WE have only four places in the middle order. Dravid and Tendulkar take the two places because of their class and stature. This means that there is a competition between Ganguly, Laxman and Yuvraj for the remaining two places. We all know that Ganguly can not be dropped so easily because of his fanatic fans. This means that either Yuvraj or Laxman will have to sit out. In Bangladesh, Laxman has to sit out and probably this time Yuvraj will have to sit out. It is unfair to both Yuvraj and Laxman since both of them are in tremendous form.
RE:Laxman is simply unlucky
by Sanjeev Verma on Jul 09, 2007 09:30 PM
Other option is to include Ganguly as opener in Test matches. However, we all know what happened when Greg and Dravid suggested him to open inning in Pakistan.
When Dravid said that we shd expect more from Tendulkar then immediately Tendulkar proved it is right by scoring a huge score. Now Dravid is commenting almost same on Laxman, may be Laxman will do good.
So shd we start thinking that Dravid is going to be a great astrologer after his retirement?
What do u say??? Please give an intelligent comment.
RE:When Dravid said.....
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Jul 09, 2007 06:51 PM
he has faith in his team mates. If they cant perform, dont say its his fault. He is a team man and a perfect Gentleman.
RE:When Dravid said.....
by Poonam Rana on Jul 09, 2007 01:48 PM
Dravid is best in all things. Well it is not at all futureprediction its the way to boost the player especially when he come back to the team . He boosted Sachin when everyone complaining about him So its the duty of a Captain to moralise his teammates
Lastly Rahul Dravid I Love U and proud to have u in our team . U r the best test player in the world
RE:When Dravid said.....
by Rehan Khan on Jul 09, 2007 03:45 PM
Rahul dravid is Ill person recently he got retired due to hurt on his head bouncer by R P Singh
Going by this article, it appears as if Dravid is jus trying to make up for the dent that has been made to VVS's moral by the musical chair game being played on him by the "honourable selectors". In my view,VVS is the best player in da indian ranks to play the swing in the typical seeming conditions.( and perhaps this is the only reason Y the selectors have pulled him out from ignominy they had imposed on him for long.These jokers did not have any other option but to call him in order to plug the now notorious "the great indian batting collapse".) Apart from the initial jittery starts that VVS has now mastered these days, one sees negligible flaws in his classical batting.Well.....he's my man to watch out for this english summer....apart from may be "the fading glory Sachin".....
RE:VVS- An option or a necessity,Mr.Skipper!
by Ranjit Patil on Jul 09, 2007 12:01 PM
sachins bo fading glory, he will have the best average in this series for sure
RE:VVS- An option or a necessity,Mr.Skipper!
by prashant Sahay on Jul 09, 2007 12:00 PM
I too earnestly wish the same, dude....but he's recent form in seeming conditions leaves me pondering.....! otherwise we all know wat great stone he's made up of..!
RE:laxman is gonna play then
by Prasad Shastri on Jul 09, 2007 08:38 PM
Dravid has done that before not only for Laxman, but he has also opened the innings in Pakistan to accomodate Saurav in middle order (against Chappell & More's wishes)
I had stored somebodys message. Have a look!. Statistics dont lie! We keep saying that Ganguly is the best captain india has ever produced,i am not sure if that's true but one thing is dead true and that's,he was blessed with the best test batsman India has ever produced,the legend,the immortal,Rahul Dravid.Without "The Wall" Ganguly would have been just another Captain.Little research on Dravid's performance in all test wins under Ganguly
So here's Dravid's contribution in all test wins under Ganguly.
1.v Bangladesh in Dhaka 28,41* 2.v zimbabwe in Delhi 200*,70* 3.v zimbabwe in Nagpur 162 4.v Australia in Kolkata 25,180 5.v Australia in Chennai 81,4 6.v Zimbabwe in Bulawayo 44 7.v Sri Lanka in Kandy 15,75 8.n England in Chandigarh 86 9.v zimbabwe in Nagpur 65 10.v zimbabwe in Delhi 1,6 11.v WI in Trinidad 67,36 12.v England in Leeds 148 13.v WI in Mumbai 100* 14.v WI in Chennai 11,6* 15.v Australia in Adelaide 233,72* 16.v Pakistan in Pindi 270 17.v South Africa in Kolkata 80,47* 18.v Bangladesh in Dhaka 0 19.V Bangladesh in Chittagong 160 20.v Pakistan in Kolkata 110,135 21.v zimbabwe in Bulawayo 77 22.v zimbabwe in Harare 98
RE:For Dravid Baiters and Ganguly Fans
by Sanjeev Verma on Jul 09, 2007 09:22 PM
I fully agree. Dravid is a very intelligent cricketer and he has played a major role in most of the victories under Ganguly's captaincy. I think Tendulkar, Dravid, Lakshman and Kumble played a major role in most of the victories under Ganguly. In fact, team India did not do very well in last year of Ganguly's Captaincy. This was because Tendulkar was absent due to injury or was playing below his potential. Dravid has better record as a captain with a relatively young team. Tendulkar and Kumble are on decline and we are seeing a number of young players in the team
RE:SELECTION NOT GOOD PLS CHANGE -RESELECT THE PLAYER AS MY LIST
by HITESH TIWARI on Jul 09, 2007 12:03 PM
boss chawla is not in even 15 for test team , he will be playing for India A in zim.
RE:SELECTION NOT GOOD PLS CHANGE -RESELECT THE PLAYER AS MY LIST
by Fook-U on Jul 09, 2007 10:44 AM
send a ticket to raajesh with an extra "A" so that he can watch the match in person and reselect the team
