4 Wicket-Keeper (Dhoni Karthick Uthappa & Dravi) Uthappa is also a keeper & Darvid can keep he has shown us in Past (Proved Yet Not)
5 Spinners (Sachin Sehwag Yuvraj Kumbke Singh) Sachin Sehwag & Yuvi can be used as a 5th Bowler. so You can take 4 Bowler a keeper who is a good Batsmen & 6 Batsmen so You can Bat very Lower Down & if Irfan fit & In Forn then we can be a threat Even for the Aussies.
We have Oner of the Best batters in paper But not in field Sachin sehwag Rahul sourav cheers them They will Perform.
regarding pacer Zaheer is back with munaf in Form u can bowl to can bowl any opposition out.
So Cheers up Guys We Will Bring the Cup Back to India.
If people were to select the ODI team then the whole regional feeling will come into the picture. Vengsarkar has been selected by BCCI to select the team. Not you. Why did you not ask this question when people like Kishen Rungta and Jaywant Lele were at the Helm, did they even play cricket forget winning them? I guess the 15 selected may be the worst but they are the best of what we have got.
RE:Don't be ridiculous
by r k on Feb 14, 2007 02:48 PM
Donot tell it as Best among the Worst...Lots of Promising players who play whole heartedly for the sake of MotherLand,,are there without having God Father like our Current Players..
Why this question is put up now ? BCCI is not a new body. It is better if they continue as it is otherwise dirty politicians (already happening now with the likes of SHARAD PAWAR - who is he to head it ? when you are asking about our Chief of Selection Committee, you never mention about its president) will play many NO-BALLS AND WIDES. It is nice if BCCI change their name to ICB (Indian Cricket Board) OR BCI (Bharat Cricket Board). Can't it?
I have a few suggestions 1. Government should take the sport bodies like BCCI and IHF and so on. 2. Tax excemption should not be given to BCCI or any player under BCCI (they are overpaid already. who pays around 2 lakh per day(per on day match.............?????????????) 3. Scrap the present Ranji, Duleep, Theoder trophies system and promote professional leagues for cricket. while a football team can be picked up form the performances in the professional leagues, so can a cricket team be picked. After all it is a game. 4. Make the BCCI or the players share the revenue with the government in a 50:50 basis 5. As like any other sportsman in the country, let the cricketers also be attached to organisations with a monthly salary, and get a special salary or special allowance when they play for the country, and be rewarded according to their performance. 6. Make a law that only people who have played the game should be part of any committee or heading the federation. the administrators should be appointed by the government.
RE:Government should take all the sports bodies
by Cricket s on Feb 14, 2007 08:00 PM
govt should take over BCCI? what a joke. Govt is not the solution to every problem. In fact I would say Govt/Politicians should stay away from BCCI
More people watch cricket in this country than participating in electing our government. Indian people should have a say in the selection process since the team is representing our country and not just BCCI. Otherwise, as the author rightly said, let cricket be run by Ambanis and Tatas. We will have many successful Indian teams all the time.
RE:Wake up fellow indians
by bharat on Feb 14, 2007 09:19 AM
The writer has said that the people should have a say in the team selection. What next, umpiring decisions? If the general public are considered to have qualifications and the expertise to select the team, why not make umpiring decisions based on crowd response?
RE:RE:Wake up fellow indians
by Gita Chawla on Feb 14, 2007 09:58 AM
India was once ruled by British because we were ready to give up our rights. After 60 years of independence, we still want to give up our rights. It is not just any kind of response. It is a process I am talking about. Do you still think, Rahul or Vengsarkar would have had their way if there was a say by us. It is better we privatise cricket.
RE:RE:RE:Wake up fellow indians
by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Feb 14, 2007 01:12 PM
Cricket is privatised... BCCI is a private body which receives no funding from GoI. You dont have to like it - it is team India because the ICC recognizes BCCI's team as representing India. What do you want, general elections for the cricket team? THat way, players from less populous states like say Kerala or Kashmir will never get selected.
What did Dravid mean when he said, 6 players should perform. Did he already know others are not going to perform? Did he pick the rest because they are his chamchaas? He played a puppet into Chappell's hands. Now he supports the board and selectors and include non performers.
RE:Why only six should perform?
by r k on Feb 14, 2007 02:53 PM
Really Dravid is Foolish in all aspects..he is like a Puppett in Chappells Hands or Political Hand...
What a crap of an article. There are fundamental errors in the proposals put up by the writer:
1. Selection of the cricket team requires a certain level of experience and expertise. Do not belittle the selector's job by making the selection appear so easy that any Indian citizen is good enough to have a say in the team selection. You cannot democratize the selection process. The selectors do need to have credentials such as knowledge of the game and past experience. Allowing public opinion into the selection process is unthinkable and ridiculous. It is like acknowledging that each and every Indian is capable of choosing the right team for India.
2. Secondly, Dilip Vengsarkar has more experience of playing one day matches than many of his illustrous predecessors. The statement "who is Vengsarkar to decide about the composition of the Indian team..." is equally ridiculous. If you are require selectors to have played a hell lot of one day cricket, there would be very few ex cricketers above 40 years old who could qualify to be a selector. If you review the suitability based on experience and record in both one dayers and tests, there would not be many ex Indian cricketers who match Vengsarkar's credentials for the job.
I wonder if the rediff editorial team reviews articles before being posted on the web. I am utterly surprised as to how such an article which is full of basic flaws got published.
RE:RE:Crap Article
by anil babaldi on Feb 14, 2007 01:17 PM
Mr.Kamath, why should they be not. If they were not who was the next in place? Powar and Raina. Both are good but can't score runs consistently or at a faster pace. Hence they were included.
RE:RE:Crap Article
by satya s on Feb 15, 2007 03:21 PM
Because a highly talented guy like sehwag cannot be out of the team for long!
do you remember Katich being dropped for the next test after saving the sydney test against us single handedly for an out of form Martyn? If left to aussie fans, they would have taken Martyn out.Ponting didn't.
That's just the way the world works !
And life is about ups and downs.
One canot throw out highly talented people for their down phases.if they are so replaceable, find the alternatives!
RE:Crap Article
by VISWANATH M on Feb 14, 2007 06:16 PM
I full agree with you. We may remember how Vegsarkar and Kapil saved India in a crucial match during Benson & Hedges Cup in Australia.
Privatise Indian cricket and see how NarayanaMurhty and Tatas develop the game. Overnight they will make 1000 Rahul Dravids. Our country has 100 crores population. People like NarayanaMurthy can put up thousands of match winning teams with no bias and no favouritism. Those teams will function lot more superior than this team.
RE:Privatise Indian cricket
by anil babaldi on Feb 14, 2007 01:20 PM
Sathish, this aint S/W development. Those people revolutionize the game they aint Phil Jackson or Nick Van Gundy to create 1000 rahul dravids. Narayana murthy was good at something, let us give credit to that, let us not grab him towards cricket and make fun of himself. Good managers at one thing does not become great at others.
RE:Privatise Indian cricket
by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Feb 14, 2007 01:16 PM
Indian cricket is privatised!!! BCCI is a private body! What is wrong with you people. Yeah, narayana moorthy. He's probably never played cricket except at gully cricket and you want him to select the team. Instead have people like Gavaskar, Pataudi or someone who has a history of being fairly unbiased. (Foreign selectors?) BCCI doesnt need narayana murthy or tata to develop the game. It is developed as it is... India's market pays for the ICC and all other cricket playing nations...
I totally agree with you on this. BCCI is a joke. Previous records of the players should some weight but should not become only deciding factor. Sehwag can't take his place for granted, and have to earn it by playing better.
We all indians live for cricket. Why don't we at least make domestic cricket private so we all get chance to go to the games in stadium, there is so much appetite for cricket in india but not enough chance.
Make it private and that way we all get enough cricket and players make decent money. That way you encourage youngsters to take cricket as a serious career option. As it is now, it is a very risky and limited career option.
Just look at NFL/NBA/NHL in USA. A local player in USA has more options than state level cricketer in india. That should tell you something.
RE:I agree
by anil babaldi on Feb 14, 2007 01:22 PM
Good point, you wanna talk of NFL/NHL/NBA, then let us do it. Each school has a dedicated PET for their school and in India forget PET, and all that we know is 1-2-3-4 exercises on a sunny afternoon. The kind of funding other companies put them in US does not happen in India. BCCI with its brain is generating the money with the help of great showmen like sachin,sehwag,dravid and ganguly so they are right to reap it.
RE:RE:I agree
by Sathish P on Feb 14, 2007 01:51 PM
I see your point, but look at a lot of young players who are not lucky enough to get chance to play for india. Why not create more opportunities by making it private, so they get to play and make money. With that kind of opportunity, you will see more funding to younger cricketers - funding from private organizations. For millions of aspirants, there is only around 15 positions available now. That's not enough to to encourage young folks to take cricket as career option.
Don't you want to see more tendulkars, dravids, dhonis etc? I know i want it. I'm starving for cricket man...get me more entertaining cricket. I can really use well organized domestic cricket, like country cricket.
