Yes,defenitely india move to second stage,india depend on team top order,top order batsmans click in this match india move to second round.Sachin is the key for india and saurev ,Shehwag dravid ganguly,uthappa is made to use the chances first.Good kuck INDIA,Cheer Up.
Guys, I just want to have a small comparison between Sri Lanka and its nearest state in India, Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu's population (2001) : 62,405,679 Sri Lanka's population : 20,222,240
Even in geographical area Tamil Nadu is bigger than Sri Lanka. Whatever statistics I try to compare, Tamil Nadu has an edge over Sri Lanka. But what I don't understand is if Sri Lanka can have a cricket team of international standard, statistically Tamil Nadu should also have a team of international standard. There are so many other states in india which can beat these statistics easily and everyone of them should have a cricket team of international standard.
It is pretty funny that we compare our Indian team with Sri Lankan team and some concluding that Sri Lankans and Indians are almost equal in cricket or Sri Lankans are more stronger or weaker.. Guys, don't u think something is wrong here? Shouldn't we sort of kick a***s in all the games?
Say if a guy like Jayasurya is like one in a million. Then we should have 10 Jayasurya's in the team. Awesome man. Same can be applied for the Australian team as well. Even if we can pick the best man from every state, we should have 2 teams of awesome standard. Where are these guys? Do we have just 1 sehwag, sachin, saurav, dravid in India?
I think sports in india is pretty much ****** up by politicians. (Everyone knows this, so what is the point? hmmm)
I think we are like puppets. Who ever the selectors select, we just blindly support them. And we are comparing them with a team like Sri Lanka, whose population can barely match Kerala's population. What should be done guys? Is it how we do things?
I think one way to increase the standard of Indian cricket or any other sports in India for that matter is to change people's mindset to concentrate on domestic competitions. I am happy that we forget all our differences and cheer for Indian team, but is it the real Indian team? Is it the team which represents India? It might represent the BCCI or Corporate Houses's Team, but surely it is not my team. You know the worst thing of all? We dun have a bowler who can bowl more than 150 kmph. Of course it is not mandatory or necessary to have a bowler like that, we just need line and length etc etc, but the truth is we couldnt find one.
I would like to rephrase the last line, Is it "we couldn't find one" or "we didn't see one"? I'm sure there should be millions of guys out there.
As I said before, ppl should encourage the domestic games and matches and the Sponsors should start supporting these matches. I think then, the ppl will know atleast some more great names within our India, and more cricketers can earn a livelyhood with this game, rather than a few who play in the Indian Team. This should be done in other games as well, especially in hockey and soccer as we are very pathetic in that. Any other suggestions? What u guys think?
RE:Pretty Funny
by mihir on Mar 22, 2007 04:01 PM Permalink
but we also have lalu in the west, jayalalitha in the south, narendra modi in east and mulayum in north. how can you expect india to progress under these conditions?
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by Sibi Ravindran on Mar 22, 2007 04:08 PM Permalink
Sorry Dude, if my direction sense is not wrong, Isn't Bihar in the east and Gujrat in the west..? Guys, Dun get emotional. Just a game.
RE:Pretty Funny
by john on Mar 22, 2007 03:56 PM Permalink
I srilanka everyone gets a chance...in india especially if you ned to play in ranchi trophy you have to be a brahmin...considered to be weaklings phicial strenth...what to do...things wont change..in india...if village youth comes in to team..even a state team can thrash australia...we have talen..but no oppurtunity...see in tamil nadu..yopu find only brahmins playing for india...why this...
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by Sibi Ravindran on Mar 22, 2007 03:59 PM Permalink
Man, now u started a caste fight in here.. But for example in Tamil Nadu, not many high profile politicians are brahmins except Jayalallitha. What r they doing? I think it is time that we start accepting fault and correct things rather than point at someone I guess. I m non brahmin btw. And guys, plz dun get emotional. Plzzz. I beg u.
RE:RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by natraj tanjore on Mar 22, 2007 04:15 PM Permalink
Oh Mr.John, can you tell how many tamil players play in Sri lanka? Murlidharan is the lone exception, as they are zilch / shunya without him! Indian is the only country where if you have merit, no matter what caste, religion, sect, gender you are, you get to the top summit! Be it a lady prime minister, a minority community president, Actor, Cricket Captain, Chief Justice of India, Atomic Energy Chief, Government Sector top honcho, how many so called secular and liberal countries can even dream of this in paper! Please do not talk disparaging of the country that is your motherland!
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by Nandish on Mar 22, 2007 04:31 PM Permalink
Now, why the hell r u getting into caste or creed. No one never knew that Irfan/Munaf/Zaheer are brahmins. ha ha ha.
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by on Mar 22, 2007 04:35 PM Permalink
You want Reservation in Cricket also. In our cricket team we gave players of all the Caste and Religion. Are you not seeing Zaheer, Uttappa, Yuvraj Singh etc., are they Brahmins? Pl. Don't comment without any sense.
RE:Pretty Funny
by Ali Ahmed on Mar 22, 2007 04:00 PM Permalink
Ali Ahmed When a specific country plays against World 11, it does not mean world 11 is better team and can always beat any speicific country. Like wise, if the population of india is many time higher than Srilanka does not mean India can always beat srilanka. The match is between teams. Given the composition, the strength and weakness of each and how you react at a given situation.
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by Sibi Ravindran on Mar 22, 2007 04:03 PM Permalink
I agree with you. The so called international experts say that Indian team lacks quality bowlers and consistent batsment compared to other teams. And I also think it is kind of true. Don't we have sort of quality bowlers and consistent batsmen in our country?
RE:Pretty Funny
by Nitin Badhwar on Mar 22, 2007 04:02 PM Permalink
I agree to your thoughts completely. Politics have played a spoil sport everywhere. The irony is , we are still blind and do not open or try to thing over these things.
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by nikunj thakkar on Mar 22, 2007 04:07 PM Permalink
Here is analysis regarding Chances to win the World Cup 2007 for India :
Reason1:
Year 1981 1. Prince Charles got married 2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe 3. Australia lost the Ashes 4. Pope Died 5. 2 years later India won the world Cup!!!
Year 2005 1. Prince Charles got married 2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe 3. Australia lost the Ashes 4. Pope Died 5. 2 years later India will win the world Cup
Reason2:
1982 Football World Cup won by Italy 1983 Cricket World Cup won by India
2006 Football World Cup won by Italy 2007 Cricket World Cup: INDIA
Reason 3:
1983: India has lost the only first match in 1983 world cup
2007: India has lost the only first match in 2007 and will not again
Still doubtful??? Watch out on Final Day
Knock out Punch:
1983 ? India stopped WI from winning World Cup for 3 rd consecutive time and since then WI has been in doldrums! 2007 ? India stops Australia from a 3 rd time WC ? and then ???
lets hope for the best
· only subjected to its win against srilanka tomorrow.
RE:RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by sathishkumar krishnamurthy on Mar 22, 2007 04:58 PM Permalink
next time when prince charles get married ,give a caution to pope
RE:Pretty Funny
by john on Mar 22, 2007 03:58 PM Permalink
If muralidharan was born in tamilnadu...he would have been playing now...brahmins would have killed his carier long back
RE:RE:Pretty Funny
by natraj tanjore on Mar 22, 2007 04:06 PM Permalink
Mr. John, Please list number of brahmins playing for india and then open the trap! IT IS VERY FASHIONABLE FOR EVERY ONE IN TAMIL NADU TO DO THE BRAHMIN BASHING! YOU HAVE A FULL FLEDGED NON BRAHMIN GOVERNMENT RUNNING OR SHOULD I SAY RUINING THE STATE, ASK THEM WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SO EXTRA ORDINARY FOR YOU GUYS? PLEASE DONT GO BY HISTORICAL BIAS, AND FOR ALL THE IGNORAMUSES WHO GO AROUND BRAHMIN BASHING, Dr. ABDUL KALAM WAS FULLY SUPPORTED DURING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS INCLUDING HIS SCHOOLING BY A ORTHODOX BRAHMIN FAMILY, WHICH DR. KALAM HAS GRACIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED!
Your attitude is typical how even 100% reservation wont change some people and their mentality. Please keep to the thread of this discussion and dont bring caste into this. As a Christian, arent you supposed to be casteless ?
RE:Pretty Funny
by kripa venkat on Mar 22, 2007 03:55 PM Permalink
Run the domestic matches like the english prmiership, wherein we have rung 1 and rung 2 set of teams. Allow players to play with any team they wish to. Give each team a professional coach. First of all ban the entry of politicians into cricket management
RE:Take care of Jayasuriya
by Meer Ali on Mar 22, 2007 04:03 PM Permalink
india entered the super eight long back when bermuda after winng the toss asked india to bat. match fixing man. It is obvious. world cup will loose its taste soon.
RE:super 8
by Ganapathy Nagarajan on Mar 22, 2007 03:52 PM Permalink
Great Phinominal Thinking Mr.Raghu you are Probably the Smartest one... that Iam looking for
RE:super 8
by Pravin Dullur on Mar 22, 2007 03:59 PM Permalink
unlikely as there a reserve day for all matches. however if india and lanka split the point, then if bangla beat bermuda then its plane back home to india
RE:super 8
by Sharin Thomas on Mar 22, 2007 03:54 PM Permalink
INDIA WILL PACK UP THEIR BAGS AND THE CATCH THE NXT FLIGHT...NOT TO INDIA BUT SOME UNKNOW DESTINATION.....HA! HA! HA!.....
RE:RE:super 8
by nikunj thakkar on Mar 22, 2007 04:08 PM Permalink
Here is analysis regarding Chances to win the World Cup 2007 for India :
Reason1:
Year 1981 1. Prince Charles got married 2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe 3. Australia lost the Ashes 4. Pope Died 5. 2 years later India won the world Cup!!!
Year 2005 1. Prince Charles got married 2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe 3. Australia lost the Ashes 4. Pope Died 5. 2 years later India will win the world Cup
Reason2:
1982 Football World Cup won by Italy 1983 Cricket World Cup won by India
2006 Football World Cup won by Italy 2007 Cricket World Cup: INDIA
Reason 3:
1983: India has lost the only first match in 1983 world cup
2007: India has lost the only first match in 2007 and will not again
Still doubtful??? Watch out on Final Day
Knock out Punch:
1983 ? India stopped WI from winning World Cup for 3 rd consecutive time and since then WI has been in doldrums! 2007 ? India stops Australia from a 3 rd time WC ? and then ???
lets hope for the best
· only subjected to its win against srilanka tomorrow.
RE:RE:RE:we will win.....
by GO ON on Mar 22, 2007 03:59 PM Permalink
Bhaiya Nikhunj, lagta hai aap bhi sapne me hai. Main 17 se pehle bahut positive tha. abhi positive ka feedback mil raha hai
RE:RE:RE:RE:we will win.....
by nikunj thakkar on Mar 22, 2007 04:09 PM Permalink
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INDIA WILL WIN..BUT GANGULY WILL LOOSE...GANGULY MIGHT TRY TO SABATOGE AND SLOW DOWN THE RUN RATE BUT DRAVID OR TENDULKAR HAS TO RUN HIM OUT...THEN ONLY WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN..
RE:INDIA WIN
by sri chandu on Mar 22, 2007 04:22 PM Permalink
this is absolutely bad statement. in both matches Ganguly playedvery well. In first match he scored highest even thou slow (other wise weshould have packed in 30 overs), thats why still we have chance for super 8.
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by binu on Mar 22, 2007 04:35 PM Permalink
hey sri if ganguly and tendu were taking single in 1st match we would not have been in pressure. If you seen match, u will see run started coming only after dravid and yuvraj came in ...ganguly and sachin were thinking, like they were playing test world cup ...not scoring also increases pressure on team ...they forgot the importance of singles , ganguly have 54 dot balls , tendu have around 30 dot , if half of it been converted to single. we would have been 45 runs more in total. in the end we guys look at the runs scored but in how many balls we score does matter in one day match. don't tell me he was playing anchor role ..so he was not supposed take singles
RE:RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by natraj tanjore on Mar 22, 2007 04:58 PM Permalink
Guys, if the bowling was opened by Munaf instead of agarkar We would have still won the match, despite scoring 191! Stats will also so show, that agarkar bowls better as the first change bowler! All our bowlers had to do was bowl stump to stump! PROOF : What happened to the same overhyped bangladesh team yesterday with sri lankan bowlers!
RE:INDIA WIN
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 03:48 PM Permalink
HA HA HA.. to run him out DRAVID and TENDULKAR needs to be at crease for at least 2 overs!!! pehle woh karne ke liye bol..
RE:RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by indranil banerjee on Mar 22, 2007 04:02 PM Permalink
Neo, You may be from anywhere,no matter,your culture shows you are im-mature to take art in any healthy discussion.
RE:RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 03:55 PM Permalink
boss.. pehle prove kiya ki tereko english likhna nahin ata.. abhi bengali bhi nahin ata hai woh prove kar raha hai!! sale isharon mein baat kar..
RE:RE:RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Rony Ghosh on Mar 22, 2007 03:59 PM Permalink
kishore, do not waste your time and breath on people like Neo... we have bigger things to think about...like how will we play hard and play to win tomorrow...
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Narinder Kumar Sharma on Mar 22, 2007 04:20 PM Permalink
Wow what nice words.It shows your education and your attitude. Mr. Mihir pleae learn to respect people who have made it to the top. Sachin is still considered to be one of the best runner between the wickets. Scoring 77 international hundreds and winning most number of Man of the Match awards means he has contributed to Indian wins most number of times. If you dont know how to respect great people please dont disgrace them. Thanks and i hope you appreciate these words for your own growth as a social man.
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Rabishankar Kar on Mar 22, 2007 04:34 PM Permalink
Yaar samjha karo neo alias john ne Dravid aur Tendua se paisa lia Ganguli ko gali dene keliye. pehle unhone Kiran more ko paisa dia tha. Jaab se DADA dubara aya Dravid aur Tendua se run nehi banraha. Aab Ganguli slow khel raha, strike rate kam hai, Ba.....s.
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 04:00 PM Permalink
arey yeh mr john, pratham aur neo ek hi banda hai!!! john to kuch poocho to neo ake jawab deta hai... what to do, he is outnumbered!!
RE:INDIA WIN
by ravi mhere on Mar 22, 2007 04:03 PM Permalink
Hey John, its Ganguly that has been cosistently making runs rather than failing like Dravid & tendulkar. The other day if Ganguly had not played against Bangladesh, India wud have lost badly & instead of Bob Woolmer, it might have been someone from India.
RE:INDIA WIN
by ! on Mar 22, 2007 03:51 PM Permalink
i think u really do not like Ganguly. Ganguly is the person who is the backbone of the PILE of Indian Players who just say "Tu Ja Me Aata Hu" when the top order is out
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by binu on Mar 22, 2007 04:26 PM Permalink
hey guys think about 1st game where ganguly scored 66 in 120 balls ... 54 dot balls ...if he had taken 25 singles out of those 54 balls we would have crossed 200 runs..don't tell me he is the backbone, when he and tendu were playing runs dried down, that took steam of the match in the begining ...if you are big player u have to dominate, kill the opposition by your confidence like aussies and south africa are doing ...not get scared and try to save wicket ...look at the way bangladesh opener batted against zaheer khan ...if ganguly or tendulkar think they r big shots they have act like big shot on field ....now they are dreaming to win against srilanka with vass and murli bowling ...look at the way srilankan batted against the same bowlers yesterday ...they made more than 300 runs .....i don't y we have ganguly grp and dravid grp ..there should one grp india grp ...ganguly was just because he was not performing ...now he back b'coz he is performing
RE:INDIA WIN
by neel on Mar 22, 2007 03:49 PM Permalink
Ya u right against bangla ganguly did the sabotage , only sehebag, sachin, dravid and dhoni came as savior. good comment man
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Rony Ghosh on Mar 22, 2007 03:56 PM Permalink
you are bangon... the 4 of them scored a total of 23 runs against bangladesh... and yet ganguly slowed down the run scroing effort with his 67!!! 191 jo hua na uske liye kush raho,woh bhi nahi hota if he messed up like the big guns...
RE:INDIA WIN
by Partha Sarathy on Mar 22, 2007 03:55 PM Permalink
boss....why all u guys are at ganguly....he was the one who is currently in form and the anchor role he played again bermuda...was so great when shewag was on....
Imagine , if india would have lost ganguly at start and the whole team india would have followed himm...as that is our way of doing...
Lets all hope the best to happen and positively india wil win srilanka and lets pray for the same...
RE:RE:INDIA WIN
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 03:57 PM Permalink
arey boss.. whether india loses or wins is not a matter of discussion.. ganguly needs to be bashed at any cost.. spare them.. and ignore..
in case, india loses to sri-lanka - bangladesh wud come out against bermuda under tremendous psychological pressure of their own expectations to reach super-8 - wud be difficult for them to play their normal cricket, and may spell disaster for them - afterall in a match between minnows, bermuda can't be treated as a pushover.
RE:super 8 - india
by on Mar 22, 2007 05:14 PM Permalink
You are right. If bookies are unable to catch Sri Lanka, definately Srilanka will win the match & fresh era may start in Indian Cricket with young & fresh talents.
RE:NEVER
by nikunj thakkar on Mar 22, 2007 03:48 PM Permalink
mr rohit gypta uff mr master negative we dont need fans like you kindly leave the forum this is the most politest way i could inform you about this you reply to me and see how bring you m*m and d*d and xplain u
RE:RE:Royal Bengal Tiger..
by john on Mar 22, 2007 03:51 PM Permalink
EARLIER DAYS HE WAS A TIGER..BUT NOW PREGANANT TIGERESS..HE IS OLD NA...WHAT TO DO
RE:RE:RE:Royal Bengal Tiger..
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 03:58 PM Permalink
do you know that sachin/kumble is older than dada?? get ur stats corrected man!!
RE:Royal Bengal Tiger..
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 03:49 PM Permalink
boss... tera favourite player kaun hai bol na!!! galti se uska naam bhi nahin le raha hai.. :D
RE:RE:RE:Royal Bengal Tiger..
by Kishore Pancham on Mar 22, 2007 04:03 PM Permalink
tereko bhi english nahin ata hai re.. isharon mein baat kar na.. better rahega..
