Of the VVS Laxaman’s 13 crucial, brave, selfless and fighting knocks (mostly in 2nd innings) nine brought India victories, four saved it from humiliating defeats. In Durban he proved again that playing like Tendulkar for records can never bring succor and cheer to Indian fans, not even 50 or 100 centuries by any Tom, Dick & Harry.
Re: Not Playing For Records
by sher khan on Jan 01, 2011 04:39 AM
very well said ,they should award him bharat ratna or arjuna , and he deserves a place in WC.
Durban is classic win becaz of VVS and Collective effort from bowlers. Now it is time for the Indian top order to collectively put some decent scores on the board to make the series more interesting.
Re: continued from point 4
by amarendra joshi on Dec 30, 2010 02:43 PM
if u r a nationalist, then y r u differentiating marathi people from all of the indian population??? n dnt judge great people...first c urselves...try to increase ur payscale to rs.2 lacs per month..:D
Re: Re: continued from point 4
by Rooney Mathews on Dec 30, 2010 03:24 PM
Cricket is much higher and bigger than your individual greats. 7-8 match winners in a team will do wonders than a team having 7-8 greats. lol@your cricketing brain :P
Re: Re: Re: continued from point 4
by phani kumar on Dec 31, 2010 04:11 PM
Mr. Number one Idiot. What the bloody hell are you ? If sachin is playing for records, atleast those records are helping the nation in some way or the other. What is the use of u ?
Re: Re: continued from point 4
by srinivas gopala on Dec 31, 2010 10:09 AM
Please provide the match winning performances of above said players except McGrath as he is a bowler Then compare And also see contributions from other players in the team when they won the match
Re: Re: continued from point 4
by swapnil ghate on Dec 30, 2010 02:15 PM
Great source of knowledge. Till this time I thought cricket is a team game and victories are earned through team effort and not individual effort.
Re: continued from point 4
by phani kumar on Dec 31, 2010 04:11 PM
Mr. Number one Idiot. What the bloody hell are you ? If sachin is playing for records, atleast those records are helping the nation in some way or the other. What is the use of u ?
Re: Sachin Fans are loosers!
by deepu on Dec 31, 2010 11:33 AM
dear rooney mathew, tomorrow u vl say the same to ur father also that, "past is past u hav don nthing for us, so kindly go die." all the g8s of cricket and media they keep on praisning sachin, so do u think they r all fools?? if u think so, then i must say u r the g8st fool in the world. ur brain is so small dats y u tend to 4get sachins contributions 4 indian cricket. still majority of the indians watch cricket just c sachin bats, they will stop watching cricket the day, he stops pling cricket. by the way can u mention the names of few so called young lions, name few who can replace sachin or lakshman.
Re: Sachin Fans are loosers!
by Sweta Patekar on Dec 31, 2010 12:20 PM
Dear Mr.Rooney, all your comments are 100% correct.But in the winners list Rahul Dravid name should be first who won and saved ennumber of Matches for India.
Re: Jealousy
by priya on Dec 30, 2010 12:08 PM
Yes i agree with u Praveen. wt critics are forgetting is that Cricket is a team game giving roles to each Individual. Likewise Sehwag and Gambhi (openers)has the role to lay a strong foundation. Rahul, Sachin (Middle order) has the role to steady, stabilise and consolidate the inning. Laxman, Pujara (lower middle order) has the role of providing better finishes to above twos. Subsequently role changes according to the match situation. Wt is important is that team India is playing perfectly and leading their roles individually. The film "SHOLEY" was hit because every body played thier role perfeclty, b it amitabh, gabbar or sambha. On cannot say dharmendra was better than sanjev kumar, or jaya was better than hema.
An young man wanted to learn the art of meditation approached a Zen master. The master said it is very simple, " Donot think of a cat when you are meditating," The student started to practice. It was more easier said than done. The picture of the cat always came in front. Like wise if they want to discuss cricket, Sachin always come to their mind. Sachin and Cricket at synonymous!
Four type of results possible 1. India wins and Sachin contributes: Media and fans will be all over sachin 2. India lose and Sachin scores well : Fans and Critics fight each other on sachin's contribution. Other things are kept aside 3. India lose and sachin fails : Critics will have a good day and they will be all over sachin to blame him for the failure. Again all other contributions are forgotten. 4. India wins and Sachin Fails : People praise the key contributors in the match and also add a comment or two about sachins failure
So Whatever may be the case Sachin will be remembered(positive or negative)
Re: Why media coverage is more on Sachin?
by priya on Dec 30, 2010 12:14 PM
It is because every rwader wants attention, by writing something (mostly negative), its sure they will get attention.
Re: BCCI and Indian players are a bunch of hypocrits
by priya on Dec 30, 2010 12:11 PM
But if technology is also error pron, then y not belive human error?
Re: Re: BCCI and Indian players are a bunch of hypocrits
by priya on Dec 30, 2010 12:12 PM
In that case y ricky ponting was fighting with third umpires when it was ruled against them, it shows technology is not foolproof.
Re: BCCI and Indian players are a bunch of hypocrits
by Cool Mahesh on Dec 30, 2010 08:26 AM
Even a player like Sehwag has said that India should go for UDRS, but the BCCI shut him up.
