Dravid will be remembered as one of the best Test players India ever had. But, like he took time to adjust his game to ODIs, he's considered a liability in T20s due to his more orthodox game. T20 is about momentum players like Saurav Tiwary, Uthappa, etc. So, having been picked by R'Royals in IPL-4, Dravid should prove his critics wrong by scoring at a brisk pace, like the youngsters in his team. Good luck Dravid !!
Re: Dravid should prove his critics wrong....
by Ravinder singh on Jan 09, 2011 11:27 PM
He doesn't need to prove any thing that things can be said by new commer in cricket knowledge. he is highest run getter in ipl1 & one of top performer in ipl3. Those who said he has to prove go psychologist
Re: Re: Dravid should prove his critics wrong....
by priyabrata Pattanaik on Jan 09, 2011 11:57 PM
Dravid has everything in him to succeed in T20. Only thing going against him is his age. At this stage, he cant him nonsensical shots. But, if you compare Dravids T20 performance over his peers, he still has done pretty well. Its probably the image that is creating the problem. Bangalore could not keep Dravid, Uthappa, and Vinay Kumar. I dont how this new team will be identified with Bangalore or Karnataka?
Re: Re: Re: Dravid should prove his critics wrong....
by satish moody on Jan 10, 2011 12:16 AM
Truely without Karnataka Players its difficult to cheer for Bangalore
don't understand why people expect dravid has to play for RCB and Sachin to MI & saurav to KKR..Just belonging to a place is not enough, such a huge price to be given out when you are not figuring in ODI & T20 format & you still expect business tycoons spend money on you?? senti..idi..
Re: WHAT A SHAME FOR REDIFF, TO DIVIDE SINIOR PLAYERS ?
by Rosogollaz on Jan 09, 2011 11:22 PM
i agree, but rediff is very good at this. Kumble is a gentleman.
Re: At EOD the message is Ganguly Unsold
by Rosogollaz on Jan 09, 2011 11:20 PM
your post shows your maturity gowda :) you dont have to listen to me.. you can see what others have to say.. goodnight dude.. a forum is supposed to be for debating etc, not demeaning anyone whether its you, me or Dravid or Ganguly. ciao!
Re: Re: At EOD the message is Ganguly Unsold
by Manjunath Gowda on Jan 09, 2011 11:23 PM
Now you say that as grown up one. but the way you spoke to me before wasn't like that. thats y i was speaking to you like that. Dont worry now, since ganguly is free we will call him to play gully cricket with us. join next sunday mate....
Re: Re: Re: Re: At EOD the message is Ganguly Unsold
by Manjunath Gowda on Jan 09, 2011 11:35 PM
now who says that....i respected dada sometime back not today...why i should respect him now? he knows he lost him prime and he cant play like before but still he wanted 400,000$. isnt that greedy. if he would have tagged him for 100,000$ then who knows he might have got sold.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: At EOD the message is Ganguly Unsold
by sourabh chatterjee on Jan 09, 2011 11:40 PM
wen ur family person wiil be retired from job ask them then,they ll say they want to still do job..so r they greedy???..wud ur respect then going lost 4 them???
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: At EOD the message is Ganguly Unsold
by sourabh chatterjee on Jan 09, 2011 11:42 PM
Dont take it personally..I am just teaching u the way of thinking..
Re: Re: Re: At EOD the message is Ganguly Unsold
by Rosogollaz on Jan 09, 2011 11:20 PM
your post shows your maturity gowda :) you dont have to listen to me.. you can see what others have to say.. goodnight dude.. a forum is supposed to be for debating etc, not demeaning anyone whether its you, me or Dravid or Ganguly. ciao!
The owners has the last say. They invest money based on their calculations. If it is just business, it cannot succeed. Cricket needs little luck too. Dravid is one of the greatest player in the world, with great devotion. He never played politics and have no godfathers in cricket. Let him play his cricket as long as he wish and as long as franchise ready to buy him. I think Rajastan made a good investment on Dravid. All the best Dravid...
Re: IPL is just a Professional League
by nishesh bajpai on Jan 09, 2011 11:21 PM
very well said , dravid is really class , and RR done good investment in him at 500,000 usd , compare Jadeja at 900,000 usd
i dnt belong to both neither dravid nor Ganguly , i like dravid , ganguly nt so much , i feel stil he should play and should have been picked , dnt be regional ..
Kumble will spoil RCB unless RCB players learn to ignore him right from the beginning. Kumble was furious with his team mates in the final stages of the matche in SA whenever the players have to make a slightest mistake. This evaporated even a little co-operation he got from India and International players. I expect this non co-operation to re-start if Kumble were to be the major decision maker in fielding the team.
Having watches the telecast of the auction quite a bit, I felt the mood in the room was quite in favour of the youngsters (looking at a 3-yr horizon). However, even those who got 'sold' should thank their stars, and the moment when their bids came up during the auction. Gambhir getting bid for $2.4 mn seemed sheer luck as his name came up first yesterday. Had some of the top-slot players got their bids come up later in the day, or worse, today, am sure they wouldn't have got such a fab deal. Also, the auction was not a reflection of competence or abilities of a player. Lara, Ganguly, Gayle and other 'seniors' not being bid is a case in point. Moreover, certain teams not bidding for certain ex-players of their team implied some behind-the-scenes issues which we are not aware of. Perhaps, Dravid's case is one such, and so was Yuvraj Singh's. So much for sportsmanship !!
