Counting one's chickens before they're hatched could prove to be mighty disappointing. Many a Goliath have been slayed by tiny Davids who've been written-off as losers.
Look at the difference between Dhoni and Sehwag. See Dhoni's comments (cricinfo)about Bangladesh and you can see he is captain material regardless of any faults. His words wont antagonize anyone and yet he speaks the truth. Each one of us including him have the responsibility to work for India as diplomat or soldier or whatever. Dhoni has India's interests in mind and did not make our relations with B'desh worse by speaking like Sehwag did.
Re: yes
by John Seeli on Jan 24, 2010 01:17 AM
Regardless of this politics which applies in evry word and deed and the banter that goes from Australia down to Afganisthan, I liked the way Sehwag set the field for 2nd innings. That is a true master piece and itellectual.
Re: yes
by Talisman on Jan 24, 2010 04:49 AM
Friend - I disagree with your assessment. India is not on a peace mission to Bangladesh.
Sports is competitive. Sewag's opinion is a valid one. Bangaldesh has been beaten in 85% of its test matches. This is not a test team with much to say!
Sewag expressed an honest assessment. If you cant take it, that is fine. As sports lovers, we like it.
Re: yes
by Another Critic on Jan 24, 2010 05:54 AM
Ofcourse, a team that lost 53, drew 6 and won only 3 test matches out of a total of 62 is ordinary. Sehwag did not say Bangla is the weakest test playing country. Why blame poor Veeru for being candid. India did beat Bangla in the first test in less than 4 days despite its poor batting in the first innings. Why blame poor Veeru for being candid?
If Rahul Dravid does not have a big game in Mirpur, it could be fatal to his career. If he fials in South Africa series, a great and distinguished career will come to an end. It really hurts to think that a meaningless test series in Bangladesh may bring the demise of the great wall.
India is number one in all forms of cricket -- test, ODI and T-20. Bangladesh is not even qualified to play a test, period. Any third grade team could have saved the last test. India should not play these guys in next ten years. BD should play only Zimbabwe, Kenya, Netherlands, Bermuda, Afghanistan and Ireland.
there is something wrong between sehwag and dhoni. both are picking their favorite players in the playing eleven. this favoritism is not good for indian cricket. look at some controversial decisions made by sehwag as captain:
SEHWAG included ishant sharma in the playing 11 for the 3rd and 4th ODI against sri lanka. In 3rd ODI, sehwag picked ishant ahead of praveen kumar (who was india's most economical fast bowler in the first 2 ODIs). in that ODI, ishant bowled with an economy rate of around 10, but sehwag picked him again for the 4th ODI in which he again bowled with an economy rate of 9.
sehwag picked mishra for the 1st test match against bangladesh ahead of ojha who bowled very well in the previous test match he played against sri lanka. although mishra perform well in 1st test against bangladesh but no1 can justify the reason behind preferring ishant & mishra over ojha b4 the start of 1st test match
now look at dhoni decisions:
Dhoni picked ojha replacing mishra for 2nd test match against sri lanka just because of mishra's one bad performance in previous test match which was played on batsmen friendly pitch. on that pich, even a bowler like murali failed to spin the ball
for the 2nd test match against bangladesh, dhoni has included ojha in place of mishra. how can u drop a bowler who has taken 7 wickets in the previous test match for a player who has played only 2 test matches. except dhoni, no one can explain the reason for including ojha ahead of amit mishra.
Re: favouritism in Indian cricket
by anand p on Jan 24, 2010 06:20 PM
Predictions,guess and all those stupid things making our indian team in agony...if team is winning,wht will be the problem for us..now als some people trying by guessing "there is something" ...so sad it is...instead of suppeorting them,always finding negatives...there indian supporters need to developed more...:) ..all the best Team India..all the best to sehwag and dhoni.. :)
Re: favouritism in Indian cricket
by Niraj Prasad on Jan 23, 2010 11:57 PM
hmm good point ... never noticed this pattern .. maybe you are correct ... and if true this hints at a discord between dhoni and sehwag which is not good for team india.
there is something wrong between sehwag and dhoni. both are picking their favorite players in the playing eleven. this favoritism is not good for indian cricket. look at some controversial decisions made by sehwag as captain: SEHWAG included ishant sharma in the playing 11 for the 3rd and 4th ODI. In 3rd ODI, sehwag picked ishant ahead of praveen kumar (who was india's most economical fast bowler in the first 2 ODIs). in that ODI, ishant bowled with an economy rate of around 10, but sehwag picked him again for the 4th ODI in which he again bowled with an economy rate of 9.
sehwag picked mishra for the 1st test match against bangladesh ahead of ojha who bowled very well in the previous test match he played against sri lanka. although mishra perform well in 1st test against bangladesh but no1 can justify the reason behind preferring ishant & mishra over ojha b4 the start of 1st test match
now look at dhoni decisions:
Dhoni picked ojha replacing mishra for 2nd test match against sri lanka just because of mishra's one bad performance in previous test match which was played on batsmen friendly pitch. on that pich, even a bowler like murali failed to spin the ball
for the 2nd test match against bangladesh, dhoni has included ojha in place of mishra. how can u drop a bowler who has taken 7 wickets in the previous test match for a player who has played only 2 test matches. except dhoni, no one can explain the reason for including ojha ahead of amit mishra.
Kick out thackrey Out of India.He should be forced to leave country like Pravez Musharraf.This Person is curse on Bharat Mata,and poses a big big threat to Integrity of United India
Re: KICK OUT THACKREY
by thagadappa on Jan 23, 2010 10:28 PM
hey porki..where is United India..there won't be United India as long as terrosrts muzzies live in divided India
Re: KICK OUT THACKREY
by satyanaraya jha on Jan 23, 2010 10:21 PM
dont worry what pakistan has not able to do in 63 yrs RAJ AND BAL WILL DO at last pak is laughing after all these two are doing there duties
Kick out thackrey Out of India.He should be forced to leave country like Pravez Musharraf.This Person is curse on Bharat Mata,and poses a big big threat to Integrity of United India
