Come on guys, what do you expect these people to say now? To condone everything because they also mad mistakes. When will they repent and make up for their mistakes, if now now? It's like telling Sunny not to talk abt slow scoring due to his painful 36 over 60 overs at Lords..
Why can't we let a man reform, and learn from his wisdom? After all, experience IS the name people give to their mistakes, and it is always better to learn from that.
I agree with you, all these blokes sitting in the box, conveniently forget their similar deeds done in the past and display such audacity in condemning similar acts done today. Articles such as these, should be an eye-opener to these jokers, who seem think they are immune to such comments. Well done mate.
what about the Indian greats with double standards like the idioms and phrases man Sidhu . The guy could'nt catch a dead chicken but goes on and on about the bad fielding by any cricketer playing today if he even fumbles and gives away a run .The fact is that everybody forgets what they used to do during their playing days and it is actually irrelevant because they are getting payed to opine about whats happening on the field today . Otherwise all commentators would just have to shut up and we would have to follow the game by ourselves ( which would'nt be that bad actually ).Even then I feel that comentators should restrict themselves to commenting on the game rather than opine about the virtues ( or the lack of them ) amongst the current players. I was watching a recording of a game held in Australia the other day and I was delighted to listen to the commentary because they were talking about great stuff like turning blindly for a second run because the nonstriker ( who had called ) could'nt have seen where the ball was as there were three fielders blocking his view yet he still decided to take the run. They were also taking about how the swing of the ball differs with diff grips
This is a fitting article to all our yester-year heroes also. Dear Mr. Gulu, pl do collect such stats on the ex-Indian heroes who have been talking like the ones in your article. I can suggest one or two names - Mr. K Srikkanth (for talking about the capabilities of the current players), Mr. Sidhu (for talking about the zeal of these crop of players), Mr. Kapil Dev/ Vengsarkar (for talking abt the foreign coaches) et all
RE:Double Standards
by venky on Jun 11, 2003 11:27 AM
valid point .thats the kind of serious commentary one needs. similiarly i once watched a English county match , which incidentally was pretty pathetic , but was salvaged only by the quality of commentary.
Finally !!! we have an article exposing the total crap that TV commentators dish out to us. Tony Grieg is the Sidhu of Australian Television. serious commentary (by that i mean meaningful - not dull or boring) , is fast going out of fashion. I think broadcasters should have proffessional commentators doing that job along with a couple of "expert" ex-players.
Gulu left out our own Sidhu (whom i count as a national embarrasment, and should be summarily ignored. hey! btw could someone file a PIL against him ? please ??????). I cant beleive it when he pans somebodies feilding. thats a bit too much to swallow.
It really is very frustrating watching the retired players preaching becasue it is so hypocritical. Your article is just the tip of the iceberg. When I see Indian commentators blast the team in reports or interviews (even as commentators), I can't help but laughing because this team has more heart than most of the INdian teams of the 80's and early 90's put together. Maybe, they have short memories, maybe, they are jealous, whatever the reasons, it really is a sad sight. Thanks for the article. Hope you can right a couple more becasue there is a lot of material to use.
Gulu Ezekiel's berating of former cricketers for airing their views is devoid of any logic. Just because Greig indulged in a bit of gamesmanship during his playing days, that rules him out commenting on the ethical behaviour of the modern players, right? Chappell should not talk, because of the Turner episode. (Sarfraz getting out Hilditch 'handled the ball' was a direct fallout of the Australians getting Mohsin Khan out in an unfair manner in the previous match.) As per Gulu's logic no cricketers can talk of anything! Gavaskar should stop commenting in one-matches as long as the memory of the 36-not-out lingers in every one's minds,Agarkar can not talk about discipline in bowling, Sehwag can not talk about defensive shots,Kumble can not talk about bg leg breaks, Ganguly can not talk about onside play,Tendulkar can not just utter 'he failed in a crucial innings'about anyone for the rest of his life...Gulu, haven't you heard the saying,'Every saint has a past and every sinner a future!'
