I dont know who is Mr.Lawakare is but I wonder how could Rediff allow such an unknowledgeable and ignorant person to write such malicious article on the most successful captain and undoubtedly one of the greatest left handed batsman cricket has ever had. Every player across the globe goes a phase in their career where they fail to perform to the very best of their abilities, and to remind you, even our little master Sachin is no exception to this and ideally he should be the first one now to call it a day. So, why is this hullaballo about Sourav's performance? A coach has his own position in the team and the captain has his own. There must always be a peaceful coordination between the two. Now first we can question the credibility of Greg Chappell as a coach. May be he was a great cricketer, (how great only the critics can say), but is he a great coach? He used to coach South Australia before (if I am not wrong) without much success and now he is coaching India and yet to see any good success. So, if the failure of the team holds the captain responsible for it, how will the team's success be credited to the coach only? Where lies the coach's actual efficiency here?
How many Indian batsmen could score century on a pedestrian wicket in Zimbabwe . It needs concentration to score century even if it is a batsman's paradise. Further the greatest walls and SSs have been failing in the last few matches consistently. It is easy to criticise greats who are on decline but difficult for oneself to prove his/her greatness. Let us be more logical and think positive. Let us not forget the shrewdness of great cricketers of aborigini which may not be helpful for Team India. Ganguly has been the greatest captain hence it requires tremendous amount of stupidity to write him off. regards Ranjan
The article is total bogus!! Team India can't get better captaincy from any other player. Its like the Foreigners are here again with the Motto ' Divide n Rule'. DADA RULES....
It is all about politics Arvind... you just jumped in this case because you got a chance to voice your long-held opinion regarding what you disliked about Ganguly without analyzing the situation. Chappel wants 15 slaves working for him. Even if we take the racial part out of it, he wants his job security above everything. He has a vision for Indian cricket team... guys, stop laughing... this guy is serious! How do you think Ganguly ranks as a slave... really lousy even at his best. He does not show up in time, he thinks talent is superior than hard work, he thinks... wait a second, he even thinks! That's a disqualification as being Chappel's slave right there! Chappel liked Viru... is that a surprise! I am not surprised at all. Viru is the modern day Bhimsen... he goes and destroys without thinking. Chappel would actually like Viru to be the captain. Yuvraj and Kaif learnt too much arrogance from Ganguly... he wants to stop this before Ganguly spoils the whole team and turn the slaves in 15 prince and masters forming a team. So, all the rediff readers, don't get emotionally attached to a turf battle. You're the pawn and they are simply trying to keep their jobs including Arvind L.
It is people like you who looks for an oppurtunity to criticize. Common man I can understand something bad had happened to you in your career or so but please give us a break. It is for a capt like Ganguly atlease we can say that India was in one of the top 2.
A nation where there are no players to play even to the calibre of a first class cricket, you cant say that Indian team's performance were superb in Zimbabwe. Ganguly was slamming aganist Chappell on the feeling that he had done something extraordinary at Zimbabwe when he scored a century. His form is still down and if he feels that he's smart enough, let him show us his smartness aganst England, Aussies, Sri Lanka or African's. Next time if he's going to play with Kiwis, Shane bond is going to blast out his balls. So Mr Ganguly, it's better to stop singing when your voice is good. Lets hope Ganguly will act sensibly atleast when he resigns unlike his previous actions.
we are just couple of cricket fans trying to watch cricket at every possible option (its difficult and costly affair to get live telecast in USA). Thanks for putting our thoughts in writing. Please let professionalism prevail in a sport like cricket which has 1+ billion ppl following it.
now who is this that writes about someone who had regenerated interest in the game at a point when people started to hate the game thanks to the betting scandal....the writer so insanely and childishly proclaims -- ganguly an embarrasment...well do u forget what service he has given to the team....do you forget how well he'd brought in young and fresh blood to the team and then how he inducted them into the team guided them like an elder brother....damn this fool and what about rediff god dont u guys ever edit..... people do forget.....but then if they do forget they shouldnt comment or write such crap...
n by the way when is this overly biased anti ganguly fellow get the boot....
