It is unbelieveably stupid, worthless and biased that the commentaries of Saurav Ganguly and Shastri's are. The match was lost because Zaher was injured and Harbajan was worthless. Did the team already knew if Zaher was half-fit even before the start of the match? Looks like there is a buddy-system going around with the Indian team who will back each other even if they dont deserve to be in the team and these stupid commentators will back them up too.
Re: Pathetic Indian Commentators
by Abhijit Nair on Jul 26, 2011 10:11 PM
you said it.The way Saurav said that Eng cannot take 20 Indian wickets in Test just when India were 60 for no loss in 1st inn sums it up. Just cannot stand these fools
Re: Re: Pathetic Indian Commentators
by Narayanan Sangameswaran on Jul 26, 2011 10:25 PM
I am not blaming the commentators for the defeat. It happens and will happen. But the way these stupid commentators dismiss the strength of the English players and defends the losers is pathetic.
Re: Re: Re: Pathetic Indian Commentators
by Abhijit Nair on Jul 26, 2011 10:32 PM
Wilkins who is an Indian chamcha but played for eng county was just saying in a disgusting manner the other team with refernce to England
Re: Pathetic Indian Commentators
by aj walia on Jul 26, 2011 10:25 PM
It was just not commentators who were saying the same thing, but also other experts (who have played cricket for national team) had the same view. Yes Zaheer should have know that he was unfit but he took a chance, you can only do so much test to make sure that the individual is ok, but it is also upto the player. Also it was a flat pitch the ball was not spinning, all these pitches are for fast ball, you cannot blame the spinners for it.
Re: Re: Pathetic Indian Commentators
by roti dal on Jul 27, 2011 05:34 AM
Yes, even the experts say this. but the standard of commentary has become so low that some day, even they will allow rakhi sawant and ask her to do commentary. By the way, what is Ganguly's status in commentary? If knowing English was the pre-requisite for a position of commentator, even Digvijay Singh would be in the commentary box. People like Arun Lal and Ganguly are disgraces to Indians and the commentary box!
Re: Re: Re: Pathetic Indian Commentators
by Abhijit Nair on Jul 27, 2011 08:44 AM
cannot agree with you more .absolutely right the two names u have taken are pathetic for commentary
Does Indian media highlight the fact that Sachin and Raina were plumb lbw to Broady and not given by Bowden? England needed to take 23 Indian wickets rather than 20 to win . but only when it is against you that Indian media barks
Re: Re: Indian media
by Abhijit Nair on Jul 26, 2011 10:34 PM
Well catches do drop but my only point is bad umpiring goes not only against India but other teams as well the media should just not make that India are always a victim of umpiring mistakes
India will always find it difficult to beat Eng, Aus or SA on their soils. These rankings r all a result of playing against lower quality opposition on the dust bowls in the subcontinent.
Also the only batsman worthy of praise in the Indian team in Rahul Dravid. He is the only guy who can face top quality pace bowling on bowler friendly wickets. Rest all are flat track bullies.
Re: Rankings do not matter
by Abhijit Nair on Jul 26, 2011 10:02 PM
Rahul Dravid has to keep wickets , open batting and much earlier they made him bowl in odi cricket.How much more do you want him to do ? Indian team
Re: Re: Rankings do not matter
by Aryan on Jul 26, 2011 10:14 PM
i have rarely seen dravid open batting in tests. its only when any opener gets injured that he has to open. same with keeping wickets.
anyways when he is ready to open or don the keeper gloves keeping in mind the interest of the nation, who r u to decide what he should be or should not be doing??? You r anyways not concerned with Indian cricket.. then have a bit of self respect and stay away from commenting.
Re: Re: Re: Rankings do not matter
by Abhijit Nair on Jul 26, 2011 10:29 PM
Did you know he was forced to open in first 2 tests of aus tour so that they could accomodate Yuvraj who(i.e yuvraj) then flopped miserably? to get team balance right he was asked to keep wickets. check your facts before commentating . Has any other Indian player ever made such sacrifices or moved out of his comfort zone? I always have the highest respect for that perfect gentleman Rahul Dravid I can comment you cannot stop me
Re: Re: Re: Re: Rankings do not matter
by indiafriend on Jul 27, 2011 03:53 AM
Perfect Gentleman??...ya, he let Gruugh Chappell run over him and his boyz as a captain! Yes, he was good with bat in this test, but what about dropping catches which is continuing for last few years...that cost India dearly in this test! And BTW, he didnt do anybody any favor by keeping wickets, that he did to protect his place in the team since as purely a batsman he is a liability in ODIs.
India's bowling department is in shambles. Zaheer cannot play two test on the trot. Ishant is good in patches. pravin Kumar is too slow to trouble the strong English line-up. Sreesanth refuses to grow up. Bhajji has become just predictable. In a couple of years, the batting line up also is going to go the way of the bowling line-up. Once the four-some Sachin, Dravid, Lakshman and Sehwag retire, who is going to be in the test team. It is now 4 years since Dada retired and not one batsman has been able to take his place on a permanent basis. Yuvraj Singh with his princely feignings is not fit for test cricket. Raina is doing well but he has a long way to go. Kohli & Rohit Sharma proved to be too inconsistent.
India might continue to be good in the limited over versions but this does not seem to be the case with test matches.
On the contrary, England is a solid young side, which is threatening to rules the world of test cricket during the next decade.
To be really no. one, India need to wind test series in England, Australia and S.Africa. but thsi appears to be a very tall order.
Re: India will be whitewashed
by raja sekar on Jul 26, 2011 10:29 PM
Dhoni will not allow quality players to be in his team like Vijay(spotted by Ganguly)Mr.Cricket of India Badri, Mukund,Karthik,Ashwin Since they are from Tamilnadu.The above five can replace the famed provided they are given chances continuously for 10 tests & always in the 15 players list.
Indians have dropped in rankings not because India lost. It seems the Indians are not just oblivious to the Team's rankings, they hardly bother about their own! What is the status of IPL rankings by the way? Our Heroes may be more worried about those.
see the media is so biased...even if dravid performs, they will never give the credit..they have mentioned sachin moved down to 4th..and the one who moved 7 positions top is just mentioned in the last slide..
Re: Dravid moved to 15th place from 22nd
by indiafriend on Jul 27, 2011 03:54 AM
Is there a fielders' list? and if yes, how many ranks did Dravid drop in that?
England played well, outclassed India in the match, but jus criticizing Indias No.1 position is not correct... India toilhard beat best teams to get there, but Media always have this problm. Media cant tolerate the success gained by India.... & so many people r criticize India & its player on rediff even sum Indians... I never saw this by any other teams fan... not even by Pakis who knows there player r Professional Fixers...
Re: supporte India
by nrmgrm on Jul 26, 2011 09:17 PM
Why ru dragginothers in your tragedy.It is a well knownt fact that indian players are over rated alwaysand lack killer instinct.
Re: Re: supporte India
by Nixon on Jul 26, 2011 09:27 PM
Killer instinct is missing in all Indians, not just Cricketers. Otherwise these terrorists would not have been roaming around freely in our streets.
Our boys are talented. Dont behave like a media person. Use your brains
Re: supporte India
by Prasad on Jul 26, 2011 09:36 PM
To be really no. 1, India needs to win test series in England, Australia and S.Africa. This is unliekly. The no. 1 position is owing to playing mores test matches than other teams and playing most of the time on home soil on beningn pitches. The real test has no begun for India ... in away series.
England looked far better than the Indian team, which is full of OLD guys with no fire in the belli. Remember in match Umpires were fully on Indian side, at least four occasions batsman were given not out
Re: Better team won
by kausik basak on Jul 26, 2011 09:05 PM
tu kya pakisthani hai...cant u see we had so many injured .. ar this players made u world champion..be patient...
Re: Re: Better team won
by Prasad on Jul 26, 2011 09:56 PM
Injuries are self-caused. Playing too much of this gibberish called IPL. While our boys were busy playing IPL and making tons of money, the English team was busy plotting their defeat.
