The statement Ian chappell made clearly shows his frustation. These Autrailians are only aggresive in talking sledging not in cricket & VVS laxman, Tendulkar & Harbhajan have prooved it. This Ian chappell is nonsense just want to play mind game nothing else.
One of the worst sides as far as spirit of the game is concerned is aussies and this syndrome spreads over current , retired and even upcoming australians. They are a good side but not the best but they can't digest this fact . They have never learnt to take defeat in the right spriti of the game and as a team and as individual players ,a total disgrace to the gamesmanship. This Ian Chappell was part of a good team but always used to have frustration as their ally since the then West Indies used to smash them left , right and center and when Australia became No1 team much later n the recent years, now they are unwilling to forego the status and it is that frustration that is showing on this silly old man. leave him to his fate.
bcciteamndia is No.1 in test by chance because of power and money. bcciteamndia team gets the benefit of that. Otherwise such poor fielding and bowling can never make bcciteamndia to reach that spot, otherwise to me it's a village team with thirdclass fielding and blowing hahahahahaha.
Earlier India had star bowlers like Kapil and Kumble. Still the team failed to grab the No. 1 spot (official or otherwise). This shows that mere presence of star bowlers is not sufficient for consistently good performances. If the four or five bowlers are able to take two or three wickets each then the need for depending on star bowlers is not there.
Re: star bowler
by Against Pseudos on Jan 13, 2010 12:37 PM
Sharma:
If your so called bowlers take 3 wickets each they WILL be start bowlers. If someone plays 100 tests and takes 300 wickets, he is a star bowler, don't you think so? :)
chaappal bros like to be hit by indian chaappals on their face thats why they always keep writing about india and indian players mostly trying to put them down... until they get those indiaan chapals right ontheir face...
Re: chappaal bros need some chappals...
by True Indian on Jan 14, 2010 02:43 PM
Good really good. He is jealous of our success. He should meet Symonds.
Mr Chappell has a valid point about ourpresent team lacking STAR bowlers who can win matches single handedly. However, we need to understand that we are not playing Tennis or Raquet ball this is a team sport and if collective strength of our bowling unit can more than compensate for a STAR bowler as it does now why worry. Do not get me wrong I am for having STAR bowlers... I am confident Dhoni would concur. If I remember correctly unitl recently these very pundits did not like the Indian team for it was made up of only STARS and not playing as a team unlike AUS, SA and Eng. Also, not to miss, lately this constant chatter about No 1 is no longer valid anymore...even Warnie!!! suprisingly we did not hear this when South Africa took the mantle albeit briefly... hmmm I wounder???? is it India becoming no 1 that bothers these western pundits?
Re: India attaining No 1 status
by Sameer on Jan 13, 2010 09:25 AM
Sorry pal.. you got it dead wrong. The batting team can compensate somewhat for the inadequacies of the bowling team. But if the gap is too great, they are just as helpless.
hat's off to Ian Chappel for the realistic statement. well said Ian, this bccinteamindia is not consistent. they are always busy in shooting in adds or with filmstars, betterfit for that type of industry hHAHAHAHAHAHA
