Friday, November 24, 2006

Only one way to go.......

"There is only one way to go from here...."

This is wht Dravid told after yesterdays match!!! Jesus Christ!!! How can he say things like these without any shame!!! The WORST captian I have ever seen!! Atleast Sachin,when he was captian,admitted his mistakes(The WI tour was an exception though...) But this is nothing like that. Now,We boast ourselves of the gr8 players like Dhoni(After gilchrist,its Dhoni... ), Raina, Pathan, Kaif,Dinesh,Munaf etc.etc.... So,wht the Hell is going on there,In Indian Camp???

I have made an earlier post in which I said tht I would love to see the earlier Sourav in Team...Now,I am repeating that...I just want to see Sourav and VVS, I dont care if they are in form or not. Who cares about all these stuff?? It is not as if the present Indian Team is full of In-Form Players!!! Through out the Net,the dravid and Sourav fans are fighting...So,I thought maybe I can also Join them.....


But whom to support??? Sourav?? The Most succesful Indian Captain?? Or Dravid?? The person who was single handedly responsible for most of sourav's wins?? Hmmmmm......this is a tough decision.... So,I thought that first,I would go through all what the cricket fans have 2 say... It is easy 2 find...Go to ibnlive.com..there ,u can find a lot of clashes between the dravid and sourav fans.... These are some of the interesting things that they have 2 say....

Sourav Fan Club :-

1). As I mentioned earlier, He is the most succesful captian.
2).After the 83 team,he led India to a WC final.
3).Wins in England,Australia and Pakistan. Actually,he is the only captian who won both test and one day series in Pak soil.
4).Pathan,Yuvi,Kaif,veeru are all his choices... Actually,even Dravid was in team because of sourav...
5).Aggresiveness... He is really aggresive on and off the field.(Remember the Salman Khan type show off in Lords???)
6).The inventer of a 7-4 team with Dravid asked to don Keeper's role also...


So, these r wht the Dada Army is saying... How much truth is there in it....Hmmmm...Actually,wht they are saying is 100% true,only if it is taken literally.... He is the most succesful captian,thanks to guys like Dravid ,VVS and Laxman.. Apart from some very little good knocks,Sourav had little role to play. He led the team to play in WC final,I agree....But I guess sachin was the one responsible. He was simply superb in WC. Then veeru too played his part... Sourav???Hmmmm....I dont think so...

The wins in Australia is Only because of Dravid+VVS+Agarkar( In Adelade) and sachin+VVS( In sidney).... Pakisthan...Again Dravid.. England....Dravid+sachin+Sourav... I had to admit he played well there...I still remember who well he played in Tentbridge along with sachin....He was superb.....

His aggresion....the Best part of Sourav... He is Damn Aggresive...and for that,I just like him..... He is not the one who keeps quiet.... The bad boy of Indian Cricket,thts wht they called him... But it is the same people who call Aussies as gentleman... And he brought these superb players...Thts true man...But u brought a lot of Good 4 Nothin players also.... Can't remember...Let me help.... Parthiv Patel,Ratinder Singh Sodi,deep das gupta and many many more players.... Its just that the above mentioned players clicked... So,I guess that he was just lucky...(I feel yuvi is the only exception...)


So much for Dada Army......Now lets C wht Dravid has 2 say(I mean,his fans...)

1).Dravid is responsible for most of India's win overseas...
2).Dhoni,raina,Munaf(??),Sreesant(????????????????) etc.etc.came 2 his team...(Yeah,right came..And ready 2 leave also.....)
3).A captian must b cool...Dravid is cool....
4).Most dependable player...And never had any real phase where he was out-of-form...
5).Just because of some defeats,you cant write him down...He needs Time ......


Point No. 1...Accepted...Accepted without any complains... Dhoni...OK....But same case with dada...2 many ppl came and he just clicked... Actually,Inida needed a Wicket Keeper batsman,and Dhoni was the best.. But i still prefer Dineesh Karthik as he is more better keeper than Dhoni...(But dhoni is improving..I must say...) Dravid is Cool....I agree...but he is too cool,I must say..He is never aggresive..

So,After all these points it is my time to stand with some1...Hmmmm...Let me c..... Here is it...I stand with the






"Indian Cricket Team...."




These r just players and Cricket is a game that is much larger than any individuals... So,what is the peoblem with the current Indian team,u ask heh???

1). No one is taking responsibilities for anything. The senior guys,Dravid and Sachin should take responsibilities if the batting fails... They are the senior guys and must be able to inspire the entire team!!! Bowling,I must confess that there is no one responsible enough...
And Yuvi and kaif should now b considered as seniors...Kaif has played 122 matches.... That is enough experiance mate...Now,perform or else perish....

2). Ban (Yes Ban) players from appearing in ads...They are cricketers...First play,perform well...Ads and other stuff wld b there till u retire.... And,they r earning enough money by playing...

3). Reduce the pay...Infact,I would say that give them half of what they r getting now...And Increase it as they improve playing...For example a bonus 4 a century and other good performances...

4). BCCI is THE richest body...Spend some money for under 19 and under 16 players...Arrange a lot of Overseas matches 4 them...And also for the Ranji trophy teams and India A and B teams... Give them enough match practice...

5). When the national players are free,ask them to play in ranji or other domestic matches.. This will b a good chance 4 every1 to learn...


These are the things that I feel must b done to improve upon the teams performance... Lets c what happens...But With such a performance,I dont think that V can lift WC. If v lift it,it might b because of some Individual brilliance..And also,I forgot to mention,Sack that Idiot Greg Chappel...His experiments have failed big time... Mate,Nothing personal ,mind u,but V dont need u..Get the Hell out of Here...!!!!!

1 comment:

Anand said...

good one da i truly agree with u in this case.. following this performance in the speedy an juicy pitches in sa.. india can only dream 2 be a part of the semis of up coming world cup.. its time 2 put a stop 2 the experimentation process and the bating order needs 2 be sorted out in a way that the better players get 2play max overs.