INDIAN CRICKET; North,south partiality ruining the game?
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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.\nNORTH INDIANS..PARTICULARLY MUMBAI,DELHI BOYS CAN GET THE BIRTH IN TEAM.\nAND THEY REMAIN LONG WITHOUT JUSTIFYING THEIR STAY IN SQUAD.\nAJIT AGARKAR IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE.\nWITHOUT DOING ANYTHING USEFUL HE COULD STAY IN TEAM.\nIF YOU LISTEN THE MUMBAI COMMENTATORS SHARPLY, THEY PRAISE AGARKAR BEYOND HIS ABILITY.\nTHEY APPLAUD FOR HIS REVERSE SWING{!} ABILITY.\nSOUTH PRODUCED MANY SKILLFUL PLAYERS LIKE MURALI KARTHIK,SHRIRAM.BHADRINATH,AND MANY MORE.\nBUT THE SELECTORS..WHO ARE ALL NORTH INDIANS..IGNORE THEM ALWAYS.\nIF MURALI KARTHIK PLAYS A MATCH..YOU CAN BET THAT INDIA WILL LOOSE.COZ, THE BCCI INCLUDING HIM IN A MATCH THAT WAS MUTUALLY NEGOTIATED AND FIXED TO LOOSE ALREADY.\nAFTER THAT MATCH KARTHIK WILL BE OMITTED FOR LONG TIME.\nANOTHER INSTANCE..DO YOU REMEMBER SANJAY BANGAR..?\nA BELOW AVERAGE PLAYER TO BE COMPARED WITH DOMESTIC LEVEL.\nBCCI BROUGHT HIM TO WC 2003.\nHE NEVER PLAYED A MATCH IN WC.\nBUT HIS TOURNAMENT SALARY WAS.. BELIEVE ME..50 LAKHS.\nAFTER WC HE WAS NOT SELECTED TO TEAM.\nMAY BE SELECTED FOR WC 2007. WHO KNOWS..?\nTHERE WAS A NEWS THAT BALAJI HAS INJURY.\nBCCI SENDS SACHIN TO ABROAD TO TREATMENT.\nWHY THEY DIDN'T SEND BALAJI ATLEAST ONCE.?\nBALAJI THROWN IN THE BIN DUE TO INJURY.\n\nIF THE SELECTORS SELECT THE TEAM HONESTLY, WE CAN BEAT ANY TEAM.\nEVEN WE CAN FORM 10 TEAMS AND SEND THEM TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES AT A TIME.\nWE HAVE TALENT.\nBUT NO TRUE SELECTORS WHO ARE CONSIDERING THE NATIONS PRIDE.\n\nTILL THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH SADLY AUSSIES AND S.A. TEAMS WINNING WC.
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a strange question...I mean let's look at the series at whole, the first two tests were played on flat pitches...all the bowlers suffered and it was a dull draw.\n\nthe third test was simply amazing with pathan's hat trick starting the first over...to come back from there and to win so comprehensively just resurrects the game to that of an epic...\n\nso yes, sad India lost, but the game is made more memorable by such feats...\n\nIndia can beat Pakistan next time.
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You don't want to blame the players for their performances and you want Greg Chappell to continue as the coach. Then, between the two, who should be blamed for India's recent poor performances? Not Sourav Ganguly, I hope.\nExperimentation is OK when you have 22 players who are close to each other in their performing abilities. India can just about manage 6 to 7 at the most, who are certain and consistent performers. So what's the logic behind Chappell's chop and change? Why should consistent performers in a particular slot make way for others, when the replacement's performance is unsure? With World Cup, 2007 round the corner, isn't it time we had a set team in place, raring to go? \nAnd whatever happened to motivation? Both coach and skipper seem to compete with each other to lift the trophy for the most uninspiring leader. And on top of that, contrary to the much touted belief that Chappell has a shrewd cricketing sense, he is in reality a shrewd politician who has optimally utilised BCCI politics and infighting to his advantage. He knows that he can continue as long as he stays on the right side of the powers that be. That and not performance is the topmost concern of the self serving Chappell. \nAnd it has come to light that a lot of players, specially youngsters and new comers are scared stiff of Chappell. They can't speak their mind freely for fear of retribution (being axed at the behest of Chappell). Chappell's flair for vengeance has already been well established. So much for confidence building. \nTeam India (rechristened Team Chappell) continues to demand flat, dead tracks as a precondition for good performances and a victory. On a green and bouncy top, their performance is pitiable. And offered a wicket of their choice at Mohali in the just concluded Champions Trophy, they dished out a pathetic performance and lost to Australia. So what essential difference has Chappell brought about, which did not exist in the era of John Wright? Why should BCCI fork out an extraordinary amount of money to a non performing coach? Just to keep him in good humour? Or for some flashy, headline grabbing sideshows like training with Indian Army personnel? Even our Jawans must be ashamed at their association with a training programme, which brought about such dismal performances from the team.\nYet you contend that Chappel should stay on. A pricey coach must deliver or be shown the door. Yes, Chappell should stay, only till the date when his contract with BCCI ends.\nI'm sorry, being unable to furnish a single point in favour of Chappell, even for the benefit of a self confessed cricket lover as yourself.
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well I agree with you but again it was too close and since the rules of the games are not as close as rules in  cricket therefore, Korea took the advantage and equalize the game . Bad luck for French team and their fans !
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as of now it may seem that its going great, but with the lack of senior players n expertise, they r not gonna get too far... young talent is a must but the real test will be when they play outside the subcontinent n on some real bouncy tracks... the management shud realise the urgency of experienced players in the team... else in the long run, its not gonna get far..
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ahem YES....and to the person who feels India does not win each and every match, that's impossible for any team. Besides the only matches which India have lost in recent past have been ones which they lost because of experimenting with players. the matches they lost to England, srilanka and Pakistan were all experiments. heck i don't even know why were they trying to experiment with the first match in Dubai. their form can be reflected that they were pretty even with south Africa and broke their streak at a time when they were experimenting with a bunch of youngsters and saurav ganguli was creating a lot of rift from outside.
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1909? Stick to cricket son, that's only game India is not crap at!\n\nAs for football, don't you go worrying about WOrld Cup winners, your team lost 0-3 to Yemen in an Asian Cup qualifier.\n\nLearn to crawl before thinking of touching the stars!
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Shastri and Chappel always have been suspect creatures. But I don't think there is nexus between the three here. There was a nexus between Wright and Dravid - thanks to the Kent connection. Wright even got Dravid to play for Scotland. But there was nothing wrong with that.\n\nThe wrong connections were between Chappel and Kiran More - due to business interests. And of course there have been kickbacks to Shastri to get Chappel in as the coach. Tom Moody would have been a lot better choice.\n\nBut if you are disappointed with India's performance today, blame it on the selection panel. Jaffer, Raina and Kaif simply cannot bat on bouncy wickets. They ought to be back on the first flight to Mumbai.\n\nYou'll see that in the next few matches, Dravid, tendulkar, Dhoni Swhwag and Mongia being able to bat a lot more comfortably - but the rest would continue to falter. Yuvraj could have made a difference here.\n\nBut the key point is, who else should be in the playing XI? Gautam Gambhir? Ganguly? I would even recommend someone like Akash Chopra to be brought back for the test series.
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no point picking one or two people in the team for losing. Their team sucks. Poor batting, fielding and bowling.\nI think they will get whipped by India. I am saying India will win 4-1 in the ODI series and 2-0 in the tests.
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I will say, the Lack of confidence among the senior players. When they saw pathan taking wickets, they made up the mind such a way that the pitch was a teriffic bowling track. The way Dravid and Shewag played are examples. Another major set back was other senior players took Rasak very lightly, under estimation of his bowling. The way sachin, ganguly and dhoni out shows that.
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Ya i agree with you...\n\nI think minnows like Namibia, Uae, etc should be groomed at other smaller and unimportant tournaments...not at the MAHA -EVENT of CRICKET !!!\n\nForget all the new teams playing in the world cup, even Test playing teams...Bangladesh, Zimbabwe...have only got worse...Adding more 'not so good' teams is not a very good idea...\n\nIt does dilute "THE CRICKET WORLD CUP" a little bit...\nAny World Cup must have 'THE' BEST teams....\nSo i agree...
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The problem lies with BCCI and its selection committee. Wrong selection of players and inability to develop players for fast, bouncy foreign pitches. Poor performance of Dravid as a captain.
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I think the team and the management people should concentrate more on the game and the strategies to win...including a good batting line-up, bowlers and plzzzz...teach them how to field...coz this is one of their negative aspects....to be honest, there's nothing much we fans could do...it really depends upon the entire team to play with all their abilities...as it's still not too late..they can do it...IF..they want to..which is a 'BIG QUESTION MARK??'!!
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I am afraid that`s not correct.\nThe number of runs made is right but they were made in 45 overs rather than 48 overs.\nNow India will win the game no matter what the score is.
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I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.\nINDIANS FAMILIOR FOR SUCCUMB WHILE THE PRESSURE MOUNTS..\nTALENT WISE INDIANS ARE NOT THE FAVOURITES FOR WC'07.
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Nowadays, cricket is becoming a lousy sport. Now people don't think of cricket of a sport, but as if it is a religion which can be named as 'Cricketism' . It is not played like a proper game like football where the manager of a team should choose the players very carefully so that the team wins. But now politics is an important thing going on in cricket. And I think that my country, India, is causing such a problem like the harrassment of former captain Sourav Ganguly. They can keep a pitch which the home team loves so that the away team loses. So the home team wins just like that and get points from ICC which is the International Cricket Council. It is not like football where anything can happen and the pitch of the stadium is just like any other grass pitch of a football game. So the game can't be predictable. Who plays the game better wins. But in cricket, the home team plays in its strength and the away team plays in its weakness. You may also see that though Bangladesh loses to Australia in home, they play better than they play in Australia. But you see in football. Anything can happen. See, Barcelona has defeated AC Milan in an away game but drew in a home game or it can happen as Arsenal has defeated Villareal at Highbury but has drew at Villareal's stadium. Even my Physical Education teacher says that cricket is a lousy game these days. Only 20 countries play cricket. But , games like football and tennis are popular in almost all the countries. Cricket is not a sport in the Olympics. These are the side effects of cricket. So, whenever says to me what is your favourite sport, I say football instead of cricket. And you see, its just a waste of time. Can you believe it, for five days the same match is going to be played. And that is not a delay. How funny.
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EVERYONE EXCEPT BHAJJI NOT BOWLING WELL.\n\nTHAT MATCH HAD BEEN SCRIPTED TO WIN BY BATSMEN.\n\nRAHUL'S M.O.M. PRE-FIXED.\n\nHOW CAN RPS BOWL ECONOMICALLY THEN.