Once more, stupid / sensless decision of immature Mr. Dravid & So called Gr. Guru. How long you allow Jaffer & Sehwag to play the Cricket, send them back along with Mr. Pathan back to India.
I feel, Jaffer has blessing of Mr. Great Sharad Power & Mr. Grt Kiran More, Mr. Dilip Vengsarkar is helpless.
RE:Unchanged the last combination
by saby on Dec 28, 2006 01:03 AM
Humm keep jaffer drop ganguly.... are you still living in this world or u r just downright dont want to open your eyes.. it was ganguly in 1st match who held the innings in the middle both the time ..give credit atleast when its due
I agree with the opinion on selection of Wasim Jaffer. However, I would also like to add that Ganguly should get dropped based on his last 10 innings performance.Scoring a half century cannot be a criterion for selecting a player who does not fit in the scheme of things.
If India wants to keep their side unchanged just because it won the last test it would be superstitious and stupid. One should always look for improving, instead of ignoring the faults when winning. This is an old-school theory and India should try to learn these things from Australia.
India won the test because of Sreesant, Zaheer, Kumble, Ganguly and Laxman. There was small contribution from Sachin and Dravid. VRV should be replaced by Patel. Sehwag and Jaffer must be dropped. If they dont want disturb the winning combination, then field only 9 players without the openers who are going to fail again definitely.
It is foolish to say one thing and do the other thing. I don't know why Jaffer should be given chance to play -- He should have been given the same treatment as that given to Patha, Both these boys being talented will bounce back. So the selectors should have given a chance to GG. Do not demoralize good players by not giving them a chance. We should not sway this much from total experimentation policy to no-change policy. It is a shame on the collective intelligence of our country. (I know cricket is such that WJ may shine well in the next match and may make me eat my words. I hope that happens)
As long as Vengsarkar leads the selection penal he will not allow to drop Wasim Jaffer his fellow Maharshtrian from the Team. Let Jaffer score more zeros but his double hundred against Windies will give him several more chances to play test cricket. That is India and Indian politicised Criket board!
