Damien martin was man of the series when he quit.its just they dont play for money. They win coz their 100% concentration is on Cricket. Indian players are insecure and you cant blame them 100% They want to earn as much money as they can before they retire or are thrown. Indian board does not give players sense of security
Player like sehwag who lick the baord are secure as he keeps failing and he is still in team
Sachin was out of form for 3-4 years and he surely stopped a young budding cricketer in that period and he was still in team and on other hand when a player like Mark waugh or Steve waugh does not perform they are sacked..
Indians always feel negative. When we had gavaskar,the buzz was he was the greatest and no one can be compared to him but India got Sachin and now people talk same about sachin.
India has 1 billion people..And am sure it can produce sachins time and time agian but we just love to see same things and never wnat to try different
Hayden,gilchrish have tremendous fitness level but our oldies just arnet fit to play. Am sure Sachin will again be injured soon as he has been playing a lot and I feel its right time for SACHIN,DRAVID,GANGULI TO RETIRE and let a young player play..India will loose many matches but surely u wlil find some one new who can carry on India for long time..
RE:Australia is great
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 01:43 PM
one more point....."WE WILL FIND SOMEONE NEW".....that sounds u r agreeing to the fact that we cant find 11???
alas i feel sorry for that SOMEONE...20 odd years from hence...n he would b facing a similar wrath from the critics... FOR A SIMPLE FAULT....Y IS HE STEERING THE TEAM ALONE SO LONG, WEN HE KNOWS HE CANT WIN IT ALL ALONE coz its a team game.
RE:Australia is great
by pcu on Jan 27, 2008 02:00 PM
dont blame seniors. they did not play in 20-20 and india won the cup. the same success they cannot replicate in one day matches (Gambir, Uthappa, Raina etc.,) and in test matches (Gambhir, Yuvraj and Dhoni). do you think that yuvi will play like sachin to be in the middle order. replace them by phasing out a course. not in the same time. you are right that sachin was not in form some time back. But india at the same time tried many players. like kaif, Gambhir, uthappa, yuvi in test matches. they never clicked in test matches. I think until you dont find suitable replacement for sachin do not replace him. As you write australians have their own system. they phase out the retirement of a player and keep the replacements ready. Michael clarke, symonds and pointing in the middle order for steve vaugh etc. and they have suitable replacement in the opening also. do not compare that with ours. whom you will name in the team instead of dravid and sachin to bat for the team in australia. especially sachin is in good form right now. try out youngesters in ranji matches and try to bring them into the team. do not excite much with them by their performance in ranji team. send them to england if possible in any county team to get practice for how to play swinging ball.
RE:Australia is great
by . on Jan 27, 2008 02:13 PM
it isnt that v dont hv players in india. but v dont gv chances to them. cant blame seniors in this series, they hv performed here. but u cant say the new players wudnt hv played well in ausi. players like akash chopra n parthiv patel both had performed well during the last tour and the more importantly they were in good nick in the recent season, still they cudnt find a place in the team. they cud hv made a difference in place of useless players like jafer, dhoni n yuv.
RE:Australia is great
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 01:23 PM
same goes here too....isnt Dhoni blocking a budding Kartik in tests???? n as far as tendulkar goes...he had jus two bad test series...one at home vs england...another in pakistan...... dont translate it into 3-4 years even if his avg dipped...it was at par compared to the rest of the pack in the team...in the remaining series
in australia,mark waugh was dumped to accomodate simon katich....steve waugh moved out to get in michael clark...martin for symonds....langer for jacques....n gilchrist is moving on to giv room to brad haddin... aussies prepare a back up first n then let go the seniors off its methodical not simply age
else they would have asked hayden,hogg too move on too
RE:Australia is great
by Jash Shah on Jan 27, 2008 01:35 PM
sachin is da greatest player in the history of da game. u just can't drop him 4 2-3 bad games
RE:RE:Australia is great
by sandeep dinesh on Jan 27, 2008 03:04 PM
You are either ignorant or biased against sachin..coz he has been among the top 3 highest scorers for the past year or so. Plus his strike rate, running between wickets and fielding skills has been awesome. There is no reason for sachin to retire just because he has got to mid 30s..Common this is not public sector companies where everyone has to retire at 60. As long as he is playing like this and contributing to India's cricketting success, People like you can avoid meaningless comments and let him play.
RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by shamim razi on Jan 27, 2008 01:11 PM
First pollock and now gilli.Yes they were a class apart.Our people doesn't have that guts.If a player of sachin class get 20 chances he is definately going to score 2-3 100s.same with
RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by pcu on Jan 27, 2008 02:03 PM
will yuvi score 100 against australia in australia. he can score only in the dead indian pitches. he has got so many chances. dhoni is the master of dead subcontinental pitches.
RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 03:17 PM
n what about dhoni's 50 in test.....i m talking abt 50 only....coz 100 is improbable
RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 01:02 PM
that means his 154 in sydney n 153 in adelaide jus translated into his bank accounts....they were not appended to the team's total.....isnt it?
RE:RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by Karunakar Patil on Jan 27, 2008 01:52 PM
If somebody scores in alost match it is great achievment that he only stood for his team . He could raise teams total when main batsmen were out. That is great.He scored 71 in perth match also along with dravid 91 & laxman73.
RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 01:31 PM
hahaha....r u joking.....hahaha....that means hayden's, ponting's, clarke's tons r all worthless......hahaha....funny....
a player's task is to perform....to win is a team's collective effort....
RE:Tendulkar, are you listening
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 01:08 PM
n will u plz tell me how one needs to play to b called he isnt playing for money???
i suppose players from outside play for free or what??? i have time n agn read in news that Players Association of this n that country r on strike demanding a pay-hike
The whole of India was crying when the Famous Five(Sachin, Sourav, Dravid, Laxman and Kumble) were selected. All these guys have performed well above there ability. The Dave Gowda of Indian Cricket (MS Dhoni, Remember DG how he became the PM of Indi0 a) and the SIXer Hero (there records say sowere fighting to stay at the middle. Infact the Sixer Hero gave an excuse of Injury to sit and relax with his extra carricular activities ....
We give undue importance for people and who have achieved once or twice or never in their life for what they were but did something once or twice in their life (on and off the field) Hope people remember Pat cash of australia who won only one title and Anna Kurnikova who didnt win a single title
RE:It was the Famous Five who have done proud!!
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 12:59 PM
agree....but the problem with the people is simple they have jus 1 word in their dictionary....AGE n have jus 1 game in their passion...20-20
WHAT IS TEST CRICKET? has it been introduced recently or what? n why these guys r playing 4 five days...they r supposed to play 20 overs each na... i think this must b a warm up or net session going on for the real clash on 1st of feb
see dhoni,yuvi have saved their moments for that day hahahaha
LOOKING AT SACHIN N LAXMAN BATTING FORM BOTH YUVI N DHONI ARE INSECURED.YES NEW COMERS SHOULD BE GIVEN CHANCE BY REPLACING YUVI N DHONI.BOTH OF THEM SHUD PLAY GULLY CRICKET N THN RANJI AND PROVE THEMSELVES TO GET BACK TO INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
RE:WC FAILURE
by abhijit sinha on Jan 27, 2008 01:50 PM
i read a story wen i was a child
1 guy lost something in his dark room....he couldnt find it coz of the dar so he moved out and started searching it on the roadside under the street light !!!!!!!
same goes here.....critics cant leave the big3 out.....they r to b blamed.....no matter dhoni made 0 against both lanka n bangla
we lost at sydney...agn they will blame the 3... adelaide test if draw or whatever...they ll agn blame the three
old adage elephants r welcomed with barks.....not the cows n buffaloes
