We Indians, media and public will get only what we deserve. When Sehwag did pyrotechnics against poor West Indies, we lifted him to the top. When we did badly in England, we didnt learn. So nothing's gonna change. India will lose the 4th Test too - only question is will it be a matter of 3 days or 4 days. Irrespective of being below average or poor performers, Sehwag and Dhoni manage to retain themselves on the team. Both are bringing shame to Indian cricket by repetitively non performing and denying oppurtunities for younger players. Sehwag has made lot of money through IPL and Dhoni by ads. Both of them dont want or feel the need to exert themselves for the grace of Indian cricket. They dont have any commitment. Both of them need to be dropped immediately. Ideal way to go about is to prepare both fast bouncy and slow pitches in India at different venues and prepare Indian batsmen to be adaptive to different kinds of bowling. Recruit athletic well built and energetic young people as future cricketers. Identify promising young fast bowlers and train them. But the BCCI led by Shameless N. Srinivasan will never learn neither do the shameless bunch of selectors. All of them should be dumped from the board and panels. Non-performes should be quickly identified and rested. Then only Indian Cricket will improve. Stop patronising Dhoni or Sehwag pyrotechnics on flat home grounds. Prepare good quality fast pitches. Be ready to experiment. Or Indian cricket will be dead soon.
Here is the premier tournament in the entire cricket calendar and what do we have. A team that scores mountains of runs and not looking for an outright win but winning the final based on first innings score. This typifies the mental make up of India and the inept BCCI. Sad that the teams rely on first innings lead for points rather than win, on a tournament that's feeder to the Test teams.
- The T20 should be made non-accessible for juniors - Teams should be penalized for relying on first innings lead and not showing the winning intent
but have we not heard all these points a thousand times before - all a 'fall on deaf ears'. BCCI will make money but cricket will be the poorer for it. Thinking itself is a problem for BCCI - we only are fools to expect 'big thinking' from such an organization
We love to idolize......................the father is always right!, His lamberrata scooter is the best, the boss is the most intelligent, the bosses right hand chums are the best, the silver screen heros must continue.........how else can you watch Amitabh and Dev Anand, everything is based on Constitution - created 40 years back!!, our politicians must be 60 ,preferred is 75 , Only Gandhi surname can lead this country........Gavasker, Ravi Shastri, Kapil will continue to tell us what is good for our cricket!! they can't see beyond Dravid, Shewag, Sachin and Saurav..........for how long? ......where is the merit? How do we accelerate to the future..................look at our quality of life, the filth around.................and we take pride in saying we are a heritage country..................
Re: Re: We are a land of 'idol creators'
by JUST FUN on Jan 22, 2012 05:38 PM
WHAT ONLY heritage country? Remember ancient civilization,culture,Rishis,Sages,hermits,swamis,Gandhi,Ambedkar.
Re: Re: Re: We are a land of 'idol creators'
by ashok mani on Jan 22, 2012 05:48 PM
JF just started to say something and then stopped.............and Jiju seems to be a mind reader.....exercise your ability to voice your opinion.....................
Re: Re: Re: Re: We are a land of 'idol creators'
by Jiju on Jan 22, 2012 05:56 PM
Mani, I liked JF's comment. I appreciated it. How is it mind reading?? I never said u were wrong :)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: We are a land of 'idol creators'
by ashok mani on Jan 22, 2012 06:03 PM
Jiju.........i responded to your comment by saying :). :)........i was commenting on your comment to JF............i did not understand what JF was getting to and you said 'well said'.......and so i said mind reading...........hope JF will say.....
Re: We are a land of 'idol creators'
by Sagar Raghavan on Jan 23, 2012 12:24 PM
great one..:)Keep this going. Only the Guru and the parents are to be respected... ;)We idolise. Sharuk Khan, Amithab..We need to respect only the path and the sincerity that took them there.. It is time to look ahead.
There is nothing new or earth shaking in what Prof. Deano is saying.The main problem is the BCCI administrators have become money drunk arrogant not accountable to any one.They would just arbitrarily keep players in the team inspite of repeated non-performance.No future succession planning , no balance or system of preservation of players with the IPL mix and so on.On the whole professionalism and transparency is lacking with the Cricket academy at Bangalore virtually reduced to an injury rehab centre nothing more.There has to be a contineous process of renewal of players taking place of aging players on decline.That is totally missing.
We need to enjoy the game and not expect miracles. Though we can be happier if we win, we should also applaud others' feats too. The moment we have favourites within us, we are done for.
Tendulkar should be dropped as he is in the team becoz of the 100 he wants to score, as long he does not score 100, he will be there in the team, which would be a liability
Re: Drop Tendulkar
by Mathews George on Jan 22, 2012 02:54 PM
You are right man.. Actually he is a burden. Only Dhoni and some youngters are performing well. Media manipulated the scorecards & Stats.
India batting averages Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave SR Tendulkar 3 6 0 249 80 41.50 R Ashwin 2 4 0 143 62 35.75 R Dravid 3 6 0 168 68 28.00 V Kohli 3 6 0 162 75 27.00 G Gambhir 3 6 0 144 83 24.00 MS Dhoni 3 6 1 102 57* 20.40 V Sehwag 3 6 0 118 67 19.66 VVS Laxman 3 6 0 102 66 17.00
Re: Drop Tendulkar
by Mathews George on Jan 22, 2012 02:55 PM
You are right man.. Actually he is a burden. Only Dhoni and some youngters are performing well. Media manipulated the scorecards & Stats.
India batting averages Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave SR Tendulkar 3 6 0 249 80 41.50 R Ashwin 2 4 0 143 62 35.75 R Dravid 3 6 0 168 68 28.00 V Kohli 3 6 0 162 75 27.00 G Gambhir 3 6 0 144 83 24.00 MS Dhoni 3 6 1 102 57* 20.40 V Sehwag 3 6 0 118 67 19.66 VVS Laxman 3 6 0 102 66 17.00
Re: Drop Tendulkar
by Mathews George on Jan 22, 2012 02:59 PM
You are right these series stats are wrong. Dhoni & younsgters are best. SR Tendulkar 249 Runs Ave 41.50 R Ashwin 143 Runs Ave 35.75 R Dravid 168 Runs Ave 28.00 V Kohli 162 Ave 27.00 Gambhir 144 Ave 24.00 MS Dhoni 102 Runs 20.40 Sehwag 118 Runs Ave19.66 Laxman 102 Runs Ave 17.00
Re: Re: Drop Tendulkar
by debasis chakraborty on Jan 22, 2012 03:16 PM
If you leave last math.. Kohli's average last 8 test match outside India is below 10.....kohli should drop immediatey ....last match aus gave him chance to score as they wanted to do bowling practice .....
Re: Drop Tendulkar
by kart on Jan 22, 2012 03:58 PM
As soon as Tendulkar scores the century he should be asked to quit and give the young players chance, I hope tendulkar quits cricket after scoring the century
Re: Re: Drop Tendulkar
by Mathews George on Jan 22, 2012 04:03 PM
why you are so worried about him? you mind your business man. No one is going to ask him to retire. Let them play or retire whatever they want? will it benefit you??? For other players let them play and come up. not at the expense of someone axed. Players should not come through shortcuts.
It makes no difference now.We hv lost the series after taking all stalwarts on board.Drop Sachin,Dravid,Laxman & Dhoni gone.Give chances to the other youngsters taken on tour,they may create a new history in Indian cricket.
Jones does not understand the Indian character, values, mentality which is much older and deeper than he realises. Let each race develop its own speciality, value it and contribute to the universal good. Australian cricket has much to be admired, but there isn't only one pattern for the entire sportswoeld. India has produced more remarkable sportsmen than Australia has done. Don't forget that! And it will do so again.
Re: Dean Jones would like all the world to model itsself on Austr
by rahul on Jan 22, 2012 02:31 PM
values ?? character ?? mentality are u on crack dude?
Re: Re: Dean Jones would like all the world to model itsself on A
by JUST FUN on Jan 22, 2012 05:04 PM
hughes.it is not only about cricket.Nation too to develop on according to you method?When will you become a super power
