I am sorry to see some people are still not ready to accept that Tendulkar or Gangully are good players, playing against Bangladesh and scoring is just like playing against any other team. When you are out there its all the same. Yes I know there is a difference but no one has the right to say that their 100s were rubbish or useless. I think they have done very well. Bangladesh beat SA and they have beaten other top teams in the recent past. They are not out there to give free runs. I can say one thing for sure. The attitude that some Indian people have makes me feel sorry, and sad, we are very very very very critical abt our own people and our own achievements. We never say yes, He did it, yes he can do it or its ok may be next time. All over the world Indians are famous for stabbing other Indians in the back we all know that, why???? this is because we do it, we dont and cant see our own people prosper, that is the biggest difference between us and the americans or australians or the British. They are where they are because if they are critical about something they STAND UP and change the system, or force the system to change, not just talk like many people I have seen on Rediff. So you think you know what is right and what is wrong, get up and do something for your country, if you cant stand up and do something then atleast TRY (I am saying TRY) to support other Indians who are atleast representing this amazing country. I know 90% of the people who read this either wont reply or fight back because they cant read the truth, or they dont want to hear it from someone else, hope I am wrong this time.
RE:?
by ashish on May 20, 2007 06:22 AM
india has a lot of talent in any sport but with the corrupt system its tough to produce champions .playing agianst bangla and talkin big is stupidity ,try playing australia and then talk of tons ,,u r right there is a lot of dff between indians and the west and tat wil never change ,we treat cricketers like gods ,they give all sports due respect tats why they win medals at he olympics too
RE:?
by Truth on May 20, 2007 07:23 AM
He is the best.just palying for a wrong team. He should have born in Australia. Here also he is only 2nd to Bradman but in Australia he would have been above Bradman.
RE:RE:RE:?
by Indian on May 20, 2007 07:37 AM
If he was in Australia, he wouldn't have been playing today.... he was lucky to be in the India team (and got the 'god' image)...and u know, no indian selector will have the "courage" to drop the great SACHIN TENDULKAR
RE:?
by India on May 20, 2007 07:38 AM
Really? Is that why Sachin has a batting average of just about 50? Bradman had an average of 99. Even Dravid averages more than Sachin does.
RE:RE:?
by Mike Jordan on May 20, 2007 10:57 AM
Really!!! Had he been born in Australia, first of all he would'nt have even gotten a break in the Aussie team with his selfish attitude. Even if we assume he would have gotten into the team, they would have thrown him in dumpster long back for not performing consistently.
India needs players who can play for the team, who are willing to sacrifice their personal record for teamsake. Not past icons like Sachin whose sell-by-date has been long gone.
RE:?
by DEBASISH FirstCapital on May 20, 2007 06:17 AM
a highly optimistic view...with the passage of time and afer coming back from aus, i hope this viewpoint will face the real test...as far as backstabbing is concerned...ian healy and steve waugh were forced to retire when they were performing well...were those things backstabbing ???
not to mention on a flat track. Guys he did not silence his critics. He gives more option to go after him. He is capable of scoring 100s only against minnows these days or on flat tracks.
RE:Thanks for the brilliant century against world conquering Bangladesh
by benhali on May 20, 2007 05:23 AM
How can u say this? U must not be an indian...:)
RE:RE:Thanks for the brilliant century against world conquering Bangladesh
by Mike Jordan on May 21, 2007 02:48 AM
benhali, can u deny the fact that sub-continent pitches are not flat and BD are minnows.
Why do you think Indians cant critisize Sachin,Saurav. Both re-emphasized my belief that they play for personal records and not for Indian
RE:Thanks for the brilliant century against world conquering Bangladesh
by LUIT on May 20, 2007 10:07 AM
Oh,Yoy mean Bangladesh are still the minnows? Yeah, they wud still have that tag on if they beat good teams once in a year, but they have been constantly doing so. As for Sachin, it's best to start from the basics again, and then face harder challenges, right?
RE:Sachin is THE BEST
by Truth on May 20, 2007 07:21 AM
He is the best.just palying for a wrong team. He should have born in Australia. Here also he is only 2nd to Bradman but in Australia he would have been above Bradman.
RE:RE:Ab naya maja-South Indians are bastarddddd
by benhali on May 20, 2007 04:59 AM
F*&^ u the original poster. You have strong opinion so please use your real id to post it and dont abuse anonymity.
Its of no use scoring centuries against inexperienced teams . This guy claims to have 17 year exp but could not stay at the wicket for more than 17 mins during world cup. We have to set ourselves better standards if not we will end up being fools of our own making .
Remember wat ICC chief had remarked no use in having money if u cant play good cricket.
RE:paper tiger
by Swarnendu Mazumdar on May 20, 2007 01:56 AM
Atleast we Indians are sure who our father/mother is...which you whites don't know till your death! Better go and search for your parents rather than giving your useless comments on Indians...UNDERSTAND !!!
RE:paper tiger
by Sandy on May 20, 2007 02:20 AM
Lols... kjsbddfksjb, we will make Andrew clean Blore/Chennai sewage when these whites will come to India hunting for jobs !
RE:RE:paper tiger
by ashish on May 20, 2007 02:34 AM
hey andrew watkins g check ur english first before tryin to ape the whites at least the blokes in a call centre do a better job than u,go get a life and a job u sound very uneducated
RE:paper tiger
by Jayanth Shah on May 20, 2007 02:55 AM
oi idiot, im from london, and u really dont sound like an Andrew, so what are you doing? if this is a joke, then ur the least funny person ive seen, cos ur basically just belittling ur own race. so shut up, being an indian, im ashamed of ppl like u disgracin our race with such rubbish.
RE:paper tiger
by Jayanth Shah on May 20, 2007 03:15 AM
what do u mean? ther are alot of indians here lol. quite a few immigrant indians, but mainly british indians. why do u ask?
RE:paper tiger
by Jayanth Shah on May 20, 2007 03:27 AM
of course everyone left for a better life. i agree it is a better life in england and states, but still, do u think us govt is bad? im sure you would lol. whats the difference between an indian who stil loves his country, but left for a better life? cant he stil be patriotic and be a true indian? indians who live in india like 'andrew' and corrupt people cannot call themselves true indians
RE:paper tiger
by ashish on May 20, 2007 03:31 AM
jayanth trust me wat the us govt does is his business ,i am reaping the rfruits of america and i beg to differ on patriotism ,if we educated blokes were so patriotic we wud have stayed back and done something for india instead of rats deserting a sinking ship ,my sis will never leave india for the world and she is highl educated ,now tats patriotism not sittin in a foreign land breathing fresh air ,driving nice cars makin good moolah and screaming PATRIOTIC INDIAN
RE:paper tiger
by ashish on May 20, 2007 03:18 AM
no wat beats me is people leave india go to the west for a better lfe ,then abuse their govts and then claim to be true indians (after runing away from all this corruption and mess) but at the end i agree this andrew guy is a loser ,i live in da states but have no qualms in saying i left for a better life as india sucks
RE:paper tiger
by ashish on May 20, 2007 03:02 AM
andrew u a fake gora ,they will treat u bad cause u cant speak english well u talk of call cenres ,u cant speak half as what they do
RE:Indians are failure
by Swarnendu Mazumdar on May 20, 2007 01:57 AM
Atleast we Indians are sure who our father/mother is...which you whites don't know till your death! Better go and search for your parents rather than giving your useless comments on Indians...UNDERSTAND !!!
RE:Indians are failure
by Swarnendu Mazumdar on May 20, 2007 02:05 AM
"As far as Indians are concerned, whats their chievement?"...The biggest achievement is Indians have snatched your jobs or say your bread n butter...Wait for few more years, we Indians/Chinese will make you & your country bite the dust...BTW, you can come to India, we will definitely give you a job !
RE:Indians are failure
by Sandy on May 20, 2007 02:22 AM
My Dear Andrew...I told you just now, wait for few more years...it will be you who will be repeating these acts...have patience !
RE:Indians are failure
by ashish on May 20, 2007 02:35 AM
i can bet thisw andrew guy is from bihar or something ,went to america to clean the streets and is now back cause he cubt speak good english
RE:Indians are failure
by Jayanth Shah on May 20, 2007 02:58 AM
well now that we know he IS indian, lets get this straight. most of the doctors that come here to england arent offered jobs because of the stupid govt. i can assure u they are probably better than alot of doctors here. when u know nothin about the situation in the national health service, dont try nd chat like u do
RE:Indians are failure
by Jayanth Shah on May 20, 2007 03:10 AM
i was born here, and my parents came from india. i didnt say the govt as a whole sucks, although its not the best by far, its the health service that is not good. however, i hate to say it but andrew is right, there is corruption all over india, the uk govt is better than indian govt.
anyway lets leave this for now, and unite aginst dimwits like andrew!!
Initially I thought it is only our mean minded introvert Rahul Dravid is playing politics and trying to get rid of Ganguly at any cost. So that there is no one to claim the captaincy back from him for the next two year even he does poor performance. He understand himself that he doesn%u2019t deserve to be the captain and has no captaincy material. He knows from his heart what a fantastic Captain Ganguly is and he is never able to touch Ganguly%u2019s feet as a Captain.
Now it is clear all the South India and Rahul supporters understand that very well and they want to keep their %u2018LAD%u2019 Rahul Dravid as captain and started %u2018Anti %u2013Ganguly%u2019 campaign whatever way they can. They know under Dravid India%u2019s cricket future is doomed, India has gone down in ICC ranking from 2 to 7, out in 1st round of WC, out in 1st round of ICC championship held in India. But they don%u2019t care about India, all they care about their own interest %u2018Rahul Dravid%u2019.
It is a same and shows how narrow someone%u2019s mind is when they can%u2019t even see a person%u2019s (Ganguly) success and they are stupid enough to express that in a open forum like rediff. They are first to take a piece of Ganguly%u2019s meat when he fails and they can%u2019t bear the fact Ganguly is playing like god from the last SA tour making India proud and performing better. Dravid is of same age of Ganguly but they try to project Dravid as if he is below 30.
It is of this type of people and their regionalist mentality Dinesh Karthik is in team instead of Yuvraj. Ishant Sharma played only 6 Ranji matches with 29 wickets get change in the squad while the highest wicket taker in the domestic cricket for the last two consecutive years and the player of the year %u2018Ranadev Basu%u2019 doesn%u2019t get chance in the squad.
How you pick a young team without picking India%u2019s most successful bowler for the last two consecutive years in domestic cricket? Fast bowler Ranadev Basu has taken double number of wickets( 58 wickets in 8 matches in Indian pitches !!!) than VRV Sing ( another proven failure) an others who got picked for team. 9 wickets in our biggest domestic match %u2018Ranji Final%u2019 against Sachin, Jafar, Ramesh Power, Agarkar, Zahir, Amal Mazumdar, Piyush Chaula, Rohit etc? He also got the player of the year award. What else someone had to do to get a place ? Is it because he is form Bengal and don%u2019t have a non Bengali surname like %u2018Raina%u2019 or %u2018Mongia%u2019 or %u2018Sing%u2019? or is it because he is from Sourav%u2019s State ? Or should we not pick a player when he is in prime form and eager to give 200%? Make him mentally devastated and depressed and then bring into international cricket so that he can not perform?
RE:Rahul Dravid, his fan & Indian Cricket - An Introspective
by Mike Jordan on May 20, 2007 11:10 AM
Rahul Roy, you are bengali and how do we know you are not partial before believing you. How can me make sure you are not playing politics for your DADA against Rahul?
RE:Rahul Dravid, his fan & Indian Cricket - An Introspective
by Jayanth Shah on May 20, 2007 03:01 AM
dravid is not a politics guy. he is down to earth and a humble guy. he doesnt play for himself, he wil do what he thinks is best for the team. that may be different to what you think is best, eg havin yuvraj instead of karthik, but dravid thought that karthik would be better suited to opening the innings, and he got a half century, as he did opening against south africa
Well done Sachin. Another 100 against another weak team. Let some one ask him whether he played real fast bowlers off late? Its only record makin process. Well India should support him till he completes at least he completes 50 tons. Lets have series against zimbabwe and bangladesh. 10 test series. It will definitelly help him become the greatest. He never face the kind of bowlers which Gavasker faced.
RE:Ton agaiinst weak team
by Francisco Trinidad on May 20, 2007 12:49 AM
I have written earlier also...leave this guys alone...there more to come from them. Ahmed...Take guard in the middle and play..lets see how much you will score against bangaladesh. Its easy to say somethings when you don't know where you stanbd urself.
RE:Ton agaiinst weak team
by Ahmed Baig on May 20, 2007 02:42 PM
See none of us are going to go in the middle. I was trying to say that he had not played the kind of great bwolers like Gavaskar palyed. Look Gavaker not ever wore the helmet against holding, roberts, thompson, lillee, imran, joel garner, colin croft, etc. Look at his ability to tackel bolwers of great fame. Sachin had his days. No doubt he played such beautiful innings, like 1998 he had scored 12 centuries in ODIs. But off late he is not the same person. No one can take off the credit of his great innings. He will remain one of the best in the world. But off late he has not faced the type of bowling which he faced earlier.
RE:Ton agaiinst weak team
by Farshid Master on May 20, 2007 12:57 AM
Please do not talk harsh for a legend of such stature. Look at what he has contributed to the cricket world. I feel bad when people talk only current and overlook the class of such a legend. Sachin Tendulkar was one of the best - is one of the best & will remain one of the best. I bet he has a lot of cricket to come and will close all the current critics gaps and will retire with a lot of pride and tears in his fans eyes. From Masters
RE:Ton agaiinst weak team
by manoj kumar on May 20, 2007 12:43 AM
He has got most centuries against Australia ...FYI. It look slike in India everybody is a such an achiver that they can take any failure from anybody ...Dont compare him with Gavaskar....Gavaskar never had such a burden.
