Putting blame on the coach is no good. What can a coach do when the players have attitude problems.Sachin, Ganguly and Dravid are becoming too big for their boots.How did Bangladesh defeat India? They played for their country,and they did hard work on the field. indians are too slopy, and the maximum blame for this should go to Dravid, he is the one who has done maximum damage to India, when everybody is fielding first after winning the toss, it was Dravid who took to batting first, it was his decision, and that cost India the match.Indian players, specially stars are known for their sloppiness.Tendulkar has been a failure throughout and he can bat now only against Bermuda or Canada.Records are for records, nobody is interested in the records,what everybody is interested is to see you work hard and not to throw away your wicket. Tendulkar must have got annoyed with Chappel, cos his 7younger brother Ian that other day has called for Tendulkar to retire as he is not the best batsman in the world. tendulkar lacks consistency, how can a good batsman fail for so long, how come Jayasurya and Lara score runs most of the time. Chappel has done a marvelous job for India, and he should not be blamed.
RE:Sachin should retire
by XXX on Apr 05, 2007 01:06 AM Permalink
If you check Chappel's outburst on media, it was not Dravid's decision to bat first against Bangladesh. It was some "senior" players' decision and they have framed that decision before hand. I really can't understand why Dravid has to be blamed. Captain can cheer the players up, set fields for the bowler. Its in the hands of the batsmen to deliver the goods. You know the score against SL, you have to play sensibly to counter the initial overs, and keep your wickets. You can't blame Dravid for this.
RE:Sachin should retire
by ny nt on Apr 05, 2007 12:16 AM Permalink
1.Sourav plays a lofted shot and throws his wicket away after being well set in the bangladesh match - Dravid has to be blamed for that.
2. Yuvraj same as Sourav in the Bangladesh match thows his wicket away - Once again Dravid has to be blamed for that.
3. Robin Uthappa keeps playing lofted shots in the crucial Sri Lanka match - Dravid has to be blamed for that.
4. Sourav out of frustration not able to time his shots does the brilliant thing of stepping out to slash at the ball (Once again in the crucial Sri Lanka Match) - yes once again blame Dravid for that.
Can we be real and honest. Lets stop finding scapegoats for things that india did not do right wiht the basics.
RE:Sachin should retire
by Kaushik Basu on Apr 05, 2007 12:35 AM Permalink
If that is the case what is the difference between a good and a bad captain and a good and a bad coach?
RE:RE:Sachin should retire
by ny nt on Apr 05, 2007 01:34 AM Permalink
With rare exception , mostly people's and Media's Definition of A good captain is when he wins and a bad captain is when he fails. There were times in back to back matches the Captain was called bad after a loss and Smart after winning in a span of one match. THe bottom line is even if a captain is astute, brilliant or smart he cannot be responsible if individual players do not take responsibility to see the game through. This is what has plagued Indian Cricket right through. Just go through the history of Indian Cricket and see how times when India should have won matches we have lost. "ONE" not the only , but "ONE" of the most common occurence has been that totally set batsmen just "gift" their wickets away, either because they complete their century, or they just lose their patience. I have said it earlier Australia wins matches because every player tries to play his game till the end. It is a simple concept which the media calls it hard. Sure Dravid did make bad calls. But which captain has not. Here it is blown out of proportion because of the world cup and its format. But to say that he is a bad captain based on the loose definiton of a good and bad catpain is ridiculous. IF Dravid had not stayed and continue playing his long innings with Pakistan and Australia would we have won those series????? So whoever was the Captain was a good captain in those series was a "Good" captain ?????
RE:Sachin should retire
by HateLoveMyTeam on Apr 05, 2007 07:16 AM Permalink
Every body in the world knows except a few that Rahul Dravid is the "worst captain" ever come out of indian team.
RE:Sachin should retire
by Ashis Hazra on Apr 05, 2007 12:52 AM Permalink
how can you blame robin uttappa now?he was just playing his natural game.remember that he got his position in the team due to his attacking style of batting which he showed in the WI series.He just lacks experience.Just give these youngsters time and they will prove their mettle.
