SOMETHING tells me Rahul Dravid will be India's key player in its quest to tackle the mammoth task that confronts it.
He is a proud man who would have been wounded by his first innings performance and I have no doubt he would have thought long and hard about how to rectify his lack of impact first time around. When in the right mindset he is the toughest batsman in world cricket to dismiss and already has a double hundred on his CV in Australia. Like all great players, he's only one favourite shot well executed away from being back in form.
rediff is biased they put only the bad comments on dravid
Kumble should adjust Sehbag in opening with Jaffer coz Jaffer also plays slowly like Dravid do.We need a batsman in opening who can do counter attack against the Aussies pace battery. Dravid should come at no 3
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Suman Bhat on Dec 28, 2007 03:08 PM
Opening against fast and accurate bowling on hard bouncy pitches in aus conditions will be a tough task for any batsman As a professional team player dravid he accepted challenge knowing that chief selector has already an against him and he was thrown out odi after five bad innings batting in diff positions A failure of gamble for kumble as dravid failed as opener now ppl are already screaming against dravid. . He has never been selfish towards his position and game Whenever team has problem dravid made scapegoat and desciminating in batting order for dravid? other Indian batsman is ready to open, buz they all are under tremendous pressure even playing in their regular slot,
make ganguly and tendulkar open batting in test against aussie and face the lee johnso and s cleakr sts and also make them bat in five diff positions in five odis then see the differnce in scoring strikerate. ..why everytime dravid should made scapegoat and none of player is coming forward to open innings to accommodate yuvraj. Ganguly said he missed many 100s bcuz of batting up in order why he did not come forward to opening??why great tendulkar did not secirfice his position while he wanted to open in odis. tmaster blaster did not blast or tiger did not roar..where was superstars when team require their service blabbering so much in front of media If he fails he will be out of test team also He is well aware of chief selector has an agenda against him.( Already out of odi team after jus
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Starwar on Dec 28, 2007 07:21 PM
There goes shameless Suman Bhat...weeping for fellow statemate and loser Dravid..pity your dumb loyalty wont matter when selector drop Drvid
Only performance counts on the field for Dravid future....dumbo...wailing here does not help Dravid
RE:RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Ashish Tyagi on Dec 28, 2007 09:37 PM
Nobody can point out the finger upon Saurabh dedication on game. The person who always is being attacking against the big teams & have lost his wicket so many occasion to lift the run rate high & also have hitted most sixes in the ODI by any indian. Everybody knows to hit the six you have to take the risk of your wicket
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Ashish Tyagi on Dec 28, 2007 09:56 PM
yes, saurabh is realy great servent of indian cricket. He have lead the indian team in 2003 world cup & have shown his caliber of captainency
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by rahul malhotra on Dec 28, 2007 09:55 AM
Man u dravid fans will do anything to talk rubbish about saurav ganguly. Just because Dravid played pathetically, doesnt mean u take ur frustration out on dada. From ur post its clear thatweather saurav takes quick singles or not, ull crtisize him. Had he not gone after Hogg, u wd have called him selfish and trying to save his wicket which rahul does so often, now he went after him and failed, ur after his life again. Atleast have a proper stand, dont critisize just because a player isnt from ur state
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by sanjay on Dec 28, 2007 11:20 AM
Neither Kannadiga nor Dravid fan.... but early stages senior has to easeout new comer at crease at critical junctures. There are numerous occasions Ganguly was struggling somebody else eased him out. Take last test at Bengluru Yuvi launched frontal attack on pakis then Gangs after easing started accumulating runs to lesser bowlers. Check his encounters with Shoaib in same match.
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by India on Dec 28, 2007 10:37 AM
Tell us which player in Indian team is a team player? Don't point finger at one person alone. Anyway whatever you have said about Ganguly is just rubbish. If he has to protect any player, then such a player does not deserve to be in the team itself.
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by sanjay on Dec 28, 2007 11:17 AM
Not long ago Ponting said if ever he wants to change a rule in cricket... Then he will opt for declaring batsman not out in out on first ball he faces.... It tells you something .....if you know cricket and if you have basic intelligence to understand what he said.
RE:RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Arun Mehra on Dec 28, 2007 11:44 AM
Sanjay,First get some brains and then talk about basic intelligence, u r some million years behind in evolution.
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by sanjay on Dec 28, 2007 11:18 AM
only at breaks settled batsman has to ease out new comer or a tail ender. That is cricket.
RE:RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Arun Mehra on Dec 28, 2007 11:46 AM
Only two players who were completely at ease with all the fast bowlers yesterday were Sachin and ganguly and a block head like u feels ganguly was hiding behind Kumble, get a life u kiddo.
RE:RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by India on Dec 28, 2007 11:09 AM
Kumble does not need protection. He even scored a century in England at age 36. He can bat pretty well. In fact Kumble started off his career as a batsman first in his teens. Then he switched over to bowling because he was good at it. Go watch some more cricket.
RE:Ganguly..... is he a team man?
by Arun Mehra on Dec 28, 2007 11:42 AM
Sanjay, u dumb f.ck, pls keep ur trap shut. Only a thick skull like u will make statement like this against a guy who has scored more than 17000 runs in international cricket. If somebody can accumulate 17000 runs by shirking fast bowlers, we dont mind a few more such players in the team. Just get lost.
baache(hehehe) ko maaf kiya jaye... Just a thought last summer in nothern hemisphere Fab 4 (the movie) was big dud. Lets see how the Fab 4 of India does it in souther hemisphere summer.
It was Kumble's decision to make Dravid open. He knew full well that Dravid is out of form. How can one expect a player like Dravid to open and then score quickly when he is out of form? Dravid is known for his slow scoring. Why was Sehwag taken to Australia? Ultimately it is Kumble's responsibilty becasue he is the captain. But what Waugh said is correct. Dravid gave away the momentum. But Dravid is not to blame becasue he is not an opening batsman. In fact if a player is so much out of form like Dravid is at the moment,the team management should have the guts to drop such a player.
RE:Kumble made Dravid open
by Starwar on Dec 28, 2007 07:22 PM
100% correct...Dravid needed to be dropped by Kumble this test...as RD stated he is not comfortable as opener
oh its good to see a fight between u guys...no wonder we aussies r on top. One of my friend told me to check out the forums here to see how Indians lack unity....I'm not surprised you Indians are no good in any team sport.
Oh well Go Aussie Go...Indians got internal issues to sort out no way they gonna win.
But hey more than your teams it the supporters who are the biggest losers!!
RE:aussie
by a a on Dec 28, 2007 01:09 PM
That is so typical of you Indian because you can't find a good reply or have no reply to it you dont't reply to the subject but try to target the person who wrote it...ha ha losers
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by Janardhana on Dec 28, 2007 08:17 AM
What demoralisation, you don't understand cricket, and steve waugh is telling this to further confuse India. In reality dravid did a decent job, by seeing off new ball and allowing stroke players to play their game although I agree it would have been good if he himself got some decent runs. But remember he is out of form and he is not an opener. On the contrary What did regular opener jaffer did. Similarly if some body bats like dravid did, in test it can also affect bowlers too. Not getting wicket can frustrate them also. Moreover, clearly after dravid, Sachin and sourav played a decent partnership and I am sure by steve's argument they have gained back momentum with 130 for 3 down, from which 300 plus was possibility. What happened then, why India lost sudden 3 wickets, what did Yuvaraj and Dhoni do. In fact this hurt more than anybody else. The 3 quick wickets when momentum was slowly turning to Indian side hurt India more than anybody else. Even if Yuvaraj and Dhoni stayed at crease like dravid did, we would have some runs and mind you they were playing old ball which was far more easier than playing newball, they were in their familiar batting positions. But unfortunately, people like you and media doesnot talk about this for they are biased and having a single point agenda to finish off Dravid.
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by Smart on Dec 28, 2007 08:42 AM
what does eating idlis have to do here. WHat do you know about south indian cuisine and what do you know about the good effects caused by eating idlis. If we start mocking your so called cuisine it wont be nice. Better shut the shit mouth and talk sense
RE:RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by Starwar on Dec 28, 2007 08:50 AM
Rotten idlis...they stink ...rest of india is tired of ili eater's bias towards south indian players like Dravid...got it idli?
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by Smart on Dec 28, 2007 08:55 AM
its uselesss talking to you stupids. Everyone have their own eatin habits and it doesnt make sense to make fun of them. And to cap it, eating idli or chappathi is not going to do anything for cricket. Open your eyes. else get lost
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by Janardhana on Dec 28, 2007 08:18 AM
One dayers and test matches are different. Playing Bangla and Australia are also different. In one dayers, once we settle he should have gone to accelerate, which he didnot do. In test matches there is always a scope for wearing out bowlers.
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by ashok tandon on Dec 28, 2007 08:26 AM
you do understand very well...I can see that...maybe u need to eat a few more rotten idlis to understand better...
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by Starwar on Dec 28, 2007 08:48 AM
Janardhan ...scoring 4 runs in 65 balls after giving 2 chances is nothing to brag about Dravid...so just go and stuff yourself...got it?
RE:rahul dravid has destroyed the innings
by sanjay on Dec 28, 2007 09:42 AM
Ganguly played 8 ball in total of Brett Lee from 31 st over onwards in his innings. That is when he came to bat.
He exposed Kumble when Lee was bowling his second over to Ganguly. He took quick single a rare sight. Then in next over in hurry to milk Hogg got out.
Further as a senior settled in batsman exposed Yuvi and Dhoni to clerk early on at tea. Did not help them to settle. That the he is a team man?
