I have noticed that rediff has made a shameless attempt to print Pro Dravid and Pro Chappell articles in the last 2 weeks. I challenge rediff to do a poll to show how many people want Dravid and Chappell removed as captain and coach.
RE:Rediff Challenge
by rayker rayker on Apr 04, 2007 09:55 AM Permalink
there's already a poll which says should dravid remain as a captain FYI. if you dont ike the tide of opinion, maybe you should shift to sify or times, or wherever the going gets good for you! seriously! * as a captain, i doubt dravid's got the same perception of ganguly. when you move confidently, people take you into confidence, regardless whether you are good or not, its human psychology to support a good looking/ or a good sounding leader. ganguly was much more than that - he was effective as a captain too. * dravid surely is a step below in terms of cunning that ganguly had. * somebody here opined that ganguly inherited a wrecked team, and he took it to greater heights. thats absolutely true. but , there's a corollary to it too - dravid inherited a team which was doing good, and to sustain it is difficult . its like a race where if you are not fit - after a while your pace drops. (the fitness part ehre is the bad selection policies and other evils that indian cricket, and indians in general ssuffer from - lack of being organised, or discipline). the same happened to even ganguly, sustaining like aussies demands a very high discipline in every aspect of life and the game. * dravid did fairly well, being like a diplomat, he's prone to indecision, and bad decisions. being a shrewd leader like ganguly, you can always deflect criticism or no one will question you when the going is good and yu have an occasional blip. (by shrewd i dint mean ganguly was bad - but he used the tactics like keeping steve waugh waiting at the toss. that was fabulous, he beat aussies at thier mindgames)
RE:Rediff Challenge
by Suman Bhat on Apr 04, 2007 10:15 AM Permalink
team india was broken ship when dravid made captain and ranked No8 in ICC ranking ( even now it is ranked No6)This WC team India %u2018s early exit, b%u2019cuz some players delieberatley palyed negative cricket and betryed team and dtiched dravid.ateam. If players are not ready to support team cause what capatain.some players fielding and body language was visible that as if they were playing an practice match and gifted match to Bangladesh an early exit from WC means dravid is not good captian and ganguly%u2019s records not harmed
When players only go against captain and coach and betray teammates why blame captain or coach??If player can not perform for team what is his role ? He should be kicked out team
IF players can get negative inspiration why could not players did not perform for team??how can cricket expert say that captain is not motivating player?/ WC is the biggest event of cricket and those players who get chance to play this on behalf of team India?
chappel tried to push the palyers comofrt zone and bring professionalism. Many players do not like this Dravdi was the guy showing the fight against SL...but who supported him? Dravid accepted the responsiblity for defeat in front of media he will resign Sewag selection was questioned by Chief slesctor HE IS HIGHESTRUN GETTER Dhoni, harbajan, sachin, completly failed the worst thing there is groupism and politcs in team and it was visible dufing match against SL and Bangaldesh ganguly is selfish politician He and his group deliberately played negative cricket , played big role in defeat and took revenge for his outset. he is cunning politicain not a team man main culprit to sabotage team WC capaign. He betrayed dravid. when he was captain it was dravid performance, hardwork brought him succes as captain. In WX2003 india reached final b`uz of sachins brillinet performance. not b`zu of ganguly`s captiancy or agression. it is ganguly, zahirkahn, dhoni, harbajan should be kicked out..
