that the captain is unfairly or undeservedly condemned or praised out of proportion when his team loses or wins.
Clive Lloyd used to be praised so often to the heavens whenever his team turned out another win.
But Clive Lloyd also led a team comprising Greendige, Haynes, Richards, Lloyd himself, Dujon, Holding, Garner, Marshall, Roberts....each one so clearly a giant in his own right.
All Lloyd had to do was maintain unity and camaraderie in the team for it to reign unchallenged for 2 decades!
Waht a hypocrites double standatred fans. Winning beacuse of captaincy & loss beacuse of players. This type of political menatlity of dhoni fans kill cricket/sports in country. If win is because of captaincy, them all loss also because captaincy. Fact is in last 2 yrs we have lost more matches than won agiant good teams in all format of game. Fact is even when we eere winning, it was beacuse of match winners like sachin, dravid, laxman, kumble, ganguly, zaheer etc & not beacuse of politicain dhoni. Now they have retired & see team performance.
Re: Political dhoni fans
by Teena Mehta on Jan 25, 2013 07:42 PM
sachin, dravid, laxman, kumble, ganguly, zaheer all of them support Dhoni, they say that he is the best person to take the indian team forward. All these cricketing greats cant be wrong, they all cant be Hypocrites & Politicians & double standard fans of dhoni. Remember Dhoni's world cup final knock & many more under-pressure knocks
He's giving such statements even after ENG is battered by huge margines . ( 127 runs , Eight & five wickets ) .
And this is the case when all our frontline bowlers like Zaheer , Praveen , Irfan , Umesh Yadav , Munaf , Harbhajan are either injured or out of form . Imagine what would have been Enaland's condition if all were available ??
ENG are like minnows before Team India . ( Like Zimbabwe , Ireland , Kenya , Scotland )
Re: BOYCOOT IS TOTALLY WRONG
by akshay shah on Jan 25, 2013 01:45 PM
I appreciate your patriotism towards Team India. but by passing such statement ENG are like minnows before Team India . ( Like Zimbabwe , Ireland , Kenya , Scotland )is not correct.
It isnt right to underestimate any Team. This is nt a Team Spirit
Re: Re: BOYCOOT IS TOTALLY WRONG
by My Haq on Jan 25, 2013 03:16 PM
She obviously has no knowledge of cricket if these are her views about tge England team.
Re: Re: Re: BOYCOOT IS TOTALLY WRONG
by Khokon Marachhe on Jan 25, 2013 04:49 PM
England is not certainly the minnows before India, it is the same England which floored India in test Cricket!
Indian team is like a bunch o buds. In due time each one will bloom into flower when this team will again be world beaters. Gambhir is the only deadwood left. I hope he will not be selected for next series and U Chand will replace him.
Re: Re: Indian team
by Ashish Kumar on Jan 25, 2013 12:27 PM
Even Sahwag was not an opener initially. Ganguly saw an opener in him and everything got transformed thereafter.
Re: Well said!!.....Ppl Just move Dhoni to England team and asses
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jan 25, 2013 02:39 PM
amarnath has more brain than boycot for sure & his analysis for medicore dhoni is more accurate
Re: Well said!!.....Ppl Just move Dhoni to England team and asses
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jan 25, 2013 02:40 PM
dhoni will not find place in even club team in Eng/SA/Aus in test & t-20 for sure. Manipulation works best india suited for dhoni
If India is average team then England is below average team basause their perforamce is like pendulam and in one day cricket they are the biggest looser in compair to all the top 4 team
Geoff Boycott has never been kind to India, either in word or in deeds. When he declares that the Indian Team is " average " and that we are lucky to have a captain like Dhoni, Geoffy is NOT BEING KIND. On the contrary, Geoffy is insulting India, I think !
Re: Who's Geoffrey to give a CERTIFICATE ??
by Edison John on Jan 25, 2013 10:25 AM
Also, who is he to comment on the date of expiry of the products in the Indian Team . Don't we have INDIAN SELECTORS, & the BCCI for looking at these , in India. I get a 'nightmare " whether we are still under " Colonial rule " and taking orders from them. I hope I will wake up soon from my nightmare !!
Re: Re: Who's Geoffrey to give a CERTIFICATE ??
by vijay das on Jan 25, 2013 10:46 AM
I feel the team has excellent quality young players. Still they lack experiance in playing abroad as well as temperament..which will come through practice, playing as a team, and with confidence. Being an experianced person and captain like Dhoni is at the moment is helping... in another way.. training... I dont know at what indent jeffery said.. I feel the way it is written in the rediff column is not the right judgement about current indian players. Ofcourse a player like Dhoni is always a boost. But the current indian playes have the potential as they proved in junior level. This stage will come to every team when good experianced players retires and new people come. As long as senor players are there in the team they wont feel that much pressure and determination.
Re: Who's Geoffrey to give a CERTIFICATE ??
by sushikumar dhingra on Jan 25, 2013 11:08 AM
advisor to bcci selector for indian team is Wasim Akram, Boycott, Nazir Hussain, Imran Khan, etc whom their own selector in their respective countries ignore.what a funny situation and most of them have average record in their career as captain
