Under Gary Kirsten 1. World No 1 in Test Matches 2. World Cup winners in ODI Under Duncan Fletcher 1. White wash of Overseas test series vs Australia and England. 2.Loss to England in Home Test series. 3.Lost T20 World cup (But India played well lost due to one bad match) 4.Lost ODI series to Pakistan miserably.
Re: World leaders under Kirsten to World losers under Duncan Fletcher
by Against Pseudos on Jan 03, 2013 09:43 PM
LOL... And you forgot the increased number of kids wearing Red tshirts among the spectators. ;-)
Re: World leaders under Kirsten to World losers under Duncan Flet
by Mahendra on Jan 03, 2013 09:44 PM
world number 1 in tests and world cup winners w/o any bowlers....
the true status of indian cricket has been achieved under Duncan Fletcher. kudos to him for exposing the paper tigers...
Re: World leaders under Kirsten to World losers under Duncan Flet
by vaibhav kumar on Jan 03, 2013 09:50 PM
In times of Gary Kirsten, the world cricket was going thru MEDIOCRITY and teams like Aussies, SA and England were in their transition phase.
I am not sure if same Gary Kirsten will make much of a difference to this AGING, OVERRATED and non-performing players with mediocre bowling attack and part timers.
the credit. Now the real color is showing as the greats have left and they can't be blamed any more for the loses. He can blame losing or even winning the toss. But the true reason is IPL, too much of cricket - stop these two and see the difference.
As Dhoni is still captain after so many losses in Tests,ODI's,T 20 s every player taken for granted their place & losing each game ignonimously & that too with huge margins. Hence sack this total team especially the so called seniors/uselesses(Gambhir,Shewag,Yuvi,Dhoni,Raina,Kohli,Jadeja&the no 1 useless Dhoni) bring in new team for 3 rd ODI .The result can't be worse than this. Any body to Listen ?(BCCI & its foolish selectors aka Deaf/Dumb/Idiotic/Blind).
Sehwag has done badly in the matches so far. Kohli also is not contributing. Strong opening partnership was required, but today top order failed miserably and India lost the plot when they lost 4 wickets quickly.
Ishanth has improved a lot. Bhuvaneshwar is find of the series, but during later matches the batsmen were able to play him better.
Players in poor form should be removed and be asked to prove their form in Ranji.
Following Immediate changes required in indian team : 1. Follow split captaincy For test : Sachin Tendulkar should be given captaincy till permanent captain is found For ODI : Dhoni should continue as captain For T20 : Virat Kohli should be given chance
2. Indentify 5 good young pace bowlers and 5 Spinners, get them trained from wherever possible till they match international bowlers, and rotate them for every series. 3. Remove all senior players from T20 and give chance to fresh youngsters. 4. ODI & Test team should have mix of senior & youngsters depending on their performance. 5. Remove coach with immediate effect, and make indian coach and get wasim akram as fast bowling consultant, get murlitharan as spin consultant, Rahul Dravid as batting consultant
Absolutely not. If we all think, Sachin is Indian cricket, are we not belittling the contributions of greats who played with Sachin (guys like Dravid, Kumble, Ganguly, Sehwag) and before him. Cricket has been alive before Sachin and will be after him. He is not the be-all and end-all of Indian cricket. Selfish guys like him who hang on to their places for records are the real reason why Indian cricket is stagnating.
Re: Do we really think Sachin can make a difference?
by samudra blr on Jan 03, 2013 09:38 PM
I agree, Sachin took too long to retire . If he had retired at the right time, we could have groomed a replacement properly by now.
Re: Do we really think Sachin can make a difference?
by Shri Hegde on Jan 03, 2013 09:38 PM
No, some more Rohits, Rainas and Jadejas can make a difference.
Re: Do we really think Sachin can make a difference?
by M Dhoni on Jan 03, 2013 10:02 PM
Jaya s, when did you get free from mentalhospital? Must be enjoying pontings straightdrive :)
Re: Do we really think Sachin can make a difference?
by kapil saini on Jan 04, 2013 03:25 AM
Rememeber if he hasn't made all those records no one would have known Indian team. He was the first man on the planet to make 200 runs, 100 th international centuries and many records. He has made India proud with his records. In history it is recorded as the first Indian cricket. Country's name first. He is not selfish tou all selfish. I have stopped watching cricket i only watched for Sachin. i will watch test though as soon as he is out i am out. It's good that he took long to retire otherwise Indian team would have been at 20 th place by now. good luck. All your youngesters are liking IPL and have enough money they dont need to play for counry.
All visiting teams should only play Ranji matches where any jadeja can score a triple century in each innings and no 7 & 8 from Haryana can set a batting world record for most runs. Abolish team India ... did I mention team ? what team ??
