Ganguly inherited a battered team torn by match fixing controversies which even Sachin refused to lead. He hand picked players like Yuvraj, Kaif, Nehra, Balaji, Zaheer, Harbhajan. He insisted Sreenath to stay on. He made effective use of Kumble Laxman in suitable situations and pitches. Even Dravid was a very shaky and slow one day player. Gangly protected him from being dropped and lost. He even made him to keep wicket just to justify his place in the team. Dravid Chappel from day one started disturbing the rythm of the Indian team. The team hand picked by Ganguly fetched initial good results for Dravid also. As time passed by the entire enthusiasm evaporated. Everybody became shaky. None was sure about his position. All suffered from identity crisis. Pathan was destroyed in the process. So many mistakes they have committed it would be another Mahabharat. Only foolish regional robots would disagree with me.
Ganguly used his limited strength brilliantly.
He knew how to get what from his team mates. He used his brain in field setting ball changing. He is the most intelligent of them all. He encouraged everybody to perform. Dravid is no no way near Ganguly, you must admit today after the debacle. Only fools can deny the importance of the captain.
How come all players playing under Ganguly are suddenly failing? It is either due to sabotage by the coach or incompetence of the captain or both.
The following coversation I recorded from Indian dressing room in Jamaica.
Chappel- What Rahul? Rahul- Saurav was making faces to me while fielding at long on. Chappel-When? Rahul-In the Lanka match. Chappel-What did you do then? Rahul-I complained to Sachin. Chappel-What did Sachin do?
Rahul- He started ducking. Chappel- why? There was no bouncer. You people were fielding. Rahul- No No No he was adjusting two or three little things which he normally does frequently while batting. Strangely he is doing it while fielding also now a days. Suddenly he starts doing sit ups in the field. He calls it ball adjustment.
Chappel-Okay! I shall try that me also. Any way, What did you do then , Dear?
Rahul-I told Yuvi. Chappel- What did he do? Rahul-He also made face to me.
Chappel-Oh no! Call them both.
Chappel-Saurav, why did you make face to Rahul? Surav- Me? Making face? To Rahul? Why? I don't need to do that. The entire country is doing that. Rahul- No, he did it. Saurav- I dont know what is he talking about but can tell you I make faces mainly for some reasons.no 1.To adjust my contact lenses 2. to remove disturbing flies around my face, 3----- Chappel- Okay please stop.Yuvi what is your reason? Yuvi- Me making face? No No I do it all the time. It is my habit.
Chappel- you are so complaining Rahul. You complained a lot against Saurav when I joined the team first. It is the root of all the problems. Go and be magnanimous. You are the Captain. Behave like that.
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by Suman Bhat on Apr 01, 2007 11:04 AM Permalink
team went final in WC2003 bcuz sachin batted brilliently. he scored 33%of total runs and won MOS and best batsman. NOT B'CUZ OF GANGULY CAPTAINCY OR LEADERSHIP, srinath bowled well and dravid ketp wkts to accomodate one more batsman No player played negative cricket that team should loolse. But this time some players were not with team or captain . And WC event is best place to humiliate captain. One win would made team to in Sleague and there won%u2019t be any change in captaincy early exit in WC means to prove dravid not good captain and ganguly%u2019s record not harmed some players deliberately played negative cirkcet and betrayed team and ditched captain. But this time it is ganguly sachin, dhoni, harbjan betryaed team and ditched the captaint non cooperation of some players to captain is failue and cause for defeat I who is running in front for captaincy race ???? It was all about attitude, feels BCCI NEW DELHI, "There are five players in the team whose attitude needs to be sorted out," the official stressed. When asked to name the players, he suggested names like Sachin , Ganguly, Zaher, Harbhajan , Agarkar.
that contributed to our losses against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka." http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/It_was_all_about_attitude_feels_BCCI/articleshow/1839620.cms Captaincy myth Ganguly -5 yrs Team won 76 odis out of 147 matches when ganguly was captain
out of 147 matches India won 76 (51.70%) lost 66 (44.90%) Tie or no results 5(3.40%) won 74 (50.34%)
But Saurav captained 34 ODI against minnows Bangla Desh Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Netherlands Canada etc%u2026.. ganguly had advantage of leading team for lenghthier period and Nos of matches are more
Dravid %u2013 16 months Team won 33 odis out of 65 ( including this WC matches) when Dravid was captian
India won 33 (50.77%) lost 28 (43.08%)no result/ tie 4 (6.15%)
But Dravid captained ot 65 matches captained only two ODI against minnows i.e. Bangladesh and Bermuda and odi winning average differen very just 1% when compared dravids 's 16 months captaincy with ganguly's VC sachin failed with bat but ganguly scored runs but wasted more balls and his poor fielding , running btw wkt cost more runs to team and gifted match to Bangladesh herbajan wkt less dhoni is a complete failure. He was laughing even after dropping catch even one win would have taken team to S.legue and there was no change in captaincy early exit from WC meanc to prove dravid not good captain and ganguly%u2019s recored did not harm. . Back stage politics who names are forefront in captaincy race???
Who is responsible for India's defeat? While just two per cent blamed the BCCI, eight per cent blamed Rahul Dravid, five per cent Greg Chappell with an overwhelming majority of 85 per cent blaming the entire team for the poor show Retain Dravid as captain, Sachin should quit ODIs Should Rahul Dravid be replaced as the captain of the Indian team? And the answer was in the negative with 86 per cent saying he should not be removed with only nine per cent saying that he should be replaced. The rest five per cent did not have any opinion. http://www.cricketnext.com/news/retain-dravid-as-captain-sachin-should-quit-odis/24099-13-2.html Reasons why Dravid should stay captain ODIs, Dravid is again on par with India's best despite the team losing its way in the later half of 2006, and then in the World Cup. Indian captains in ODIs
Names Matches Won Lost Drawn/Tied Won% Kapil Dev 74 40 32 2 54.05% M Azharuddin 173 89 76 6/2 51.45% SR Tendulkar 73 23 43 6/1 31.51% SC Ganguly 146 76 65 &nbs p; 5 52.05% R Dravid 65 33 28 4 50.77% http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm
sunil gavaskar, kapildev, A gaikwad, GR vishwanath, have supported dravid continue as capatian
It was all about attitude, feels BCCI NEW DELHI, "There are five players in the team whose attitude needs to be sorted out," the official stressed. When asked to name the players, he suggested names like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar.
that contributed to our losses against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka." http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/It_was_all_about_attitude_feels_BCCI/articleshow/1839620.cms Captaincy myth Ganguly -5 yrs Team won 76 odis out of 147 matches when ganguly was captain
out of 147 matches India won 76 (51.70%) lost 66 (44.90%) Tie or no results 5(3.40%) won 74 (50.34%)
But Saurav captained 34 ODI against minnows Bangla Desh Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Netherlands Canada etc%u2026.. ganguly had advantage of leading team for lenghthier period and Nos of matches are more
Dravid %u2013 16 months Team won 33 odis out of 65 ( including this WC matches) when Dravid was captian
India won 33 (50.77%) lost 28 (43.08%)no result/ tie 4 (6.15%)
But Dravid captained ot 65 matches captained only two ODI against minnows i.e. Bangladesh and Bermuda and odi winning average differen very just 1% when compared dravids 's 16 months captaincy with ganguly's VC sachin failed with bat but ganguly scored runs but wasted more balls and his poor fielding , running btw wkt cost more runs to team and gifted match to Bangladesh herbajan wkt less dhoni is a complete failure. He was laughing even after dropping catch even one win would have taken team to S.legue and there was no change in captaincy early exit from WC meanc to prove dravid not good captain and ganguly%u2019s recored did not harm. . Back stage politics who names are forefront in captaincy race???
Who is responsible for India's defeat? While just two per cent blamed the BCCI, eight per cent blamed Rahul Dravid, five per cent Greg Chappell with an overwhelming majority of 85 per cent blaming the entire team for the poor show Retain Dravid as captain, Sachin should quit ODIs Should Rahul Dravid be replaced as the captain of the Indian team? And the answer was in the negative with 86 per cent saying he should not be removed with only nine per cent saying that he should be replaced. The rest five per cent did not have any opinion. http://www.cricketnext.com/news/retain-dravid-as-captain-sachin-should-quit-odis/24099-13-2.html Reasons why Dravid should stay captain ODIs, Dravid is again on par with India's best despite the team losing its way in the later half of 2006, and then in the World Cup. Indian captains in ODIs
Names Matches Won Lost Drawn/Tied Won% Kapil Dev 74 40 32 2 54.05% M Azharuddin 173 89 76 6/2 51.45% SR Tendulkar 73 23 43 6/1 31.51% SC Ganguly 146 76 65 &nbs p; 5 52.05% R Dravid 65 33 28 4 50.77% http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm
sunil gavaskar, kapildev, A gaikwad, GR vishwanath, have supported dravid continue as capatian
It was all about attitude, feels BCCI NEW DELHI, "There are five players in the team whose attitude needs to be sorted out," the official stressed. When asked to name the players, he suggested names like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar.
that contributed to our losses against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka." http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/It_was_all_about_attitude_feels_BCCI/articleshow/1839620.cms Captaincy myth Ganguly -5 yrs Team won 76 odis out of 147 matches when ganguly was captain
out of 147 matches India won 76 (51.70%) lost 66 (44.90%) Tie or no results 5(3.40%) won 74 (50.34%)
But Saurav captained 34 ODI against minnows Bangla Desh Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Netherlands Canada etc%u2026.. ganguly had advantage of leading team for lenghthier period and Nos of matches are more
Dravid %u2013 16 months Team won 33 odis out of 65 ( including this WC matches) when Dravid was captian
India won 33 (50.77%) lost 28 (43.08%)no result/ tie 4 (6.15%)
But Dravid captained ot 65 matches captained only two ODI against minnows i.e. Bangladesh and Bermuda and odi winning average differen very just 1% when compared dravids 's 16 months captaincy with ganguly's VC sachin failed with bat but ganguly scored runs but wasted more balls and his poor fielding , running btw wkt cost more runs to team and gifted match to Bangladesh herbajan wkt less dhoni is a complete failure. He was laughing even after dropping catch even one win would have taken team to S.legue and there was no change in captaincy early exit from WC meanc to prove dravid not good captain and ganguly%u2019s recored did not harm. . Back stage politics who names are forefront in captaincy race???
Who is responsible for India's defeat? While just two per cent blamed the BCCI, eight per cent blamed Rahul Dravid, five per cent Greg Chappell with an overwhelming majority of 85 per cent blaming the entire team for the poor show Retain Dravid as captain, Sachin should quit ODIs Should Rahul Dravid be replaced as the captain of the Indian team? And the answer was in the negative with 86 per cent saying he should not be removed with only nine per cent saying that he should be replaced. The rest five per cent did not have any opinion. http://www.cricketnext.com/news/retain-dravid-as-captain-sachin-should-quit-odis/24099-13-2.html Reasons why Dravid should stay captain ODIs, Dravid is again on par with India's best despite the team losing its way in the later half of 2006, and then in the World Cup. Indian captains in ODIs
Names Matches Won Lost Drawn/Tied Won% Kapil Dev 74 40 32 2 54.05% M Azharuddin 173 89 76 6/2 51.45% SR Tendulkar 73 23 43 6/1 31.51% SC Ganguly 146 76 65 &nbs p; 5 52.05% R Dravid 65 33 28 4 50.77% http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm
sunil gavaskar, kapildev, A gaikwad, GR vishwanath, have supported dravid continue as capatian
It was all about attitude, feels BCCI NEW DELHI, "There are five players in the team whose attitude needs to be sorted out," the official stressed. When asked to name the players, he suggested names like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar.
that contributed to our losses against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka." http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/It_was_all_about_attitude_feels_BCCI/articleshow/1839620.cms Captaincy myth Ganguly -5 yrs Team won 76 odis out of 147 matches when ganguly was captain
out of 147 matches India won 76 (51.70%) lost 66 (44.90%) Tie or no results 5(3.40%) won 74 (50.34%)
But Saurav captained 34 ODI against minnows Bangla Desh Zimbabwe Namibia Kenya Netherlands Canada etc%u2026.. ganguly had advantage of leading team for lenghthier period and Nos of matches are more
Dravid %u2013 16 months Team won 33 odis out of 65 ( including this WC matches) when Dravid was captian
India won 33 (50.77%) lost 28 (43.08%)no result/ tie 4 (6.15%)
But Dravid captained ot 65 matches captained only two ODI against minnows i.e. Bangladesh and Bermuda and odi winning average differen very just 1% when compared dravids 's 16 months captaincy with ganguly's VC sachin failed with bat but ganguly scored runs but wasted more balls and his poor fielding , running btw wkt cost more runs to team and gifted match to Bangladesh herbajan wkt less dhoni is a complete failure. He was laughing even after dropping catch even one win would have taken team to S.legue and there was no change in captaincy early exit from WC meanc to prove dravid not good captain and ganguly%u2019s recored did not harm. . Back stage politics who names are forefront in captaincy race???
Who is responsible for India's defeat? While just two per cent blamed the BCCI, eight per cent blamed Rahul Dravid, five per cent Greg Chappell with an overwhelming majority of 85 per cent blaming the entire team for the poor show Retain Dravid as captain, Sachin should quit ODIs Should Rahul Dravid be replaced as the captain of the Indian team? And the answer was in the negative with 86 per cent saying he should not be removed with only nine per cent saying that he should be replaced. The rest five per cent did not have any opinion. http://www.cricketnext.com/news/retain-dravid-as-captain-sachin-should-quit-odis/24099-13-2.html Reasons why Dravid should stay captain ODIs, Dravid is again on par with India's best despite the team losing its way in the later half of 2006, and then in the World Cup. Indian captains in ODIs
Names Matches Won Lost Drawn/Tied Won% Kapil Dev 74 40 32 2 54.05% M Azharuddin 173 89 76 6/2 51.45% SR Tendulkar 73 23 43 6/1 31.51% SC Ganguly 146 76 65 &nbs p; 5 52.05% R Dravid 65 33 28 4 50.77% http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm
sunil gavaskar, kapildev, A gaikwad, GR vishwanath, have supported dravid continue as capatian
It was all about attitude, feels BCCI NEW DELHI, "There are five players in the team whose attitude needs to be sorted out," the official stressed. When asked to name the players, he suggested names like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar.
that contributed to our losses against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka." http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/It_was_all_about_attitude_feels_BCCI/articleshow/1839620.cms
