हाल में ही ऑस्ट्रेलिया के स्पिन गेंदवाज शेन वॉर्न की "शेन वॉर्न'स सेंचुरी" पुस्तक प्रकाशित हुई है, जिसमें दुनिया भर के लगभग सौ क्रिकेटरों के बारे में अच्छा लिखा और सराहा गया है। परंतु पूर्व भारतीय कप्तान सौरभ गांगुली को निशाने पर रखा है।
उनहें अपने पूरे क्रिकेट करियर में गांगुली न तो विलक्षण कप्तान लगे, न ही उनहें उनकी बल्लेबाजी में दम नज़र आया। उन्होंने गांगुली को पुस्तक में सिर्फ़ एक कमजोर कड़ी के रूप में जगह दी है।
शेन वॉर्न एक महान खिलाड़ी रहे हैं। वे अपनी करिश्माई गेंदवाजी की बदोलत क्रिकेट जगत में अपनी प्रतिभा का लोहा मनवाते रहे हैं। क्रिकेट में पारंगत इस मंझे हुए खिलाड़ी को गांगुली जैसे भारत के सबसे सफल कप्तान और सफल खिलाड़ी पर उंगली उठाने से पहले एक बार अवश्य ही विचार करना चाहिए था कि जो वो लिख रहे हैं क्या वाकई वो वही है?
शेन वॉर्न ने अपनी पुस्तक में गांगुली की आलोचना करने का एक नायाब तरीका इख्तियार किया है। उन्होंने एक तरफ तो कहा है कि गांगुली विलक्षण कप्तान नहीं थे और दूसरी ओर ये भी लिख डाला कि "गांगुली यदि सफल कप्तान रहे भी हैं तो वो सिर्फ़ इस लिए क्योंकि सौभाग्य से उनके पास सचिन, द्रविड़, लक्ष्मण, कुंबले जैसे महान खिलाड़ी थे…"
वाह शेन वाह …वो सभी कप्तान जो सफल हुए हैं क्या अपने बलबूते पर ही सफल हुए हैं?
अब आपके स्टीव वॉ को ही ले लें, यदि वो सफल कप्तान थे तो उनके पास भी तो हेडन, पोंटिंग, मैक ग्रा, शेन वॉर्न, और ब्रेट ली जैसे खिलाड़ी थे। यदि ये सभी खिलाड़ी उस समय नहीं होते तो क्या आस्ट्रलिया शीर्ष पर होता? क्या तब भी स्टीव उतने ही कामयाब होते?
मुझे तो यह भारतीयों के शानदार होते जा रहे प्रदर्शन और उनकी टीम को भारतीयों द्वारा दी जा रही चुनौती से पनपी बोखलाहट में गांगुली के योगदान को बौना दिखाने का असफल प्रयास नजर आता है।
आपका क्या विचार है?
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now its ganguly's turn...
recently australian spin legend shane warne's book "shane warne's century" was released...in which he has profiled 100 players of every test playing nation and written some good and candid comment about them...but it seems he has written off ganguly completely...
according to him throughout his career he found ganguly neither a good batsman nor a great captain...infact he has given space to ganguly in his book as an afterthought...
shane warne is legend...and has proven his ability through his magical and mesmerising spin bowling...but he should have given it a careful thought before pointing finger on ganguly that whether the criticism is right?
shane warne's argument that even if ganguly was successful bcoz he was lucky to have champion players like sachin, dravid, lakshman, kumble...is 'unique' in itself...
brilliant shane...do you mean to say that all captain who has been successful were/are successful coz of their own efforts only?
now if we take the example of your own captain steve waugh...he was successful captain, as many believe, then even he had great players like hayden, ponting, macgrath, including yourself...if not for the assembly of so many great players in one team then waugh would have been as successful? oz still would have been world champion?
i think india's consistent team performance and our equally consistent challenge to your team has frustrated you to come up with this unsuccessful attempt to dismiss ganguly's contribution as player and most importantly as captain...
what do you think?
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continuing the latest fad of bowing to sensationalism...
adam gilchrist is reported to be coming with his
true colours...
and in the world of breaking news and convenient leakages...
this is what is filtering in media...
Gilchrist surprisingly hinted at tensions with Tendulkar, revealing he was "hard to find for a changing room handshake after we have beaten India", and questioned his honesty during the monkey gate scandal.
RS of
anythng sporty without defending sachin's character, asks
this pertinent question from him:
how easy would it be to stand for the IPL auction, but then make a statement by turning down the offer, saying you wanted no part in an event that is primarily organized by a board and largely involving players that you believe hold the game to ransom.
and in this context read what our own
sunil gavaskar said some time back...
The manner in which some people bad mouth India all the time but are the first on the plane to India when it is a question of making some easy money is well known and because we in India are a lot more tolerant than others it is being taken advantage of. Whenever there is an interview to be given to the papers back home it is invariably with a dig at India and Indians.
Why there are several who refer to India as "thats f-----g India for you" and still have the shamelessness to stay on and earn money here because they are pretty much unemployable back home. Indian cricket is like a river of gold and there are many who are dipping their hands in it with no loyalty whatsoever to India but only to their bank managers back home.
my friend scorpicity of
cricket fizz while commenting on another friend soulberry's blog
tcwj, highlighted this...
Statement of facts signed by Adam Gilchrist himself and accepted by all parties.
[9] As a consequence Mr Jordan called those witness who signed the agreed statement other than Mr Gilchrist who was unwell, to give evidence of their recollection of what occurred. It was accepted by all counsel that Mr Gilchrist’s evidence was to the effect that he did not hear anything and there was no prejudice to Mr Singh by his absence.
oh, i also found this gem from gilly...
"There used to be a bloke who gave himself out by walking when he'd hit the ball. The popularity of that within his team-mates may be shown by the fact that since his retirement, they no longer reply to any emails, phone calls or text messages."
Adam Gilchrist gives a tongue-in-cheek response to his own philosophy of 'walking'
Oct 12, 2008
i know...i know...you were feeling neglected...no one was coming to you...even your team mates 'walked' on to you...and you desperately wanted something to tell world...look...i am alive...
but so much to sell a book gilly?
how aptly you have titled you book...
true colours...
you may be able to sell some extra copies to some cheap stakes...
but in doing so...you have lost a true fan of yours across border...that's me...
i know it won't bother you...
but i think i am not alone...and this might bother you...
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This is the most telling comment i have come across on latest fad of spilling bins to cash in...
from Wasim Bhai (as i fondly call him) from cricket files...
Why do these Goras remember integrity and honesty when its time to make money?
Whether its the use of mint or any other controversy they always reveal the supposed truth when they have to sell a book.Until then the so called truth is hidden in a closet like a lucrative investment which can only be cashed in future when the time is right to sell.
I think the Deccan chargers are hit by another setback.
thank you wasim bhai...for enlightening insight into psyche behind this latest fad...
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