"If it is about form, save Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid, all the other captains in this edition of the IPL have grossly underperformed." ... Mr. Writer, Are you out of your mind??? Rahul Dravid has performed way better than any other captain, and you included his name in the list of underperformers? He has scored 276 runs with average of ~31 & strike rate of 113. If you want to prove a point its ok to include an exception. Why do you have to drag Dravid's name without any proofs. WTH !
Re: Dravid & Underperformer !
by Shailesh Ajmera on Apr 30, 2012 12:58 PM
You need to understand English first before commenting. The author is saying except these 3 captains, others have underperformed.
Re: Sachin
by taklu on Apr 30, 2012 12:34 PM
selfless would be opting not to play in ipl, there you go. can he afford to lose millions of dollars , for the benefit of his national team?
already lankan management is worried about angelo mathews picking up an injury
He sat one out too, but gave the reason as a niggle. Some would suspect, he was dropped. There's nothing selfless in what sanga did. Such decisions are taken by the support staff. Darrel Lehmann would be the one behind this.
Re: Vettori
by taklu on Apr 30, 2012 12:18 PM
Ok, i turned the page, and what i find ' lehman and i were discussing' ..--- see there's your answer..it is lehmann behind it
Re: Re: Vettori
by ASHRAF NATHER on Apr 30, 2012 12:37 PM
he actually out of form, and u know how mumbai pitch was yesterday. so he deceided to sit, other wise he would have gone in single digit. thatz why.
Re: Re: Re: Vettori
by taklu on Apr 30, 2012 12:38 PM
hahah..good one ashraf..good take on that. if he's 'selfless', on other side of coin, he's a 'coward'..lolz
He is a class act and he is only 1 among the 2 most selfless Cricketers of This generation the other being Rahul Dravid.Carry on Sanga and Dravid you two are great ambassadors of the game in the midst of these selfish Cricketers.
Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by mahesh mahesh on Apr 30, 2012 12:10 PM
why are you indirectly blaming Sachin by praising Dravid.In India you have to praise only the god SACHIN dont you know????
Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by raman katial on Apr 30, 2012 12:11 PM
I aint a Sachin Basher but then when it comes to selflessness no one apart from Dravid has that trait in his character
Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by Sunil Vaidya on Apr 30, 2012 12:20 PM
True...even if he was batting at that time and not sachin he would have declared the innings even if he did not get his 200...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by Sunil Vaidya on Apr 30, 2012 12:35 PM
dravid is not selfish...he tries to put team before self...
hello taklu
dravid like anybody might make mistakes...but he certainly is not selfish in that he will let go his cenutry or double century if team needs declaration...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by Sunil Vaidya on Apr 30, 2012 12:43 PM
taklu i will send you the games...but please tell me how? i asked for your email you did not give it...do you want that i give the games in rediff cricket posts?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team an
by Sunil Vaidya on Apr 30, 2012 12:48 PM
okay i will send you the games on that id...
Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by Manoj Tyagi on Apr 30, 2012 12:25 PM
Dravid was very selfish when Chappel were one by one slmashing Tendulkar, Ganguly, Viru, Bhajji, Zaheer. Ganguly, Zaheer , Viru and Bhajji were dropped for no reasons but just for the attitude problem of Chappel, but the gr8 Dravid was ever slient and protecting the captaincy.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by Sunil Vaidya on Apr 30, 2012 12:41 PM
that is not called selfishness...if you think he should have spoken up and he did not speak even if he thought it was wrong then the correct word is coward not selfish...
anyway it is matter of opinion whether they should have been dropped or not...ganguly certainly needed the break and it did him good as he came back stronger than before...
even though zaheer and bhajji were not pleased and thought that greg did them wrong...it is also true that zaheer accepted that what greg was trying to do that is bring in youngsters was correct policy even though zaheer felt that there were other ways of doing it...
when kumble was captained it was he who dropped sehwag and took yuvraj in the tests...but later realised his mistake and brought back sehwag into the side and sehwag responed very well and we won the test immediately after the monkey gate incident...also in the 4th test sehwag played very well and made century in 4th innings and helped us save the game....but dont forget it was captain kumble who dropped him and had to later admit that dropping sehwag was mistake and at that time he said yuvraj's time will also come...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sanga Should be there for the Team anyday
by Sunil Vaidya on Apr 30, 2012 12:47 PM
Manoj tyagi, i would also like to add here that what zaheer, bhajji, ganguly etc. felt that is insecurity is supposed to bring the best out of a player...
even in australia that is their policy and everybody agrees that that is the reason why australia was no. 1 all this while...
that is their insecurity was the reason that the australian players always tried their best as they feared that they may be dropped and another player taken if they did not perform well...ask damien martin, lehman, langer and others whether they did not feel insecure in the australian team...in fact these players felt the same way that zaheer, bhajji and ganuly felt during greg's time...
