1.Indian batting was not upto the mark against bangladesh.Most of them were out of form.Dravid won the toss and thought it would be better to take the pressure of chasing in such a crutial match than to take the pressure of batting first.
2.SL were reeling after 20 overs with three main batsmen out.It was time to go for the kill.Dravid opted a defensive field with no slips and keeping a few close in fielders.SL batsmen scored runs freely in ones and twos with no risks being taken.They didnt even played a lofted shot till 40 overs.
3.Agarkar after a so long bowled well(22 runs in 7 overs).He got his reward.He was underbowled and sachin bowled 2 extra overs giving away 22 runs.
4.He comes at no 5 when three imporant wickets have fallen and india were put under tremendous pressure.When we have such a flexible batting line up that anybody can play anywhere then why didnt he came at no 4 when two quick wickets have fallen.
With such idiotic displays as captain he had the arrogance not to consult any of the senior cricketers and could say that the defeat is collective responsibility.Where was the collective responsibility when india was getting defeated under Ganguly.Dravids batting form being a captain is no better than ganguly.He may have won 17 matches chasing on a trot but we forget that we won against teams which were weaker and trying to group and also that we won in this sub continent pitches.The SL team that were thrashed during making of the record can now beat us any day any where.They improved while we went back to the stone age of indian cricket.
Still some people say Dravid and Chappel deserve a wecond chance.They had no stategy against Bangladesh.They continued their experimentations till the SL series at home 2007 when all other teams have a stable team.SL didnt even bother to bring their two main strike bowlers who eventually wrecked the indian batting in WC.
For me and all unbiased people with some grey matter in their head It should be end of Dravid/Chappel era.
RE:The great captain of Team India
by bhagwan majila on Mar 26, 2007 03:18 PM Permalink
Are You expecting to Ganguly as a Caption ? is he deserve a place in indian Xl ?
RE:The great captain of Team India
by kaushik majumder on Mar 26, 2007 03:53 PM Permalink
Thats what u see .Either i am a ganguly fan or dravid fan.I am neither.i dont expect ganguly as captain.For me Yuvi should be made the captain and the trio should give full support to him both on and off hte field.And regarding gangulys place in the team.See his record in the matches he played after coming back in the team.If he would have been recalled earlier he would have played better.U would say he played slowly against Bangladesh.Y dont u look at the scenario .Four wickets have fallen.Only Dhoni was there after him.If he had played a shot and got out u would have said he should be kicked out of the team.We all know what happenned after his dismissal.Dravid also played slowly in that match.Nobody talks about him.I remember in the last SA series india were chasing a target of over 250 and were 4 wickets down with almost no score.Dravid made half century in 170 balls even knowing that with such slow pace india couldn't have won the match.After the match everybody praised dravid for his knock. Here India were setting the target and 191 was good for a team like bangladesh(SL bowled them out for less than 150).When sachin started to play slowly every critic started saying he changed his style and it suited indian batting.But Sourav have to hit sixes and fours and score at more than run a ball even though the othter batsman is Uthappa who was playing like a pinch hitter and sehwag who does not know to defend the ball and was out of form for the last one year.As far as i see ganguly is in a no win position and biased people like u will always find fault in him.No matter what u think he won us plenty of matches and will do so in the coming years if given the support he gave to all the youngsters.Tell me how many youngsters have come who made a mark under dravid when his moto was to crop oldies()tageted ganguly) and bring fresh blood,compared to ganguly's captaincy.Ask urself and you will find the answers.
If u have any valid point to sya then reply otherwise there is no need to ask such lame questions.
