India is a very good team.Everybody are teasing the Indian team.Did India lose all the world cups?Many times ago India won many World Cups for that also all are not satisfied.The ICC world cup cricket match was watched by 23,000 fools.It is the people who were over confident that made India lose.I again try to make you all understand,India is a good team.
If Dravid would have come earlier on the scene we might have liked him.I mean before Ganguly era,but surely not after we have seen Ganguly.
Most indians thought Captain just needs to go to the toss and then come to the presentation ceremony thats it.Rest if the 10 players give good performence and thats y we win or loose a cricket game. I dont blame them,they can only believe in what they can see.While Imran was captain of the pakistan team that won the world cup and then Ranatunga in 1996.We were still wondering this is due to the great show by the 10 guys in their team...nothing to do with captaincy.But we knew that was not right that rule some how only applied to India.Still we wondered how come 10 average people and one great leader made the difference...if he was only going out for the toss and then getting the speech ready at end of every game.
But we only want to believe in what applies to India. Then came Ganguly....things changed Indian team started to look a bit more aggresive.Yuvraj,Zaheer Bhajji,Sehwag,Pathan,Nehra,Dhoni,gelled in so well with the existing seniors ...it seems like they were always part of this team.
Pathan even in his 1st test match was miles ahead of what i have seen him perform under Dravid.
India became a strong unit.Aussies respected Indian team this time not just VVS laxman and Sachin.Ganguly with his team earned this respect like Michael Vaughan did after beating australia in 2005 ashes.
RE:Dravid -Khel Ratna
by Saumitra Kamat on Jun 06, 2007 01:28 PM
Come on, What Ganguly used to do when he was newly appointed as captain. He always used to take decisions with Tendulkar. One always thought if Tendulkar is the person making field placements and taking decisions for bowling why is Ganguly a captain. So give Dravid some time and he will also prove very handy
RE:Dravid -Khel Ratna
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Jun 06, 2007 01:27 PM
Every captain has their own style and you cant compare Drvid with Ganguly and Jayawardanee with Arjun Ranatunga. Wt matters finally is how the strategies discussed in the team meeting were followed by the seniors and team players.
Coach or Captain doesnt hold a special tag. Captain is just another team player, but given responsibility to implement the strategies that were discussed in the team meetings with coach along with Senior players. In summary, Captain is just a facilitator and one of the 11 team members.
If team members don%u2019t take the responsibility and don%u2019t perform well, wt a Coach or Captain or a team lead can do?
Imagine in any industry, company or any institution, you have a team of engineers or a team of developers who have specific things to do. If individual players don%u2019t meet their target, how do you expect a captain or a team leader meet his target or meet his deadlines and complete the project in time?
Everybody right from CEO of the company to the Sweeper who is working in that company have their specific roles to play and if any of these players/members cant perform their role and job, captain can not perform the overall targets.
This is not a childish game or no player is a child to tell on each and every day, every morning wt you need to do.
who did you expect to win? Africa was playing mostly kenyan and zimbabwan players!. Both of these teams are or will be in division 2 of the ICC world cricket league swhich is soon to commence.
RE:Bangladesh is the next to Srilanka
by Krishna on Jun 06, 2007 11:33 AM
Only one indian played and he took two wickets and bowled firey spell. and Bangs have lot both one day and test series few days back. i guess, u don't follow cricket much. go and check back ur newspapers.
RE:Bangladesh is the next to Srilanka
by ranjeet on Jun 06, 2007 10:41 AM
kahe ka better bangadesh,ek do match khelne se koi better nahi ho jata hai saurav ha ye hai ki progress acha hai lekin india se better nahi hai
RE:Bangladesh is the next to Srilanka
by Anurag Rao on Jun 06, 2007 10:51 AM
Yeah.. they've just lost test and one day series against India at home.. they might be playing better by Bangladeshi standards.. but by no means better than India or Pakistan
RE:Asia new superpower
by shovon dasgupta on Jun 06, 2007 11:38 AM
The team Asia is playing against is not better than a kenya or a bangladeshi team..If a full strength African team plays, I doubt whether the Asian tigers will be able to roar..
RE:Asia new superpower
by Ifear paceman on Jun 06, 2007 08:47 AM
Almost four test playing nations(IND Pak,SL,BD ) vs one test playing nation( SA ). What is great?
RE:Asia new superpower
by atul lobo on Jun 06, 2007 10:33 AM
The team composition is decided by the respective boards. you can't complain about the format after losing.
RE:Asia new superpower
by Saurav on Jun 06, 2007 10:28 AM
And What abt AUSTRALIA. Aus are World beaters. Ur faltoo asian and african teams are minnows for them
RE:Asia new superpower
by arun kumar on Jun 06, 2007 09:47 AM
with an inexperienced African team if asia wins, it does not show that they are superpowers, but yes they played well.
