Well played all the batsmen! Welcome back Dada! You are the run machine at the top order! But what a mess in Indian bowling! After making 338 they only won it by 15 runs. Whats up with the fielding? India won by luck for me because WI was only 3 good shots away from victory. India has to improve bowling and fielding if they have to win the next 3 matches!!!
Dear Prem Panick'er? Hoiw is this joker Ganguly still getting runs?. I had a feeling (from your south Africa Match reports )that this joker who didnot know how to Duck Properly despite scoring Highest runs for India in Jokerlike substandard wickets is again playing dot balls in 'Standard' Indian wickets. Cricket is a stange game which produces Jokers like ganguly and highly ethical reporters like you making a comfortable and ethical living for you with your dose of subtle undertones for black comedy!
The win over WI in the first ODI is credit worthy but let us not get carried away. This was an out and out batting wicket. Cricket is one game where you need qualitative analysis more than quantitative. The WI bowling was mediocre in this game. Besides they don't really have a genuine fast bowler like Brett Lee, Shoaib et. Facing SA, Australia, Pakistan, NZ and even WI attacks on fast pitches like Kingston, Bridgetown etc is a whole different proposition. Ganguly has scored 98 and I admire his guts and determination. But in all honesty, he shouldn't open the innings. He should come in at No.5 or 6. Laxman should be in the team. I would go with the following 15 for WC.
Reserves: harbhajan pathan (his batting is underrated) yuvraj raina
Laxman is a genuinely good batsman. He is not as quick in the field as some of the youngsters but let us not forget he is usually in the slips. Munaf is a impressive young bowler. His accuracy is good. He needs to improve his fielding though.
RE:Should Ganguly open in WC2007?
by Joseph Dsouza on Jan 23, 2007 07:48 PM
where is the place for robin uttappa here? who done extremily well in domestic cricket
I've read a few messages that suggest that Ganguly's newly regained form was a slap in the face of those who wanted him dropped, which I think is a cynical way of looking at things. By the admission of Ganguly himself, and most other experts, he needed that time off to get his game in order by playing domestic cricket. Just like Zaheer Khan. Or Dravid, when he was dropped from ODIs around 1998. Ganguly and Zaheer have shown what they are made of and now Sehwag has to do the same. Ganguly could not return to the team when it was doing well (obviously... he also admitted the same). Sehwag needs to regain his form and hope that Gambhir doesnt cement his spot until the world cup...
RE:Didnt Ganguly need the time out?
by Indra Sengupta on Jan 23, 2007 10:18 AM
Dear Arun, Just remember with what Vengeance Ganguly was dropped by the then selctor head. There is no place for Ganguly he said. There was really a conspiracy to end his career and remove him from captaincy. It is not true that Ganguly was dropped to allow him to regain his form. Ganguly did it and full crdit toes to him. If that Jumping-Tennis-Ball-Behind-the-Wicket still remained the head selector there would not have been any place for Ganguly even now.
Another good knock came from DADA's bat. Its a golden new year gift for his fans, and a most awaiting for his fans also for him too. All the best DADA for world cup. keep up the good performence, Come on INDIA show the power of india in the world cup 2007
thanks to vengerskar for giving the chance. I respect everyone greg sir, dravid Now please change the team for second one day drop Agarkar, Harbhajan and bring R.P.Singh, Romesh Pawar...........
THe world cup team are as under ( 16 ) Dravid (Captain) Sachin (V.captain) Ganguly Kartik Dhoni Robin Uttapa Yuvraj SIngh Suresh Raina Sehwag Ramesh Pawar Harbhajan Sreesanth Zaheer Khan Ashish Nehra Joginder Sharma R.P.Singh
RE:ganguly done a good job
by on Jan 31, 2007 03:44 PM
Why you dont like Agarkar & Harbhajan is in the team for World Cup ? I think u got mad because u wanted 1)Ashish Nehra 2)Joginder Sharma 3)R.P.Singh is in the team !!! I also think that u Don`t know about Cricket..........
RE:ganguly done a good job
by suyog pandit on Jan 24, 2007 10:13 AM
sukesh bhai,1.for world cup only 15 players are to be selected not 16,2.Nehra is not in the probables for WC.Check the facts first then give ur team.samza beta
Good job Sourav. This is a tight slap for Greg Chappell and Rahul Dravid, bcoz of them Sourav was not in Team. Congrats for a great inning. Always shine. Kashif Faisal
It's too early to campare Dhoni to gilchrist. dravid,tendulker,ganguly looks good on paper but have they won india anything or been consistent.
Dravid is a good player, infact he's the best batsman in the indian team right now.He can play in any surface unlike tendulker.
sri-lanka have just finished playing in NZ and they did really well, unlike the indian team. when they toured here they lost both the test and oneday series. noone performed except sehwag and dravid. tendulker is overated anyway.
Also aditya maheshwari, i don't live in India, haven't been to the country in five years.
RE:The Real Story
by derc cruse on Jan 23, 2007 11:17 PM
Hey have you gone off your head. You are comparing Dravid with Tendulkar who Don Bradman thought the best batsman in the world. Tendulkar already proved he is the best in any surface. Dravid is a good batsman but he does not have the touch like Tendulkar. Neither does he have the talent like Tendulkar
RE:RE:The Real Story
by sandeep jella on Feb 17, 2007 04:43 PM
ya ur very true dravid cannot be compared to tendulkar and according to me brain lara is one the best batsmen off all time...and even tendulkar knows it....and coming to ganguly...its because of dirty politics played by dravid and chappel and even some indian team mates...u never supported ganguly in those days but hat off to harbhajan singh for his kind support and words which could have done lots of good to ganguly and u can see it now...ganguly made a really great comeback and hopefully he makes one man show at the world cup and win it for india and hope he does it because he in such dangerous form that no indian player and niether tendulkar can be compared to the form which ganguly is in.........
me and all indian r on ur side ganguly.... pray and hope god will help u.... win the world cup for us... cheers......
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