I read this on the DNA (a mumbai newspaper) website. Clearly, all these talented young players moved to ICL cause they did not get opportunity from BCCI. It is an interview of Inzamam-ul-Haq who is leading Hyderabad heroes in the ICL. You can read the entire interview on the DNA website:
Q: How has the experience been so far?
Inzamam: It has been quite enriching. The talent these youngsters have is amazing. I am leading the Hyderabad Heroes and some of its players are good enough to get into any national side. I am particularly impressed by Ambati Rayudu and Anirudh Singh and am sure they have much more to give to Indian cricket.
RE:Lousy selection demoralizes youngsters...
by keshav kulkarni on Nov 29, 2007 02:53 PM
dude... we cannot have 22 players in a team... right now our team is balanced... their chance would come if someone is out of form or injured...
RE:Lousy selection demoralizes youngsters...
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 02:58 PM
Hope u r right. But BCCI has declared ICL a rebel league and banned ICL players from national selection. So probably their chance will never come.
Redif put a news article says "Viv ia my hero - Tendulkar" and clicking that redirect to this article. Is this a joke or redif doesn't have enough material for that..
Dravid is faar better than Ganguly .. But now a days Ganguly is trying hard as he knows if he fails he is out .. Dravid knows he will be there in all test matches until he retires .. but ganguly will be taken out from tests ... In ODI both of them score kind of similar .. I d not remember when last time Dravid played well in IDI .. Ganguly is good in ODI .. Ganguly is worse fielder than Dravid ..but he can bowl and Dravid can not ...
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by mahendra bamhane on Nov 29, 2007 02:38 PM
Dont compair Dravid n Ganguly... Dravid should compair with Sir Don Bradman & Ganguly should compair with Mr Ajit Agarkar. Boths are great all-rounder
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by Sriram Govindarajan on Nov 29, 2007 04:19 PM
DRavid is a failure with his captaincy,so dont compare him with ganguly,the most successful captain who thinks on his feet....
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by Ifear paceman on Nov 29, 2007 07:32 PM
Captaincy records
Saurav Ganguly
ODI matches captained 147 Matches won 76 Win percentage 51 % Wins against quality oppositions Aus 4 Eng 7 NZ6 Pak 7 SA 7 SL 6 WI 8 total 46 Win percentage quality oppositions drops to 31 %
Rahul Dravid
ODI matches captained 75 Matches won 41 Win percentage 54 % Wins against quality oppositions Aus 1 Eng 8Pak 5 SA 4 SL 8 WI 8 Total 34 Win percentage quality oppositions drops to 45 % Difference in wins against quality opposition is whopping 14 percentage !!!
Test record of ind last 2 capains.
Ganguly Matches 49 Won 21 win raito 1.62 Dravid Matches 25 Won 8 win raito 1.33
Ganguly 9 out of 21 against minnows Dravid 1 out of 8 against minnows
Tendulkar none out of 4 against minnows. Because of Dalmiya lot of matches were organised against minnows to boost records
Revised records against quality opposition
Ganguly Matches38 Won 12 win raito 0.31 Dravid Matches 23 Won 7 win raito 0.30
The result is just opposite the popular perceptions..
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by abs on Nov 29, 2007 01:28 PM
You can refresh your memory by checking the scores Dravid made in England tour and against SouthAfrica 2007 in Ireland. You will see how well he played.
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by ava desh on Nov 29, 2007 01:38 PM
then why did he resign after those tours ? if he was playing well ? tell me "abs" .. he said he is not batting well and want to concentrate on batting ..........
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Nov 29, 2007 01:44 PM
the reason he said that I want to concentrate on my batting was not a actual reason. The actual reason everybody knows that Veng sarkar always wanted dravid out and even went to tours interferring in all the seelction related matters. he always has an hidden agenda to humiliate Dravid for some reason. Interestlingly, now vengsarkar getting his own treatment back from BCCI.
Moral of the story, you will get what you deserve and for every reactino, there will be an opposite reaction. Today you can rule and humiliate somebody, but tomorrow you will be in the same seat humiliated by somebody.
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by swapnoneel mukherjee on Nov 29, 2007 01:56 PM
Thts wht happened to dravid he plotted to ouster ganguly and today he is out of the team .. and the team is playing well so we dont need him in ODI
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by sanjay on Nov 29, 2007 07:43 PM
Ganguly is blocking Yuvi place Punjab Da Puttar Yuvi is suffering because of him.
Bengal Reserve Quota rules
Dada 1 wicket = 5 wickets Dada 10 runs = century Dada drops catch = good dive Dada 1 run = 3 runs ran Dada Century against Zim = Dada scoring Centuru against Australia Dada saving 1 run = Dada saving 10 runs Dada out on bouncer = Dad hitting sixer to Akhtar Dada sixer to spinner = Yuvi hitting six sixes Dada posing to camera = Dada replacing Shahrukh in films... That is Bengal class Dada is Bengal class not Test class.
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RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on Nov 29, 2007 03:09 PM
nobody plotted anybody's ouster. this is all nonsense. We have heard this theory and I dont want to answer. But you have to remember that Saurav is not the only man who is dropped, but sehwag,bhazzi, zaheer all r dropped and are dropped for good cricketing reasons. Tell me wt saurav is contributing to the team with the bat when he is the captain? We know how he used to struggle with genuine fast bowlers and he went with no century for a considerable amount of time, almost 2 years. Same case with others.
RE:RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by vox populi on Nov 29, 2007 02:10 PM
nobody plotted any bodys ouster--it was the great dada who brought in chappel--thats why chappel said that in india they think you own them for life if you supposedly doa favour. 18 months before he lost his captaincy ganguly survived only becaiuse of dalmiya--dont believe me--go to wikipedia and read on ganguly
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by sanjay on Nov 29, 2007 07:28 PM
Ganguly ? attacking? strike rate ? bowlers? What is his utility against potent attack. Just a baggage. Chaddi Ganguly against Shoaib on Not so bouncy pitch and no other quality pacer to assist. What he will do on Australian bouncy pitches & Lee Tait like pacemen. Better send Yuvi Gambhir. Ganguly was protected by Tandulkar against pace bowling of Shaib Tanveer And Sami.He Faced 23 balls of Shoaib and holed out in 23 rd ball.how? Ball no 35.1 Shoaib to Ganguly, 3 runs, Shoaib bangs it in short and angles the ball across Ganguly swats it from wide outside off stump through the vacant mid-on area awkwardly , what a shot that is, with no power so the ball stops in the outfield Ball no 39.1 Shoaib to Ganguly, FOUR, Ganguly moves towards a ball and cuts it into the gap between gully and point, he controlled that well and another four Ball no 48.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Ganguly, FOUR, Shoaib bangs it in short into Ganguly from round the wicket, Ganguly goes for the pull shot, he doesn't control it and plays it in the at square leg Ball no 48.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Ganguly, no run, Shoaib bowls a bouncer over Ganguly's helmet, this time Ganguly ducks, he left the bat sticking up like a periscope Ball no 57.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Ganguly, OUT, caught at fine leg, Ganguly tries to do a Tendulkar and pull, the ball hurries on to him and he gets a top edge which swirls high in the air straight down Sohail Tanvir's throat at long leg
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by I Am legend on Nov 29, 2007 01:54 PM
dravid wud have easily stayed as captain and stop batting ...just like dada did in his captaincy days..dravid step down to concentrate on his batting...
dravid hitted 40,200,100. in last 2 domestic matches..it shows he is fit to play and he is in prime form..he need on 1 big score to silent his critics
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by gaurav manchanda on Nov 29, 2007 01:58 PM
if u r comparing a player like dravid with ganguly then u r insulting dravid. cud u tel me any inning of ganguly in which he has scored at a rate of 75 under pressure situations. if ganguly has any inning under pressure to his name, which bought a win for india. i think ganguly should be replaced by pathan as an opener, since the runs made by the two has a littele difference but atleast pathan has a very-2 good strike rate than ganguly. while batting in the top order pathan has an average of around 34, which is too good for an allrounder. he is the most jealous and selfish cricketer i have ever seen in my life. he has divided indian team into groups. do u remeber the world cup match of india versus bangladesh in which ganguly has scored at a strike rate of 55 even when yuvraj is scoring at the strike rate of 90.
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by I Am legend on Nov 29, 2007 02:03 PM
during India vs Bangladesh match ..ganguly didnt eat rosgulla ..so he didnt have enuff energy to hit the ball or run btw wickets..if ganguly eats rosgulla and bat his strike rate will be 1000
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by bidyut sinha on Nov 29, 2007 02:22 PM
Ganguly is far better than Dravid,reason Ganguly is oen of the best allrounder in the world, but Dravid is a recognise batsman, Ganguly is a good captain (World cup Runners) but Dravid is not a very good captain(World cup 1st round) ganguly is a hard hitter batsman but Dravid is not a stroke maker. then pl dont compare Ganguly... ok... I think Iam absolutely right.
RE:RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by sanjay on Nov 29, 2007 07:28 PM
Ganguly ? attacking? strike rate ? bowlers? What is his utility against potent attack. Just a baggage. Chaddi Ganguly against Shoaib on Not so bouncy pitch and no other quality pacer to assist. What he will do on Australian bouncy pitches & Lee Tait like pacemen. Better send Yuvi Gambhir. Ganguly was protected by Tandulkar against pace bowling of Shaib Tanveer And Sami.He Faced 23 balls of Shoaib and holed out in 23 rd ball.how? Ball no 35.1 Shoaib to Ganguly, 3 runs, Shoaib bangs it in short and angles the ball across Ganguly swats it from wide outside off stump through the vacant mid-on area awkwardly , what a shot that is, with no power so the ball stops in the outfield Ball no 39.1 Shoaib to Ganguly, FOUR, Ganguly moves towards a ball and cuts it into the gap between gully and point, he controlled that well and another four Ball no 48.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Ganguly, FOUR, Shoaib bangs it in short into Ganguly from round the wicket, Ganguly goes for the pull shot, he doesn't control it and plays it in the at square leg Ball no 48.5 Shoaib Akhtar to Ganguly, no run, Shoaib bowls a bouncer over Ganguly's helmet, this time Ganguly ducks, he left the bat sticking up like a periscope Ball no 57.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Ganguly, OUT, caught at fine leg, Ganguly tries to do a Tendulkar and pull, the ball hurries on to him and he gets a top edge which swirls high in the air straight down Sohail Tanvir's throat at long leg
RE:Dravid Vs Ganguly
by Karunakar Patil on Nov 29, 2007 03:01 PM
Dravid is far better captain than Ganguly. He is the only second captain Indian History to win two series abroad versus BIg teams WIndies and England .First was Ajit Wadekar. For Captainship test cricket is real cricke where lot of planning and thinking is needed
A Kerala-based enginner V Jayadevan has devised an exclusive programme, known as the VJD system, for Twenty20 matches based on data from the World Twenty20 Championships and this will be used for the inagural ICL tournament. The effort of 44-year-old Yayadevan was hailed by India's greatest batsman Sunil Gavaskar, and the BCCI have also decided to use it during the current season.
Jayadevan, an engineer from Thrissur, has devised a method that claims to be "superior" to the existing Duckworth-Lewis method.
Jayadevan's method is based on a mathematical model of the natural development of an innings through its various stages of settling down, making use of field restrictions, mid stages of stabilising, acceleration towards the end and the final 'slog' overs.
Based on the general scoring pattern and research of past matches, a 'normal' statistical curve has been developed. Regression analysis was carried out using 'spread sheet' software and a cubical polynomial equation was used for determining the scoring pattern.
Putting all this into use, Jayadevan has generated a 'target curve'. He also provides a 'target table' where the revised target can be computed depending on the percentage of total overs that were completed for different percentages of wickets. To make the entire process easy, a computer programme has been devised.
Jayadevan started to work on the VJD System in 1998 and gave it a proper shape in 2001. The D/L method has ledthe pack
Why no technological solution for this? Make sight screens of such material that can allow light to pass only in one direction. For batsman it should be black (or white during ODIs) and or audiences it should be transparent. BCCI should give this project to NASA - quick.
RE:Sight screen
by I Am legend on Nov 29, 2007 12:15 PM
niranjan shah is going to research abt sight screens..bcci has sanctioned 300 crores for the research...niranjan shah will prepare a document on basis of the research and submit to bcci by November 29 2040....after this mr. niranjan shah will research abt shewag's hair loss...and will prepare a document and submit to bcci by end of December 1 2050 .
RE:Dravid and Ganguly fans..lets end this
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:27 AM
Completely agree with you. you are 100 % right. but now see, lot of regional fools will cum and abuse you saying .........
RE:RE:Dravid and Ganguly fans..lets end this
by vox populi on Nov 29, 2007 11:29 AM
lotiya--you are as much regional as nay one else so stop pretending to be a martyr.
RE:Dravid and Ganguly fans..lets end this
by vox populi on Nov 29, 2007 11:28 AM
from your comments its evident that you are not neutral and you are not the leader of the "neutral fraternity"--
RE:Dravid and Ganguly fans..lets end this
by Andy Louis on Nov 29, 2007 11:53 AM
As long as the I remember Salil = BostonP..isn't it? Shame on you.. Why do you pat your own back? Just scared of debate is it? or was it cos you couldn't digest the punch given by one of these guys here based on neutral comments...
RE:Dravid and Ganguly fans..lets end this
by amit on Nov 29, 2007 12:31 PM
What a joke kid.................. Ganguly has his own views................. Dravid Has his own Abilities............. whn u say ganguly is better thn suited in odi rather thn Dravid............ How u will prove it???????????????? any statistics with u comparing both........... ganguly is not the good runner between the wickets........... not the greatr puller of the short ball........... no leg side player.............. thn how can u say he is suited for oneday cricket............. plase don't compare him with DRAVID........... i know GANGULY is a great batsman................ and even a leader......... but no comparisions......................
RE:Dravid and Ganguly fans..lets end this
by I Am legend on Nov 29, 2007 12:36 PM
Dravid has good record in both forms of the game he just had bad odi series against england and australia
RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:22 AM
Thanks you know the story of "Kabuliwala" written by Tagore. Appreciate your linking its with cricket too.
RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:27 AM
My Pakistani friends tell me that in Pakistan Pathans are just called akhrots (wallnut), because they sell that most of the time! It is alleged that instead of real brains, they have akhrots inside their skull!
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:35 AM
And one more thing,lutiya.. I am now confused because that day you said, pathans are terrorist and now you are saying pathan sell wallnut..Please describe the relation between two.
RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:38 AM
It doesn't take a genius to figure that out! Again look at the city of Karachi in Pakistan, or Mumbai in India. There are both types of Pathans! Some sell walnuts, while the others prefer to sell guns, opium, and RDX.
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:41 AM
great..what a relationship between walnuts and RDX.. carry on. Could you please expain me ,whats the relationship between Idli, Sambhar, rassam and Lungi ? And in which category you fall ?
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:45 AM
Sorry, I only know the relationship between Afghan Suits (which Pathans even wear to work, any way they don't work in offices), akhrots, loan-sharking, gangsterism, and RDX. Because that is what the Pathan ppl are famous for!
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:54 AM
Lotiya, again truth hurts a lot! When I see Pathans (who have left nothing but a tail of death and destruction behind them) like you preaching about global brotherhood and unity of India, I let out a wry smile! I wonder what Pathans have in store for India now!
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:51 AM
now confirmed, this guy is too a lungiwala, rassam-sambhar drinker,and idli-dhosa eater. regional fool, come out of the shell.. support team india.. ur kannadda is not india..its a part of india. Otherise, morron go to school, learn some history and geograpgy b4 commenting here
RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 12:01 PM
Agreed in India we have a lot of regional differences amongst us. But they are mostly for making fun of each other, and nothing serious! But when I see Pathans like you (look at their exploits from Kandahar to Kolkata) preaching national unity and brotherhood, I wonder what crime have we Indians done now? What is next in store for us given this kin of Mullah Omar is preaching brotherhood to us now?
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 12:11 PM
ha ha ha..
What are you trying to prove now? are you kin of mulla-omer?
If yes, we dont have any problem. You are allowed to post your thought in the rediff forum provided its contents should be impartial, it shd not be regonally motivated. Got it? , if still you have any doubts, please eat some aukrot (wallnuts) with sambhar..
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Shweta Saigal on Nov 29, 2007 01:49 PM
Lotiya and Lutiya - you guys are really funny. I cant understand what is the issue between you two. Please relax and dont deviate too much from the topic in discussion. By the way - I love Walnut Kabulichanna as much as I love Idli Dosa Sambar.
RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:33 AM
Great to know that you have paki links too. In India, very few sensible people keeps link with paki friends.. there are lot of reason for that. Well, come out with some more extra things which you know. we are feeling happy to read that you have such knowledge of pak and its race.
RE:Kabuliwala
by chrsvd pavan kumar on Nov 29, 2007 12:12 PM
In India Others are more sensible than the simple sensible. Hence, they would not keep links with INSENSIBLE Pakis Lotiya
RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:34 AM
This is because I am not located in India. I have friends from all over the world, including Pakistanis. Pakis have lots of funny/horror stories about Pathans, as well as many Pathan jokes (related to their liking of the same sex).
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:39 AM
Ha ha ha.. cant control my laugh. anyway, in which part of globe you stay.? you have many frinds around the worlds..ha ha ha.. in that scenio, country will be tamilandu, kerela, AP ,Karnataka.. Come out of the shell and see the real world.
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 12:04 PM
Yes, software engineers are coolies and real coolies (read Pathans working all over the middle east roaming around in Pathan suits) are geniuses! That is a classic example of Pathani wisdom! All an outcome of too much akhrot in the brain! All the porters on airports of middle east wear Pathan suits!
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:43 AM
Lotiya I am not here to prove anything to you. But the part of the worlds you have mentioned (AP, Karnataka, Tamilnadu...) has maximum number of software engineers here in Silicon Valley, or in all the big cities of coastal California (San Diego, LA, San Franciso, San Hose,...). Whatever I am, I am definitely not a Kabuliwala selling akhrots!
RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:48 AM
Dont get proud with others? pls tell me what you are? where are you located? FYI, I am an NRI. not a cheap like you.
RE:Kabuliwala
by lutiya doobi on Nov 29, 2007 11:52 AM
Lotiya, I am not telling anything to you because I have nothing to prove to you. But even the guys who live in Sri Lanka are called NRIs. Even though I am an NRI, but I don't wear it as a badge, and definitely don't boast about it. You are boasting about ur NRI status as though it is a Bharat Ratna! Good. Keep selling akhrots in Japan (cuz u quote too many Japanese proverbs).
RE:RE:Kabuliwala
by Lotiya Pathan on Nov 29, 2007 11:59 AM
ha ha ha ..u wrote that all software engineers here in Silicon Valley, or in all the big cities of coastal California (San Diego, LA, San Franciso, San Hose,...).
What do you mean by that ? Are all sw engineers are great ? Feel shame.. they are just coolies, face the fact my dear..
