Dravid as captain has the support of Kapildev, imran khan and gavaskar, gayekwad About retaining Dravid as the captain, Kapil said: %u201CWhy are we forgetting that this is the same Rahul Dravid who led India to victory while chasing 17 matches in a row, setting a new record. Why did not anybody question his captaincy then? http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070326/asp/sports/story_7566131.asp Matching orders http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/msid-1807342.cms Gavaskar who was of the view that Dravid should continue as the captain despite the World Cup debacle.
"Rahul is 34 and you do not sack captains at 34 when they are peaking. I don't see any reason for a change because Dravid has not shown any sign of pressure. His batting has not faltered", he said. http://worldcup.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1803820.cms Dravid and Chappell should be allowed to continue Imran Khan http://sify.com/khel/wc_fullstory.php?id=14416168 About retaining Dravid as the captain, Kapil said: %u201CWhy are we forgetting that this is the same Rahul Dravid who led India to victory while chasing 17 matches in a row, setting a new record. Why did not anybody question his captaincy then? http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070326/asp/sports/story_7566131.asp Don't sack Rahul By: anshuman gaekwad March 26, 2007 The man who was sacked as coach after India%u2019s 1999 World Cup disappointment, calls for patience The first thing to do now is to stick with Rahul Dravid as captain. He is a good leader and the best available option in the current circumstances. The other options could be Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh. http://mid-day.com/sports/international/2007/march/154192.htm Dravid is a leader, says chief selector http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/28dilip.htm He is an experienced campaigner and has all the leadership qualities," Vengsarkar told national daily Times of India on Wednesday. Vengsarkar recalled former Australia captain Richie Benaud's 'Batsmen let Dravid down' Gundappa Viswanath.
Dravid's captaincy has nothing to do with India's ouster from the World Cup in the preliminary round itself. It's not his fault. We lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka not due to his captaincy. It's his batsmen who let him down http://inwww.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/28inter.htm Don't blame Dravid and Chappell http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/28more.htm
Reasons why Dravid should stay captain http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm Four Phases of Dravid India's World Cup defeat is history Three Contenders (After 65 ODIs) Names Matches Won Lost Drawn/Tied Won% SR Tendulkar 65 22 36 6/1 33.85% SC Ganguly 65 33 32 ; 0 50.77% R Dravid 65 33 28 4 50.77%
http://www.hindustantimes.in/htcricket/74_1959563.htm Four Phases of Dravid as ODI Captain
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by Indra Sengupta on Mar 29, 2007 08:23 PM Permalink
RE:some players ditched captian and betrayed team by Indra Sengupta on Mar 29, 2007 08:16 PM Dravid scoed 14 and 7 against Bangladesh and Bermuda respectively- great player!!! Dravid scored 81 runs in aggegate. Gnguly scored 161 in aggregate!!! Ganguly slow player! Most of them are not even that!! Scoop- Videocon has removed Rahul from the advertisement!!! Sachin and Dhoni were also removed. Team India ha ha ha. Destroyed Destroyed and Destroyed, by jealous More, ambitious Rahul and crooked Chappel. Cry India cry, Cry like you cry at bereavement. Cry and cry, Let warm tears roll down your cheek and you take a vow to appreciate the real leader and the patriot and vehemently protest the incompetence and non performance of the blown up heros.
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by karan on Mar 29, 2007 09:18 PM Permalink
The Deserved should be Saluted:Not the Traitors!
There comes a traitor Bong once again.India hasn't included your Sourav in its squad for a test World Cup.Now you got to know whois the most selfish&jealous of them all-none other than your very own Dada.Was he playing so slowly in the opening match because the opposition was your very own Bong Dada-Bangladesh?How much did he score in that crunch match against the Lankans hitting that reckless shot? But here you got it right-Ganguly is the lone one preferred by AD agencies.Its neither Rahul,Sachin nor Dhoni-its Dada-remember he'd appeared in a pepsi commercial even when he was out of the team-money matters you know? Well,Rahul was inSansui,not Videocon! The likes of Sachin,Rahul,Dhoni etc are just ambitious agreed-you got to be ambitious is the biggest treasure that every sportsperson should posses.But Sourav jealous,couldn't withstand the love&support offerd to Sachin by the fans,traitor-backstabbed at the most crucial moment thus taking revenge,snob-who considered him the greatest&couldn't take humiliation of playing under a person whom he had captained-very clever&tricky minded-truly Shakespeare' Iago in every sense! You Mr Sengupta,by posting this message&demanding the Indians to cry proved yourself to be another traitor.
RE:RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by Soman Bhat on Mar 29, 2007 10:08 PM Permalink
saala faltu karan kahaka hai tu! orya bhut hoga shayad. sengupta aisa aadmi hai jo sahi likhta hai.
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by karan on Mar 29, 2007 08:04 PM Permalink
Hats off !Nice stats!When others ditched why should the captain be blamed.
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by sahil bhat on Mar 30, 2007 02:30 AM Permalink
dravid vs ganguly during india's dismal WC campaign against sri lanka. dravid wins hands down..dravid's fighting knock stands out which included four consecutive fours in an over.The appalling way in which ''oh my god:( of off side'' played triggered the collapse. bottom line no more bongs(born losers) in indian cricket team. more of dravids uthappas and kumbles
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by Anindita Mukherjee on Mar 30, 2007 06:42 AM Permalink
Sahil your message is shocking, how xan you attack Sri Indra Sengupta in such a language. How do you bring Bongs into the picture and conclude that no Bengali should be taken in the team. This is sheerly regional and meaning less.
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by krrish on Mar 29, 2007 07:30 PM Permalink
Media should not blame the cricketer. Instead India played better if you see the statistics of Rahul's captainship outside the subcontinent(India, Srilanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh). Match played=17, won=5, lost=11, no result=1 Winning ratio=29.4% In the world cup India played better with winning ratio=33.3%. At the time of Ganguly's captainship (in 78 matches )India won nearly 53.8% match outside the subcontinent.
Ganguly as captain outside the subcontinent Match played=78, won=42, lost=34, no result=2 Winning ratio=53.8%
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by karan on Mar 29, 2007 08:09 PM Permalink
Krrish,it was shown in a recent analyses that Rahul is superior to Ganguly as captain for the lone reason that while Rahul's victories came against the stalwarts,Ganguly's was mostly against smaller teams.
RE:dravid has support of many kapil, gaikwad, gavsakr
by Suman bhat on Mar 30, 2007 10:06 AM Permalink
ganguly was captain for 5yrs a lengthier period and dravid is leading side from last 16 months. so more matches played under ganguly captaincy can dravid lead side for equal no matches? it was dravid kumble, laxman and sachin contributed lot to ganguly's success more than his leadership qulity. ganguly took the credit for hard work of other players but dravid atleast shared credit of victory with his teammates. dravid acceped his responsiblity for defeat infront of media Had ganguly ever did likethat? when team lost matches he was pushing dravid to conduct press briefs??? so achievement of five yrs can not be acheieved in 16 months still the diff between winning average is only 1% 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..
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 He is match winner in both forms at home and aboroad.
