kirsten demand only highlights that application forms are being for a place in the team. why are not such applications made available for all the players.... definitely sachin must have filled and given the form first
The story of Indian Cricket is very much clear. The players play to earn money and secure their position for the next match. If one has scored a century in the first inning, why should he unnecessarily spend his energy and efforts in the second innings. There is absolutely no motivation for them to win the matches. All the greats of Indian cricket, if you see their records, they have played only for their records, none of them, particularly the senior ones have ever played to save a match. Somebody, in these columns couple of days back had mentioned that all the Australian players have to perform because getting into the team and continuing there is not an easy task. There has to be some threat to their position in the team, otherwise the country will be face many such humiliations. Also, Now, when the team needs the batsmen to stay on the ground, the likes of Dravid and Tendulkar should be more concerned about their sticking on the ground, but then the Indian Team is Indian Team, Dravid is already out. Let us see what Tendulkar does now.
Re: INDIAN CRICKET
by sunil k on Nov 21, 2009 07:55 PM
sorry....ur comments apply to fellows like....sehwag, bhajji and quite a few like minded cricketres....but remember this team also has players like Dravid a totaly commited team man who is willing to take any role for team needs unlike sachin who is happy to play for his hundreds, kumble who is willing to bowl his heartout on these sort of pitches without complaining like harbajan...team players should learn a lot frm thse two greats..
Don't demand too much or else you will loose your job. These are superstars in Indian team and they don't believe in accepting demand nor dedcation-harwork to bring glory to their nation and over billion population
coward tendua is the first batsman to walk away even when he was not out. against a firing shoaib bouncer -poor sachin was so terrified that he walked away .. didnt wait for the umpires.. the replay showed that the ball didnt even touch his bat or gloves..so it becz he is a timid person as his looks or was it match fixing??? with all the protection in the world. this grandpa is still scared of the fast bowler.. AND NEVER SEEN HIM DOMINATING AGAINST MENDIS OR MURLI OR SAQULIN OR VITTORI.....SO AGAINST WHICH TYPE OF BOWLER HE IS GOOD WITH...SLOW MEDIUM ...PLAY FOR 20-30 YRS SCORE RUNS AT AN AVERAGE OF 40 RUNS & RECORDS WILL KEEP PILING UP.
Re: COWARD SACHIN
by naveen dhanerwal on Nov 20, 2009 07:47 AM
Why the hell then you are wondering around tagging his name with you? Who the hell was the one who made 138 in the final match against Sri lanka, and his near around 13 centuries again Sri Lanka? I hope the above bowlers didn't play in those matches, no? His 14-15 centuires against Australia, may be they were playing with Tom Dick & harry, like you! When he hammered akhtar in World Cup, what about that? .. Do you talk in this way about your Gran'pa? If you call him a gran'pa you shouldbe carefull enough talking about him!
Re: COWARD SACHIN
by naveen dhanerwal on Nov 20, 2009 07:49 AM
and it needs a lot of hard work maintaining avg over 45 in ODI's and above 55 in tests. You can know this only if you have ever played this game!
india has started winning matches overseas and forget to win @ home....so chances are less for 2morrow...eventhough india take lead...commitment req fm sachin/yuvi and dhoni
Re: 4get
by ramakrishnan s on Nov 20, 2009 08:34 AM
I am bemused at the rediff report where it says india would have to bat out of their skins to save the match. Nothing can be further from the truth. India is just 2 wickets down. Also, the wicket is absolutely flat and the lankans don't have mendis either who could have been lethal along with murli. With only murli in their ranks, it is a sure draw!
Re: 4get
by sunilkumar mishra on Nov 20, 2009 04:07 AM
India is famous for snatching defeats from the claws of victories and it is the lacklustre and highly hyped Indian bowling responsible bringing them into this passe
India will lose this match and get humiliated once again by Sri Lanka. They always do. Nothing new. The only trick is for BCCI to motivate them and promise these players new endorsements with lots of money. Then Sachin, Laxman, Yuvraj and Dhoni will all score centuries. If they had announced it yesterday then even Sehwag would have scored his 200 odd runs.
