Change Hindustan to Bangalistan... Bangali will be national language Saurav will be President, Prime Minister and Captain of Bangalistan team. And the matches will be played in Eden Gardens and all the Banglistan players will write B in place of V. Kolkata will be the capital of Bangalistan Bangladesh will be the first alley of Bangalistan Hail Bangalistan......
RE:Hail Ganguli
by Suman Bhat on Apr 09, 2007 12:43 PM Permalink
Dravid gave his unconditional support and sacrifices to all captians he played under. Check statistics for last7-8 years and see the contributions of dravid forr little success india had WHY CAN%u2019T OTHER PLAYERS DO THE SAME NOIW??CRICKET ts a team game and ALL PLAYERS have to contribute from bat and ball Captian and coach did not tell senior players to not take singles, waste more balls than runs scored, poor running bet wkt, drop catches, give so many extra to bowlers, por batting and throwing wkt by playing silly shots%u2026. , leadership can only take the horse to the water but the horse as to drink it and not vommit.
Even though all senior players are not supporting him, he is fighing with board for contract, endorosement issie He took fight against chetan desai/ dirty report leak. he fought for Sehwag/pathan in the selection meeting where the W C squad was picked. . Sewag is highest rungetter and socred 100 against bermeada others batsman did not score 100 even against bermada Dravid refused to identify any teammate as doing groupism or out of form or some players are rotten apple. Dravid accepted the responsibility for defeat in public infront of media( sachin can go media against some bad report / email leak but he never accepted the defeat that he also failed with bat) Dravid also asked for one media manager, ad managaer and a saying of captain in selection of youngsters, How can anyone say he is not aggressive or inimaginative or spineless??? 65% think Tendulkar shd retire 61% think Ganguly shd go. 56% support venkatest prasad for bowling coach 92% think Robin is a good fit for fielding coach.
Dinesh Karthick of the most supported player , with 95% asking him to be in. He is followed by Dravid and Yuvraj singh. Agit agarkar is the most unwanted, 81% want him out, follwed by 78% for Harbajan singh. on www.cricketvotes.com.. cricketvotes.com/news.html
So called cricket greats like Sachin, Saurav never discussed any matters that will benefit Indian Cricket with anybody and also with BCCI. Remember when the last time all players were united is when ICC restricted all Players not to participate any advertisements that were not part of official ICC list. Sachin and others came out in support of all the players only because they have endorsements that don%u2019t list out in the official ICC list. More over, we have heard stories of Saurav encouraging guys like yuvraj, Sehwag and Harbhajan to take part in PEPSI advertisements and these guys got excessive nod to continue in the team even though they don%u2019t perform well.
Other than this single situation, Sachin or any senior players don%u2019t came out in support of any player be it for cricketing reasons or any other reasons.
But Dravid always a team player and always supported his captain and have stood for the team. Remember those 4 years where he acted as a wicket keeper even though he is not a regular keeper. He took the pain for the benefit of the team. So called great Sachin refused and still refusing to play in the middle order and crying that I want to play only as an opener and crying that my attitude was questioned and so on%u2026
Coach never asked Sachin always get out inside edge onto the pad and clean bowled in a match where he needs to perform.
Coach never asked Saurav to go over the top and play a silly shot where the need of the hour is play sensibly and play more over and get a good century and make the India to win.
Coach never asked Yuvraj to go for a silly run where there is no run and get out.
Coach never asked Dhoni to play back to a ball where you need to come forward and play.
Coach never asked agarkar to bowl full tosses in the final overs so that guys like Arnold and Vas can hit him for fours and sixers.
Coach never asked Harbhajan to concentrate on bowling his 10 overs for only 40 and don%u2019t take any wickets.
Coach never asked Saurav to drop the catch where as Murali in the same catch held on to a very difficult catch.
Coach never said that. Players, have some Responsibility playing for your country.
I repeat your words Captain and coach did not tell senior players to not take singles, waste more balls than runs scored, poor running bet wkt, drop catches, give so many extra to bowlers, poor batting and throwing wkt by playing silly shots.
RE:Hail Ganguli
by Circuit on Apr 09, 2007 02:33 PM Permalink
Bakwaas !! Pin my Foot ..
Who says gradid took pain to be the wicketkeper. Since he was out of form and people not wanted him in ODI team due to his tortoise scoring, ganguly gave him a chance to ensure his place in team, otherwise, captain to chhodo, Dravid would have been a history like WV Raman in onedays.
RE:Hail Ganguli
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Apr 10, 2007 09:44 AM Permalink
agreed that dravid hadnt had a good start in ODIs initially. But he learned the hard way and did a laot of hard work to come back and show his strength. Who else has shown the strength to come back like that? You can kick me again saying that dada came back great. But today he playes only for his own place in the team. We all know wt happended in the match against Bangladesh. Dravid/Coach sent a message to accerale the innings, Saurav refused it and played very slowly and got his own 50 and got out which increased the pressure on other players who came after him. Thats the selfishness we see in people like dada, Sachin and so called seniors.
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 09, 2007 02:40 PM Permalink
dravid made as wkt keeper b'cuz ganguly needed one more batsman for team and when sewag started opening ganguly pushed to no -3 sort out his batting order dravid made to keep wkts without dravid ganguly success in odis and test was not possible. ganguly selfish oppertunist politician backstabbed dalmaiya and dravid betrayed team
RE:Hail Ganguli
by Rocker on Apr 09, 2007 03:15 PM Permalink
Correct Mr. Suman Bhat you are right on target...but I would like to know from you one thing why do you have so much hatred against Ganguli..
