INDIAN TEAM IS LOSING THE RHYTHEM

[Habitual Perfectionist]

btw, u have her emailid...? i want someone to practice my gujrati with....

Gujju hi practice karna hai to I'm there.....But I doubt that's your only motive here.

[CtrlAltDel]

btw, u have her emailid...? i want someone to practice my gujrati with....

Gujju hi practice karna hai to I'm there.....But I doubt that's your only motive here.

;)

[DQ]

And I'm just waiting for the lads to go all out in the champions trophy and throw some dung on the faces of all who have been criticising them.

We'll have to wait-'n'-watch.

I'm with HP and rainmaker on this. The problem with most of the Indian fans is that they have short-lived memories. One bad inning and there are talks criticising that player as if he never played before and then all is suddenly forgotten when he plays a good knock and the circle continues

As someone said earlier, lets just stick by our side and hope 4 the best

Oh looks like its not the only the Fans its the captian who thinks the same.
Performance is the only option.

Ganguly has made a point of being publicly loyal to his team but he said on Sunday: "Nobody's place is for life. You have to keep on performing in international cricket."

its like this my friend, a billion people have given you a chance, Millions are waiting for that chance, you cannot just perform once and lie back.



You need to understand your position, when the Army is motivated by you, you cannnot just spend your honour on money and babes and night clubs (if you only knew what the team does on tours).

[DQ]

kal ki galti maaf nahi hogi.



Read this to understand what importance yesterdays match held.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket ... 670756.stm

[akhilis2cool]

now that india is out the tournament will be back to its original drag fest.....



but it was one of the most painful losses ever.

[azazel]

shiyat..

almost had 'em pakis.. saala Afridi 2 chakke maarke sab kharab kardiya!

[Habitual Perfectionist]

OK DQ....Galti maaf mat karna....don't watch any of India's matches henceforth...or don't buy products they've modelled for.



Tell me....where do you copy all this egalitarian stuff that you post here from?

[DQ]

OK DQ....Galti maaf mat karna....don't watch any of India's matches henceforth...or don't buy products they've modelled for.

Tell me....where do you copy all this egalitarian stuff that you post here from?

? Kya Copy .



egalitarian = Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people.



Totally confused, Explain !!!

[DQ]

Common HP are you another Mayavi in the Making.



When you represent your country you need to understand that you are representating the ambitions of a billion people, Millions aspire to be in the position you are in.



I suggest that you wake up early in the morning, go to the various grounds in HYD see the commitment of the hundreds there.



1 game where we ever stood a chance of recognition is marauded by wealth, lies and deceipt.

Whilst donning the cap if you fail to perform in one game you are dashing the hopes of a million other aspirants.



Read this........



As Team India loses, ad rates fall



By N Vidyasagar & Ratna Bhushan/TNN



New Delhi: Advertisers that have pumped over Rs 400 crore on cricket this year are no longer bidding on our cricket team. Reason: Adequate returns on investment are not coming.

Indian team’s premature exit from the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy, coupled with poor performance in recent months will have a significant impact on SET Max which will fall short of its projected revenues from this tournament.

‘‘If India’s poor performance continues, it will further impact ad rates in future tournaments.,’’ says CVL Srinivas, MD of WPP group’s media buying outfit Maxus whose clients include Hero Honda, Britannia and Titan.

Experts say Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was expecting an average $60 million from telecast rights for the India-Australia test series beginning October 6. Also, broadcasters are not likely to get returns on investments from cricket telecast rights.

The general practice is that broadcasters sell upto 20% of airtime at a premium just a day before prime matches like semi-finals and finals. However, this time SET Max’s strategy did not work and ad rates have fallen by as much as 50% for the forthcoming premium matches. Ad rates of the tournament which averaged Rs 1 lakh to 1.25 lakh per 10 seconds are now available at less than Rs 50,000. SET Max now has to wait for mini-world cup 2006 and world cup 2007 to benefit from what it has invested for ICC cricket telecasts.“A continuously disappointing performance by the team would of course negatively impact advertisers’ investments,’’ says Ajit Varghese, GM, Madison Media.

[azazel]

big deal! it was only a match, u win some, u loose some.

Aussies lost to England.. yippppppppeeeeeeeeee

[Habitual Perfectionist]

Common HP are you another Mayavi in the Making.

Uncommon DQ (specimens like you have to be uncommon)...how do I become another Mayavi? I hardly concur with any of his views.

When you represent your country you need to understand that you are representating the ambitions of a billion people, Millions aspire to be in the position you are in.

I suggest that you wake up early in the morning, go to the various grounds in HYD see the commitment of the hundreds there.

I know this very well. I've played for the country myself. And I know that whenever we go on the field, we all go with the target of doing our best. Sometimes, things don't go well and we lose. At the cost of repeating myself (sometimes people do need this), this is what I have to put across. Just a few months ago, the team was touted as one of the best to have played for the country. And today, they are being treated as lepers. Sir Geoffrey says his mom can bowl India out. Did he have a different mom when India was whooping paki @$$ in Pakistan and mothering Aussies down under? Isn't this the Same Sir Geoffrey who was branded a trundler in his playing days? Ayaz Memon says Indian is devoid of class and that though the bowlers' performance was great, India was outplayed in all departments in the game against Pakistan. Does he forget that cricket is a team game and you cannot separate the bowlers' performance from the batsmen's? Where were we OUTPLAYED? Pakistan won the match by a whisker...and though our batsmen couldn't play well, the bowlers made a match of it and we lost narrowly. It wasn't that bad a defeat at all.

Mind you...this was a competition where one good day or a bad one could change any fortunes. Look at the Aussies. They couldn't even make it to the final. Does it mean that they are not fit enough to be called the top team in the world today?

Don't doubt the players' patriotism here. They have proved on more than one occasion that their commitment to the game and to their fans is above reproach.

1 game where we ever stood a chance of recognition is marauded by wealth, lies and deceipt. . Whilst donning the cap if you fail to perform in one game you are dashing the hopes of a million other aspirants.

So? do you mean we should sack the entire team and pick up a new one? And when someone in that team too performs bad in one match, sack him and pick up someone else? What do you want to suggest with this statement?

Read this........

As Team India loses, ad rates fall

By N Vidyasagar & Ratna Bhushan/TNN

blah....blah.....blah

So? That's the advertisers' and broadcasters' headache. Does SET MAX getting lesser revenues bother you? Does Samsung lowering its ad budget bother you? You have a problem with the players modelling. You have a problem with broadcasters not getting enough revenue. Go see a doc...you need some serious help. Confused soul.





And the egalitarian statement....well....looking at your posts in this thread, your egalitarian threads (your kaamwali blog, your rants about the economy, farmers' problems etc.) look like a sureshot case of plagiarism. Hence my statement.



Go take a walk.

[akhilis2cool]

India Australia begin the battle tomorrow.



Both the teams are well balanced. India has a gr8 spin attack and Australia has the best pace attack. So guess the batters will make the difference in this series. Tendulkar may not b playing and ponting too will b absent.



all in all its one series which is not supposed to b missed

[malakpetmasala]

India Australia begin the battle tomorrow.

Both the teams are well balanced. India has a gr8 spin attack and Australia has the best pace attack. So guess the batters will make the difference in this series. Tendulkar may not b playing and ponting too will b absent.

all in all its one series which is not supposed to b missed

there is a lot of bitching going on in the print media here as to how the groundsmen and the curators are shaping the pitch to take away any pace it might have. they are calling it "Kumble crumbler"

[akhilis2cool]

of course they will. saale apne logan wahaan gaye to fast pitch nahi banate?

ne way this pitch will b a slow turner. good for batting on 1st 2 days. so the ausies cant complain.

[azazel]

of course they will. saale apne logan wahaan gaye to fast pitch nahi banate?

whatever the pitch be curated like, i dun think it makes too much of a difference.. it all depends on the level of discipline that the teams have. anyway, may the better team on the playing field win



p.s: hope that'll be India

[CtrlAltDel]

remember that even Shane Warne wud enjoy on spin friendly pitches...

[malakpetmasala]

remember that even Shane Warne wud enjoy on spin friendly pitches...

ya exactly, just like all the indian batsmen would enjoy shane warne bowling on 'spin friendly' pitches.



but as we all know...... aussies will be aussues..... bitching... complaining cry babies!

[akhilis2cool]

remember that even Shane Warne wud enjoy on spin friendly pitches...

there were spinning tracks previously also. but he ahs managed to take only 10 -15 wickets at an avg. og 55 + in 6 games.



BTW the battle begins today



P.s. Hope the rains stay away

[Imran khan]

hi there , Kumble is jus three short of his 400 hundred hope he makes it [/i]

[azazel]

The morning session belonged to the Aussies.. India pulled it back in the post-lunch session, current score: Aus 204/4

[Habitual Perfectionist]

316/5.



Decent start by the aussies. Though India should aim at getting them all out in the first session itself tomorrow, without any major additions to the score. The aussies can have a stubborn tail at times and this might be a tough task. Wishing the bowlers all the best.

[azazel]

316/5

i thought it was a pretty good start by them Aussies. On a spinning track, they batted with quite a bit of aggression n sense despite losing wickets. With Michael Clarke poised well on 76 n Gilchrist lookin as menacing as ever, its hard to say how far they'll go b4 they crumble.



Congrats to Anil Kumble for reaching the milestone of 400 wickets

*clap clap clap*

[DQ]

Mind you...this was a competition where one good day or a bad one could change any fortunes. Look at the Aussies. They couldn't even make it to the final. Does it mean that they are not fit enough to be called the top team in the world today?

Don't doubt the players' patriotism here. They have proved on more than one occasion that their commitment to the game and to their fans is above reproach.

A Chopra lbw b McGrath 0

Sehwag c Langer b K’wicz 39

Rahul Dravid b McGrath 0

Ganguly c Gilchrist b K’wicz 45

VVS Laxman b Warne 31

Yuvraj c Gilchrist b McGrath 5

Parthiv Patel batting 18

Irfan Pathan batting 1

Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-3, w-5) 11

Total (six wkts, 44 overs) 150





The only point here is , there may be more passionate and talented people who are being wasted. You always can't hope for others to have a bad day for your good days

[rainmaker]

Don't doubt the players' patriotism here. They have proved on more than one occasion that their commitment to the game and to their fans is above reproach.

A Chopra lbw b McGrath 0
Sehwag c Langer b K’wicz 39
Rahul Dravid b McGrath 0
Ganguly c Gilchrist b K’wicz 45
VVS Laxman b Warne 31
Yuvraj c Gilchrist b McGrath 5
Parthiv Patel batting 18
Irfan Pathan batting 1
Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-3, w-5) 11
Total (six wkts, 44 overs) 150


The only point here is , there may be more passionate and talented people who are being wasted. You always can't hope for others to have a bad day for your good days

that dismal scorecard speaks nothing about their Patriotism... its a game and not the battlefield. and even on the battlefield the superior forces win, like how china humiliated an underprepared india in 1965. we are the good guys, we're extremely patriotic, and yet we lost that battle.



our indian team members want to win the game more than you yourself want them to. but the australians bowled extremely good deliveries to get them out. except for Sehwag, who played a rather loose looking shot (which is a characteristic of him, but remember he made a triple century with that attitude). laxman, dravid, chopra, ganguly, all got good deliveries. and poor irfan pathan was dismissed in the most wrong way.



more passionate and talented people are being wasted? please...!! we have a good team here, they're just playing tests after a long gap, watch them from the 2nd test onwards. i don't think matters will be improved by sacking half this team's batsmen and putting non-regulars in there. yes, one among chopra or yuvi has to make way when our hero Tendulkar returns. don't start jumping at the team yet, this is just day 3 of the 1st test of a four test series.

[DQ]

Patriotism ? Who is talking about that, that was a proposition put up by HP.



Its about talent, and the game.Unfortunately be any sport is such a profession where you cannot relax.



You get your place in the team, have a big record ....common relax.



No there are thousands more who are aspiring to get there, you can't go by saying today was a bad day :-p