BCCI did not call upon the first World Cup winning Captain Kapil Dev to honour the current World Cup winning members.
Instead BCCI president Shasank Manohar & Secretary Srinivasan gave away the mementos.
Who the hell are Manohar & Srinivasan. Except being in BCCI positions (which they got for their association with the corrupt Sharad Pawar and not for any other quality) what credentials they have to be present in such a forum?
Neither of them has played even first class cricket. It is a pity that politicians rule in this country and true heroes are ignored.
The way the function was conducted was like a joke. Kapil Dev was not accorded the minimum courtesy of a 2-minute stage presence. It would have been most fitting to have the players felicitated by the first WC winning captain of the country. Instead, it was the jokers, Sinivasan and Shashank Manohar who were bestowed with the honours.
Kapil, Patil, Vengsarkar, Sandhu, Yashpal would have gone unnoticed had Salim Durrani not remembered them in his acceptance speech.
There was no dress code either. While some like Dhoni, Raina, et al. were sensible enough to show up in their blue blazers others like Munaf, Sehwag, Nehra went on stage in jeans and T-shirts/bush shirts.
Sad to see Cricket being so glorified and all other sports in India being grossly overlooked
Do we have a sports ministry !!
I am sure sports in india is managed just the way Air India was managed by Praful Patel and now the new ministers. Except for cricket where so much money can be made only if India wins
Thank god for that
I am an ardent cricket lover, yet I feel it is overdone
Re: Sports
by Sameer on Jun 01, 2011 01:37 PM
Dinesh and Shyam
you guys are the epitomy of typical Indian citizens who just talk and not act.
Why do other sports go unnoticed ? BECAUSE A TYPICAL INDIAN DOESN'T WATCH ANYTHING BUT CRICKET !!!!
Which is why cricket gets so much sponsors. What is the difference between DD channels and private ones ? The Private ones have more ads. Why do private one have more ads ? Because majority of the buying populace watch those channels !!
You see where I am going.
Now stop whining like small school girls and stop trying to act like nobility runs in your blood.
Re: Sports
by Shyam Kumar on Jun 01, 2011 01:06 PM
I do agree with you Dinesh. I am too a prolific fan of cricket,but there is too much of everything in it. But what about the other sporting events??? It's sad to see the plight of participants in other sporting category when they are being ignored... some may critize this, but thats the TRUTH....
PS: Has anyone visited the SAI facilities for participants.....??? u would be in for a shock>?
Who played cricket with passion.He was known for hitting sixes and made cricket an exciting game. I Wish he was given 25 lakhs min. I as an Indian always feel proud of him. May God bless him with good health and happy life..
Re: dfdsf
by satarupa sen on Jun 01, 2011 01:30 PM
Absolutely! Did not have the courtesy to acknowledge the 83 champs even once or the common sense of having Kapil get on stage and hand over the cheques to Dhoni et al.
How long this will continue and I hope it comes to an end. Enough awards for Sachin for playing the game for records and not for the benefit of Indian cricket. Suggest Sachin starts giving a part of his income to the needy and poor. Possession of cars and properties is not going to help him, but you need to start charity with no conditions. Pay your taxes promptly (and do not ask for favors from customs.
Re: BCCI chamchagiri
by pamela sharma on Jun 01, 2011 12:54 PM
i support u say its very much a truth all seniors are removed but not sachin he plays one match scores a century & then takes rest for couple of matches man give teh youngesters a chance show ur dignity
Re: BCCI chamchagiri
by Shekhar C on Jun 01, 2011 12:20 PM
if you know little bit of cricket you will not say this - even if sachin is out for 1 or 2 - he is able to judge field immediately and guides other fellow on that. This is reason in his absence it is difficult for others to win matches
Re: Re: BCCI chamchagiri
by Sowri Rajan on Jun 01, 2011 01:26 PM
For your information, I played cricket up to the District level. I am fully aware of the contributions made by other crickets to the Indian cricket. Certainly Sachin does not deserve to be in that list. His phenomenal records are of no use to the Indian team. See his score winning ratio is rather poor.
Re: Re: Re: BCCI chamchagiri
by niraj vijay on Jun 01, 2011 02:06 PM
ha ha ha..thats the reason you your self were not succesfful in your career...so you are talking shit about the icon who glorified Indian cricket....
Re: BCCI chamchagiri
by raman on Jun 01, 2011 12:24 PM
sachin great crickter. You are not even a small finger of that mighty man. why jealous. he is still delivering the results. Let it be so. I am proud of Sachin
Re: Re: Re: BCCI chamchagiri
by suresh bhuyan on Jun 01, 2011 01:27 PM
not well said by mr raman. where is other sports in india . only cricket .is it ? can u plz. tell me the mean of ipl . for ipl only players refusing to participate for country . ipl is killing the honor of cricket . if sachin is the god of cricket. why then he is participate in ipl. atleast he should not . bcz. he is god. no not like that he love money. have u got my point amit khot and reply me
