Excellent win, congrats Team India.. but from last couple of years Tendulkar & ganguly never came in opening slot. But Now in this series how come they came first !! any guess.. B'coz BCCI has kept "Preformance Based renumaration !!" So, they must have thought tht 30-40 wont help them to earn money.. !
Its funny that all this while we are looking to find the best coach. And our team goes and beats the No.2 team in the world in a neutral venue. Cricket is never short of surprises :)
After a long time you have won over SA on a foreign soil that too on pitches favouring fast bowlers. Excellent indeed. SA team I think was bit down after WC debacle, but so is our team so equal comparison. SA missed Grame Smith who is the finest cricketer.
But in the previous match Yuvaraj Singh should have been MoM because of 3 wickets and 49*(almost fifty) and in this match Ajit Agarkar should have been MoM, the way he crashed the top order. Finally Sachin and Yuvaraj should have been joint MoS (Joint awards were given to Grame Smith and Yuvaraj Singh in SA series in India one/two years back).
I was at the match in belfast to watch our heroes play,but to my surprise i saw south african team to be professional than our team. I think indian team has some attitude problem,they think they are demi gods.We made so much sacrifices to watch indian team in a foreign country and gave them so much support which they didnt even expect,but to our surprise we thought that they didnot respond not even dravid mentioned about the support of the crowd in his speech.When we asked for autographs south african players were willing to sign and our heroes didnt even bother to wave at the supporters which i feel is embarasing.If this attitude continues i think they are likely to lose the support of crowd. I am wondering whether GREG CHAPPELL was right when he mentioned that some senior players has attitude problems,when this is there attitude how can u expect any better from junior players{GRADE B PLAYERS}. I think sachin/ganguly has to remember his early days to know the truth which i am trying to tell.
RE:RE:Real truth
by sureshkumar krishnan on Jul 03, 2007 01:04 AM
what makes u think i never went out of kerala.This shows how illiterate u are. Have u ever watched match apart from galli cricket.
RE:Real truth
by Smart Blogger on Jul 03, 2007 04:49 PM
Mr. Pritam, Just because you have never gone out of your own state (maybe the silly town in which you stay), it doesn't mean others haven't !!
Let India win against australia a series in india , or ireland or australia or even in Moon.. Dont just forget the humiliation this tram brought to our nation in the world cup... Please ignore them as long as they dont win consistently.
RE:Dont forget world cup!!!!
by on Jul 03, 2007 03:42 PM
It seems that y have intense hate to the indian team.Victory and loss are part of the game. unfortunately for india loss came when they were playing worldcup. There is no need to say that you are humilated. Now they have defeated south africa a team stronger than india. plz remove the hatred from yr mind and fill it with love and support for indian team. Come on india come on.
why mis it. history will remember you and forget the poor guy who got you there. I have a plan for Sachin dont drop him completely, rest him in crucial matches, that way he wont be blamed, we wont find scapegoats and we have used him well. Thats all that matters. Emotions dont have a place in such high profile occupations. But who am I say this? just think logically you cant expect human beings to do everything right everytime
When India wins its because of match fixing when India loses its because Indian players dont know how to play and are a bunch of losers.When sachin plays he is selfish and wants to get personal records.When he gets out in 90s he does not know how to play and should retire.When he plays defensive cricket he is being selfish.When he plays attacking cricket and gets out in the process not matter he had scored 93 he didnt stay there till the end.Common guys be resonable in your comments and judgements.If you have right to criticize when somebody is not performing you should also learn to praise when they are performing.Else it means that you are a bunch of losers who are jealous at other people's success.
RE:Hypocrites
by Sharad Saxena on Jul 02, 2007 10:00 PM
Mr Vimaljith
do u know the real Hypocrite.... YOU
Where were you for the last 40 matches when no of senior players busy with their individual approach and team was creating HISTORY in losing against all good team except those matches which played on Indian sub continent pitches....
Whether u play slow or fast, score 10 or 150 , if your inning is not useful for team u must be criticised , as simple as that...
Cricket fans dont have any personal rivalry with the any of the player, is it?? But good performance in one series can never compensated your poor show in other series, A CONSISANT PERFORMANCE WILL ALWAYS BE APPRECIATED IN THE PAST AND WILL BE WELCOMED IN FUTURE TOO...
RE:Hypocrites
by Abh Kau on Jul 02, 2007 08:32 PM
don't get so hassled.Try to observe India's statistics in the next 20-30 matches(one dayers).You'll know exactly why some disillusioned people say what they say. Mediocrity hail!!!!
Now that India has won a seris al the WC debacle and the non performences will be forgotten. Everyone will be celebrated like heros. But the sad truth is that we are still a team without consistency.
1. Tendulkar as usual faild in the crunch match (Please dont argue that he scored well in the first two) 2. Ganguly hardly did anything wortjhwile. ny opener would have done what he did in the series 3. Yuvraj was a revelation?? Any youngster given so many chances like it was given to yuvraj will occasionaly hit a couple of scores.
Finally the sad thing now is that al the advertisemenst gathering dust will come out in full frevor and spoil the youngsters. The players will now haggles with the board to exempt them from the advertisemsnts limits. Tendulakr will play fror another 4 years. Gabguly will always be part of the team. Yuvraj singh will become more arrogant than ever. Dravid will still be the captain and the team wont win another seris for 2 years. They have the cushion now and they must be delighted. All this is hapening coz of the illitrate indian fans.
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by sreekanth agneswaran on Jul 02, 2007 09:57 PM
So, what do you want, Mr. JK? That we keep losing every series and keep fond memories of the WC drubbing??? And its not like they won against Bangladesh or Zimbabwe... Its SA, for heaven's sake... Funny guy... haaro to bhi rote ho, jeeto to bhi rote ho...
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by Kaushik Basu on Jul 02, 2007 08:39 PM
I have just one question wasn't the second match a crunch match? And you said Sachin didn't score in the crunch match.
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by Karthik on Jul 02, 2007 07:20 PM
tell me who is consistent? If some one is SO SO consistent, then they must be gods...everyone have their downfall...in Aus if some one is not playing continously then they have to play County games to get their form, but which is not happening in India...Dont blame Sachin for all the cause...!! Satisfying your kind of ppl is really tuff and Indian team is not for satisfying you!!! You have not done anything for them jus by sitting and typing this comment..neither ME :-)
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by Sharmila Kumar on Jul 02, 2007 07:55 PM
whoa!! hey mister... sachin is out of form! he should back off now!! a graceful exit would be a good thing... rather than being kicked out permanently!
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by Prem S on Jul 02, 2007 08:03 PM
sharmila, didn't sachin play well in the Future cup? He showed tremendous form and batted like the sachin of old. Indian cricket needs sachin for atleast 2-3 years.
RE:RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by Sharmila Kumar on Jul 02, 2007 07:56 PM
before you pounce on me.. I agree he had been a real good player! no doubt but now he's too old!
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by veeran martis on Jul 02, 2007 08:14 PM
@ Mr JK. Too Good Comment man!! But sad that you are not in the Indian team or its administration!! You deserve to be in the team selection coz all the people running INDIAN CRICKET are jokers and so you can be one among them!!Grow up dude!!you speak as if you have never experienced failures all your life. If you have really not then you seriously need to join the Indian team.. then u will realise what failures are!! and for the comments on cricketers like Sachin, Saurav Dravid and Yuvraj... i bet you wont be able to score more then 10 runs against international bowlers(10 runs because sometimes edges miss the fielders and go for four.. and so on!! and for the comments ypu have made on advertisements.. i wud say they deserve that.. not because they won a match but because they have worked hard to get where they have reached today!!!!It has taken years of hard work for a person like Sachin to be called a legend!! if at all you celebrate your 50th bday one day .. and if you hav even appeared in a local newspaper atleast once for some achieving something .. feel proud coz its not so easy!!! so before you make a comment on someone just see what you have done!!! Glenn
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by JK on Jul 02, 2007 08:23 PM
I will have my revenge when india play in australia and again in the next WC. I want to see you guys faces later this year when the team is back from Aus.
RE:Everything is forgtten and forgiven now......bring on the jingoistic stinking advertisements
by Pritam on Jul 02, 2007 08:42 PM
@ JK well then you are really making stupid of yourself, we dont mind if they loose, it is a game anyone can win, and when you boast of australia dont forget then they too when toured india, were never able to win a test match series until 2004, which took them 40 years from the previous series on indian soil.....,you will never have your revenge.....you will be destroyed soon mentally
