Sourav Ganguly is truly the best captain india has ever produced. India's rise to number 1 in ranking initiated under him...Hope there is no scope for debate here for Ganguly hater's
Re: Best Indian cricket captain ever
by swerf on Dec 23, 2009 11:57 AM
Dhoni is the best captain India has produced. India achieved No 1 status under him. A captain is as good as the team...what Sourav could not dhoni could...got it boy.
Re: Re: Best Indian cricket captain ever
by kuntal banerjee on Dec 23, 2009 01:00 PM
surf!! understand cricket first...It takes time to make a team the no.1...The work started with Ganguly and Dhoni is doing well to continue it... Ganguly taught India to win abroad... So now u get it boy
Re: Re: Best Indian cricket captain ever
by Atanu Chatterjee on Dec 23, 2009 12:32 PM
This is debatable. In terms of numbers probably you can say so. But in Ganguly's regime, the ground-work actually started. Logging heads with opposition and winning overseas started in his tenure. Also he was instrumental in professionalising the sport and backed many young talents who are in full blossom today. Dhoni, indeed is a good captain, but could have been better tested had he been gone through the difficult phases like what we had seen in late 90s.
Re: Re: Best Indian cricket captain ever
by Sumit Ghosh on Dec 23, 2009 11:59 AM
But the base upon which Dhoni acheived the feet is laid down by SG so simply he is great captain India has ever produced.
Re: Re: Best Indian cricket captain ever
by Rajiv Gupta on Dec 23, 2009 12:15 PM
as u say captain as good as team, it is proved once again when under Sehwag's captaincy India thrashed Lankans.
Media was crying as if Dhoni won't play than India will not win. On any given day Karthik is perfect replacement for Dhoni. Infact to me Sehwag desrves to be the captain of the team.
Re: Re: Re: Best Indian cricket captain ever
by Balaji Krishnamurthy on Dec 23, 2009 11:51 PM
Karthik's keeping was embarassing. In batting,Dhoni is among the best finishers in the game today, so his absence puts a huge hole in the batting lineup. Karthik had the comfort of having Tendulkar on the other side. Don't say Karthik is a a good replacement for Dhoni. Dhoni is one of the best batsmen in the contemporary 50 overs game
Re: AZAR
by SAURABH SINGH on Dec 23, 2009 11:32 AM
u cant compare both of them ?? sidhu had great selfrespect not unlike azhar who was busy fixing & earning more just to fill in his pockets.
do u remember the england tour of 1996 he came without playing as he had differnces with fixer.
had azhar did any thing like that he just wanted to keep things under his control & do what he wanted keeping other things at bay .
Re: AZAR
by madanmohan siddhanthi on Dec 23, 2009 11:20 AM
JOKING - Height of it Match Fixing add spice join politics and congress get immune to every bad things done.Great example to all future generations .Remember he played a minority card also. God save this nation.
Re: Re: AZAR
by arif shaikh on Dec 23, 2009 12:15 PM
even jadeja was involved in match fixing. what hapend to him ? why was he not banned ? instead he started coming in reality shows, and even movies ? ha . really, god save the nation
Re: Re: Re: AZAR
by Atanu Chatterjee on Dec 23, 2009 12:27 PM
He was banned for 5 years. Again please dont treat it as anti-muslim act if you doing so. They were penalised according to their involvement in the match-fixing case.
Re: Re: Re: AZAR
by spectrum outdoors on Dec 23, 2009 12:27 PM
brother,i think u dont know dat jadeja was also banned for 5 yrs,if he was cmin in reality shows then azhar also became MP.
I still remember in 90's Sachin was used to utilize the powerplay and Ganguly took some time to settle down. When Sachin reached on 50-60 Ganuly managed only 20-25 runs till that time. Sachin took all the pressure on himself. It helped alot Ganguly. Who first made his half century and then took the risk. After 2000 Ganguly changed his approach and played positive cricket.
Re: Sachin contribution in Ganguly's career......
by Senthil on Dec 23, 2009 11:19 AM
Yes. I agree and for that matter it was his natural stroke play in the 90's like Sehwag doing now. That really helped Ganguly and he utilized it properly. Even Sachin and other are said Ganguly is the Best Captain even though Dhoni is matching him now and will exceed his Numbers very soon but the fact is Ganguly's team is not filled with greats and young talents unlike Dhoni's Youth and Experience. Dhoni's Test record so far is amazing.
Cricket is no more religion for Indians ,but a game of hypocrites and drama ie Puppet Show. U know what happens in Puppet show. Protogonist is never seen.
Re: Re: Re: Dada is the Base of Indian Cricket
by Saurav Biswas on Dec 23, 2009 11:33 AM
He is truly the best indian captain ever. No debates on that!!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Dada is the Base of Indian Cricket
by anaida raza on Dec 23, 2009 01:06 PM
Ganguly ordinary captain - against minnows and home series wins. Ganguly's captaincy record abroad shows he has not won any series abroad.Dravid Wadekar, Bedi, Pataudi Gavaskar all have won series abroad
In Pak series won two tests Dravid was captain Dada in one.Here is his record.
in Bangladesh Test Match 2000/01 - 1 matches won & serie win ---- Captain Ganguly in Zimbabwe Test Series 2001 - 1 matches won & serie drawn --- Captain Ganguly in Sri Lanka Test Series 2001 - 1 matches won & serie lost ----- Captain Ganguly in West Indies Test Series 2001/02 - 1 matches won & serie lost ----- Captain Ganguly in England Test Series 2002 - 1 matches won & serie drawn --- Captain Ganguly In Australia Test series 2003 -04- 1 matches won & serie Drawn --- Captain Ganguly in Pakistan Test Series 2003/04 - - 1 matches won & serie win ---- Captain Ganguly 1 in Bangladesh Test Series 2004/05 - 2 matches won & serie win --- Captain Ganguly in Zimbabwe Test Series 2005/06 - 2 matches won & serie win --- Captain Ganguly
Captaincy series wins abroad against quality opposition Pataudi one series win Bedi and Wadekar 2 Series wins each against mighty of their times. Azar Ganguly one each against quality oppositiom
but Ganguly Captaincy only series win gainst PAK abroad was shared so credit is devided between Dravid and Ganguly. Dhoni and Gavaskar one each against mighty side of their times
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dada is the Base of Indian Cricket
by sumit mukherjee on Dec 23, 2009 03:24 PM
just because ppl here are not prasing azhar, anaida raza is going bonkers!
Re: Azhar...
by SAURABH SINGH on Dec 23, 2009 11:15 AM
he was good at playing minority card then concentrating on his game just to be captain & fix matches.
Re: Azhar...
by Rajaram on Dec 23, 2009 10:23 AM
no way azhar was a manipulator and abused power. it is guys like saurav and sachin who pulled india out of the abyss for guys like dhoni to hog the limelight now
Re: Re: Azhar...
by Zaid Dabir on Dec 23, 2009 10:42 AM
Azhar is past so we forgot him..... after some time (Say five yrs)we will do the same with Ganguly... Rahul... and Sachin.... so cheers
