Cut him some slack !
I am taking a small break from philosophical topics to focus on another of my favorite areas, "Indian Cricket". With the recent string of bad performances, Ganguly has been the butt of all jokes and criticisms in the country. When the other players in the team were going through rough patches, Gangs made it a point to protect them and made sure that they either got back to good form, or atleast made sure that they were given their chance before being cut from the team. Now when it's his bad run, people just want to enjoy hating him ! Don't get me wrong, his test spot should be under scrutiny, like it is, and it should be communicated to him, that if this continues, Yuvraj/Kaif who are knocking on the door, will get the permanent look in that they have been waiting for, for quite some time. But his one day success should not be gorgotten in a hurry and if that's not reason enough for us to leave him in peace for some more time, maybe this is.. This is Gang's team, and he has been the cornerstone for this system, replacing a corrupt system that threatened to doom India's cricketing hopes permanently. He has been instrumental in throwing the concept of instability out of the window, and making sure, that only truly deserving people get to play for India. And when you get that chance, one bad performance is not going to throw you into oblivion. If not, players like Laxman and Balaji would now have been playing league cricket in Tamil Nadu, Andhra etc and Dravid would have been branded a "test only" cricketer. Can you imagine such an indian team now ? I think our man deserves some time to himself, and lets hold off for a while. After all, 9967 runs in ODI didn't happen with no talent !
posted by dinesh at
9:45 AM
12 Comments:
something sensible and true!
Good job,
-vv
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Anonymous, at 11:29 AM
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Kay, at 12:12 PM
Dinesh,
totally agree with you not only for the sense you are making but also because Ganguly is my favorite...:) Glad to see someone support my man! :):)
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The Doodler, at 12:40 PM
Even I like gangs, but in the past 1 year or so, he hasnt been convincing at all. Even in the ODI's it looks like he is always expecting a bouncer or something aimed at his ribs, and he tries to get away from the ball by moving onto the leg side. I have noticed this in almost all his innings off late.
32-33 years u r supposed to be in the form of ur life, but for me he is just frittering away. I accept theres no one to replace him yet not only in ODI's but in tests as well - but that day is not far away I guess.
I guess he was really the superstar ODI batsman for a couple of years representing Indi and he should be proud about that.
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Prabhu, at 7:44 PM
VJ,You liked it ? No surprise :)
Subha, It's not like I am a Ganguly fan. But I didn't think this was the right time for Gang haters to go "I said so"
Moni, I dont think dropping a player would do any good to his confidence when he's going through a rough patch. That sort of treatment would be appropriate only in case of attitude problems or disciplinary problems.
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dinesh, at 10:25 PM
Dineshaa, You know how I think. So this will be no surpise.
"Ganguly saved India from the garbage"..is a load of crap. As a flashy ODI batsman, yeah, he had his glory days and maybe he could be given a slightly longer rope. But captaincy and cleaning up the sport, come on dude! you are over reacting when you give all/most of the credit to him.
Anyway, people rate ganguly based on India's performance and Tendulkar on his batting alone. Thats BS. IMO, he got waaayyyy too much credit for India's wins. So, its only fair that he gets the axe when the team STINKS!
(the 2 minute maggi jokes are hilarious, btw!.. the latest one i heard was that he gets out even before someone can open the packet, let alone cook it)
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Sriram, at 8:00 AM
Thank you dinesh!
I was looking for such coforting thoughts. Hope I wil get back my form soon and play for India again.
Saurav
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Anonymous, at 5:24 PM
Sorry..no comment about cricket. Flame me if u want, but I just wanted to say I finally checked out yr blog Din! Nice job. What's the loaded questions game u mention in the other post? Sounds exactly like something u'd like ;)
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RTD2, at 7:24 PM
Sriram,
No surprise watsoever ! It comes down to this dude, I think we both understand tha there;s been an improvement in the system. What part of the credit goes to saurav is the only concern ! Since he was at the helm, during those times, facing the media, I slowly formed the impression that saurav had a lot to do with this change. Unless we know the inside story (which we both don't) it's hard to say exactly !
RT, been a while ! How was LA ? Loaded qns is a game played in a group, where a question is put to the group, and everybody except one answers (say, what do you want your famous last words o be ? ). He then collects the answers and tries to find out who wrote what answer. It's a way to know the people in the group better.
Saurav - Pratik, shut up ! :)
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dinesh, at 7:42 AM
Sriram,
No surprise watsoever ! It comes down to this dude, I think we both understand tha there;s been an improvement in the system. What part of the credit goes to saurav is the only concern ! Since he was at the helm, during those times, facing the media, I slowly formed the impression that saurav had a lot to do with this change. Unless we know the inside story (which we both don't) it's hard to say exactly !
RT, been a while ! How was LA ? Loaded qns is a game played in a group, where a question is put to the group, and everybody except one answers (say, what do you want your famous last words o be ? ). He then collects the answers and tries to find out who wrote what answer. It's a way to know the people in the group better.
Saurav - Pratik, shut up ! :)
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dinesh, at 7:43 AM
Ganguly has been solely responsible for bringing a paradigm shift in attitude of the players while taking the field. By any standards he is the best captain india ever had , yes he was fortunate in having sachin, dravid, kumble, sehwag, Wright and other capable individuals, but he was responsible for forging this unit as a TEAM with his singular beleif.
As a batsman he cannot be discarded soon, he has to be given chances to prove himself for atleast 10 test matches and one day internationals. He has without doubt won series for india before and I am sure that Gangs will come out with all guns blazing .
-vv
I am sure that i have a lot to say but am afraid this discussion will never end ...
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Anonymous, at 9:59 AM
Sriram and Vijay,
Both you guys stand at the opposite ends of the globe, as far as this topic is concerned...It would be interesting to see what you guys would say to each other's questions !
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dinesh, at 5:40 PM
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