I do not know about who would be the right Captain at this moment!. My imagination goes tomy boyhood school days when our teachers and non teaching staff used to stage dramas. One was Ravindrnaths 'Viswarjan'. Shyamadasbabu was missing on the occasion. We later dicovered him on the stage playing the role of Aprna and he was so convincing. With adequate make up Kumble will automatically look like a good SAS and Dravid like a conspiring Bahu. If it can be tried!!
RE:I do not know about who would be the right Captain at this moment!.
by Chaddi cricketer on Nov 10, 2007 10:25 AM | Hide message
Umm..um... I am not selected as captain... all are against Bengali. north south west all against us... we won freedom for India... we are running gouvernment including Sonia... We will stop parliament working... I can fix matchess... My brother is director in Lux Chaddi factory.... all Bangali buy Lux Chaddi... do agitation... call Lee and Tait in Kolkata and fix them so that I can score runs against them.... I will make politics in team and show this shit Idly eater Kumble Down... all my fan swarm all boards ang blogs. It is duty of all Bengol Journos to support me....I will be king of Kolkata....
RE:I do not know about who would be the right Captain at this moment!.
by Sanjay on Nov 10, 2007 07:40 PM
ur parents forgot to make u wear a chaddi in ur childhood...hence all ur brain flowed out of the hole.... thats the reason u r speaking this shit!!
Kumble has been the most unselfish cricketeer India has ever seen(apart from Dravid). The JUMBO of indian cricket has finally got what he should have 5-6 years ago. Anyways hope he holds the captaincy for at least 2-3 years till Dhoni matures into a fine player.
if going for someone experienced what was the point of choosing sachin or kumble when ganguly the proven successful captain of india was available.. i dont get it.. they will get back to become losing side .. kumble/sachin are not strategists.. even if ganguly is manipulative that is what is required to win matches from australia and pakistan not goody two shoes like sachin/kumble/dravids. even dhoni is almost like that(goodytwoshoe).. however yuvraj could have been another good choice..
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by Marenge Dannda on Nov 10, 2007 06:59 AM
I do not know about who would be the right Captain at this moment!. My imagination goes to my boyhood school days when our teachers and non teaching staff used to stage dramas. One was Ravindrnaths 'Viswarjan'. Shyamadasbabu was missing on the occasion. We later dicovered him on the stage playing the role of Aprna and he was so convincing. With adequate make up Kumble will automatically look like a good SAS and Dravid like a conspiring Bahu. If it can be tried!!
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by Pathan on Nov 09, 2007 07:22 PM
Test record under Ganguly is not good- rahul dravid has got Test Victory in West indies Zimbabwe, in england recently !!1 Now Kumble is a great player who has ability to perform and win the matches, You are Ganguly fan so Ganguly will never get capatincy in entire life !
Do you remember Rahul dravid was demoted to 6 and 7 order in 2003 world cup and also he has to do wicket keeping, inspite of knowing that in 1999 world cup Rahul dravid had scored 464 runs Highest run scorer of the world cup, Ganguly wanted him to bat down the order so that He will never be higest Run scorer, Gangul gave chance to Harbhajan singh instead of Kumble in world cup becoz Harbhajan is Gangulys chumcha and tail !! See kumbles performance he will win the series for India !!!
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by Sanjay on Nov 09, 2007 07:44 PM
all u guys listen one thing...it seems 2007 WC debacle was not enough that you guys still want lick chappel...moreover do u know regional politics???? when gangu ws the captain no player from bengal got special chance, rather players from every corner of india were playing...there are no doubts that ganguly is the best captain ever and no doubt rahul was great under his captaincy, but the its the credit of captain to get the best out of the players which rahul could not do....About Kumble just wait and see , till the time jumbo learns captaining Indian side he will realize that he is too old to play cricket....
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by vox populi on Nov 09, 2007 08:14 PM
a captain is not only supposed to lead from the front but also perform--not look for excuses to not play, shuffling batting orders to suit oneself--there is something called selfless and unselfish which sadly cant be associated with ganguly--forget him -he's history and will never make capotain again
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by Titas Bera on Nov 09, 2007 11:28 PM
whatever you write you cannot erase the history dude...compare what dravid gave us in WC 2007 and what gangu gave us in 2003...moreover under his captaincy we won the test series and one day in pakistan..we won test in SA and England and Australia...and Zimbabwe also...as a player consider his MOM record and out of those matches how many india won..also check his test and oneday average...before commenting some shits just be sure what you are saying
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by sunil swain on Nov 10, 2007 04:34 AM
Hello titas bera.I will show you statistics well.
How many test series India has won under dravid?Two historic series which again against westindies and england great well recognized team.And main thing by performing his best,Not heavily relying on others.I don't say he only performed others didn't contribute.Ganguly didn't perform but won a series against pakistan with the great performance of dravid and minnows BAngla.That's it.In one day dravid with his short tenure won against so many teams with his better performance than ganguly looking for an easier option.
In summary Ganguly was more concentrating on captainship than a batsman.Whereas Dravid with a good batsmanship he did a very good job.
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by Reporter on Nov 09, 2007 06:23 PM
Why noy Ganguly: Because, everyone knows that Ganguly will play regional politics rather than Cricket, with scant regard for team work. Who can forget the Chappel Episode?
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by Nihit Saxena on Nov 09, 2007 06:25 PM
whatever.. he has the balls to win against pak and aus.. which sadly our nicies sachin/kumble dont have
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by Chaddi cricketer on Nov 10, 2007 11:00 AM | Hide message
I wear yellow Lux Chaddi when I face pacers. No body will know colour difference before and after....
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by sharath chandra on Nov 10, 2007 05:14 PM
superb!
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by ralph nader on Nov 09, 2007 06:38 PM
chk facts before attributing credit to people who do not deserve it--someone needs to be reminded when a VC took over????
RE:why not Ganguly!!?
by A B on Nov 11, 2007 12:36 AM
How was he regional, fool? The guys he supported - Yuvi, Bhajji, Agarkar, Kaif - were they from the east?
Kumble is great servant of ind cricket and won many matches in short and long form of game but never got the credit or media hype even whatever he deserve for. He is most ill treated cricketer and finally he got the honour of leading team which would hv happpened long time before Kumble never express his emotions on the field which many ppl misunderstand that he is not agressive or his body language is not good but he is committed professional team player and he is fighter Kumble never involved in compliants, contraversies, groupism, media /political hipofs,He is silent but superb performer on the cricket field Best of luck to A (NIL) TON Kumble for his new job and also for 600 wkts in test
RE:Kumble is KOHINOOR OF IND CRICKET - B S BEDI
by Sanjay on Nov 10, 2007 07:43 PM
she is carrying dravid's kid....after delivery she will carry Kumble's....
RE:Kumble is KOHINOOR OF IND CRICKET - B S BEDI
by Sanjay on Nov 09, 2007 07:46 PM
No doubt about that dude...But Captaining Indian side would make all Kohinoor into coal..
Every time, something good happens somewhere, be it in cricket, or any other place, the north-south and the inter-south divide gets blatantly expressed in Rediff. Look at all these hate comments. Sometimes you just feel sad for those people who just spew such venomous statements. What\'s it got to do with Kumble being a Kannadiga or Sourav being a Marathi? The only real thing that influences such major decisions are talent (hopefully). So damn you rediff, for starting this flame bait wars. And shame to those people who fall for this everytime and visit to reply to hate comments and load up their cache box with the reddit junk cookies and adwares
Kumble is a great thinking man. People with more or less the same bowling talent have got lesser success. He was supremely underrated as an allrounder, and could have been used as our own version of Healy. In any case theres nothing for just Bangalore to cheer about this, the whole of India cheers his captaincy. Most of his great feats have been outside of Karnataka, and the country salutes this hero. Hes an Indian hero, and his fans are in every street of every cricket loving city over here. Lets just sweep the debut series and pay a great tribute to Jumbo, Jammy, Dada and Sachin, the quartet that brought India truly on World test cricket map. Man I wonder how things will be without them. Hope the youngies have the talent and pride to continue.
