"It has come at a time in my career when it is very challenging for me. Quoted by Kumble
Why Kumble is worried about his age . He is just about same today as he was 8 yrs back. And what more now he has got hundred after his name.wow My advice to him "Go N ENJOY THE GAME" What u guys think????
RE:Kumble
by deepak bhatia on Nov 21, 2007 12:07 PM
I believe he is a wonderful person and a wonderful cricketer too. And I am sure he make a more wonderful captain. Age is no bar. Recently only he got his first hundred in a test match. So where is the question of age. We wish him luck and am sure the result will show this man's capabilities. All the best Anil.
One has to wait and see what the voice of the team will be, post match.
But what is clear is that Kumble has made an inauspicious start, pre-match.
R P Singh (who did well in tests against England in England) and Sreesanth (who did well in tests against South Africa in South Africa) are unfit to play in the first test starting tomorrow. A single replacement has been made for them by BCCI, in the form of Munaf Patel.
Munaf Patel is the sick man of Team India and hence ushers in sickness to the team already dominated by half fit and ageing oldies. Irfan Pathan or Ranadeb Bose would have been a better replacement and even Agarkar would have been a (comparatively) tolerable one!
Sorry Kumble, bad luck. But with part timers, politicians and clowns dominating BCCI what can one expect?
RE:Kumble has an inauspicious start
by Suman Bhat on Nov 21, 2007 11:04 AM
RE:youngsters by Suman Bhat on Nov 17, 2007 10:46 AM win or defeat depands on the performance of XI players aussies are playing as one unit with desire to win each match. aussies are now outplaying SL in bowling batting as well fielding. indian players play for self record, sponsers, to save the place for next match, for group which player belongs to.. team india is consists of superstars and their chelas some players wants to open innings it is done nobody will object to it.some players even openers has to bat at any nosotherwise they will never get a chance to perform bcci and selection committee has diff yardstick to drop players and selection of team.some rules never apply to superstars and their chelas. Kumble will be successful only if he gets support of all other 10 players. that did not hapened to to previous captain. some players never supported dravid's captiacy it was visible on the field
RE:Kumble has an inauspicious start
by HRS Mani Mani on Nov 21, 2007 11:21 AM
In my opinion, Dravid was not a captain stuff. Captaincy was imposed on him. He is a gentleman and good guy, no doubt. The captain should be aggressive and shrewed. For each opponent batsman he should have a plan, depending upon the strength and weekness of that batsman. Field placement is also equally important. Let's see how Kumble rise to the occasion.
RE:Kumble has an inauspicious start
by vox populi on Nov 21, 2007 11:57 AM
what makes you think he was not shrewd? with a bunch of self centered idiots in the team his track record is pretty impressive!!!
RE:Kumble has an inauspicious start
by karan on Nov 21, 2007 01:14 PM
He need not take his shirt off on the field like a Ganguly or Dhoni.Instead he played his game of cricket very passionately. It would be better if we rather don't speak about off the field antics as its known to one &all of te politics of Dada-the DON
RE:RE:Kumble has an inauspicious start
by dave on Nov 21, 2007 12:16 PM
wht did ganguly do.. he backstabbed Dalmiya & licked pawar to get back into the team....he is an useless player
By Giving captaincy to Kumble @ 37 the selectors have proved once again that they are jockers. Dhoni was able to come successfully in T20 bcz he has a young team which where every1 mingled well without any ego. Now we hav a team which has players of various age so that these senior cricketers will not co-operate with the objective of the team. Yuvraj is 7 years old in international cricket and still u keep telling him that he is an youngster..he shd learn..get experienced. Think...think...
RE:RE:Captancy to Kumble..a late and waste decision .
by sajin mv on Nov 21, 2007 09:51 AM
My dear, Test cricket consists of five days and two innings, not a T20 match, Dhoni has been excellent captain in T20 match, but he struggles in ODI matches, The matches Pakistan won, because of not controlling the batsmen in middle overs, they scored well, where was the captain, what he was trying to do? he was just trying to complete the 50 overs quota and fate waits to turn for him. He is not even a contender for Test team particularly outside Indian subcontinent. A captain should lead from the front and a test captain requires a five day planning not a 20 over plan. He is technically incompetent to play outside subcontinent.
RE:Captancy to Kumble..a late and waste decision .
by Emperor Ashoka on Nov 21, 2007 10:18 AM
Rediff should keep away vain loud mouths who neither understand cricket, nor understand popular current of fans' thinking through instant or auto moderation rather than wait for people to respond and show their worth.
RE:Captancy to Kumble..a late and waste decision .
by abhijeet kulkarni on Nov 21, 2007 10:38 AM
selectors are jockers.... I think selectors shd have been made Kumble captain early during 1998-1999,so he could have shown his perf. for long time. Anyway....my best wishes to Anil (JUMBO)...
RE:RE:Captancy to Kumble..a late and waste decision .
by abhijeet kulkarni on Nov 21, 2007 10:39 AM
TEST SERIES WIN....it all depends on how each individual supports JUMBO and contributes well in each inning...
Ponting is right when he says Sachin and Dravid couldnt bear the pressure of captaincy inspite of the fact that they were very good players.
Time will tell if Kumble falls in the same category or not.
One thing is for sure..Ganguly doenst fall in that category and the fact that Ponting didnt mention Ganguly among those to couldnt take pressure...speaks for itself the amount of respect Ganguly has just for his leadership in cricketing world.
Kumble as captain we are already on backfoot as we wont play two spinners and Australia have 4 left handers in top 6 so bhajji has to sit out most of the matches.
Test team for australia 1.Karthik or Sehwag 2.Dravid 3.Laxman 4.Sachin 5.Ganguly 6.Yuvraj 7.Dhoni or Pathan 8.Kumble 9 zAHEER 10.RP 11.sREESANTH
With kumble as captain we only have two options. 1.Play Kartik or Dhoni 2.Dravid to open 3.If Kartik PLays then pathan can play 4.If DHONI plays then sehwag can play.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by V.B.Aphale on Nov 21, 2007 09:36 AM
I think you need to check the cricketing sense. Ponting didnot mention Ganguly because he is a average player & not considered as a threat to any team in batting capacity. Why mix up captaincy & the batting skills. It is wise to accept Ganguly as a average test batsman whereas Tendulkar & Dravid can fit in World eleven Ganguly probably wont fit in Top 70 or 80.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by Ricky Thukral on Nov 21, 2007 09:41 AM
V.B.Aphale
I just happen to read on rediff India has maximum number of illitrates but i never thought i will meet one onlinelike yourself. I have pasted below the quote from the article when ponting spoke about pressure of captaincy.
its available on all the websites...if you want to read. "Dravid, Ganguly, (VVS) Laxman and Tendulkar are all very good players and they have all done well against Australia in the past. We know how dangerous they can be,"
Now it looks like Ponting includes Ganguly in one of the greats but not among the ones who couldnt handle pressure.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by V.B.Aphale on Nov 21, 2007 09:53 AM
I donot know how to improve your understanding. Ponting is not the only one cricketer who understands cricket& basically why it matters to you if ponting says something ,it is a trap to weaken the team spirit. I hope it is better to consider the team effort rather than who is what? Because Histroy will tell you may be after 10 years who wre considered best batsmsn of this era?By calling somebody illiterates you have proven your mantle.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by Mature Stud on Nov 21, 2007 10:56 AM
abbe MC akhale...mard jaisa argument kar...put ur arguments like a laogical man, otherwise I believe u are another Idli.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by San Indus on Nov 21, 2007 09:01 AM
why doesn't this great ex-captain open the innings in test matches as he says he is very comfortable in doing in one days. Why does it have to be Dravid who has been by far the best middle order player for India for sometime.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by Ricky Thukral on Nov 21, 2007 09:08 AM
well because.Dravid wanted to open on a belter...in the game where sehwag scored the triple century.So if Dravid can open on a batting track then why not in australia.
Anyway India is always 10/1 most of the time with Dravid batting at number 3.
Moreover Ganguly Laxman proved their value in the midddle order against south africa in south africa and against england in england.
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by karan on Nov 21, 2007 01:22 PM
Ganguly-the best middle order batsman?Not even in your dreams.One thing is for sure,he would hesistate from opening in bouncy pitches because his technique is far inferior when compared to the other seniors-Laxman,Rahul&Sachin
RE:Ponting is right about Sachin and Dravid
by San Indus on Nov 21, 2007 09:13 AM
Get ur facts right before blabbering. The match were Sehwag scored a triple century, Akash Chopra opened.
Dravid opened in Karachi when one great ex-captain argued with the captain when asked to open by the captain.
RE:chrisda
by chris on Nov 21, 2007 08:16 AM
Or perhaps towards the subject of the article, the man with the job no-one wants, Indian captain, the chief of losers.
RE:chrisda
by Alok Kumar on Nov 21, 2007 08:59 AM
I think Chris is an expert on those defeat speeches and in dire need of marketing them. Kid, try aussis & pak boards. I'm sure u'll earn good there & if that fails, at least u can use 'em for u'rself. U Looser :) :).
Poor Umpiring decisions that's going to come up later when tour the Australia! Is anyone bothered?
Our BCCI is busy counting currencies. They won't be bothered about issues like, our batsmen or bowlers ending up at the recieving end due to horrible umpiring decisions. Even the umpiring errors need to be protested and ICC must be informed of these mistakes with video footages. Umpires irrespective of their colour or creed try to please whites and win their support to officiate more matches. There's not a single umpire from India who is in the ICC's elite panel of umpires. BCCI is not bothered at all. They'll only show the measures taken in this regard on paper and not the nett result of them. They even forget that ICC can not survive without asian nations' support. Infact, BCCI must dictate terms rather than doing the bowing act. Steve Bucknor has gone too old to hear or observe the faint snicks and edges froom the bat and he must retire. The only good umpire in the current lot seems to be Mr. Alim Dharr from Pakistan who does a fairly neat and unbiased job.
Thank God! Our players have woken up finally and learnt to fight fire with fire. I'm sure, Andrew Nel's stare at our batsmen will surely be dealt suitably by our batsmen hereafter. Ausies and South Africans are the most erring ones in terms of himiliating the opposition on and off the field. It's time, we give them back their due share. Khudos to the current crop of young and courageous players for doing just that.
RE:bab luck kumble
by Crick fan on Nov 21, 2007 07:14 AM
Those with ill luck cannot even give out any better wishes to others. We dont need your wishes Mr Paki, give it to your own team
RE:bab luck kumble
by sai kumar on Nov 21, 2007 08:03 AM
pak will be humbled 3-0 ....no need of luck here u pakis dont know how to play cricket. c the odi result
Stop your bullshit blabbers Ponting! Cricket is played with bats and balls and not with loud, lousy, blabbering mouths...
Mr. Ponting! Just keep shut your mouth until the start of the series. We'll reply your blabbers with deeds. You can not psyche this new generation team India. They're capable of giving you back strongly. Just keep shut your mouth. Cricket is not a battle between loud, lousy, idiotic mouths.
We'll give our statements at the end of th tour after beating the Ausies heavily. Just ignore these bunch of morons in the ausie team. They have just started and they'll blabber more. Just ignore them!! Dogs keep barking; but, the merchants on the caravan carry on their business ignoring the barking dogs. Let's not bark back. Afterall, we're human. These morons are barking out of fear.
