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sachin
hello
by sachin on Apr 16, 2005 11:14 AM

Captain's knock by Dravid!! what you say Prem

i think it was a great knock . He can lead team efficiently. Peoples are saying that he can't take dicision proper but what do u say about 4 th ODI even though india made 315 we lost the match. At that time where were ganguly's captancy skill? Dravid can bat well at any condition at any time. By seeing only one match you can't judge his leadership quality. About yesterday decision of taking batting first, you might be know decision taken by ganguly at last WC final against austrelia.

It was definitely dravid who played sheath anchor role for India in last ODI. I still can;t imagine what would have been the situation had ganguly been in the team too. It would have been a disaster today i guess.....
Kaif today made us recognize his performance.

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rajat seth
well done india
by rajat seth on Apr 16, 2005 08:09 AM

Everyone must be amazed at my title. But its right as we are the ones who never stop backing them.The indian team dont give a damn about 1 billion people.They dont care at all the emotions of all those people watching them play.For them its not cricket but is purely business as they just want dough.The whole indian team leaving 2 or 3 players should be banned from playing cricket as they dont deserve a place in this indian team.Instead the management should give younsters a chance to prove their capability and for sure they will do way better than these rookies

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shivani
cricket
by shivani on Apr 15, 2005 11:09 PM


Why can't Indians accept that an opposing team can play better cricket? Why is it so difficult to believe that India loses not necessarily because they play badly (they do sometimes, but not always) but because the opponents played well ? Pakistan has not come here to get bulldozed 6-0. They are here to compete and the probability of them winning is 5 out of 10. The outrage following every defeat and the call for heads from ganguly's to tendulkar's (tendulkar was missing last time around when he scored a century , he's back in the black list today!) points to just one thing: Indians have lost perspective. Teams win and they lose. Why do losses (however tame) evoke such extreme reactions. Lets get one thing clear. We are not Australia. Reaching a WC final does not make us the second best team. Pakistan made the finals in 1999 and never convinced anyone that they were the next-best, after that. So lets stop getting shocked when India loses. Yes, we should expect commited performances from cricketers (though it beats me why a cricketer is answerable to the hazaar wannabe parttime experts.) Its hard enough facing talented opponents; dont stiffle them with armchair expectations.

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rajesh
matches are fixed
by rajesh on Apr 15, 2005 11:05 PM

Hey dude thanx for the great commentary. I think the matches are fixed cuz india winning first two and pak bouncing back and winning next three and I am sure india will win the lastone dayer so that the series will be tied. I think the first reason for playing six one dayers was that so that no one is a loser. Finally Mr.Ganguly what a captain he along with john wright took the india from the brink of match fixing allegations to world beaters and he didn't get the suppot from the BCCI, I think he should have been allowed to play when ICC had no restrictions.

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Adnan Siddiqi
THE ROLLICKING PATHAN!!!!
by Adnan Siddiqi on Apr 15, 2005 10:37 PM

The Indians got the proverbial dose of their own medicine. But its pretty much useless since you would never admit that the Pakis played one helluva of cricket during this entire tour. At the end of the day it would boil down to match-fixing and the non-availability of CHICKEN LEGS OF KOLKATTA. Even though on this very same forum he was crucified for the way he marshelled his resources during the epic paki run chase at AhmedAbad. This is quentissential hypocricy.

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Rids
stop it
by Rids on Apr 15, 2005 10:00 PM

Enuf guys,,,,now stop all this crap bout Ganguly...
This man has sacrificed his position in the batting line up to accomodate a player...and look where the player(Sehwag) stands right now in world cricket....

as for his form,we all know form is temporary...class is permanent....and a player who has 22 centuries in ODI cricket cant lose his class in just one series...

so just let him chill and take his time...
he will bounce back and shut up the mouth of some dumb headed ppl like Mohinder Amarnath and Srikanth...



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