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THINKING

CRICKET IS WORSHIPPED IN INDIA AND SO ARE THE PLAYERS IF THEY PLAY 1 OR 2 MATCHES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TEAM,  THEY ARE PAMPERED WITH SO MUCH MONEY THAT THEY FORGET THE QUALITY OF CRICKET WHICH BROUGHT THEM TO THIS LEVEL.

FAST MONEY WHICH COMES TO THEM GOES TO THEIR HEAD AND BRINGS ATITUDE TO DICTATE TERMS FOR PLAYING, THEY HAVE EARNED SO MUCH THAT THEIR COMING GENERATION CAN GO ON LIVING WELL WITHOUT WORKING. I AM NOT AGAINST THE PLAYERS BEING PAID, BUT IT IS HIGH TIME THEY ARE PAID FOR WHAT THEY DESERVE.

EXACTLY IN THE SAME MANNER HOW IT WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD, OFCOURSE THERE WILL B MANY WHO WILL NOT B SATISFIED BUT THINKS WORK IN THIS MANNER AT LEAST SHOULD TRY FOR THE INDIAN TEAM 

NOW ALSO U CAN SEE GOOD PLAYERS WHO PLAY WELL ARE LEFT OUT AND PLAYERS LIKE VRV AND RP SINGH ARE TAKEN.

GANGULY -OUT ONLY BCOS OF EGO PROBLEM, BUT HE IS BEING  BLAMED FOR HIS PERFORMANCE THAT IS KEEPING HIM OUT, TODAY IF HE PERFORMACES WELL HE WILL ALWAYS B KEPT OUT.

MUNAF PATEL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHO WAS CHOOSEN AFTER SO MANY PUSH AND REQUEST, INSPITE OF THE SELECTORS KNOWING THAT HE IS A GOOD PROSPECT, A TYPICAL BOWLER WHO KNOWS HIS JOB AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO IT.

IRFAN PATHAN A FIND OF GANGULY AND CASULTY OF CHAPPEL, HE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR BOWLING DID WELL, THEN THEY CHANGED HIS STATUS TO BATSMEN WHERE HE NEEDS TIME TO GET BETTER BUTU CANNOT EXPECT HIM TO B ONE OF THE BEST.

SHIFTING HIS PLAYING POSITION CONFUSED HIS MIND SET, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PLAY IN THE SAME POSITION 5 OR 6 DOWN LIKE (IAN BOTHAM, IMRAN KHAN, WASIM AKRAM, KAPIL DEV) 

SHEWAG - WHO CALLS HIMSELF A PLAYER WITH SIMILAR CALIBER AS SACHIN, ONLY DIFFERENCE HE STATES BETWEEN THEM IS BANK BALANCE. IT IS HIGH TIME HE IS DROPPED AND SENT PACKING FOR MILKING IS COWS.

IF INDIAN SELECTORS CALL THIS IS TRIAL SECTION WHY THE ABOVE IS NOT KEPT OUT

DRAVID - IS NOT FIT FOR A CAPTIAN, BCOS HE HAS NO IDEAS OF HIS OWN.  TO BE A GOOD CAPTIAN HAS TO BE A CREATER WITH RISK TAKING ABILITY.  HE IS CONSERVATIVE IN HIS APPROACH LIKE THE ADS HE COMES IN SELLING BANKS AND INSURANCE.

AS A PLAYER HE IS GOOD BUT WITHOUT THE ABOVE RESPONSIBILITY, PEOPLE WILL SAY HIS STATISTIC  AFTER BEING A CAPTIAN IS GOOD, BATTING A LITTLE LONGER THAN OTHERS WITHOUT RESULT IS NO USE, HIS PRE AND POST COMMENTS AFTER MATCHES ARE VERY PREDICTIBLE. 

IT IS HIGH TIME THE EGO AND ATTITUDE WHAT HE PICKED UP FRM GANGULY SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN PLAY, AND SHOULD B THE ONE CHOOSING THE TEAM  LIKE HOW GANGULY USED TO NOT THE COACH AND SELECTOR.

 

November 25th, 2006