what about gnaguly yuvi zahir and bajji gnaguly gave 22 runs out for 0 in 7 balls ganguly is playing safe for self scoring runs so that nobody can point finger at him but he will cause more runloss to team by his poor fieliding pathatic bowing and poor running btn wkt.even harbajan failed why onot both are dropped??? It happened to kumble and lax,man laxman still want to play odi his interview in HT http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1f1dfaed-4555-4533-aefa-1ef0473f14de&MatchID1=4568&Te amID1=6&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1145&PrimaryID=4568&IsCricket=true&Headline=%e2%80%98I c Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper, told reporters after the Vadodara match that his bowlers had executed the plans chalked out against him to a nicety. http://cricket.expressindia.com/fulliestory.php?content_id=229348/ I don't know if he's (Dravid) under pressure or not. I know we have bowled very well to him so far, if you look at his dismissals. We have got him out like you probably expect to get top order players out. He's a class player and class players don't stay away from scoring too long. "(But) We need to keep him under pressure and make sure we execute our game plans exactly right. If we don't and give him a chance to get off the mark and get away then you will see how good and dangerous player he can be," said the touring captain. an still play one-dayers%e2%80%99
RE:drop ganguly bajji and zahir khan
by unni krishnan nair on Oct 18, 2007 04:42 PM
True player are those who run for themself and others eg sachin and dravid. not somebody like ganguly who just wants prove that how important is he, if he is great crickter he would no gone to srilanka tour in middle in fear of losing captaincy and midfield argument with dravid
RE:drop ganguly bajji and zahir khan
by Avi on Oct 18, 2007 03:15 PM
Dravid should not be dropped ... Even if he drops catches ... Misfields ... Scores ducks ... Looks to draw even 20-20 games (forget test cricket)and continuously does politics in the team ... Greg Chappal has joined Rajasthan Cricket academy ... Tell Rahul to go to his academy and get some more coaching in politics and then contest karnataka polls ...
RE:RE:drop ganguly bajji and zahir khan
by unni krishnan nair on Oct 18, 2007 04:33 PM
Go And play at No 3. I will tell dravid to contest election. Give me his cell No/e-mail id
RE:drop ganguly bajji and zahir khan
by unni krishnan nair on Oct 18, 2007 04:31 PM
friend you are absoultly right. indian fan alway want bali ka bakra
ind selectors have differnet yardstick for players. dravid performed consistanty for6-7 yrs and he faied in 5 innings he was dropped and ppl are spaking his retirement what about selfish ganguly and tendulkar superstar selfish opening pair had godfathers gnaguy had damiya and left party poitiicans and tendulkar had pawar vengsakrar and strong mumbia oobby but south ind players are always illtreated. it happended to laxman and kumble even after the good perfromance. dravid survived so long b'cuz he performed consistanty only 5 innings failure he was dropped ganguly was out of form for almost 2 yrs but continued as captain tendulkar never dropped only injury kept him out dravid batted in 5 nos for 5 innings faced only 81 balls and scored 55 runs and even habajan, zahir gnaguly are not performing they are still in team. yuvi failed in last game. but if a player does chela job for superstars can be part of XI ganguly out of team b'cuz icc put the ban otherwise nobody in bcci, media or even excricketers have no guts speak against orpoint finger at superstars. just five innings faillure dravid was dropped but ganguy and tendulaar never dropped just after 5 innings bad performance gnaguly survived for yr as non performing cpatain and tendulkar never droppedjust five innings faillure dravid was dropped but ganguy and tendulaar never dropped just after 5 innings bad performanc sreesant droopped for bad bowling but rp singgh perfomrmace is worse than shrisant Actually dr
RE:if dravid is dropped for bad performance then what is role of ganguy, zahir, bajji and yuvi in defeat?
by unni nair on Oct 18, 2007 04:44 PM
Hi Suman Bhat
RE:if dravid is dropped for bad performance then what is role of ganguy, zahir, bajji and yuvi in defeat?
by Starwar on Oct 19, 2007 10:19 AM
Nair and Bhat....they are actually Chappell and Dravid...posting rubbish messages here
King Richards pf WI was dropped and uncerimoniously forced to retire by Richardson the then captain of WI. Subsequently after one year Richardson was also dropped and uncerimoniously forced to retire inspite of being a captain of WI. History repeates itself. Ganguly is in and Dravid is out and for right reasons. "My Friend, in this same life you had to give in to what you did." Thats what King Richards said to Richardson when Richardson was dropped subsequently. Poetic Justice!
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by siba mohanty on Oct 18, 2007 02:30 PM
A bad run in four matches don't make Rahul Dravid a bad cricketer overnight, does it? Just like it does not make Saurav Ganguly a better batsman than The Wall because the former scored a 111-ball 82 in a crucial match. Some might think it was a classy, gutsy performance but he cost the team more than four overs even when Sachin Tendulkar was going great guns at a run-a-ball 72. Poetic justice is yet to come. Wait and watch.
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by navin kumar on Oct 18, 2007 02:49 PM
non sense-- y don u ppl forget that ganuly was a non performer for almost a year before being dropped and don compare ganaguly with great players like richards..
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by aatank on Oct 18, 2007 03:53 PM
all I got to say, is that ganguly is not a run a ball kinda batsman, he is scoring alongwith sachin and is involved in run a ball partnerships, out of their 25 100 plus opening wicket partnerships, 4 have com ein last 2 series, and india won 3 of them, lost one of them, coz middle order did not fire, who is this middle order, rahul dravid, when he should have accelerated, he gave in everytime... but y blame him tats his natural game, which fits 5 days cricket...
now about saurav, he was not out of form for one year, those who say this should test their knowledge again. In the Champions trophy he had 3 half centuries, one of them was 90 odd runs and one hundred.. he came back and had one bad series against pakistan, and he was banned for slow over rate, when dravid was captain for few matches, meanwhile saurav came back in zimbabwe tour. He was struggling but by the time he cam eback he had a hundred. People say it was slow, but why complain it was a test match.
After whenever he has been played, he has showed class and form, when all including dravid were rumbling and tumbling and were not able to bat out even 40 overs inSA , Dada came and showed all how to bat against NTINI and group's fiery pace, by scoring and scoring heavily and consistently...
So who is going to teach Dada how to bat, navin kumar or siba mohanty, have you ever held a bat or tried to hit a boundary and see how much it tkaes to clear the fence.... i suggest you do that before commenting on saurav
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by Suman Bhat on Oct 18, 2007 04:46 PM
takeout dravid's contribution for ganguly success as capti and see the winning average gnaguly is most successful ganguly is selfish oppertunist and politician gnaguly is curse to team india
RE:RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by Joyesh Manna on Oct 18, 2007 04:40 PM
Give me 5 to 6 instances when we have seen Dravid win matches for India in ODI. I can give u at least 25 instances of Ganguly being the match winner. Series in Torento or Dhaka Minin World Cup or back to back Series in RSA & Australia are examples. And last but not the least the WC 2003. No doubt Dravid is a Class Test Player and he should be there it self. Ganguly may not be his class is Test Cricket as far as record is concerned but he the only matchwinner after sachin in ODI and man Dravid is way behind not even in comarison to Yuvi. So cut the crap and rejoice the demolition of the Wall.
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by Suman Bhat on Oct 18, 2007 04:52 PM
ask sachin and ganguly to bat at any no in every match for 5 matches odis then u see the differnece in performance and strike rate
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by Ashish Kumar on Oct 18, 2007 11:00 PM
Why was Dravid shuddering like a sick girl in South Africa when huge defeats were inflicted on India? Only after return of Ganguly the team India redeemed some of their self respect.
RE:Poetic Justice. Qudos to DHONI
by Ifear paceman on Oct 19, 2007 11:01 AM
Want to know real agression? our Dada is there.That is why they are performing.Our Dada will make mincemeat of australian bowling need not worry. He will directly look into eyes of Brett Lee Braken Clerk etc. agressively.He will go under their skin, Shirt, Pant. They fear Dada. And in mean time Yuvi Dhoni Tendulkar Dravid Uthappa will score runs against them.As usual bowling will get thrashed but then Ranadeb will come and beat Ponting and others. Ganguly will catch diving. Every thing will be allright. And if these Lee and Braken Clerk & company do not get disturbed by Dada's agressive postures we shall keep two cammondos around Dada so they wont show any agression towards Dada. If they come one by one then Dada will thrash them Bollywood style.And what for afterall the shirt is he will wave it around. If situation goes beyond control don't worry pant is also at his disposal he will wave that also.. If Dada gets into trouble with Hayden or Symonds like strong men still he will use his Super intelligence. He keeps spinach like in Popeye show.in his pocket he will eat it and then zoom...... Hayden or Symonds or anybody are gone with the wind..... %u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026.If this thing fails plan B will come into picture. We shall call Australians at Eden Gardens and boo them. If they show finger or any thing we shall call Naxalites to do the job. plan C We will ask all NDTV Times now cameramans specially bengali journos to edit cut those shots to inspire India
Monika now u are eligble 2 comment on so called king khan as u r a perfect probe maker and even get a nice southern also. now u can join anti SRk community.welcome
dravid was over confidence at the begnning of the series and dont want dhoni to act as captain good time has for him noe he will give company to sehwag bye bye dravid tere time katam ab target hai ganguly
Only one game has been played in INDIA that is politics.
It will be height of stupidity if you compare Rahul Dravid with any player who is playing right now or played in the past. This is the only cricketer who has given all respect to Indian cricket at abroad.
If he is not in the team then who can deserve the place in Indian team ?
DHONI ? who does not how to hold bat and stand at the crease but he become the captain of INDIA. Incredible .
Saurav Ganguly ? For what the hell is he known for ? A person who can not face fast bowler, you can not find any place in the field for fielding he will do all sort of comedy or nothing else.
He can do well with bat in two conditions. %uF0E0 First if his counterpart is playing fierce inning then he will pickup some runs for own self only. %uF0E0 Second if all batsman goes out then he will have some runs assuming that what can I do if all others become out so early and left me alone to add some runs to my record. %u201CAamee Parbo Na%u201D
You will find so many useless fellow who make his presence in the team time to time for no reason
Now the selection committee who select the best team not on the performance but their own choice or zone wise.
Can anybody tell me what happen to Rohit Sharma why is he not playing ? Why Robin Uthappa will not have permanent place in the team ?
RE:INDIAN CRICKET
by DYS DYS on Oct 18, 2007 02:29 PM
Unfortunately, his sugardad Greg is being driven out and I feel sorry for your tears but again there's no taker. Rahul was a great batsman to be proud of but his sunny days are gone but for Indians, it's a great relief from his boundless wrong decisions as a captain.
RE:INDIAN CRICKET
by Joyesh Manna on Oct 18, 2007 04:47 PM
I Can tell you what happen to Rohit Sharma. why is he not playing ? Because Dravid was playing all these years along with his 50s from 95 to 100 balls. I can not tell u why Robin Uthappa will not have permanent place in the team as he is playing for India u dope. Dravid was never a matchwinner and a real pain in ass in ODIs. So please, with all your stupidity stop putting idiotic blogs.
RE:INDIAN CRICKET
by Suman Bhat on Oct 18, 2007 04:48 PM
Natwest Series Matches Runs Highest Average Strike Rate SR Tendulkar (India) 7 374 99 53.42 85.77
RE:INDIAN CRICKET
by aatank on Oct 18, 2007 03:35 PM
wow! you say few wonderful things, wow!! saurav amassed almost 18000 runs doing what you said.... anyway aap jaison ke munh lagne ki zaroorat kisko hai, rahul is getting taste of his own blood, [ what he did to saurav ] ap pata chala hoga, jab apni jalti hai to kaisa hota hai ;-) usko ko team se nikal dena chahiye
RE:Has any player beeen misused like this?
by krishnanand kulkarni on Oct 18, 2007 02:16 PM
he has to play in the middle and the number doesnot matter, take an example of michel Clarke or Herchelle gibs, or even shoeb malik, whose performance doesnot depend on the position so even though he is great one nut when out of form, revover in domestic and come again. krishna
Every tom, dink & Harry in this forum wanted that Rahul Dravid is useless for ODI & should be dropped & now when he is dropped we are shocked & abusing selectors & BCCI!! iSN'T IT STRANGE??
ODI Runs by experienced Two and Half batsman in Calender year 2007 till middle of this series ..
scores against minnows and masala matches
Dravid 95 in 6 matches at an average of 31.66 Sachin 68 in 3 matches at an average of 34 Saurav 348 in 5 matches average of 87
Now scores against quality opposition
Dravid 708 runs in 22 matches at an average of 41.64 Sachin 879 runs in 21 matches at an average of 43.95 Saurav 676 runs in 19 matches at an average of 37.55 the worst amongst two and half experienced players.
Dravid Overall strike rate is nice 82.36 Sachin Overall strike rate is handsome 85.24 Saurav overall strike rate is poor 72.73
What a great wisdom by Ganguly to increase averages at poor strike rate very very slowly, as per ODI dtandards
Here is detailed scores of Ganguly very very great Ganguly against minnows and masala matches
66 v BD at Port of Spain 89 v Ber at Port of Spain 32 v Afr masala match at Bangalore 88 v Afr masala match at Chennai 73* v Ire at Belfast Just great Dada is greatest king against minnows for Bongs...... And people wish to drop Dravid... Ha....ha....ha...
RE:Half one is kept and full one is dropped shocking...
by krishnanand kulkarni on Oct 18, 2007 02:20 PM
believ in presence and not past. at least ganguly along with tendulkar give good start, when ganguly was not there(frist two matches of this series), no partner ship at the start which resulted in loosing matches, so we need boys like rohit sharma who can bat in middle
RE:Half one is kept and full one is dropped shocking...
by Joyesh Manna on Oct 18, 2007 04:53 PM
I did not understand the stat u gave. Where from man? Do u know that this calander year Ganguly & Sachin are the only two indian crickters to score 1000 runs. Dravid is no where in picture. SO DO NOT BLUFF AROUND. Dravid, the pain in ass is dropped and so should u be.
RE:Half one is kept and full one is dropped shocking...
by Lotiya Pathan on Oct 18, 2007 12:44 PM
Ifear paceman , u r idiot.jeolous of dada.nothing else. BD is not minnow, bcos they won agnst us.
RE:Half one is kept and full one is dropped shocking...
by Ifear paceman on Oct 18, 2007 12:49 PM
ok then take Dada for every Bangladesh kenya and Ireland match. And Dravid for stronger oppositions.
