It may be true that Laxman's captaincy is not suited for T20!!!! But in IPL-1 he captained & played only 6/7 matches and the rest was captained Gilchrist only. It was not bcoz of captaincy but it was bcoz of collective failure of Gibbs,Symonds,Afridi etc. that Deccan lost. Only Venugopal Rao and Gilchrist was among the runs. And to talk about bowlers it was better avoid that talk. R.P.singh was clobbered and there was no Ojha or R.Harris. The situation was different and they had to score like mountain in India. That, simply their batsmen could not do. Thats why they were the wooden spoon holders!!
Re: Afridi swallows truth
by Indian Fan on May 27, 2009 04:50 AM
Agreed. Its utter non sense to put blame on Laxman. He did not even play half the season and Gilly was the captain for the rest of the time
Re: Afridi swallows truth
by Indian on May 26, 2009 08:36 PM
After straight 5-6 losses the teams morals will be low and one has to understand that the a captain needs some time to turnaround things...
Anil Kumble on the other side has proved that he is one of the rare gems...I hope Mallayya will realise this and continue him as captain in next season...
Re: Re: Afridi swallows truth
by Varun on May 27, 2009 07:13 AM
oh spare us the crap aussie lovers. Gilly was a bad captain last year since the team wasnt performing. This year the team is performing and he is milking the fame.
Re: Re: Afridi swallows truth
by Mature Stud on May 26, 2009 08:48 PM
True and hope Malleya keep him as captain over Kevin Farterson. It's just amazing how many still so impresed with White skin.
Afridi needs to know Gilchrist captained in half of the matches last year and won only one.
The difference between last year and this year for Chargers is their batting and Afridi factor. Gilchrist and Gibbs both completey failed last year, and they both played well this year. And they had no Afridi this year, a man who can single handedly destroy his own team..
Re: Re: Afridi swallows truth
by vinay on May 26, 2009 09:17 PM
kp the most expensive player bought by mallya needs sacking. v r ignoring our own players. kumble did the job in best possible manner leading from the front.
Re: he can hit any ball
by tapas on May 26, 2009 07:49 PM
but what about consistency about him.he play irresponsible shot in many crucial situation that cost them defeat.its happened many times.what dose it means agressive in every time. u need to what situation demand. he is a good player obviously but not that good so that you can say he is the no 1 you see. so i also told u watch few more games from past and present and u wil find great alrounders like kapil dev, kallis,cairns and many more..........
Re: he can hit any ball
by Samdesilva on May 26, 2009 08:25 PM
Yes, 10 matches, 81 runs with an avg. of 10. Thats his record last IPL. You dont stand a chance here you moron. Get lost.
Re: he can hit any ball
by max skinner on May 27, 2009 12:01 AM
Sure mohamad aliahamad,so as per you Pakistan is the best country in the world and Islam being the best religion of all.
Re: he can hit any ball
by manoj kumar on May 27, 2009 12:26 AM
YOU have probably watched one or two matches in which Afridi played well.Please be a regular viewer and then comment.
Re: he can hit any ball
by Chaplin on May 26, 2009 09:06 PM
You better watch more cricket and learn the basics of what is called a good cricket and a best player!
Re: Re: he can hit any ball
by N sampath on May 26, 2009 08:26 PM
I think u have short term memory loss like aamir in ghajini..it should be reverse...he is worst player who just hits the ball blindly without reading its length
Re: he can hit any ball
by Mature Stud on May 26, 2009 08:51 PM
Yes he is the Best Player to do bhow bhow and kill morale of his own team. See what happened to Chargers last year when Afridi was part of it
Re: vvs
by Arun Gupta on May 26, 2009 07:25 PM
well said Afridi. Each and every word is filled with true facts. Brahmaji, you don't seem to be a person with good knowledge about players. You better read mythological books.
When we are given an aptitude test (at School or Enterance Tests) one popular question is grouping of like items. No marks for guessing the below group
Re: A Simple Aptitute Test
by Srinivasan Ramiah on May 26, 2009 07:19 PM
Good batsmen need NOT be good captains! As a batsman Afridi also contributed significantly to the Chargers'downfall last year, but what he has written is a fact and an honest criticism.
Re: A Simple Aptitute Test
by Varun on May 26, 2009 07:02 PM
Laxman is not iconic. He gave it up to buy good players for the team. A grave mistake as he is probably realizing now.
Re: Re: A Simple Aptitute Test
by Pradip Rabindranath on May 26, 2009 07:05 PM
He was Hyderabad's (Deccan Chargers) Iconic Player last year, correct me if I am wrong and its' captain. You are right about the "giving up" ...all the above did nothing to write home about while they were/are captains of their respectives sides in IPL Season 1 and 2 ...
Re: Re: Re: A Simple Aptitute Test
by Deepak on May 26, 2009 07:24 PM
Afridi has conveniently forgotten that , Gilchrist captained Deccan in 7 matches and could win only 1
This guy was the worst performer in the first IPL, scoring ducks in almost all the matches. He has no right to talk about captaincy or any other player for that matter.
Afridi never said that "he can only perform under Gilchrist". He is very clear in stating that the decision that captain should take according to situation is not best from Great Laxman.He is lacking that quality that even Thirumala Shetty Suman can do.I remember one match in the first IPL in which Symonds scored well but he was given the crucial final over to bowl and he gave out all the 20 runs needed for the opponent's win.Can't imagine the good result if this same afridi is given the final over he could have easily beaten the opponent.
