Karthik Nataraaj

Blame the BCCI!

March 25th, 2007

The Board of Control of Cricket in India(BCCI) should be more blamed for the poor performance of the Indian team in the worldcup. The next are the selection commitee, coach and the captain.

BCCI 

Time to time it happens that if the chairman of BCCI is from Kolkata, the players from the west will have a good time and if its from Mumbai, Mumbai players will have a good time. Earlier it was Dalmiya and now it’s Sharad Pawar. Why was Romesh pawar and Agarkar always been chosen time and time again even if they are in bad form? "They are Mumbai players" must be the only answer. Agarkar is included in the team in the cost of sacrificing an upcoming allrounder Irfan Pathan. How many chances are given to Irfan Pathan to get his form back compared to Sewag and Kaif? Very few. He has the batting average more than our batsmen. Then, what happens to Lakshmipathi Balaji, who can bowl and bat 1000 times better than the duck Agarkar who doesn’t even know how to hold on a cricket bat? Every move is based on the cheap region based politics in the BCCI.

Selectors, Coach and the Captain

 

I believe that if Dinesh Karthik had played in Dhoni’s place in the match against Srilanka, he would have played Muralitharan’s ball much better than Dhoni and who knows India might have won the game with the partnership of Dravid and Karthik. And also imagine if Irfan Pathan comes next in the place of Agarkar. Everybody understands that the worldcup is a big stage, but what is the use of sending a 90 year old dancing legend to perform on a big stage.

Players

As pointed out by some cricket lovers, Sachin has lost his touch completely and can’t perform against good bowling team now. The ball from Fernando proved it clearly and he should announce his retirement atleast in the upcoming series for the sake of Indian cricket. To me, a great player should be consistent and play under any condition especially when its required. Aslo a great player must rises to the occasion and if its very much required by the team. How many times have Sachin won matches for India against good opposition? If I am right, there is only a single memorable match against Australia in the Sharjah. Come on Sachin, having highest number of centuries scored in a flat batting track as an opening batsman doesn’t mean an achievement. You should have concentrated more on your game to play under tough conditions rather than enjoying the sweet comments of the commentators. I admit, you were simply superb once upon a time, but not now. Its time to think of retiring.

I’d say Saurav Ganguly’s performance could be one of the major factors for this downfall. The reason is the way he batted in the first 15 overs? Yes of course, the ball moves around a bit in the first hour. But can’t he score runs at a strike rate of atleast 80. I think he is following the old strategy of Ravi Shasthri which will never do wonders for the team especially in this powerplay enabled cricket. It seems like he is playing only for himself and doesn’t even care about the team’s total score. If an opening batsman plays like this, it will definitely put the aggressiveness of the players down.

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On the whole India does not deserve to qualify for the super 8 stage with countless holes in the side.

I heard that the big advertising companies are now more preferring movie stars than the cricket players. Its great news and I very much welcome this move. Let the players be just players and make them concentrate more on their game than their hair.

Its too much money involved so none of the senior players will be ready to give away their place in the team. Current or new players may become popular again and come up with a cool drink or biscuit to fool us. Be aware.

Just hate the products which are promoted by any cricket player and let them have a run(runs) for their money.

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