THE FACT REMAINS THAT GREG WAS NOT ALLOWED TO WEED OUT THE "SUPERSTARS" DURING HIS TENURE. HE BROUGHT IN SO MANY YOUNGSTERS INTO THE GAME, AS HE KNEW THEY HAD HUNGER IN THEIR STOMACHS AND STRENGTH IN THEIR FEET. BUT HE WAS "ADVISED" TO BACK OFF AT EVERY STAGE, AS IT DID NOT SUIT THE COTERIE OF "REGIONAL SELECTORS". LATER, EVEN VENGSARKAR HAD TO "TOE THE LINE" TO ALLOW "REGIONAL SELECTION". SO KAIF, RAINA, RP SINGH, GAMBHIR, VRV SINGH, PATHAN & SREESANTH WERE ALL NOT PLAYED. FINALLY WE TOOK THE "OLDEST TEAM" TO THE WORLD CUP AND JUST SEE HOW THE YOUNG TEAMS WALLOPED US.
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by Ramanath Babu on Mar 26, 2007 12:09 PM Permalink
Mr. Aggarwal, I totally agree with you. Having appointed him as our coach, we should have given him a free hand. When Chappel-Dravid duo took over, Indian team was on a roll winning each and every series convincingly, till the WEst Indies fiasco.
About Dravid as a caption. He started well in fact. When we played aginst England athome in Mohali, the test was petering into a dram, but Dravid and his men brought out a fantastic victory on the 5th day. Having tasted the blood India went to Mumbai with five bowlers, five batsmen and keeper. He rightly chose to bowl first with the idea of skittling out a depleted England side, perhaps under 200 and then knock up 400 or 450 so that India need not bat for a second time on 4th or 5th day. His decision was absolutely right, but for dropped catches. As many as eighteen catches were dropped and Englishmen flourished and turned the table against India. Dravid attrached a lot of criticism for his decision, but I fee with five bowlers at his command he did the right thing. Once bitten twice shy, Dravid was apprehensive about his all decisions from thereon. Most of the cricket fans think they know cricket better than the Dravids, Sachins and Gangulys. Such criticisms through media influence everybody,including the BCCI and the cricketers are forced to be on the backfoot and tread cautiously. We cannot expect a flameboyant attitude from our captaions as they are watched and criticised for every movement they make. And the sad part is that most of those criticise are just arm-chair critics with no cricketing background whatsoever and with little knowledge about the finer points of the game.
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by Krishnakumar Kannan on Mar 26, 2007 12:01 PM Permalink
Iam lost here. What exactly did ur youngsters with fire in their belly acheive??? Nonsense!!!
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by rajendra agrawal on Mar 26, 2007 01:10 PM Permalink
DEAR KANNAN, WHILE YOU DO HAVE A POINT, BEING A COLLECTIVE FAILURE, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT THERE WERE ONLY 3/4 YOUNGSTERS IN THE TEAM WHO WERE TOLD TO TOE THE LINE OF OTHERS. ALL THE SENIORS KEPT CHANGING & CHOPPING THEIR BATTING / BOWLING LINE UP AS WELL AS THEIR FIELDING POSITIONS, TO SUIT THEIR OWN "PETTY" GOALS/AMBITIONS/CAREERS, BECAUSE OF WHICH THESE YOUNGSTERS WERE TOTALLY AT SEA. IN ORDER TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY, IT HAS TO BE A SINGLE LINE OF COMMAND, AS IN A CORPORATE SETUP, AND THE COACH ALONE SHOULD ALSO BE THE ONLY NATIONAL SELECTOR, INSTEAD OF SO MANY REGIONAL SELECTORS, AND HE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT ONLY.
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by RAMESH GODAVARTI on Mar 26, 2007 12:09 PM Permalink
Referring to 'DIPLOMATIC FAILURES ' by Mr RAJENDRA AGARWAL, I would like to add that even if a young team is fielded tomorrow in place of the non performing and overrated veterans,our media and corporate world will lose no time projecting them as new super stars and Icons after just one or two good performences.These new super stars will then follow in the foot steps of their predecessors.I am told that in Australia cricketers are allowed to endorse products only after their retirement.One gets the feeling that Indian cricket will never rise to the top despite the huge following and will remain in mediocrity.
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by Rajash P Abraham on Mar 26, 2007 12:10 PM Permalink
friends, dont forget the way the youth icon dhoni played. 0 against bengladesh, 29 against bermuda (one of the weakest teams in the competition) and 0 against srilanka. average in 3 matches is 9.67. what a performace from this player who plays sixes pasting the gallery and stadium in advertisements and saying " Its easy na". ban all the products marketing by these cowards. then only marketing companies will realize the mistake of promoting dumb fellows as models and icons.
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by rajendra agrawal on Mar 26, 2007 01:12 PM Permalink
DEAR KANNAN, WHILE YOU DO HAVE A POINT, BEING A COLLECTIVE FAILURE, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT THERE WERE ONLY 3/4 YOUNGSTERS IN THE TEAM WHO WERE TOLD TO TOE THE LINE OF OTHERS. ALL THE SENIORS KEPT CHANGING & CHOPPING THEIR BATTING / BOWLING LINE UP AS WELL AS THEIR FIELDING POSITIONS, TO SUIT THEIR OWN "PETTY" GOALS/AMBITIONS/CAREERS, BECAUSE OF WHICH THESE YOUNGSTERS WERE TOTALLY AT SEA. IN ORDER TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY, IT HAS TO BE A SINGLE LINE OF COMMAND, AS IN A CORPORATE SETUP, AND THE COACH ALONE SHOULD ALSO BE THE ONLY NATIONAL SELECTOR, INSTEAD OF SO MANY REGIONAL SELECTORS, AND HE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT ONLY. A TIME HAS ALSO COME TO SPONSOR THE ENTIRE TEAM COLLECTIVELY, AND BAN INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIP. IF THE INDIVIDUAL WANTS AN INDIVIDUAL SPONSERSHIP, HE SHOULD TAKE A SABBATICAL FOR THAT CRICKETING SEASON.
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by ram singh on Mar 26, 2007 11:35 AM Permalink
It is fault of both Rahul Dravid & VENGSARKAR,they should be immediately remove from thier postion.
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by sanjay bhardwaj on Mar 26, 2007 11:48 AM Permalink
Kindly add the name of Sachin Tendulkar also as one of the persons to be sacked / shown the door
