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RE:Sachin-Ganguly Opening pair best for India by CricketLover on May 05, 2007 12:59 AM Because GC was an arrogant guy who wanted to control Indian cricket and then destroy by his silly experiments. He somehow showed some big presentations and ideas which BCCI accepted and supported him blindly without even battling an eyelid and see where he took Indian cricket to. I can say that he did succeed in his mission because he took Indian cricket to number 9 position from number 5 when he took over. Now he blames the players for the fiasco. Just because he was a good cricketer does not make him a good coach.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Sachin-Ganguly Opening pair best for India by dtr on May 05, 2007 02:35 AM CricketLover, India became no.4 once, during GC's reign. The politics inside indian cricket was too much for him to handle.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Sachin-Ganguly Opening pair best for India by Sandeep Balagopalan on May 06, 2007 09:13 AM India was undisputed number 2 before GC came in to picture.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Sandeep Balagopalan on May 06, 2007 09:15 AM Well now rahul dravid has been hit by a RP singh bouncer. RP singh didnt evn feature in the playing 20... So whats ur verdict pal shouldnt he be out too??    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by abshar aslam on May 05, 2007 04:01 AM You want the stats how many runs rahul have scored in last 20 matches.... who is top scorer in last 20 matches for india. for your information its not rahul its tendulkar want stats go check http://blogs.ibibo.com/tendulkar or cricinfo.com if somebody had to be thrown out Sehwag should be the first person and rahul should have atleast relieved from captaincy on what basis u sack sachin saurav ???? go check blogs.ibibo.com/tendulkar    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Ghosh on May 05, 2007 10:40 AM These are the following reasons 1. Sachin is occupying a position and is not doing justice to the side. He is not playing any responsible knocks in recent times or for the matter in the last 5-6 years. 2. After all, let us see what Wisden says. In the Wisden list for best knocks in ODI's, Sachin's useless and horrible 40 centuries do not feature in the first best 10. So how can we call him the Master Blaster? 3. In the Wisden's list of best Test knocks , Sachin's horrible centuries do not feature in the top 10, probably it features in the bottom 10. 4. You are giving good statistics Shri Aslam but unfortunately, Sachin's great knocks ( great because we call it so) are not even regarded by experts as even countable. 5. Cric Info may be good, but it definitely would not give when India lost when Sachin scored a century. There are umpteen examples. 6. And there are numerous examples when Sachin scored a duck when India really needed him. The latest one being the match against Sri Lanka in WC 2007. 7. Then WC 2003 final, then WC 1999 against Aus, WC 1999 against New Zealand, ICC Champions Trophy 2006 against Aus......it goes on and on... Do you want any more such beautiful and unbreakable records by Sachin?    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:[object] by Sandeep Balagopalan on May 06, 2007 09:17 AM What according to u is JUSTICE?? He may not be in his best but still he is the best in the team. just have a look at the stats.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Nithyapriya Inbaraj on May 05, 2007 11:16 AM When many people say how many of Sachin's hundreds have come for a winning cause,Here is analysis of each of those centuries he scored when INDIA lost and reason why it went in vain. Out of the 41 hundreds, 11 hundreds have gone in vain. 1. 137 off 137 (Strike rate 100) balls Vs SriLanka at Delhi in 1996 World Cup . India scored 271/3 in 50 overs. The only other 50 score was from Azhar. SL made 272 in 48.4 overs. Manoj Prabhakar had 4-0-47-0. He also opened in the innings and scored 7 of 36 balls. 2. 100 of 111 Balls Vs Pak in Singapore- Apr 96. India 226 all out in 47.1 overs, When Sachin was out score was 186/4 (We cant blame because next 3 are match fixtures) . Pak had a reduced target of 187 from 33 overs. 3. 110 of 138 Balls (Slower but...) vs Sri Lanka In Colombo - Aug 96. Again India 226 for 5 in 50 overs, Only other 50 score from Azhar (58 of 99 balls !!!).Sachin has also bowled 6-0-29-1 , the second most economical bowler and the only wicket taker (SL were 230/1 in 44.2) of the match next to Srinath. 7 bowlers were used by Azhar. 4. 143 of 131 Balls (!!!) Vs Aus at Sharjah, Apr 1998. This was chasing under lights. The qualifying match before the final. The whole world knows about this match. Still one interesting point, when Sachin was out India were 242 at 5 at 43 overs. Target was 276 in 46. Still India finished at 250/5 scoring just 8 of the next 3 overs. Great performance by Laxman and Kanithkar indeed. 5. 101 of 140 Balls against SL at Sharjah in Oct 2000. Indian score was 224/8 in 50 overs. (No other 50 score). SL got 225/5 in 43.5, Sachin also bowled 5-0-22-0, better economy rate than everyone except Srinath. 6. 146 of 153 Balls against Zimbabwe at Jodhpur - December 2000 (Game of Dougla Mariliar) India made 283 / 8 in 50 overs. Sachin was the last man to be dismissed, score was 235/8 at 46.3 overs when he was out. Agarkar and Zaheer Khan propelled India to 283 in the last 3.3 overs. When Sachin has scored 146 of 235 in 46.3 overs, you can guess what the other 8 great batsmen were doing against the World class Zimbabwe attack. Second Highest scorer was Zaheer Khan with 32. Zim got 284/9 in 49.5 overs. Kumble bowled the last over. Sachin also got 6-0-35-1 7. 101 of 129 Balls Vs SA at Johannesburg - Oct 2001 India got 279/5 in 50, Ganguly made 127 of 126 balls. When Ganguly got out, the score was 193-1 in 35.2 overs. Sachin was the last man to get out at 263. SA got 280 in 48.4 overs. Sachin bowled 9-0-51-0, second best in economy rate next only to Agarkar (10-0-45-1) 8. 141 of 135 balls Vs Pak at Rawalpindi, March 2004. India were chasing 329 and were 317 all out in 48.4 overs, 8 balls to spare. No other batsman made even a 50 (when chasing 300 ) and when Sachin was out, India were 245-4 in 38.4 overs. They needed 85 from 68 balls with 6 wickets in hand. 9. 123 of 130 Balls vs Pak at Ahmedabad, April 2005. India made 315/6 in 48 overs (48 over match), again no other 50 score. Second highest was Dhoni 47 of 64 balls, (third highest was extras - 39). Pak made 319 in 48 overs. The three quicks (Balaji, Nehra and Khan went for 188 runs from 26 overs between them taking only 2 wickets). Sachin bowled 6-0-36-1. No Harbhajan and no Kumble. 10. 100 of 113 Balls Vs Pak at Peshawar, Feb-2006. India were 328 all out in 49.4 overs. Pathan and Dhoni got 60 each. When Sachin was out when India were 305-5 in 45 overs. Managed only 23 in the last 5 overs.Pak scored 311/7 in 47 overs and won by D/L method. Could have been anybody's game. Sachin did not bowl. 11. 141* of 148 balls vs WI at Malaysia. India made 309 /5 in 50 overs. Sachin was not out. Pathan was the only other 50 scorer. WI made 141/2 in 20 overs and won by D/L method. Again could have been anybody's game. In the other 31 instances India has won 30 times and once there was no result . Now, please think again when you say sachin's 100s were in the losing cause and that he is not a team player. It is a fact that for the entire 90's India played International cricket with 1 PLAYER and 10 JOKERS. So People - please think before you talk. All of you are thinking of ousting Sachin - Please tell me do we have anyone better for his position ??? The answer is we never will have a player of his calibre in the near future - so learn to appreciate him for what he is.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by bijo m on May 05, 2007 04:33 PM GREAT SIMPLY GREAT RESPONSE.....AND ALL THE ****** OUT THERE WHO IS SHOUTING FOR AXING HIM....JUST SAY ATLEAST IN PRESENT INDIAN TEAM WHO IS A BETTER PLAYER....NOT TO REPLACE HIM...ATLEAST BESIDES HIM. DRAVID,GANGULY,SEHWAG?????? GOD THESE INDIANS ARE REALLY*******! NO WORDS TO EXPRESS. A PRAYER TO THE ALMIGHTY..PLS DON'T PRODUCE ANYONE LIKE SACHIN IN INDIA, BECAUSE INDIANS (NOT ALL) ARE THE ONE WHO FORGETS THE PAST VERY FAST.................................PATHETIC.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Ghosh on May 05, 2007 05:06 PM Dear Shri Bijo Whay are you always talking about replacing Sachin? He is any way irreplacable. But all good things has to come to an end. What good past are we having Shri Bijo 1992 WC lost 1996 WC lost 1999 WC lost 2003 WC lost 2007 WC lost And in all WC's Sachin played. What was he doing? Don't put the blame on others? If we say that Sachin is the greatest, then Sachin's innings should prove that. Tell me one great innings of Sachin in WC's Don't talk about 98 in 74 balls in WC 2003.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Raman on May 06, 2007 12:29 AM Good point Ghosh,Endulkar fans will never give up his 98 in WCUP 2003 against a Ageing Pak bowling attack(Ws last match),they forget all those failures u pointed out and those 20 odd finals that India lost in those 3 nation tournaments and Champions trophy2000 that he featured as well,his average in those finals is under 20    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Raman on May 05, 2007 11:11 PM Utter nonsense,when Sachin was given a chance at 16 yrs of age it took him 5 years and 74 ODIS to score his first ODI century while Inzi scored his first century lot sooner,same with Brian Lara,but still in India we were hailing Sachin as the best(Even before he was the best),if he could be given a chance at a young age and be persisted until he came good,why not bring in another Youngster. When Sachin came to the squad he replaced Mohinder Amarnath,do u think he was better than Amarnath? If not for having the Support of the Big mouthed Hypocrite Sunil Gavaskar and becoming a sentimental favorite he would have been sacked long time back and would never have gotten the chances he got in the first place    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Ghosh on May 05, 2007 11:52 AM That truly is a wonderful response. However I would like to point some flaws in your argument. If whatever centuries of Sachin you are talking about, why are they not counted by experts? These statistics you will get in many of the Australian players who are winning matches single handedly day in and dau out. Because Sachin made a century and because India lost, we should no say that Sachin should not be blamed. Any player who has been into cricket for 371 ODI's and about 130 test matches will definitely have some records to talk about. But we must talk facts. Has he played any innings in tests similar to 153* by Lara against Aus in 1999 in WI. Has he played like Steve's 200 against WI on a wet and green turf in 1995? Has he played like Atherton's 185 to save a test match against South Africa in 1997 against the likes of Donald? Has he played any innings similar to Laxman's 281 to win a test match? Has he ever played like Lara's 277 against Aus? 132 by Lara at Perth in 1995-96 against Aus? Why Sachin in his 17 years of cricket does not have a match winning test knock to his credit? Can we think of this situation if Sachin had scored like Gilchrist's 149 in 102 balls in a WC final, what would we have done? I never question his centuries, I question the timing when he made it. Any body would have done it. Subject to the condition if that player had got support from the board, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri what Sachin has been getting over the years. What did Sachin do in the first innings of Adelaide test match in 2003? first and second innings of Melbourne test match of 2003? He scored ducks. But why Sachin is not having any ODI century in Australian pitches? And Sir, we should defintely not dig the history pages to prove that Sachin is great. We don;t have enough examples of the present situation so we tend to go into the past to prove that Sachin was good. We must talk about the present. If Sachin has had a glorious past Sachin should not play for another three WCups. Is this the logic? And for your question All of you are thinking of ousting Sachin - Please tell me do we have anyone better for his position ??? Answer is Give some oppurtunity to youngsters. If we give what Sachin got at age 14, then we can think of another great player, may be greater than Sachin. Who knows!!! But are we ready to do that? Are Sunil and Ravi Shastri ready to do that?    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:[object] by anil babladi on May 05, 2007 03:18 PM But that is a stupid response Ghosh of yours, because as said experts are racist morons. Lara is great for them because no Indian said that. Sachin played some of the greatest Innings cricket ever got to see. His centuries against australia in australia is the fact. But we do not have walsh and Ambrose to save the face. Remember when Lara scored 153, Walsh survived 16 balls which our entire Indian team could not do after Sachin was out against pakistan not minding a bad back and scoring 135. His 150 against Australia in Chennai was murder compared to any cricketers innings against Oz. And why should you consider a century on Oz pitches, it was never questioned why Ozs do not have better scores on spinning tracks. Thing is very simple, India are not good at counting our heroes.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:[object] by Ghosh on May 05, 2007 03:45 PM I think I will give you the details of Sachin's knocks in Australia. 116 at Perth 1992 India lost 148 at Sydney 1992 India drawn 116 at Melbourne 1999 India lost 241* (the most boring knocks I have ever seen) at Sydney 2003 India drawn Now see Lara 153* 1999 WI won 216 at Kingston 1999 WI won 132 at Perth 1994-95 WI won 277 at Sydney ( the classiest knock any touring batsman has played in Australia as said by Channel 9) See Steve Waugh 200 in 1995 Australia won 167 in 1996-97 against South Africa Aus won 1999 in WI 1999 Aus won Let me ask you Do you remember Steve's 120* against South Africa in 1999 WC Have you seen Sachin playing such knocks when he carried the bat in a crunch situation? Steve Waugh does not have 41 centuries like Sachin, but his 120* is rated as top 5 knocks in the history of ODI. It is not the question of fast tracks or spinning, the question is to deliver when your side really needs you. Everybody scored against Bermuda, if you had been there, you would also have scored some 20-30's. So don't count that innings at all when you want to evaluate him in par with Waugh or Lara.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:[object] by bijo m on May 05, 2007 04:36 PM steve's and laras AUS and WI where playing with them and 10 other players. but the Great Indian team was having ONLY tendulkar and TEN other FOOLS.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:[object] by Sandeep Balagopalan on May 06, 2007 09:22 AM The reason aussies win is because thier bowlers complement their effort mate and not because of their batsman alone.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by anil babladi on May 05, 2007 03:11 PM Ghosh the so called experts are racist morons. Wisden checks a query saying, "Give me a list which does not contain an Indian...." because they are jealous. No responsibility in the last five years means including 2003 world cup that means you were sleeping. Shri Ghosh, Sachin scored a duck when India needed him and he did score also when we needed him, but who has done that in the Indian cricketing history, scoring when needed. What did Rahul, sourav,yuvraj and dhoni do? If not for Sachin, India would have been even beaten by Bermuda this year.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:RE:Even Sachin fans want his ouster by Ghosh on May 05, 2007 03:31 PM Dear Anil Either you are ignorant or are trying to be so. India did not reach the finals of 2003 WC because of Sachin. If you are saying so ,then please see the old videos of 2003 WC. He did not score against Aus, New Zealand, England. Well, if it really matters for you that he scored against Namibia, then everybody would have done that in that place. And Shri Anil, I am not trying to bring in Rahul or for that matter Saurav. They are any way worse than Sachin. Yes, I agree that he scored, but it is also a fact that he had to. Everybody would have done that. But you are known as a Master Blaster or the best batsman next only to Bradman, then we atleast expect that Sachin scores in crunch matches. Previously India had the record of losing 13 consecutive finals. What Sachin was doing? And our greatest ODI win at the Lord's in 2003 against England, there was no contribution from Sachin. How do you justify that? So how can we blindly believe Sachin when he keeps on failing when it really matters. He has the record, he has the money, he has the advertisements; everything....but what is missing from Sachin is the WC win or the cup itself. He never succeeded, nor will he... So Shri Anil, do not bost of Sachin's useless and hopeless records because it has not helped India's cause. Kindly check Sachin's ODI average in finals of any series. You will yourself get the answer. Remember how he got out in WC finals in 2003. 2001 final in Zimbabwe against WI, against Pakistan in 1999-2000 in Aus.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Oh god you are cruel on Indian Cricket %u2026 Why Sachin is back from Injury! by Ramasamy Arumugam on May 04, 2007 09:05 PM I think You don't know cricket and you are just following cricket and commenting for cheap popularity as few politicians are doing... By the by how long you have been following cricket??? Can you tell one good reason that why THE BOSS has to retire?? Can you point one player to replace him with 44 avg and 87 SR in a such a long carreer??? Nobody in the world is maintaining these two tandomly, but in india we are telling he is not worth... There are few who is having a habit of critisizing the greats to get popular, please don't be one among them sir... Surely one day Your same mouth will tell he is still young enough to play for india and that day not far away...    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:RE:RE:Oh god you are cruel on Indian Cricket %u2026 Why Sachin is back from Injury! by Raman on May 04, 2007 09:18 PM Hahaha,Karthik and whoever criticizes Endulkar doesnt know Cricket,well this is been his supports defense for the last 17 yrs,its funny u say Karthik will tell that Sachin is still Young to play the game.oh well at this rate he is playing even his own son will beg his father to retire so that he can stop crying everytime his father is embarassed in the field,getting bowled and pretending the ball kept low.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:[object MouseEvent] by Raman on May 04, 2007 09:21 PM Keep talking like this Ramasamy Arumugam,i am sure some patriotic fan will definetely beat the shit out of Sachin one day and disfigure his ugly face,he is really testing the patience of everyone for the last few years and fans like you are making it worse by purposely irritating the real fans who care for the nation by supporting Endulkar despite knowing he is well past his prime    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Oh god you are cruel on Indian Cricket %u2026 Why Sachin is back from Injury! by Karthik B on May 04, 2007 10:51 PM I don't know cricket? I know, don't bring stats into picture, if that is the case there is no need for McGrath to retire, no need for Warne to retire, He lost his prime that is the fact. He is not the same old Sachin, he is just playing so he can fulfill the contractual agreement with many companies. I used to like his game and I still say he was great, not anymore he has become an ordinary player, Indian cricket don%u2019t need ordinary player, if you are looking for ordinary player try giving chances to S.Badrinath, Suresh Raina, and many more young legs are waiting for a call. Statistics can be misleading and that is exactly what is happening with Sachins case. He was a great player no doubt, he stood so many times as lone man to fight against the finest bowling attacks no questions, every bowler used to fear him, all of them were in the past. Now in the present all equations changed, do you know how many times in the past 15 games he dragged deliveries onto stumps? How many times he got out coz of in coming deliveries? Why this is happening now? Don%u2019t tell me I don%u2019t know cricket, accept the reality and move on, he passed his prime he should retire from ODI and give way to young legs PERIOD.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:RE:Oh god you are cruel on Indian Cricket %u2026 Why Sachin is back from Injury! by CricketLover on May 05, 2007 12:54 AM Mr.Karthik, if you know some cricket (which I assume you do based on your comments) you should not be talking like one that does not know it. Over the years everyone gets some chinks in the techniques (including the great Viv Richards, GC himself, the incomparable GS Sobers) at some point in their careers. All great players overcome this phase and come back even stronger because form is temporary but class is permanent. In fact there was a time in early 80s when Viv Richards was getting out repeatedly to left arm bowlers as he was not getting too far acrossm, but he did overcome this minor flaw and scored even bigger later. In Sachin's case it may be due to recent injuries but whatever be the reason. Even a 50% Sachin is better than the youngsters named above because we know that Sachin will come back strongly and shut the mouth of arm chair critics like you. In the last 2 years India has tried atleast 12-15 youngsters but there was not a single player who has shown any class whatsover to survive at the highest levels. Just a couple of good innings here and there is not going to take them anywhere. Just because the wind blowing against Sachin these days because of the media hype, does not mean that you follow everyone. How do you know that he is playing only for money? How can you accuse someone of this without even knowing anything except the rumours that are published in the media?    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Oh god you are cruel on Indian Cricket %u2026 Why Sachin is back from Injury! by kalyan chatrathi on May 04, 2007 08:39 PM karthik - he will retere(sic!) once you learn the correct spelling and usage of the word 'retire'    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Sachin Tendulkar by Raman on May 04, 2007 09:30 PM Ur wrong,both Sachin and Sunil are the most shameless cricketers ever,they are in denial always.Everytime Endulkar gets bowled he pretends as if he can never be bowled by sitting in the pitch and Gavaskar drags his non striker with him when he is out.So Endulkar will never cry,he is shameless and must be making plans for playing in 2011 or even 2015 WCUP.    Forward   |   Report abuse
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RE:Sachin Tendulkar by Ramasamy Arumugam on May 04, 2007 09:10 PM So if you are not performing in your proffession or even in your office then you will do wash utensils in your home!!!!!!! How great you are!!!! Please use VIM dish wash bar, i had seen that in advertisement....    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Sachin Tendulkar by Ghosh on May 05, 2007 08:11 AM My dear friend Can you please throw some light on this unique record of Sachin Tendulkar. Out of his many many ODI hundreds (may be 40) , he does not have any in Australian pitches. Mind you, I am talking about ODI hundreds Now how do you justify this?    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Captain by JAGANNATHAN GOPI on May 04, 2007 06:50 PM Hey come on ya....dont talk abt old sheeps.... lets give chance to youngsters like yuvraj and dhoni    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Captain by Ramasamy Arumugam on May 04, 2007 09:17 PM Let Dhoni first go and practise how to play cricket... Whaat he is doing even if gets runs, just hitting the ball wherever he wants.. Rocket like shots.. See Gilchrist how he is playing and how dhoni is playing!!!! Have seen world cup Dhoni... Twice he went back foot and got out and one is he himself started walking for LBW. No fool wil play the very first ball that the legent Murali ball with the back foot... Let us pray god to give sixth sense to him, then we wil ask captaincy for him... All have forgotten Mr. Kaif... Ok his turn will come to prove.. Remember he is the only U19 captain who won the World Cup in the year 2000. He has enough temperment and this BCCi is not even thinking about the future. Dravid, Ganguly all wil put full stop in an year or two then this BCCI will send a fresh new captain to the 2011 world cup that too in INDIA... Even Pakistan have taken wiser decision by giving the captaincy to Sohaib Malik who is now 24.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:RE:God is not that much graceful.... by India on May 04, 2007 02:24 PM Don't worry. These buddas will not last for more than a year.    Forward   |   Report abuse