ok u want to know why ganguly was a good captain..Tell me in the recent times has he batted well..Take one example.The world cup do u think it was becoz of ganguly that v went to the finals of last world cup..Let me give u statistics.Don't support Ganguly only becoz u r a fan and come up with crazy ideas that he led india to glory only becoz of himself.Let me give u the real statistics..Take World Cup 2003 for example..Against Zim ganguly went for 23 runs whereas Sachin and Rahul batted till the end scoring 88 and 43 not out respectively.India won..India against England.Ganguly out for 19 runs.Sachin 59 Dravid 62 and Nehra 6 wickets ensured India a place in the Super Six..Against pak. Ganguly 0 Dravid 44 not out Yuraj 50 runs.India won.These were the pool matches..Now super six.Against sri lanka sachin 98 sehwag 65. India won.Against nz ganguly 3 Kaif 68 n.o Dravid 53n.o.India won and went into semifinals and in the final 24..He played well against Kenya and Nambia..and in all this rahul dravid was a wicketkeeper..I don't think Ganguly contributed one percent.Check the records..Don't blindly support one player.
And i would like to add one more thing..Ganguly pulled himself down..Let's go down history shall we? It was becoz of Ganguly that Chappell was appointed as coach.He insisted that chappell be made coach.Then when chappell suggested that ganguly give up his captaincy so that he can concentrate on his batting who asked him to come to the media and reveal it.Was he trying to gain sympathy? Y did he come out with it? This was the starting of this whole fiasco.He could have just said something to chappell or the board and left the matter as it was..But instead he chose to publicise it..If u think dravid is a puppet to sharad pawar what do u think ganguly was to dalmiya?
Ganguly is a great batsman but not a good team player.He is supposed to be the most aggresive player..Where is all the aggresssion now? being a senior u have to help the others in the team..He is always with the ipod..Where has his aggression gone? Do u mean to say that he is only aggressive when he is captain? What does that say abt him?
Yuvraj is just like ganguly..His attitude is getting in the way..I too don't want dravid to lead but at the moment he is the only choice..As batsmen v have got the best ppl in the world..Even australia cannot stand against us.V have ppl like Sachin,Sourav,Dravid,Yuvraj,Dhoni but y r v not able to compete with them?
RE:Ganguly
by sachin bajaj on Apr 07, 2007 11:39 PM Permalink
its not always that a captain always have a great record but the point is team as collective unit should do well & i think everybody knows who is the best captain of all times when it comes to the indian team but I think only the time will tell about dravid or yuvraj as decision has already been made.
RE:Ganguly
by raman garg on Apr 07, 2007 11:49 PM Permalink
carol devon i agree with u 100 percent.you have done excellent analysis. actually the people in our country r blind they support individuals out of emotions.too much has been said about dravids captaincy and sourav ganguly is regarded as a good captain by our countrymen but the fact is ganguly was a nervous captain who did not had any trust on his regular bowlers.dravid on the other hand has won india 17 consecutive matches with his good batting. on the whole dravid is a much more composed and mentally strong captain then ganguly.actually the memory of the people of our country is very weak, they have forgotten the fact that indian team was all out for 54 runs against sri lanka under the captaincy of the so called great captain sourav ganguly.anybody who still believes that sourav was a great captain and he took india to wc 2003 finals then please read carol devons comment given above. although india is out of wc 2007 but dravid should not be blamed for it as it he fighted hard in the last match against sri lanka made a brave 60 after having cramps in his legs for two times. so, guyz dravid is the right choice at the moment. well done carol devon.
