Gangulys performance fell during period he was Captain,his personal record would have been far better had he quit captaincy long ago...Captaincy was shunned by many stalwarts like Sachin,recently Dravid and their personal records were very good when they were not captaining and Ganguly was carrying burden of Indian captaincy at the cost of his own individual records...Why should individual player sacrifice their personal performance for sake of India... It was ganguly who did it for India!!!!! However he has understood it well that Captaincy is a bone of contention in India... now his perfomance is best this year!!!!Bravo ganguly who created a great team after match fixing fiasco which happened during the helm of dungarpur as BCCI Prez.. Gangu gave India the art of fighting spirit which was missing earlier..is back again with Kumble Kumble is a very matured and excellant captain and most suited to lead India to victory in Australia and make history. He can face BCCI rascals as well as ganguly did,he is definitely not a spineless Captain....
I dont think this team will win in Australia...this is by far the weakest pakistani team to ever tour India and Shoaib malik is just not ready for the job...when we go to australia all these runs won't matter...I hope Australia dont make the mistake of last time when they created flat tracks for our batsmen and Waugh attacked just a little too much...this time they will be ready...beating weak teams do not matter competing against Australia is a different proposition altogether
Ganguly played well in these series, but it is going to be a different ball-game in Australia. Here (this series in India)the ball was rising only to knee level, and Shoib was not fit enough. Ganguly is going to get a wake -up call from ball one. Lee & Co. will test him with three -quarters length.
RE:Have both feet on the ground Dada!
by Niladri Chakraborti on Dec 13, 2007 06:52 PM
I really hope that Ganguly gets a wake-up call from Lee & Co. because the last time he got a wake up call from them, he woke up and scored 144!!!!!
RE:Sorry Ganguly fans!
by S Narain on Dec 20, 2007 03:19 PM
Gangulys performance fell during period he was Captain,his personal record would have been far better had he quit captaincy long ago...Captaincy was shunned by many stalwarts like Sachin,recently Dravid and their personal records were very good when they were not captaining and Ganguly was carrying burden of Indian captaincy at the cost of his own individual records...Why should individual player sacrifice their personal performance for sake of India... It was ganguly who did it for India!!!!! However he has understood it well that Captaincy is a bone of contention in India... now his perfomance is best this year!!!!Bravo ganguly who created a great team after match fixing fiasco which happened during the helm of dungarpur as BCCI Prez.. Gangu gave India the art of fighting spirit which was missing earlier..is back again with Kumble Kumble is a very matured and excellant captain and most suited to lead India to victory in Australia and make history. He can face BCCI rascals as well as ganguly did,he is definitely not a spineless Captain....
This great batting line up...Ganguly the great...rememeber, Brisbane and Melbourne in 2003, and obviously Laxman, the thorn in Aussie flesh...Sachin is only next to Bradman...and the WALL needs no new intro... If captain Kumble with his colleagues deliver with the ball, India will beat the Aussies at their backyard.
Useless Agarkar by
Pradeep Kumar Khandatray on Dec 12, 2007 04:10 PM | Hide replies | Hide message
I don't know why agarkar is still there in India Cricket Team, I guess he is a son in law to BCCI, that's why we can see him on the selectin list all the time, i dont what he has done so far, how many times he has turned mountains upside down, we have a population of bloody 10.15 billions approx can't they find out a good bowler out of it, what abt the upcoming guys why don't they give chance to them, it would better not to see the face of this stupid chap anymore, pls release him now.
RE:Useless Agarkar
by himumbai on Dec 12, 2007 09:09 PM
Mr.Pradeep Kumar...
I have few questions for you:
1. Do you know Cricket? (If 'Yes', then only read my next questions.)
2. Do you know how many International wickets Agarkar has in his pockets?
3. Do you know how many years he is playing for India?
4. Do you know anybody who can reverse swing the bowl like agarkar in the current team?
5. Do you know any bowler who is a better fielder than agarkar?
6. Do you know any pace bowler other than Agarkar in the current team who has scored Test hundred at Lords?
7. Do you know any bowler who has taken 6 wickets in an inning against Australia in Australia.
RE:Useless Agarkar
by ranjan chowdhury on Dec 12, 2007 10:26 PM
Agarkar is the worst bowler in the world. He is not even fit for school cricket. You dont have to teach us to judge...be sober and judge for yourself.
RE:Useless Agarkar
by Ashwini Verma on Dec 13, 2007 12:27 PM
Mr Ranjan Chowdhury, I see you are talking like those people who campaigning for a politician and doesn't know why he/she is doing so. I don't mean to hurt you but your opinion doesn't have any facts/figures and full of only words of blame that's is how politicians campaigners are. :)
RE:Useless Agarkar
by cricket fan on Dec 13, 2007 01:21 PM
Well u need to chk ur statistics properly. agarkar is that fastest indian to reach 150, 200, 250 wickets. its just that people only knows and remember him for his first 50 wickets. for ur inormation the quickets to reach 300 club are waqar 300 in 186 matches mcgrath 300 in 200 matches agarkar 288 in 191 matches. so agarkar has 9 matches more to take just 12 wickets to become 2nd quickest bowler to take 300. All these stats shows he is by far better than these new youngsters like RP, Balaji, Nehra, Munaf etc
RE:Useless Agarkar
by Niladri Chakraborti on Dec 13, 2007 07:04 PM
There u go! Another 'give chance to the new guy' stupid. Why don't u stupids understand there's no free lunch in international cricket for that mater any sport. I am not a Agarkar fan club member myself, but it's ridiculous! why don't u let the 'new guy' fend for himself. Trust me it'll be better for him and definitely Indian cricket as a whole. Tru talent can never be subsided, no matter how bad the system is.
RE:Useless Agarkar
by chandra manikkath on Dec 13, 2007 08:39 PM
Agarkar is a good cook....so they selected him for looking after all other great players.
Ganguly played very well in this test series and looks to be in very good touch but this is not enough he has to make amends in Australia by carrying this form to prove a point.In test cricket Ganguly was consistently inconsistent hope he has learned from his old mistakes.
Fans going ga ga over his last 2 outings are quite justified b'se his best form in test cricket began again after the 2 centuires he played at his debute he has never performed this good.
He will definately play 100 test which will give him more satisfaction on his cricketing career but he should consider himself to be more fortunate in this league b'se the players who have played 100 test for India were much better and class players than him.
RE:Ganguly
by on Dec 12, 2007 01:48 PM
Guys dont forget that Ganguly is the first person to score a hundred(146) against Australia in Australian conditions in the tour when he leaded the team. He is the person who saved that match and set examples. Dada can be a best player in any track.
RE:RE:Ganguly
by Sameer joseph on Dec 12, 2007 07:45 PM
It is gud to see ganguli bak in form, but statistics are statistics.... Only Two off his centuries have come in Bouncy pitches one v/s australia, second against weak england, Rest all against Weak teams or weak bowling squad off strong teams....(during bangalore test Akhtar was injured and he didn't bowl,) 131 England Lord's 1996 Drawn 136 England Nottingham 1996 Drawn 147 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 1997/98 Drawn 109 Sri Lanka Mohali 1997/98 Drawn 173 Sri Lanka Mumbai 1997/98 Drawn 101* New Zealand Hamilton 1998/99 Drawn 101 New Zealand Ahmedabad 1999/00 Drawn 136 Zimbabwe Delhi 2001/02 India 128 England Leeds 2002 India 100* New Zealand Ahmedabad 2003/04 Drawn 144 Australia Brisbane 2003/04 Drawn 101 Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2005 India 100 Bangladesh Chittagong 2007 Drawn 102 Pakistan Kolkata 2007 Drawn 239 Pakistan
RE:RE:RE:Ganguly
by Sameer joseph on Dec 12, 2007 07:48 PM
And only three times we have won the Tests.. One against England, and 2 against poor zimbabwe
RE:Ganguly
by Niladri Chakraborti on Dec 13, 2007 07:15 PM
Ya Sameer u r right! However here's some stat for u! 128 England Leeds 2002 India won a test in England after 16 years!!!!!!! 101 Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2005 India won a test series in Zim for the FIRST TIME (ur 'poor zimbabwe' kicked our ass till then on their soil, interesting isn't it!!!!!!!!!)
RE:RE:Ganguly
by S Narain on Dec 20, 2007 03:24 PM
Gangulys performance fell during period he was Captain,his personal record would have been far better had he quit captaincy long ago...Captaincy was shunned by many stalwarts like Sachin,recently Dravid and their personal records were very good when they were not captaining and Ganguly was carrying burden of Indian captaincy at the cost of his own individual records...Why should individual player sacrifice their personal performance for sake of India... It was ganguly who did it for India!!!!! However he has understood it well that Captaincy is a bone of contention in India... now his perfomance is best this year!!!!Bravo ganguly who created a great team after match fixing fiasco which happened during the helm of dungarpur as BCCI Prez.. Gangu gave India the art of fighting spirit which was missing earlier..is back again with Kumble Kumble is a very matured and excellant captain and most suited to lead India to victory in Australia and make history. He can face BCCI rascals as well as ganguly did,he is definitely not a spineless Captain....
RE:RE:Ganguly
by Abby M on Dec 13, 2007 08:53 PM
Hmm seems u dont know, that Dravid and Sachin had scored hundreds in that match. And when the team is already in a strong position there is very less pressure. May hay while the sun shines.
RE:Ganguly
by sasmita rout on Dec 13, 2007 10:42 AM
Man how easily you guys criticie someone.... You do not feel the pinch Ganguly must have gone through when Greg chappel was around..... He has come back and how strong this comeback is.... See his mental strength and his abilities...... Do not write any crap like batting against weak bowling or batting against weaker teams...... do not give all these bullshits to criticise such a determined cricketer...... Just shut your mouths up and atleast try to appreciate the fantastiic cricket he is playing....... He has shown the most dramatic and succesful comeback of all time in the history of Cricket......
RE:Ganguly
by S Narain on Dec 20, 2007 03:23 PM
Gangulys performance fell during period he was Captain,his personal record would have been far better had he quit captaincy long ago...Captaincy was shunned by many stalwarts like Sachin,recently Dravid and their personal records were very good when they were not captaining and Ganguly was carrying burden of Indian captaincy at the cost of his own individual records...Why should individual player sacrifice their personal performance for sake of India... It was ganguly who did it for India!!!!! However he has understood it well that Captaincy is a bone of contention in India... now his perfomance is best this year!!!!Bravo ganguly who created a great team after match fixing fiasco which happened during the helm of dungarpur as BCCI Prez.. Gangu gave India the art of fighting spirit which was missing earlier..is back again with Kumble Kumble is a very matured and excellant captain and most suited to lead India to victory in Australia and make history. He can face BCCI rascals as well as ganguly did,he is definitely not a spineless Captain....
RE:Ganguly
by Raj on Dec 12, 2007 07:03 AM
Not to forget that Ganguly played last test on dead wickets against a very ordinary Pakistam bowling attack. In Australia when Brett Lee and company will be bwoling on lively wickets with great speed and movement Ganguly's lack of footwork will be exposed. He was probably the best captain we ever had but now he should retire gracefully before selectors kick him out.
RE:Ganguly
by Anand Vardhan on Dec 13, 2007 10:12 AM
lakshman, yuvi, dhoni all these three have no technique and tentative in the biginning but the determination to bat. once they settle, they would thrash any bowler to the ropes. so is ganguly. once he gets going he is a treat to watch. except for dravid and to some extent sachin and well now may be to a little extent jaffer, no one else in the team has technique. then y just blame ganguly. at least he is getting runs for the team. if u dont want to appreciate, dont but at least respect him and be calm. FORTUNATELY I AM TELUGU GUY AND NOT A BENGALI. uff
RE:Ganguly
by George Samson on Dec 12, 2007 09:02 AM
Guys Flat Bed or Dead Wickets. A Century is a Century and a Double Century is a Double Century. Why could not the others make runs. So dont call Gangulys play a crap. (mind it I am not a Ganguly Supporter) Let us applaud the performers.
This forum stinks of hatred. Its not worth looking at anymore. People just know the blame game and nothing good. The moderators are useless in their jobs as well. This forum is definitely not for grown ups and sensible people.
RE:This is how Ganguly fired against Fast bowlers
by rohtak on Dec 11, 2007 05:26 PM
dear abby u don know anything ganguly ye wohi ganguly h jo pehle bhi pakistan ke liye khatrnak tha or aaj bhi h u see 58,48,102,239,73 not out day four 3rd test so how can u say anything abt him
RE:RE:This is how Ganguly fired against Fast bowlers
by Abby M on Dec 11, 2007 06:27 PM
Yes Rohtak
I dont know anything, i dont know that Ganguly averages less than 30 against McGrath, Walsh, Ambrose, Donald, Pollock, Akram and Waqar, the great bowlers of his time.
Yes i dont know anything about TEST CRICKET, i dont know that he couldnt score one hundred against them.
You are right great batsmen are those who score against England, can you pls tell me name of 1 great bowler of England in 90s....., against whom he made 2 hundreds. Can you enlighten me against the great bowlers of zimbabwe against whom he has 3 hundreds. Or can u give me the names of bowlers of NZ who came to India and gr8 ganguly scored 2 hundreds.
Pls enlighten me as i dont know anything.
I only know this pakistan team had great bowlers who bowled to him the most in Kolkatta and Bangalore and these pitches, my god deadly pitches for batsmen to play.
RE:This is how Ganguly fired against Fast bowlers
by ronit dev on Dec 12, 2007 09:57 PM
where do u find live pithches in india u MF.which batsmen hav average more than 30 against Mcgrath, walsh, ambrose, donald, pollock, akram aand waqar?link me to the website, u as...le.
RE:This is how Ganguly fired against Fast bowlers
by swapan paul on Dec 11, 2007 05:48 PM
Inspite of all these tremendus play , he may be out of the team as forseen by the great BCCI men so called Mr. PAWAR's brigade. S.K.PAUL
RE:This is how Ganguly fired against Fast bowlers
by indraneel dasgupta on Dec 11, 2007 05:32 PM
IF GANGULY AND YUVI HAD NOT SCORED IN THE FIRST INNINGS, INDIA WOULD HAVE LOST THIS BANGALORE TEST BY NOW............ THEREFORE THIS IS ALSO A MATCH SAVING INNINGS UNDERSTOOD. AND PLEASE WOULD YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU FOUND THOSE RECORDS
RE:Either he fires or his back will be on fire.
by Dennis Christie on Dec 13, 2007 12:18 AM
Ganguly's record in nagpur is stupendous in both forms of game.
