The test match at Chepauk was a great contest. Equally fascinating is this column written by Arvind Lavakare. In bowling Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Shane Warne reminded us of their abilities whereas Virender, Kaif, Parthiv and Martyn entertained us with their batting skills. And finally we see Arvind Lavakare vivdly painting the contest capturing the spirit of the real thing as few can do. What a talent ! Congrats Arvind ! We love reading such objective columns from Arvind and our other scribes.
After is knee jerk article on wheteher cricketers desrved what they got... this so sweet artcile has just one thing missing. "my criticism led to improvement inteam performance."
Has the Indian team earned its keep now, Mr Lavakare? Suddenly, when the team is doing well (or at least putting up a fight)Yuvraj Singh seems to tumble less and Sehwag need not go back to Ranji trophy after all and the team is committed to give the Aussise a run for their money.
I was looking through the enemy camp at the end of the first day and the end of third day. Not a mention about lack of commitment from the Aussies; all 'blame' was on the Indian bowlers or good batting by India... I think there is a lesson to our 'journalists & Columnists' there...
No wonder Saurav Ganguly hates journalists! You are great as long as you perform. Fail once, you are worse than the door-mat...
Everybody has been harping about the money that the guys are making. But has anybody bothered about the pressure that goes with the job? I feel that the Indian team has been performing well and the moment a failure happens everybody pounces upon them, berates them and questions their commitment, earning their keep etc..
If Nagpur test ends in an Indian victory, then we are probably the best team. If we lose, then we may recycle your article of Oct 12th. Endless cycle???
so there goes our genius aravind..with one bad test gone in bangalore and a rather insipiring performance in the second test the focus again has shifter frm the "earnings" of the indian cricketers. rather it is back again on the swashbuckling genius of sehwag...imagine wat out genuis wld have come up if towards the end of day 2 when sehwag was smackin mcgrath for "three sparkling boundaries" he had actually edged one to the slips? our man would have come back blasting at how he has taken his place for granted bcos he ears so much and how he shd have been more responsible.. Gimme a break Aravind. now at the end of nagpur test, God forbid inf India loses again, please dont come up with ur stupid comments on the salaries. this is cricket and the players get paid for the sheer entertainment they provide. if you cant get paid so much and if other soprts personalities arent it is not the cures of cricketrs themselves. lets enjoy this absorbing series and spare us all (unfortunate rediff readers) of your boring comments.
how could you not mention Anil Kumble's heriocs who was the man of the match and who wrecked havoc in the Australian 1st innings. How does Virendra Sehwag and Shane Warne deserve a mention but not Kumble???
This is the same writer who a week ago had written very lightly abt our cricketers after they lost the 1st test.Now he is finding them good.This seems absurd or this is his profession.
Where has all the resentment from your last column gone? I'm sure you will justify it saying that it is the duty of the journalist to criticize and praise whenever necessary. I agree - but criticism is one thing, and over-reaction is another. Please do not use extreme language when it comes to columns, it is this kind of writing which leads youth to burning down and defacing cricketers' homes.
