I have been readibg all the comments in this site. Basically Rahul is a very good obidient boy, all parents would like to have. He does not have the guts and courage to impliment his ideas, and thus he is uncomfortable with Sachin & Sourav around. As the parents(BCCI) love him more, they have sacked the other two talented sons. This is expected from the BCCI people eg Shah, Manohar Pawaretc who have never played or understand cricket. Lastly, I personally think that India could have defended 191 against Bangladesh, Had an agressive captain been there. Captaincy in that game was abyssmal.
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by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Apr 21, 2007 06:29 PM Permalink
If the whole team fails, the captain cannot do anything. See the way we bowled against Bangaldesh, we cant defend even 300 agaisnt Bangladesh.
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by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Apr 21, 2007 06:30 PM Permalink
Moreoever, Saurav was considered a great captain because he has the players who are all in a good form and indian team is winning. Saurav will fail today in this situation
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by Rahul Roy on Apr 21, 2007 07:18 PM Permalink
Dravid is not a powerful leader and has no respect from the existing senior players. That%u2019s why he is looking for new players who will be grateful for the chance in the team. He is too introvert & self centered to be a captain. For his selfish act and self interest he turned the 'Team India' to a collection of great players. If you can not build a team then you can not be a team leader. Without a %u201Cteam%u201D you can't win.
Sourav had built the team and used get 110% from a player that is the sign of a great leader while Dravid gets only 25% of someone%u2019s potential. We could defend lost against Bangladesh because %u2013 1. Wrong team selection, Kumble should have picked, why Uthappa & Sehwag both in the team what was their individual role as a batsman in the team throughout the WC?? Why Dravid is not in number 3? 2. Munaf who just had a 5 wicket haul in the previous game should have started the bowling or should have brought in attack within first 5 overs, seeing other two are not performing. 3. Should have used Harbhajan, Sehwag, Sachin & Yuvraj lot early after seeing the Bangladesh spinners. 4. Why nourishing Irfan for last two years to make him India%u2019s trump card in WC and not using him at all? THE BIGGEST MANAGEMENT BLUNDER OF ALL TIME IN CRICKET HISTORY!!!
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by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Apr 21, 2007 07:58 PM Permalink
you canot blame only Dravid here. decisions such are the decisions taken in the team meeting and coach, captain, vice cpatina and senior players will decide the strategies. Team selection, bowling changes, strategies like whom to bowl in the opneing position all will be discussed as part of the Team meeting.
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by Abhijit Roy on Apr 22, 2007 12:14 AM Permalink
SENIORS ARE THEIR TO GIVE INPUTS. CAPTAINS JOB IS TO ASSIMILATE THEM MAKE HIS FINAL STERN DISCISION; AND NOT GET LOST IN THE MODE OF INDESCISIVENESS.
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by Rahul Roy on Apr 21, 2007 09:48 PM Permalink
Then Why do we need a captain? Seems like if it is a win, its because of Dravid. But if it is a loss, then it is everyone else fault .. very good. .. In that why not make me captian..I'll take everyone's suggestion ...
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 23, 2007 01:05 PM Permalink
odi winning average diff ganguly and dravid is only 1% while ganguly led team for 146 ois dravid only 63 matches ganguly was captain for 5yrs while dravid not even 2yrs
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by Faceless Spirit on Apr 21, 2007 08:58 PM Permalink
The Board the captain and the captain's fans all are stinking and farting in joy. The entire place is full of foul smell.
India will return loser from Bangla outing. The great captain shall silently pass three more farts in joy again.
Only new player is Manoj. He will not be given any chance to play and be dropped again. The scheme is such that they will call Tendulkar agin but won't give chance to Ganguly.
Farting captain is farting all over the places with his farting fans who write long eulogies on this joker Rahul.
Bare his back and cane him with an oil soaked cane stick 10000 times.
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by Abhijit Roy on Apr 21, 2007 11:07 PM Permalink
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT BOSS! T WHOLE PROBLEM LIES WITH THE BCCIAND THOSE WHO RUN IT.
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 22, 2007 12:12 AM Permalink
Media is making too much noise. Both super stars are rested not dropped Sachin being VC is failed with bat during WC.? How can a ganguly%u2019s performance helped the team ?? His 129-ball 66 against Bangladesh, 114-ball 89 against Bermuda, and 23-ball 7 against Sri Lanka conveyed the impression that he was more concerned with making runs for himself than the team. Poor fielding, poor running between wkt, and unwilling to take singles not rotating strke etc.. Many cricket / media expert are telling dravid influencing the sehwag why reliable sources ?? sehwag is highest run getter with better average and strike rate? He is highest rungetter and scored 100 in WC while no other batsman including yuvraj did not score 100 against Bermuda also When ganguly was captain, laxman and kumble were out of team even after good performance which ended odi career of laxman and kumble. gangauly will go down in history that most successful captain in ditching dalmaiy, dravid and sachin.. why did not ganguly resign whem team failed in 1st in ICC trophy in england 2004?? ganguly will go in histroy that he was successful all his dadagirit promoting groupism? why so successful ganguly never accounted in top 10 ranking of ICC anytime in his 10 yrs career??ganguly will go in history that he is only politician cricketer who used media and politician influence to get the back door entry and sucessful in destroying dressing room/ team spirit by vomiting dressing room conflict infront of media during Zim tour ganguly is successful selfish, oppertunist, cunning politician
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 22, 2007 12:15 AM Permalink
take out dravid's performance from ganguly's success and his average succes will be lower than sahcin. dravid gave 100 % commitment to team cause and he trusted that senior players will support but was back fired by sachin, ganguly bajji dhoni agarkar and zahirkahn if so called superstarts deliberatly play negative cricket and make sure team lost match why blame the captain??
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by Abhijit Roy on Apr 21, 2007 11:09 PM Permalink
The captain has to have a PLAN B. He looked all at sea. He does not smile, and is expressionless.
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 22, 2007 12:17 AM Permalink
politician ganguly and VC sachin failed in WC agaisnt SL . sachin failed against bangladesh also. Board/selection committe rested 2 super star players for odis b'czu has both were become sic and tired of dressing room politics.ganguly played negative cirket and gifted match to bangaldesh and Sl ganguly is main culprit for WC debacle. ganguly betrayed dalmiaya, sachin and dravid.team ind in 2004 failed in england in ICC trophy team did not win any series in SA when ganguly was captain team had many humiliated defeats by kiwis ( 56 all out lowes odi score for team india) ausses WI and pakistan take out dravid's performance and ganguly success average as captain will be lower than sachins sahme on politician ganguly promoting groupism and spoiling sports man spirit of younger players encouraging them for petty politics ganguly had huge succes as dadagiri betryaing sachi to get captaincy, betrayed dalmiay who influned for ganguly to continue as captian even after poor pathatic form and ganguly betrayed dravid who anchored the success of ganguly as captain. take out performance of dravid and check the ganguly success record it will be lower than sachins GNAGULY IS SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING GROUPISM AND ENCOURAGING YOUNGESTER TO PLAY PETTY POLITICS AGAISNT TEAMMATES AND SPOILING SPORTS SPIRIT.
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by soumendu paul on Apr 28, 2007 07:29 PM Permalink
I hope everybody has noticed DRAVID's body language in wc. This body language does not work out to qualify super 8 or playing finals. Just review the past captain's body languages...u will get the answer. ....u farter.
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by Rahul Roy on Apr 22, 2007 01:14 AM Permalink
FOR YOU KIND INFORMATION MR. SUMAN BHAT PLEASE CHECK YOU FACTS FIRST BEFORE TELLING LIES TO SUITS YOUR ARGUMENT. GANGULY WAS ICC TOP 10 ODI RANKING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. PLEASE CHECK http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/batting/player-display.php?id=2141. HE IS STILL 36 soon come up in top if DRAVID can let him play .
India lost in WC because of Dravid not anyone else
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 23, 2007 01:04 PM Permalink
Lack of commitment, fighting spirit, negative body language, playing for self recores, to cement place for next matches, sponsers, poor fielding, trying to expose each on the field, promoting groupism etc.. Has coach told instructed for all these?? chappell's big mistake was he treated all players alike, equally and push the players from comfort zone. many superstars were taken their placed for granted.... winning and defeat depends on performance of XI players on the field irrepective of coach, captain, pitch and conditions. SL is playing superb cricket None of senior player /ex captain m envied mahila%u2019s his promotion as captain From the outset they gave unstinting support. they remained hungry to perform and did not rely on reputation or popular support to protect the ganguly and sachin should have fought battle on ground rahter in dressing room both may successful to get rid of chappell but both players may not play WC2011 tee taht t
