Sachin says "Greg did not respect Dravid', but goes on to praise Ganguli saying that player of Ganguli's class did not need anybody's favour to be in Indian team'. The truth is that during Greg's tenure Ganguly was a burdon to the team and he was in the team because of his past reputation and influence. Greg was correct in dropping Ganguli.Even Shah rukh khan dropped him from his team.. Dravid was class apart in batting and also as human being. Sachin is not fair in dealing with Dravid. He is biased.
Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by wcpak on Nov 05, 2014 10:29 AM
Sachin's book will also be childish like him. Probably, he is still upset about Dravid declaring in Multan test when Sachin was on 194. The then coach John Wright has written in his book that during tea it was discussed that the batsmen need to hurry up. Despite this, Sachin was playing scratchy and over cautious just to reach his 200. This shows that Sachin never had the team's interest in mind and was more worried about his personal statistics. Also, while Dravid was always flexible to bat anywhere in the team's interest, Sachin would never compromise from his number 4 position because batting becomes much easier when Dravid blunts the fast bowlers.
Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by Sunil Vaidya on Nov 05, 2014 10:48 AM
also he was angry if he was not given to open the innings in one dayers...the position which has the maximum potential to score 100s...especially in one dayers
Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by Ramdas Nayak on Nov 05, 2014 10:31 AM
India saw only one gentleman cricketer in Rahul Dravid. Sachin may be a good player but craved for publicity. Most of the senior players wanted to dominate over coach and over rule him while coaching. Naturally they supported Sachin's statement. Indian players always want soft coaches like Fletcher who can dance to their tunes but Greg was strict. I feel Sachin has unnecessarily dragged Dravid's name in controversy.
Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by srirama chandra rao on Nov 05, 2014 10:41 AM
Rahul Dravid is always away from controversies with his decent behaviour. He only contributes to the team's requirement. Even in his batting he takes different positions depending on the team's requirements. He is always in shadow under Tendulkar and Ganguly.Majority of Ganguly's success abroad is due to the contribution of Dravid be it tests or onedayers
Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by Sunil Vaidya on Nov 05, 2014 10:52 AM
absolutely correct....most of ganguly's successes have been due to dravid and laxman not sachin...under ganguly captaincy dravid averaged 73.31 runs in tests...
Re: Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by Iqbal Masood on Nov 05, 2014 11:13 AM
show me one great captain in modern cricket who was the best batsman in the team. all great captain builds a team under which all performs to the best. no doubt dravid did. bcos he is a great batsman but very poor captain.
Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by Iqbal Masood on Nov 05, 2014 11:09 AM
u r sick n communal (region biased). if u think it is easy to perform under internal politics from coach directly supported by board, then u r leaving in a fool's paradise. it is chappel who had come to india with one single point agenda that is destroy Team India who were direct threat to Australia's supremacy at that time. and the only way to do so he required to demolish the very root of Team India i.e. ganguly. he succeded beacause we are a country of Mirzafar(traitors). look at u. u r not serious about chappel's wrong doing but very concerned about ur regional interest as dravid belongs to karnataka & sachin & rahul from other states. shame on u.
Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by ACHINTA ROY on Nov 05, 2014 01:46 PM
Sachin has hit back at the right time. The idiot Greg should have been kicked out before world cup 2007. Dravid always wanted to be a good boy and lacked the courage to protest, which Saurav had. No wonder that he is not making any positive comment on Sachin's book.
Re: Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by ACHINTA ROY on Nov 05, 2014 01:50 PM
Dravid was a great batsman and his contributions are immortal. But Ganguly can not be compared with Dravid because he was an attacking left handed stroke maker and the two differed in class and technique. But there is no point ignoring his contribution to Indian cricket while praising Dravid. Both were great by their own rights.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by ACHINTA ROY on Nov 05, 2014 01:53 PM
And Sri Rama Chandra Raoji as a Captain, Ganguly is the most successful Indian Batsman.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by srirama chandra rao on Nov 05, 2014 02:10 PM
Ganguly is a great captain no doubt about it. Both Dravid and Laxman contributed to the success of the team while Ganguly was making use of all these players to the optimum. Captain requires that competency
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by ACHINTA ROY on Nov 05, 2014 02:55 PM
Sri Rama Chandra Raoji just a small addition : Ganguly is the all time greatest left handed batsman India has ever produced. This many people forget. When he was a so called burden, he was kicked out by Greg and Rahul remained silent. But Rahul forgot that when Rahul was indeed a burden for the prolific one day team Ganguly retained him as a wicketkeeper and did not throw him out appreciating his potentials to perform and come back. This is the difference. When Laxman requested Ganguly not to project him as an opener, he immediately complied with. But the idiot, Greg asked him to sit in his house when the Very Very Special of Indian Cricket, requested Greg to put him in the middle order. Here again is another difference and another reason for Laxman's stupendous success during Ganguly era
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sachin not too kind to Dravid
by ACHINTA ROY on Nov 05, 2014 05:35 PM
Problem is that you are unable to digest his success due to some reason or the other. It hardly matters. Fact remains fact.
He is politically correct, which goes with his personality. But one thing also strikes one's mind, that he was made the captain of the team only after Chapell in his infinite idiocy suceeded in removing Ganguly from the position. Does that play a role in his reactions?
Humble appeal to ALL Indians to kindly contribute Rs.2.00 each as donation for Sachin's upcoming auto biography. This will make about Rs.250.00 Crores of contribution to him and such controversial pre-launch statements / gimmics will no longer be required.
Re: Plaaying It My Way
by sukhmeet singh on Nov 05, 2014 09:52 AM
agree.. he has generated enough controversy to sell his autobiography so much so that he does not have to advertise it now !
But sadly he was always in the shades of Tendulkar(Player) and Ganguly(Captain)....He always have live with "Edwin Aldrin Complex"( The man who set his foot moon after Neil Armstrong)
Re: Rhaul was great players
by prasanna kumar on Nov 05, 2014 09:13 AM
.... player like Dravid is a decent guy who can not do loose talks or making unnecessary comments.... Chappel was shrew person with a dictatorship in his attitude.. difficult to handle person like dravid...
Rahul you talk straight, smart and sensible just as you used to bat. Reminds me of your cover drives or your leg glances don't really know which one to choose because both were just superb!
I need honest answer from 3 people. 1.Sachin on fixing in odi 2.Dravid on fixing in ipl 3.Dhoni on wc semifinal,Rhiti sports,keeping quiet inspite of knowing Meiyappans role
Silence of these people only goes to say they are controlled by BCCI
Re: We dont want comment on everything
by wcpak on Nov 05, 2014 08:59 AM
Mr.Jogi,the game is too commercialized to get answers for this. I am too diplomatic by saying "commercialized".
Mr.Pak I am also not supporting Sachin.Harbhajan,Zaheer,Laxman already told that it is not just strict regime but divide and rule which spoilt the team.As Laxman rightly said Chappel was bringing divide between senior and junior players.In 24 years of play Sachin came up to media only once when Chappel questioned his commitment.Cricketers of those days never got support from their board.How can they come to the media and say all this.You speak about the public following Sachin has.Did they not throw stones at his house when India lost?Did they not boohim when he was out of form?He was a cricketer then,not a politician to live on peoples support.
Re: To Mr.Pak
by wcpak on Nov 05, 2014 09:10 AM
Mr.Jogi,everybody knew that there were issues between Chappell and the players. But, all I am saying is too unethical to say "Oh 8 years before you came to my home and said this". Some of the players did have the image to take it up with the Board.
Re: Re: To Mr.Pak
by JogiMahi HeerRanjha on Nov 05, 2014 09:24 AM
Yes,but they were snubbed by the board.He knew that he will not get help from BCCI.He could possibly not write an autobiography when he was playing right?
I dont know why my message is not posted. I will split into two. Mr.Pak I am also not supporting Sachin.Harbhajan,Zaheer,Laxman already told that it is not just strict regime but divide and rule which spoilt the team.As Laxman rightly said Chappel was bringing divide between senior and junior players.In 24 years of play Sachin came up to media only once when Chappel questioned his commitment.Cricketers of those days never got support from their board.How can they come to the media and say all this.You speak about the public following Sachin has.Did they not throw stones at his house when India lost?Did they not boohim when he was out of form?He was a cricketer then,not a politician to live on peoples support.
