Ganguli & Dravid seems to Jealous and declared, when Sachin was on 194. There would have been no difference even declared after 2-3 overs. When Ganguli is out of team than why he was interfere in the matches. In my view he will loose his place in the team in just one year because of his performance.
why betray your prejudice ????? RE:why 194 for tendulkar????
by Subho Chakraborty on Mar 31, 2004 08:22 PM
i felt the need to point out a few things to you-
for one dravid was the captain in this test and all decisions are his.if ganguly was playing, then i'm sure such a decision would'nt have been taken(he gave laxman a chance to go for 300 in the calcutta test when we barely had any time left to bowl australia out).
as for the state of extacy that you will definitely reach when ganguly retires, let me point out that it wont be a good day for india.he took over the captaincy when the indian team was the punching bag of the entire cricketing world and in the 3 years he was the leader of the team, he shaped it into a world beating unit.he has had a part to play in the career of every new comer - from the recall of yuvraj and harbajan, to giving shewag the opener's slot, to backing nehra's inclusion, to showing faith in kaif, to making a wk of dravid.the list goes on.not since imran khan has someone had such a big contribution in the making of a team.he is easily the best aptain india ever had.its unfortunate that "the bunch of jokers" denied him a place in the team for 5 years (18-23).there was a lot more he could have given to indian cricket and i'm sure there still is.enough said
How can a captiain take a decision when one of his players is stranded on 194 and the team has 3 days and 75 minutes of time left of play.The team Management should justify this decision. You cannot take 1 billion people for a ride..Dont DARE to take us for granted. Had Sachin been on 170 or 180 then we can understand but he was on 194.....it is a pathetic decision. Does the person who has raken this decision felt that if Tendulkar would have played 2 more overs..that could have cost us this test match or we were planning to get the entire Pakistan team in those tow overs (which tendulkar could have played for his double ton). We should take this issue up.
I think it was poor thinking on the part of Rahul dravid to have left tendulkar a ball away from his double century. Was it because Tendulkar would have equalled Mr. Wall? Just kidding. But the decision did hurt me.. and would have hurt the sentiments of many in the country. There was nothing great in the pitch which could have terrorized Pakistan batting anyway. So, the reason certainly would not have been enough to deny the Little Champion another feather in his cap. But I must say Sachin is in incredibly form. Yet to get out in this year with over 500 runs already in his kitty.
I am sure Dravid would have apologised to Sachin by now.
RE:Tendulkar left Stranded on 194
by Subho Chakraborty on Mar 31, 2004 08:52 PM
Dravid SHOULD apologise to Tendulkar....and cricket
And also to Ganguly, for having brought about disappointment and misunderstanding into a side which Ganguly had moulded into such a happy and cohesive fighting unit.now Tendulkar will never trust the team management again !!! :((
sehwag can become another bradman provided he limits his strokes to ground shots as much as possible...and sheesh i felt so disappointed when sachin cudnt complete his double ton...hez still the best batsman...boy! he qwas the one guiding sehwag too and then yuvraj too in all the crunch situations!
RE:sehwag can become another bradman
by kalyan on Mar 31, 2004 06:53 AM
Sehwag was dropped 4 times and two run out chances were missed by pak players. Its pure luck that he was able to score so many runs.
Why Dravid declared when Sachin was about to get 200 in next few delevaries ? Dravid is having 4 double ceturies on his record whereas Sachin is having 3. By declaring he did not allow Sachin to come into his way. Such selfishness is very bad.
