...with most of us actually...
why we cant see the reasons...why we cant see beyond geographical boundaries...
why we cant see why ganguly got dropped...are we watching different game?
even in tests one could hear the grunts of bowlers...seeing ganguly escorting the balls to boundary...seeing a run getting converted into twos and twos into threes...same when he was running between wickets...but only in reverse...
he was always like this...they will argue...
but the difference is that when we can somehow ignore these in tests (though i am not advocating it...) but in ODIs where the difference of win and loss is getting narrower...when the series will be played in oz...with arguably the biggest grounds...where boundaries and sixes are not going to be as easy to score as elsewhere...where you can not be hidden in the field...infact in all probability will be exposed...what options selectors were left with...
if not for anything we must give credit to selectors for not getting carried away by our perth win and awarding berth-on-perth performances...as a goodwill gesture...
it would have been suicidal...
without even going in for young vs old theory...never have been a team india selection where the statement is as clear as this...that other than the primary skills...secondary skills are as important if not decisive...
what one expect from selectors now on is consistency...and the guts to go on with this vision...not panic at the drop of hat...like last time what happened in SA...be prepared to face...to embrace some defeats at the expense of re-building the nucleus of ODI side...
coz for me...the best symptom of any organization going wrong is when it starts embracing populism...
Whats wrong...
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"what one expect from selectors now on is consistency"- it is something alien to our selectors.
but there is always next time...there is always hope...
This has been a bold move... As long as they are strongly prepared to move forward in this direction, it is fine... but then, not so long back, they had to fall back on ganguly thus throwing things into confusing... hopefully, they would have the balls to stick to their convictions this time around.
i agree with ottayan....stick to youngsters if u r going for them..dont make u turn if they fail initially.....
Scorpy and KP
thats what we all are looking for...same yardstick for everyone from now on...
Perhaps why Saurav and Dravid haven't commented yet. I agree with you...good point about the large grounds...just hope the selectors give them a farewell match each in their home grounds. They deserve that much. But would that be unprofessional?
i think it will be far better if they get the clue and announce the retirement from ODIs...
the tests are real thing and they should make tests as platform for farewell match rather than these meaningless ODIs...
what you say?
Good point raised by you SP.
Without ganguli or dravid, we are not becoming strong. If they are in team and we will not give them chance to play, but, their presence in the 14 or 16 is the fear for the opposite team for the last moment. We should not forget we are playing with World's No. 1 team and they have the power to change the scenerio at any stage of the game.
This type of experiments (play with juniors boys) can be used when we play with Scotland, The neatherland, Jimb, B'desh etc, but with Aus, I think there would be no good news from aus when they play ODI...
SA
you don't select dravid and gangly only to bench them...ODI are becoming more of strike rate oriented game after the advent of T20...here again gangly is lacking with 73 strike rate since his comeback...
as i said we should be prepared to embrace some defeats to prepare for futre... so don't get overtly disappointed and hope;less about our chances in coming ODIs...who know we may unearth some gem of players...??
SP, i think this not the right place to keep them out. They can be set out some time when our team is confirmed for semi final or final and we have option to rest the senior players.....any way we have to bear with the situation...
further, this is not T20 where we have to play for the boundaries or sixes. you have no time to think for stay there but in ODI you have sufficient time to think and play..hence we need them. Indian has played more than350-375 odi with these two..how we are forgetting this...
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