He should be treated as the father of new Indian cricket. Most of the changes came during his tenure. Inclusion of fresh bloods and opportunity is actually started by Ganguly. He is a true captain - A moral booster at the ground.
Thank you Ganguly for your valuable contributions to Indian cricket and the tons of smile you have given to your Indian fans.
All the Seniors has significant contributions as far test is concerned. We wont get sure such stylish elegant cricketers. Every player has a bad patch of form unfortunately all four had in closer span of time hence the talk.
Dada is really an great captain and a good team man and has very good leadership skills after Kapil. He had created the so called junior team..
The so far retirement talk is been projected by the media for their own publicity.. lets us give some respect to our seniors who brought glory to Indian Cricket.
It is really a shameful to hear the words from More,Bedi & Venkatpathy Raju. These were the peole who have pinned down Saurav particularly after loosing world cup final in 2003.
First of all these guys should be sacked from this country.
Re: The biggest Idiots & crictics of Ganguly, the great
by MANOJ DEV on Oct 08, 2008 07:24 PM
There are people galore like this trio in our country. We could say - hypocrisy is fundamental to India and Indian culture had there not been people like Tata, Narayanamurthy in industry and the like of Ganguly in sports; can not single out any other in other fields. No wonder all countries including China have overtaken us. Banishing the Mores, Lalus are, unfortunately wishful thinking only.
Re: Eagerly Waiting
by Saravanan Subramanian on Oct 08, 2008 11:18 PM
India's name will be in the top 2 in the world cricket. Expecting someone to retire when it is really due is not a disrespect. Whoever wants Sachin/Dravid/Kumble to retire does not nullify their contribution to the team India. But, it is time for them to make way for the youngsters - a bunch of them are simply waiting for their turn, a chance to prove themselves.
Haven't we heard enough of non-sense from selectors, media and news channels conducting debates on whether Ganguly should retire or not? Agreed that he was not in a very good form from last few years and his fitness level was also deteriorating compared with his young counterparts. But that doesn't mean that we should pressurize it to the extent of retirement. He was not being selected regularly for team India and he was trying his best to come back. Now it should had been left to him whether he wanted to keep trying to make a come back or retire. Why do we need to discuss this issue repeatedly and waste so much time in debates? We probably don't realize that it is so easy for us to say, "Oh, Ganguly!! He should retire. His time is gone." but it must be so difficult for him to make that decision. Why do we have to put so much pressure on our own players who have done so much for the game and country? Try to put yourself in his shoes and then think about the situation. Think if at your job, you are pressurized to retire by people just because you are not able to perform at your best level. Players of this caliber should be left alone. They at least deserve respect from us. I hope these news channels, media and other crazy people will spare Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble and Laxman from this non-sense. Retirement is a big decision because on a day before you are playing your game which you have played for past many years and from next day, you won't play it anymore. Be sensible.
Re: Great players should be allowed to decide about their retirements
by New Wind on Oct 08, 2008 09:14 AM
I agree with Partha. But a point needs to be added. in all this selectors also should be free to selct or reject them on the merit of the match at hand. They shouldn't be pressurised by stupid/unfair factors like graceful exit for senior, 100 crore rupees advertising stake by Nimbus, bengali people's pride, etc. then its all fair game.
Re: Good news to all TV channels
by New Wind on Oct 08, 2008 09:16 AM
good one (and may be new highly political selector, coach, BCCI administrator, etc, etc)
Saurav is indeed the most successful Captain India has ever seen, agreed! But Captains are made not just for the toss, setting up the fields and making bowling changes. The Skipper is after all a player in the team and he hould accomplish his specialised task, in Saurav's case its his batting, in at least an acceptable manner. Have you ever realised how much he has contributed with the bat in each victory and how much has he been supported by other batsmen? The truth has actually been concealed; Rahul Dravid, the selfless and unassuming deputy of DADA, was the one chiefly instrumental in Saurav's 22 Test Victories. The statistical purview below, listing Rahul Dravid's innings wise summary in all the Test matches India won under Ganguly's captaincy, thoroughly illustrates the statement mentioned.
1.v Bangladesh in Dhaka 28,41* 2.v Zimbabwe in Delhi 200*,70* 3.v Zimbabwe in Nagpur 162 4.v Australia in Kolkata 25,180 5.v Australia in Chennai 81,4 6.v Zimbabwe in Bulawayo 44 7.v Sri Lanka in Kandy 15,75 8.v England in Chandigarh 86 9.v Zimbabwe in Nagpur 65 10.v Zimbabwe in Delhi 1,6 11.v WI in Trinidad 67,36 12.v England in Leeds 148 13.v WI in Mumbai 100* 14.v WI in Chennai 11,6* 15.v Australia in Adelaide 233,72* 16.v Pakistan in Rawalpindi 270 17.v South Africa in Kolkata 80,47* 18.v Bangladesh in Dhaka 0 19.V Bangladesh in Chittagong 160 20.v Pakistan in Kolkata 110,135 21.v Zimbabwe in Bulawayo 77 22.v Zimbabwe in Harare 98
Re: ganguly yedzava
by sharad verma on Oct 08, 2008 03:37 AM
Rightly said, Record shows more about Saurav than what he deserves. He was a bad fielder and that shows lot about his attitude towards the game.
Some people will say that he deserved a graceful exit and we have to be nice to him, true.
Saurav should have taken retirement few years back to deserve a graceful exit
Re: ganguly yedzava
by mumbaikar on Oct 08, 2008 02:10 AM
Sourav Ganguly's 10 year international cricket career could be easily bisected into 2 halves, the pre and the post Y2K eras. The significance of the year
2000 lies not only in the fact that he became the captain of the Indian team but also in the fact that the ICC introduced the one bouncer per over rule in
ODIs starting from that year. This introduction of the rule by the ICC had a negative impact on Sourav Ganguly's batting average, which plunged from a high
45.5 before the year 2000 to a low 34.9 between the 5 year period of 2001-2005[2]. Also, against Test playing nations(which included Zimbabwe and Bangladesh), his overall average plunged further down to 30.66, as did his 'away' average which fell to 29. He managed to score only (6) centuries between 2001-2005, of which 3 centuries were against Kenya & 1 was against Namibia.[3] This sudden drop in his batting average against Test playing nations after 2001 was clearly a result of the short pitch stuff he had to encounter from opposition bowlers. As S.Rajesh, the assistant editor of Cricinfo analyzes, Sourav Ganguly has been dismissed numerous times fending off the short ball[4] since 2001 and his average of 11.92 against the short ball has been the lowest among contemporary Indian batsman who played more than 80 ODI matches. The former captain has also been ncomfortable while attempting the 'pull' and the 'hook' shots when bowlers have dug it in short
