Change the article. The link shows about Kirsten comments and but it directs to some other article. This is not the first time. Rediff has done these hundred times before. Their movie reviews are mostly bad, they will keep weeks old articles in their home page. They update it after a long time.
Re: sachin v/s kumble
by Rajagopal Rajagopal on Jun 06, 2009 04:08 PM
india has won the world cup on 1983 under one more legend kapidev, hope you are not sure. this time dhoni and his young guns will win the world cup 2011
During his peaktime he mismerised all the individual and earned a name for himeself. When i was young I always used to like his bowling , he used take quick wicket and bring the run rate down. Very nice gentleman with a good altitude and always down to earth. I met him once in England , nice chap. Definitely Inida good talent now after this IPL , very good talented people are coming out of the Shell and getting recognized at nation level. Rightly said , India has to guide itself from any complanency.He do a wealth of experience in Cricket.
Kumble when he played in english county earned great respect for his professionalism, attitude and came across a thorough gentleman. Off the field both in india as well as abroad he earned great respect and made people to sit back and listen and notice. On the field, he is one of the top 5 bowlers in the world. Spinning every ball makes a bowler very readable by any batsman hence Kumble always used variation, medium pace swing, legspin and orthodox spin to get wickets. Many times batsman would be expecting the ball to spin and hit straight on their pad quickly to get them LBW. A bowler needs to be good thinker like him rather than mere skilled in pace/swing/spin. I haven't seen another example in the world yet apart from Anil.
To talk about his analytical, logical and strategic thinking capability, under his captaincy RC Bangalore team turned the table in recent IPL2 and reached final. I guess if he had become indian captain as early as mid 90s, probably India would have displaced Australia from top spot in tests and won atleast 2 dozens more in the last 12 years.
With this background, I'm sure he will do well as as a commentator too. We all wish him the best.
