By the time, india enters the world cup, sehwag and pathan will be in. zaheer and ganguly are already included in the team. Its all planned, so that they have the same old team playing in the world cup. Betting guys know that these old chaps are much better manipulators of the game. Youngsters try to prove themselves and don't cooperate with betting agents. Those who cooperate survive lik sehwag. Those who don't disappear even when they are performing well. Why is india losing then? The same reason why india lost couple of series just before 2003 world cup. Simply, because they are treated as underdogs in the betting market. Why is sachin not playing? Because they have betting whether he makes 50 or not, whether he will be out in first 5 overs or not, whether he will make single digit runs or not, whether he will be out on DUCK.. Its all simple.. He just manipulates and cooperates the betting guys. In fact, entire Indian team does that. They win when you least expect and loose a match that you think they can easily win. Only Aussies don't cooperate with betting dons and that's why they justifiably behave arrogant and win almost all matches. Will India win world cup? Depends on betting guys and only if somebody else beats Australia in Semi-finals. Because betting agents are unable to manipulate aussies. So, Indian players feel defeated even before they enter the ground.
RE:Its all planned.
by vardhamshetty gautham on Jan 26, 2007 07:28 PM
you get lost somewhere and bet ur life.....no one will buy it for a single paisa.....
RE:RE:Its all planned.
by Abhay T on Jan 26, 2007 07:47 PM
You don't need to be emotional because I included some of your favourites. There is no need to have a personal comment. I only sarcastically commented on inconsistent performance of Indian team over past decade - including the period under Dada's captaincy. If you see larger picture it is really ridiculous one. We have the potential, fire power everything required for a champion. But, still can't make it when it matters most.
RE:Its all planned.
by raj on Jan 26, 2007 08:10 PM
Dude! its all part of the game. I can say for sure that there is no involvement of the betting guys after the captaincy was handed over to Sourav. Our guys are taking time to get into the rhythm. But this time I feel we are running out of time. Rather than seeing the runs they are scoring see how confident the shots are being played. This makes me more confident on the Men in Blue. There is a lot of difference in Sourva's way of batting. Before he been stripped from the team I can see fear in his face while batting. But now he is very confident and you can see clearly he worked on his batting and his batting stands also changed. This is happening with all the other guys; they are working; but I can't say that this time we can definitely get the cup but I am so sure that we guys wont dissapoint us. Hope & Confidence are the things you always have in hand before we go and achieve something.
1 saurav 2 karthik 3 dravid 4 laxman 5 dhoni 6 yuvraj 7 kaif 8 zahir 9 virendra 10 tendulkar 11. sreesanth Both viru and sachin are good turners of the ball. If you keep them as bowlers they will not be having any psychological pressure as a batsman. Their batting will automatically improve. Sachin at no 10 just imagine. The opponent team will be out of their wits. Tell Chappel and Dravid. They will immediately accept.
RE:Original thought
by Him Sha on Jan 27, 2007 11:29 AM
i agree with u dude. coz now a days both viru and sachin r playing like tailenders (i am sorry if some tailender felt insulted) who dont know how to hold a bat
RE:Original thought
by raj on Jan 26, 2007 08:13 PM
Its funny to see the batting order. I guess we can try this once. he he he. But kaif is OUT. he never have a chance even to get in final 15. I feel gambhir or uttapa can be a better choice for the opening slot along with sourav.
RE:MY TEAM
by Ramakrishna Tadikonda on Jan 26, 2007 02:13 PM
Its not correct to leave Sehwag, who can make wonders on west indies pitches with his stylish batting and spin-bowling.
RE:MY TEAM
by pradeep srivastava on Jan 26, 2007 02:28 PM
CHPELL PLANING KAR RAHA HAY MERE TEAM KO TORNE KE LIAY PAHLE HUMARI TEAM BAHUT STRONG THI OOR ICC RANK MAY NO 2 PAY THI AAJ NO 8 PAR HAY OOR YAH SAB GIFT DIYA HAY CHAPELL KE AANE KE BAD HAR KHILARI KI CONFIDANCE LAVEL 0 KAR DIYA HAY AGAR INDIAN SELECTION COMMETY AB BHI NAHI SAMJHEGI TO WORLD CUP TO KYA KOI CUP HASIL NAHI KAR PAYGA INDIA YAHI HUMARA MASSAGE HAY
Dont call yourself Indian, call yourself a Tendulkarian. One man who enhanced the value of cricketers and cricket in India. Only man who could resist an offer of Re.1 crore offered for televising his wedding. Man of impeccable, uncontroversial character. Be proud you r living in an era when Tendulkar the Great is living.
RE:Sachin is the Greatest
by raj on Jan 26, 2007 08:18 PM
please stop talking about history. Tendulkar WAS the greatest batsman. Cricket is the game that never works on the historic results.
RE:Sachin is the Greatest
by Saima Helal on Jan 26, 2007 02:28 PM
I think Kapil dev was selected for the Player of the Century,yes Tendulkar is a great player but dont put mpore pressure on him by prising like this.He is a human too.
RE:Sachin is the Greatest
by drunti drunti on Jan 27, 2007 09:11 AM
Sincere advice - control your thoughts and try refraing from being such a psycophant. I'm afraid you might land up in a mental hospital.
Sachin is the greatest cricketer in the world and every Indian must be proud of him. Very cool, non-controversial, matured and humble. Only human being who could say 'no' to an offer of Re.1 crore offerred to him for telecasting his wedding function. In Ravi Shastri's words, he single handedly enhanced the cricketers' value and took it to high pedestals. You cant do away with your mentor even if he ages since Tendulkar can infuse confidence he must be part of the team till 2011 WC
RE:Sachin the greatest!
by S.K.Azharuddin Sajid on Jan 26, 2007 07:39 PM
Is tendular the greatest, or tendulkar was the greatest. Dude, better keep him as the part of indian cricket till he dies...why only 2011 wc. y only tendulkar, lets bring his family in the team, wake up dude....if u c the records for tendular from 2003 onwards, u'll know that in the matches when he scores a hundred, india went on to loose the match, leave against WI, even if he makes century against zim, india lost that match..if u have doubts over this,check the match which was played in india against zim, in which D Marillier out classed every one, though that was a flike, but still india lost that match. tendulkarhas past his best, if i was the selector i would drop him for 2 series based upon his form, he shud go to ranji trophy, and play there, and if and only if he succeeds there, he shud be included, if we go by past records, then I think, sunil gavaskar shud play against WI, till he dies! tendulkar was a just a good player, he was never a match winner for india under any circumstances, he can't play with the tail-enders, like other greats such as ponting, lara, and inzimam play.
RE:RE:Sachin the greatest!
by Him Sha on Jan 27, 2007 11:38 AM
well done azhar i like ur true comments. sachin is no longer a player who deserve a place in indian squad.
RE:RE:RE:Sachin the greatest!
by Azharuddin Sajid on Jan 27, 2007 08:25 PM
Mr. Rao, i think u don't have guts to accept the facts, if ganguly (the best captain), sehwag (the only tripple centurion from India), and pathan (a genuine all-rounder after Kapil) can be dropped b'coz they are not performing, y can't sachin be dropped for 2-3 series? haven't u seen the results with ganguly, he was dropped from the team for near about 15 months, and when he is back, he is performing a lot better, the same is the case with zaheer, so y can't v drop sachin based on his performance. try to accept the facts dude...
tendulkar has 53 average against west indies. he has 4 centuries and around 10 fifty. so why the title of this article is "tendulkar has most duck against west indies". why not tendulkar has most centuries against west indies. this itself says biased mindset of ppl & media who just want to criticize him
lets compare it with another great lara. lara don't have any century against india's poor bowling. he has just 5 fifty.
if ppl have clear mindset that I have to criticize sachin then they can mend the fact in any way. lets take an example. in SA sachin and ganguly both scored two fifty. ppl are pouring laurels of praise to ganguly saying that he scored gusty fifty. whereas same ppl crticizing sachin saying that he couldn't even convert good start into century.
both ganguly and sachin were playing the test series after break. after shoulder injury SA test series was his first test series. he was also playing the test after 6 mth break. and ganguly missed only one test series in between (england series). so I can see ganguly and sachin both on same platform.. playing the series after long break. and both scored almost equal runs. and for the same performance ganguly is being prersented as nation hero whereas sachin as villain. this says the biased mindset of ppl.
1 saurav 2 karthik 3 dravid 4 laxman 5 dhoni 6 yuvraj 7 kaif 8 zahir 9 virendra 10 tendulkar 11. sreesanth Both viru and sachin are good turners of the ball. If you keep them as bowlers they will not be having any psychological pressure as a batsman. Their batting will automatically improve. Sachin at no 10 just imagine. The opponent team will be out of their wits. Tell Chappel and Dravid. They will immediately accept.
Original thought is missing, people on the message board seems to join the bandwagon in criticing tendulker. Have some original opinion guys, one min you hate one min you love him. I bet if he scores a 50 in the next match than you guys will hail him as god.
RE:The Pathan
by raj on Jan 26, 2007 08:26 PM
how much are you going to bet on him?? I cam say for sure he is not going to hit half century in the 3rd ODI against WI.
