first they nmade a tribute by making kumble a captain s he is outgoing player now they have not consider a young blood gautam and others .. when this will change god knows....ASIF ALI bangalore
RE:about the selector team
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 09:03 PM
Gautham is probably not a captain of even the Delhi side.Is he? I am surprised to see his name though. Whats the deal with that?
RE:about the selector team
by Imran on Nov 14, 2007 08:58 PM
Dude Kumble deserved the captaincy he has earned it the hard way. Captaincy should not be given easily to any player it should be earned through hardwork.
RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by TJ on Nov 14, 2007 09:00 PM
Karthick was termed as a whirling clown on field. Always assumes that to easier chances are harder ones and drop dollies. With regard to difficult chances, yes, there's always dive to go about...
RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 08:26 PM
Everyone can see the sarcasism with Tendulkar's name in there!! Not sure what is the deal with Kaarthick, though! He took en excellent catch of G Smith in T20 Semis and fielded superbly always. Cant forget how he dropped some dollies in the ENG Test series.
RE:RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Citizen on Nov 14, 2007 08:29 PM
There is no sarcasm on Tendulkar. He is still a good athlete. He doesnt move slow on the field.
RE:RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Watchman on Nov 14, 2007 08:36 PM
Yeah, he moves fast on business deals like becoming part stake holder in IPL league....he belongs to a museum !
RE:RE:RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 08:44 PM
Its the companies that moves faster than him for these business deals, I think.
RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Citizen on Nov 14, 2007 08:40 PM
Whats wrong in becoming a stake holder? is he supposed to be a saint or what??????.. you bul shi_t.. Better Watch your words Man...
RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 08:35 PM
If you say so. Anyways, lets not go into any kind of discussion about the Great man.Just to keep the abusers away.
RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Watchman on Nov 14, 2007 08:37 PM
Exactly, let us revere him and keep him in a museum. isn't he denying a chance to others?
RE:RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 08:41 PM
and you are gonna retire from your work place just to give chance to the younger guys? Nobody is a saint and you cant expect him to be one. More over he is contributing consistently to the team. He is the highest run scorer of the year for India in TESTs and ODI. He is the second in the list in ODI for any team in the world for that matter. If you want him to retire, you are asking him to be saint then
RE:Playing XI for the FIRST TEST
by K K on Nov 14, 2007 08:45 PM
Are you nuts? Sachin is the leading MVP candidate in this series and has been in tremendous form in the last few series. Are you following cricket or guli-danda?
RE:RE:kaif
by premraja on Nov 14, 2007 11:05 PM
suresh raina,badrinath are batting much better than KAif. kaif did not shine against south africa A team .unfortuantely instead of looking at batting records our friend is more bothered what is the religionhe belongs to
RE:kaif
by Nawaz Godil on Nov 14, 2007 08:49 PM
thats wrong he is very good and deserved a place not only as up cap[tainbut also as indian tream menmber
RE:kaif
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 09:05 PM
He is primarily considered as ODI Specialist. He is not even finding place in that side. So, lets not even waste time talking about this now. He is a great player, no doubt. But, his form sucks right now.
RE:kaif
by kababmainhaddi on Nov 14, 2007 08:44 PM
I agree with Tracy King on this. Kaif's form in domestic cricket has been pathetic and he does not even deserve to be even in the U.P team. He is just blocking the chance of some talented hopeful there. With Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Badrinath, Manoj Tiwary and Suresh Raina all in terrific form, what hope can Kaif have to make it to the National side?
The selectors have done a decent job. Of course, exclusion of Pathan seems to be the only thing that they would have hated to do. But with the restriction of a maximum number of 14 for the team, they would have had the final toss between RP Singh and Pathan, where RP got the final favour on account of his reasonably good performance thruout. Among the batsmen, there are strong contenders of course, such as Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Badrinath, Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina and Sehwag. But there again, whom will you drop to accommodate any of these guys? Dinesh Karthik or Jaffer? Or any of the Big 4? One cannot justify completely if any of them are dropped to accommodate one among those contenders.
RE:A decent job by the selectors
by Shankar on Nov 14, 2007 08:17 PM
Why have they taken VVS? Just past records are not enough in these competitive days. EVen in Ranji matches against poor opposition also VVS has failed to score two figures and he already 33/34. They should have opted for S.Badrinath who has been very consistent in the domestic circuit for the past 2 years. AS for Gambhir/Raina/Tewary/Sehwag onlySehwag could have been considered but due to limitation of 14 players he was not accommodated I think.They may take him to the OZ tour.
RE:A decent job by the selectors
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 08:32 PM
we can see why you are rooting for Badrinath, Shankar. Dont be frustrated. His turn will come when all these seniors retire( 3-4 years from now). Oh I forgot, He is still behind Yuvraj, when it comes to be picked up for the playing 11. And, yuvraj is already doing the 'waiting' job.
RE:A decent job by the selectors
by dinker r radhakrishnan on Nov 14, 2007 08:48 PM
Gambjir and AAKASH CHOPRA deserves to b selected as reserve openers.Especially the latter.The Aussie attack is way different from Brit and we need different players there since we rely HEAVILY on our batting.
RE:RE:RE:A decent job by the selectors
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 09:07 PM
lets finish the Pak series first. This team selection is only for the first 2 tests agianst the Pakis. Not even for the entire series.
RE:kick ganguly out
by Suresh Chamarajanagar on Nov 14, 2007 08:09 PM
That was done once before.But, unfortunately, we went begging to him to come back later. You remember what happened in SA? Half way thru the series (When the team looked out of sorts without Sachin and Saurav and Dravid in his bad batting form?) in SA we had to bring him back. Did not we?
RE:kick ganguly out
by rahul banerjee on Nov 14, 2007 08:03 PM
I am not supporting a Bong. But the best ever Captain of India team. See the language this nonsense Bakshi used about him. I doubt this kind of person who have touched a cricket bat or a ball and passing comment on greats like Ganguly, Dravid, Sachin. I hate those who does this.
Dinesh Karthik has not done anything spectacular after the England tour. He was not a great success in T20 or in the ODI's against Australia and has thus not played in ODIs against Pakistan. Sehvag who is a regular test opener, could easily have been picked up in place of Karthik. The rest of the team is OK.
RE:Indian Test Squad
by Superhero on Nov 14, 2007 07:18 PM
dont worry..if he plays poorly in this test series..he will be kicked out of the team... i belive left and right combination will be better option...
RE:Indian Test Squad
by Janardhana on Nov 14, 2007 07:15 PM
Test matches and one dayers are different. In the last testseries, Karthik was highest rungetter and hence should be there. If we keep changing like you said, it can be a catastrophe.
