How can they drop a God ???
Ganguly has again been dropped.
And it has been a national tragedy. The pens are out again with all sorts of theorizations ranging from emotional outbursts to outright ridiculous hallucinations and denials. Infact, some imaginative mind has even questioned the nation status of India - We really are many different nations and the enemity between them is worse than what once was between whites and blacks in the west. Ok. Water please.
The most frequent argument thrown in his favour is that Ganguly has been the most successful Indian captain, he led us to several glorious moments in cricket, has scored more than 10,000 runs in one dayers, has so many centuries and even his test record is great. His past has been great so how can we humiliate him by not including him in the team. Very true. Hey, then why not lets call Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar too in the team and why not ask Milkha Singh and PT Usha to run in Olympics - I mean, they too are legends and how can we possibly insult the legends by not giving them the opportunity to compete for the country. More so, since they have done it once, they can always do it again - fitness, application, much deserving young talent, the team's recent winning record are minute details legends could not be bothered with.
To make matters worse, Jagmohan Dalmiya lost the BCCI elections and Ganguly made 40 and 39 runs in the second test. This gives two more sticks to the ultra sentimentals amongst us:
a) Since the BCCI has now become Mumbaiyya, they do not want Ganguly
b) Ganguly has scored, he has made a comeback
The people who throw argument (a) actually do great disservice to the great cricketer that Ganguly once was - by implication this means that so far Ganguly was in the team because the power base of Indian cricket was Kolkata - which is as untrue as it can be.
About the second argument, Ganguly's 40 and 39, though good need to be looked in the context. We have Yuvraj Singh, a young talented batsman who has already has more than his fair share of having to sit outside to accomodate more glorious predecessors. That he got a chance in Kotla test was luck too, Sehwag was ill and middle order slots were already full. He has asserted his presence strongly. We have another very strong contender for middle order in Kaif. These two players if handled well will hold the key to Indian cricket for the next 6-7 years. How justifiable is it to continue keeping faith in the old horses while we have young, hungrier and more willing guys to work hard and show results waiting on the sidelines.
And then to all Chappell baiters - what is the mandate to Chappell - to make Indian team into a cohesive unit performing and producing great results consistently or to worshsip and play to the whims and fancies of the demi gods of Indian cricket?
If it is to make India perform well, Chappell is doing as well as could be done and if it is to worship Gods, well, Pujari Badri Shankar Jha from the temple in Sector 19, Noida would suit better for Indian coach.
And it has been a national tragedy. The pens are out again with all sorts of theorizations ranging from emotional outbursts to outright ridiculous hallucinations and denials. Infact, some imaginative mind has even questioned the nation status of India - We really are many different nations and the enemity between them is worse than what once was between whites and blacks in the west. Ok. Water please.
The most frequent argument thrown in his favour is that Ganguly has been the most successful Indian captain, he led us to several glorious moments in cricket, has scored more than 10,000 runs in one dayers, has so many centuries and even his test record is great. His past has been great so how can we humiliate him by not including him in the team. Very true. Hey, then why not lets call Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar too in the team and why not ask Milkha Singh and PT Usha to run in Olympics - I mean, they too are legends and how can we possibly insult the legends by not giving them the opportunity to compete for the country. More so, since they have done it once, they can always do it again - fitness, application, much deserving young talent, the team's recent winning record are minute details legends could not be bothered with.
To make matters worse, Jagmohan Dalmiya lost the BCCI elections and Ganguly made 40 and 39 runs in the second test. This gives two more sticks to the ultra sentimentals amongst us:
a) Since the BCCI has now become Mumbaiyya, they do not want Ganguly
b) Ganguly has scored, he has made a comeback
The people who throw argument (a) actually do great disservice to the great cricketer that Ganguly once was - by implication this means that so far Ganguly was in the team because the power base of Indian cricket was Kolkata - which is as untrue as it can be.
About the second argument, Ganguly's 40 and 39, though good need to be looked in the context. We have Yuvraj Singh, a young talented batsman who has already has more than his fair share of having to sit outside to accomodate more glorious predecessors. That he got a chance in Kotla test was luck too, Sehwag was ill and middle order slots were already full. He has asserted his presence strongly. We have another very strong contender for middle order in Kaif. These two players if handled well will hold the key to Indian cricket for the next 6-7 years. How justifiable is it to continue keeping faith in the old horses while we have young, hungrier and more willing guys to work hard and show results waiting on the sidelines.
And then to all Chappell baiters - what is the mandate to Chappell - to make Indian team into a cohesive unit performing and producing great results consistently or to worshsip and play to the whims and fancies of the demi gods of Indian cricket?
If it is to make India perform well, Chappell is doing as well as could be done and if it is to worship Gods, well, Pujari Badri Shankar Jha from the temple in Sector 19, Noida would suit better for Indian coach.
posted by Prashant @ 7:37 AM
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