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Showing posts with label india. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Is Dhoni going to be the best captain of India?
Okay. It's been a long time I wrote something on cricket. I have predicted earlier to the end of my previous post ' Should they do it? ' that there might be more retirement announcements at the end of India - Australia Test Series and my prediction has come true. Anil Kumble (Jumbo), one of the best spinners India has ever produced, has called it a day and hung up his shoes after the 3rd test match against australia. Dhoni captained India for the fourth test match and India has won it. It's the third straight success for Dhoni as captain in test matches. Be it defensive or aggressive, whatever the critics may call it, Dhoni once again proved to be lucky mascot when victory matters.
He made Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma bowl continuously outside the off stump to the two left handers Simon Katich and Michael Hussey in the first session on the third day of the match. The field set was 8-1 to the offside. Australia knew that they had to win the match to level the series. So they took the risk and hunted the outside the off stump balls and lost their wickets. What seemed like an Australia's match at the end of the second day turned out be and Indian one at the end of the third day. India won this test match and won the series 2-0.
Then came England to India for seven one day internationals and two test matches. Being the home side and that too after a series win against Australia, India was clearly the favourite. No body would have expected that the India will drub England 5-0 in the one day matches. The last two matches were disrupted because of security concerns post mumbai terror attack. So English team flew back to England and the last two matches were cancelled. Many indian fans including me must have deeply disappointed for not witnessing the rare chance of what would have been a total whitewash with India defeating the English 7-0.
I don't think this will happen rarely anymore. No doubt, India is emerging as the best team in the cricketing world under the captaincy of Dhoni. Sooner than later, India will replace Australia as the number one team in the world. I always admired ganguly as a captain of Indian cricket team. He was very aggressive on the field. I thought that being aggressive would make a better captain. But here is a man, cool and composed, not aggressive by body language but by his shrewdness, in the making of a best captain. Here are two things I liked about Dhoni during the test series against australia.
Then came England to India for seven one day internationals and two test matches. Being the home side and that too after a series win against Australia, India was clearly the favourite. No body would have expected that the India will drub England 5-0 in the one day matches. The last two matches were disrupted because of security concerns post mumbai terror attack. So English team flew back to England and the last two matches were cancelled. Many indian fans including me must have deeply disappointed for not witnessing the rare chance of what would have been a total whitewash with India defeating the English 7-0.
I don't think this will happen rarely anymore. No doubt, India is emerging as the best team in the cricketing world under the captaincy of Dhoni. Sooner than later, India will replace Australia as the number one team in the world. I always admired ganguly as a captain of Indian cricket team. He was very aggressive on the field. I thought that being aggressive would make a better captain. But here is a man, cool and composed, not aggressive by body language but by his shrewdness, in the making of a best captain. Here are two things I liked about Dhoni during the test series against australia.
1) When australia was nine wickets down and India on the verge of the victory, and what were the final moments of ganguly's presence on the field, he asked ganguly to captain the team for the next five overs. But ganguly's job lasted only for three overs.
2) When Border and Gavaskar were handing over the Border-Gavaskar trophy to him, he called kumble to come and they both together lifted the trophy. Although kumble captained two test matches in the series, I never expected such kind of pleasant gesture.
Indian cricket has a long way to go under the leadership of Dhoni. With already the inaugural twenty-twenty world cup under his belt, I hope he would lead us to victory in 2011 one day international world cup.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Should they do it?
Pretty catchy title to pull those who read it into the subject. Ain't it funny? Who are they and what should they do? Now the hot discussion that is going on in the unofficial national game of India, cricket is about the senior players in the national team. The players who served the team for so long, who have very impressive records so far. Should they call it a day not giving chance to the selectors to make controversial decisions by excluding them from the team or Should they be given preferential treatment by letting them play as long as they want to?
First and foremost thing is that the players of such stature, they no longer play for money because they had enough. They no longer play to prove something because they had done it many a time. If not these two, if they are still playing with passion, for their love to the sport, if they still believe they give perform their best, I believe they should be accorded the second option. But passion alone will not be enough, scores on the board matter. If they are consistently failing to put runs on the scoreboard they should retrospect on the things no matter what their energy levels are and with how much passion they are still left with, it would be wise for them to take the tough decision.
The fans will definitely get disappointed if their icon players decide to retire. In a country like india, where people are mad about cricket, the team has some icon players like sachin, ganguly, dravid, laxman and kumble. These are the senior most players in the team who are in their late 30's. They have some finest records on their names. But still if are not playing like what they had played in their prime, it would be even more disappointing for the fans.
Some of the best australian players like steve waugh, adam gilchrist, glenn mcgrath and shane warne had retired when they were at their best. They know that the age is catching upon them and keeping in mind the fact that the next world cup is 4 years from now, they called it a day so that the young team gets enough experience so as to be successful in the next world cup. They were lauded for their decision and they received an overwhelming response when they played their last match and a great farewell too.
This doesn't happen with the indian team. Ganguly recently took the decision that the going on series with australia will be his last one. I think it is a very wise decision. Now the pressure will be on the other senior players and if they don't perform well they may follow the footsteps of ganguly. I think the players should be judged solely on their performance but not on their age. If a player performs well even in 40's, I don't find a reason to sack him. No wonder if we hear couple more retirement announcements at the end of this series.
First and foremost thing is that the players of such stature, they no longer play for money because they had enough. They no longer play to prove something because they had done it many a time. If not these two, if they are still playing with passion, for their love to the sport, if they still believe they give perform their best, I believe they should be accorded the second option. But passion alone will not be enough, scores on the board matter. If they are consistently failing to put runs on the scoreboard they should retrospect on the things no matter what their energy levels are and with how much passion they are still left with, it would be wise for them to take the tough decision.
The fans will definitely get disappointed if their icon players decide to retire. In a country like india, where people are mad about cricket, the team has some icon players like sachin, ganguly, dravid, laxman and kumble. These are the senior most players in the team who are in their late 30's. They have some finest records on their names. But still if are not playing like what they had played in their prime, it would be even more disappointing for the fans.
Some of the best australian players like steve waugh, adam gilchrist, glenn mcgrath and shane warne had retired when they were at their best. They know that the age is catching upon them and keeping in mind the fact that the next world cup is 4 years from now, they called it a day so that the young team gets enough experience so as to be successful in the next world cup. They were lauded for their decision and they received an overwhelming response when they played their last match and a great farewell too.
This doesn't happen with the indian team. Ganguly recently took the decision that the going on series with australia will be his last one. I think it is a very wise decision. Now the pressure will be on the other senior players and if they don't perform well they may follow the footsteps of ganguly. I think the players should be judged solely on their performance but not on their age. If a player performs well even in 40's, I don't find a reason to sack him. No wonder if we hear couple more retirement announcements at the end of this series.
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