mr.carvalho, when cricket team won the 20-20 tournament u were crying like an injured dog saying that hockey team did not get the kind of rewards and salaries that indian cricket players get.
u also compared ur asia cup victory to indian team's 20-20 victory. now do u realise that beating the world is much more difficult than beating one continent which in this case is asia.
hope u and ur boys will remember this tight slap on ur face and hope u and dhanrajpillay will not come on national television and crib about hockey player salaries and infrastructure and all that.
first win matches, then talk about infrastructure and salaries.
moreover, national sport should be changed from hockey to cricket much like we will be changing our national animal from tiger to buffalo in the near future
RE:mr
by surender kumar on Mar 12, 2008 12:44 PM
Mr . Nilesh Kulkarni, Was this the same case in case of cricket team when they lost in the first round in World Cup, Comon man give me a Break i think you dont even know what hokey is i guess. If u give 1 % of infra Cricket team is getting this team will make wonder. How may corporates are interestd in Sponcering IHL and improve this game man? For your kind information cricket has been played from the days it has started by india it just have one World Cup tournaments and just won about 10 ODI in Australia.
RE:mr
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 01:01 PM
oh c'mon guys.. remember the kind of harassment cricket players had when they had early exit to world cup... for hockey it hasn't been ten percent of this... so its high risk and high gain.. they lose more and they gain more.. wats wrng in it
RE:mr
by Alok on Mar 12, 2008 01:08 PM
Guptaji, aisa isliye hai kyaunki kisi ko hockey ki padi hi nahi hai. Koi farak nahi padta hai logo ko ki hum hockey mein jeete ya haarein. Agar hockey bhi popular ho jaye toh unke haar aur jeet se logo ko zarur farak padega. Toh pehle hockey ko masses tak pahuchane ki zarurat hai.
RE:mr
by sumit gupta on Mar 12, 2008 01:14 PM
cudn't agree more dude.. i guess u shud start with a gali gali gaon gaon yojna to popularize hockey.. well wat i thought simple way to make things popular was to win... cricket din't gain publicity overnight.... bhavnaao ko samjho meri jaan
RE:mr
by Alok on Mar 12, 2008 12:32 PM
abe tereko game ki samajh hai kya what do you mean by "first win matches and then talk about infrastructure and salaried" Abe dhakkan jab infrastructure nahi hoga toh game kaise jeetenge be. Lagta hai tu bhi ek yeda cricket fan hai
RE:mr
by S Shrikanth on Mar 12, 2008 12:40 PM
How do you forget that Indian team won the prestigious Asia Cup defeating the mighty Koreans 7-3 in the final, Carvalho was the coach.
This is what Carvalho had said on one of the news channels "It gives me immense pleasure to see Indian cricket team winning 20-20 world cup. It is a wonderful achievement in Indian sport and the boys have done incredible job."
He further said," However, one hand the Corporates, Media and Govt are showering praise on cricket team, hockey team is being ignored. Have the boys of hockey team have done a sin by winning Asia cup hockey? Is is not a national achievement?"
Do not know how cricket lovers took it like a criticism.
