10 PM Permalink
The team spirit left by Ganguly was not permanent. Because, it was not based on professionalism. It was based on traditional Indian style of 'Raja and slaves'.
When Ganguly was captain, if he really cared about the future of Indian cricket, he should have established a system, where individuals do not matter, everything is about team. It doesn't matter if the player is senior or junior, they get equal appreciation for their efforts. That system would be a permanent one, and every player in that system should be replaceable including Ganguly. People die, culture stays.
Ganguly is suited for corrupted govt. establishments, not for international cricket.
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by Seenu Subbu on Apr 03, 2007 07:51 PM Permalink
Is this all about ONE man!!? Everybody from Gautam Gambhir, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Balaji, Uthappa to Sehwag, Tendulkar and even Ganguli have been utter failures. Is this all about "negative focus". Oh these arrogant and ignorant Bengali fans have made it all about Ganguli. Swcre Ganguli,scrwe Tendulkar, scrwe Dravid.. it's about Indian team.
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by Seenu Subbu on Apr 03, 2007 07:53 PM Permalink
Kick all these old coots out on their booties and drive them to the fate of dinosaurs, get new folks more opportunities. Ganguli ganguli.. Teil malish Ganguli
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by gopinath yadava on Apr 03, 2007 07:56 PM Permalink
Gupta Saheb,
Till how long Indian cricket has to be in the hands of Old Stars (The so called !! Best Batting line up in the world)..and it's high time to kick all souravs, tendulkars, dravids, sehwags (who is known for his arrogance !!not being old), zaheer khans, agarkars ..out of the team and form a new team with young captain (who can atleast listen to a coach) and plan for next world cup .. Our so called stars has screwed up the nation by their best performance ever!!!
Lets call quits..and play with an younger generation who can atleast listen to a coach..
We require guys with top commitment and attitude and who has spirit playing for the nation..(all our OLD stars were having but as the time passed by ..they have forgotten the spirit)
lets pick up the young players and carry on with our young stars and see for the fresh young blood playing for the country .. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE
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by Indra Sengupta on Apr 03, 2007 09:02 PM Permalink
Age does not matter always. With age people lose many thing but gain far more. You are to weigh the pros and cons. It is not a quetion of emotions but hard logic and rality. Can you discard Heden, McGrath,, Jayasurya, Femming,and a host of other players if not Lara only because they are old? Unless you groom your talents to be able to replace the old there is no point in saying remove the old. My point is all the current players. young old and not so old would have performed much better had there not been the accident Rahul Chappel takeover and gangly ouster. I have a strong feeling out of my experience of studying people for at least 36 years since I attained maturity, Rahul is no captain material. You keephim as captain and you will lose again and again and again. Excuses are easy tofind. Sometimes you say your batsmen have let you down sometimes you say your seniors have let you down sometimes you say your middle order has collapsed sometimes you say that your bowlers did not bowl well sometimes you say you would have won if you could score another 30 runs and so on. But this leads you no where. You are to come as a real friend to your team mates. You are to charge them to get the best of them. You are to use your prudence in all departments of captaincy batting bowling field setting bowler changing batting order changing encouraging enthusing and so on. Here Rahul lags far far behind. Gid knows if he is kept you will see the difference. He will have to make way for new captain very soon because India shall never reach that height under Rahul that it achieved under Saurav.
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by Sourav Ganguly on Apr 03, 2007 07:31 PM Permalink
tks man. U r my greatest fan. Atleast some Bengalis give me support if not others.
