Selector should kick Dravid out without delay, otherwise INDIAN cricket can not be saved.
By the "Sachin bomb" Greig is burst out of INDIA. Fortunately or unfortunately Sachin blasted the bomb very lately. If he would have done this 2 years before when for drawing attention of media and publicity Greg Chappell started talking lot negative about Sachin. That time Sachin was not even in the team and healing from his surgery. If "Sachin bomb" would have been blasted two years before, then INDIAN cricket could have been saved from the biggest mess under Chappell-Dravid combined EVIL force.
Chappell purely came to INDIA to fulfill his mission of cleaning the path of Australia for WC 07 which is to damage INDIAN cricket. All the time Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh scared of INDIAN team which only could challenge them in its best day.
RE:Dravid must be kicked out without delay
by us on Apr 26, 2007 12:20 PM Permalink
After long time gap (after Kapil) probably INDIA got a good bowler, Irfan Pathan. He had been damaged by Chappell-Dravid Evil combination.
This time team was almost same as 2003 WC. Even Ganguly said this time team is much better than what he had on 2003. That's due to good wicket keeper-batsman Dhoni.
Ganguly had a bad wicket keeper.
Still INDIA (runner of 2003 WC) lost in the first round under the greatest Captain of INDIA and World...
INDIA won 1983 WC without foreign coach. Why INDIA needs foreign coach, particularly EVIL Chappell ?
Moreover Mr. Gum put his gun on other's shoulder. Did he have guts to play an innings like Kapil Dev in any world cup?
He is Mr. Gum, he never thinks of his strike rate, rather his run average....
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by felix pinto on Apr 27, 2007 03:04 PM Permalink
What dravid can do if batsman and bowler fail to deliver? what dravid can do if india was 159/4 and 161/9 and evntually all out for 190 against bangladesh? what dravid can do if batsman like tendulkar, uvaraj,doni out for a duck? aganist sri lanka? we were praising him when india made a record of 14 Consecutive run chasing victorys.
RE:Dravid must be kicked out without delay
by CricketLover on Apr 27, 2007 09:35 PM Permalink
Why did Dravid not bat till the end against BD? He is supposed to be techically the best Indian batsman so how he should have led from the front. Yes a captain is as good as a team but a good captain makes maximum use of the potential of the team at the right time. Dravid lacks imagination and is weak as a leader, hence all the divisions in the team. Only a strong captain can keep the team together, not someone meek as Dravid. Someone who commands the respect of all (like Lloyd or Imran), unfortunately there is none in Indian cricket at the moment
RE:Dravid must be kicked out without delay
by Suman Bhat on Apr 27, 2007 06:18 PM Permalink
team india defeated same SL team 6-1 some times under dravid%u2019s captaincy without politician superstar ex captain not having part of team Same SL team reached final of WC b%u2019cuz they play as one unit and all senior players support captain and perform for team causeteam ind WC debacle b'cuz some senior players betrayed captain, team and millions of fans by playing back stage politicsVery easy to blame captain, What about other 10 players players%u2019s the lack of commtiment , lack of passion to win/perform, , poor body languge or groupism or petty politics played against captain and coach spending time in crease for sponsers cause, playing for self records, many players think they are leaders and not to led by skipper, superstar attitude .. lankans are playing as one unit and no players are backfiring captain... many players who supported so called superstars now realized that fighting battle on ground will keep the place in team but not back stage politics. Superstars will never loose place but youngsters will be victims. do you that ganguly becames succefull captian ,in his captainship he won many match in that total 60% won by darvid take out dravid's performance ganguly success will less than sachins..
RE:Dravid must be kicked out without delay
by Jomesh George on Apr 27, 2007 06:28 PM Permalink
It's annoying Indian cricket fans continuously criticising or even abusing Rahul Dravid for India's early exit from WC.He fought really well in the crucial game against Sri Lanka but no support was there from the other end.Dravid is not Kapil Dev to play a magical innings like that Kapil played against Zimbabwe in 1983.We expected him to play an anchor role similar to that of Javed Miandad in the WC 1992 and Dravid has done it quiet effectively.But other big guns failed miserably and all responsibilities were put into Dravid's shoulder.It's ridiculous.
