INDIAN TEAM IS LOSING THE RHYTHEM

[Habitual Perfectionist]

People dissing cricket here should not forget that its not something that you learn once and keep doing it for the rest of your life. Its a game. Things go wrong. Long layoffs from the game do play their part. Undue adulation and undue criticism alternating with each other can be a harrowing experience.



Imagine this...had your teacher in school punished you one day and made you to be the best in class the next day....imagine this going on for a few weeks...how would your performance in the exam have been?



Calling for half the team to be sacked is not going to help the players' morale and neither taking that step is going to do any good to the players that come in their place. Imagine a team lead by Gautam Gambhir/Dinesh Mongia/Rohan Gavaskar being thrown at the Aussies. The Aussies would go straight for the jugular and our team would stand no chance.

[Prince of Darkness]

Cldnt go thru the whole discussion here, and tho the dude above sez "pls dont talk of the money"

...the name is akhilis2cool.

I just read how much they make, and it's ABSURD! 2 lakh a test, 50 lakh a year... and this is just the board contract. Im not sure but I think endorsements are extra. And what are the performances they produce? If not money, what is it that WILL prod our mules into performing better?

wish u played cricket too, rite?

Instead of paying the lumps so much, divert some of that into improving facilities at lower levels.

good go and tell the BCCI. U mite get the award for the best advice of the year

I don't mind Pathan or Kaif making some, but not consistently non-performing nincompoops.

why...UR fav. players are they? neway by ur logic they shld. stop playing once they earn a sizeable amnt. for endorsements and play a few bad games after that.

1) alright, akhilis2cool. Im sure it's true, too.



2) Umm..dunno abt playing too. But that money's damn good.



3) I know. I'm a frickin genius, amnt I? I realise it wasnt original advice (never claimed it was either!)...just adding another voice to the clamour.



4) No, not my faves. I like them for their committment. Success turns heads like tops. Will have to wait and see what happens to pathan. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, he is the next Indian cricket star. And u seem to have missed my point - pay people who perform. A small bad run is ok - everyone gets out of form once in a while, but not for like 6 months!

[Sharjeel]

People dissing cricket here should not forget that its not something that you learn once and keep doing it for the rest of your life. Its a game. Things go wrong. Long layoffs from the game do play their part.

Why do you think that I am dissing cricket? I have been watching cricket since 1985, when I was just 7 yrs old and a Hyderabadi and Azzu had just burst on the scene and bumped up Hydes interest (alongwith the World Series triumph).



That would be around 19 years of cricket-watching, times when I could/would watch/play only cricket and no other sport. And so, I have been with the ups and downs of the team. So please do not doubt my loyalty to the indian cricket team.



I dislike Cricket, not cricketers. And my islike for cricket has been formed after 19 years of playing and watching. It has been a gradual process, not like I got u one fine day and decided that cricket is bad.



All this 'Its only a game' 'winning and losing are just part of the game' stuff is true, but for the cricketers, and not for us spectators. They may have fun paying even if they are losing, but not me. If they lose I will say that they lost and played like idiots, and anyone in his right mind would rest some people (Sehvag fr'instance).



And my criticism will be there even if India won...

[azazel]

If they lose I will say that they lost and played like idiots, and anyone in his right mind would rest some people (Sehvag fr'instance)

155 out of a total of 233[?!?] when he was finally out. someone made quite an impact

[akhilis2cool]

1) alright, akhilis2cool. Im sure it's true, too.

u betcha

2) Umm..dunno abt playing too. But that money's damn good.

it certainly is. but it is nothing when compared to what top players in other sports earn.

3) I know. I'm a frickin genius, amnt I? I realise it wasnt original advice (never claimed it was either!)...just adding another voice to the clamour.

Laaait

4) No, not my faves. I like them for their committment. Success turns heads like tops. Will have to wait and see what happens to pathan. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, he is the next Indian cricket star. And u seem to have missed my point - pay people who perform. A small bad run is ok - everyone gets out of form once in a while, but not for like 6 months!

tell me how many players u know in this team who have performed consistently badly in the last 6 mths.

Sehwag - no. it was coz. of the break that he struggled...hes now back with a bang.



Ganguly - Has been doing reasonably well,(though he scores 40s - 50s the big scores have evaded him), considering that he is the captain too.



Laxman: the most feared Indian batsman by australia.



Dravid: In top form.



if we dont show any faith in players with proven records we will end up with no body.

[Imran khan]

g8 batting display by Sehwag , truly a contained innings he really played his natural game an awesome 155 truly the best of typical Sehwag innings , hope! from now on another 90-100 runs surely India goanna Win this test ....

[Shajeel]

155 out of a total of 233[?!?] when he was finally out. someone made quite an impact

Doesnt prove anything. If they played me for 10 testss, I may also hit a century (I have maybe 1% of Sehvags talent).

[addicted]

Hello guys, do you really think that India can beat Australia in this test series. Well I think that it would really be very tough for both the teams to win the series. Any how I wish India all the best.

[azazel]

Doesnt prove anything. If they played me for 10 testss, I may also hit a century (I have maybe 1% of Sehvags talent).

i.e. if u could stand up while wearing all that gear!



neway, dun think we're makin a positive leap in any direction with this argument so, laaaait lo.



*rubs his hands in anticipation of tomorrow's play*

[akhilis2cool]

Doesnt prove anything. If they played me for 10 testss, I may also hit a century (I have maybe 1% of Sehvags talent).

well he is the fastest Indian to reach 200 runs ever. in the last 5 gaems that he has played he has made 1 300 a 150 and a couple of 50s. his form was bad in One dayers only.

*rubs his hands in anticipation of tomorrow's play*

DAMN the rain

[Sharjeel]

the rain has undone so much of hard work.



Well, there never was any doubt about Sehvag's talent. it is his (and some other players') attitude towards hard work...

[Imran khan]

well, v hav been seeing whts the performances hav been now, the team fr the next test is goanna be selected ....wht u all hav 2 say ,

i think they must drop the ones who r not performing ........specially ... Yuvraj, Patel , Zaheer ....

[akhilis2cool]

well, v hav been seeing whts the performances hav been now, the team fr the next test is goanna be selected ....wht u all hav 2 say ,
i think they must drop the ones who r not performing ........specially ... Yuvraj, Patel , Zaheer ....

well it looks like yuvraj and patel will play.

but i think zaher bowled really well. plus without pathan in the team he is very imp. to us.

[azazel]

*rubs his hands in anticipation of tomorrow's play*

DAMN the rain

hmpf



koi baat nahee, agli baar dekhlenge

[akhilis2cool]

*rubs his hands in anticipation of tomorrow's play*

DAMN the rain

hmpf

koi baat nahee, agli baar dekhlenge

hope sachin plays

[DQ]

Some ppl suggested after the first game that the series is not over, what now ???



Look at the performance of Patel, Kaif and Pathan, should spell why we need to try youngsters, they have that passion to win.



The rest have made so much money that their generations can live, why toil now????

[CtrlAltDel]

Some ppl suggested after the first game that the series is not over, what now ???

its all over now



and the curator and the pitch wud be blamed now

[Sharjeel]

Some ppl suggested after the first game that the series is not over, what now ???

its all over now and the curator and the pitch wud be blamed now

And I actually liked this pitch. Time fer the excuses to start pouring in...



PS: Sachin is not to blame, so anyone doing a write-up on his impotency, please excuse.

[CtrlAltDel]

PS: Sachin is not to blame, so anyone doing a write-up on his impotency, please excuse.

why shud one of us write on that... his wife is better qualified to comment on it...

[Sharjeel]

Y'know, U are right!



*now what was i thinking when I made that comment... *

[CtrlAltDel]

on topic: sabki bolti kyon bandh ho gayi?

[Sharjeel]

on topic: sabki bolti kyon bandh ho gayi?

Azzy to zuba ho gaya. HP saab kya karrai kya pata. Which leaves ol' Grampy to diss and diss the team!



Anyway, methinks that we were the only people who had given a fight to the Aussies; so they used to keep their mouth shut. Ab to humko ghar main hara ke gaye saaale . Ab to World beaters ban gaye in the truest form...

[CtrlAltDel]

i will neither diss nor praise the team coz i follow cricket with interest ONLY if India is playing well, else i give a damn....but this is embarrassing.



thank god i no longer work for that Aussie company....else i wud have had to face their barbs for the next few months....

[Sharjeel]

thank god i no longer work for that Aussie company....else i wud have had to face their barbs for the next few months....

That would have been painful. First to see India lose, then to go and sit amongst Aussies .

[CtrlAltDel]

thank god i no longer work for that Aussie company....else i wud have had to face their barbs for the next few months....

That would have been painful. First to see India lose, then to go and sit amongst Aussies .

In the past whenever India lost against Aussies, my Aussie colleagues used to needle us abt it in every meeting and video/tele conference we had....of corz in case India had perfomed well, we paid them back in the same coin