regulars of this blog know i have been a strong backer of dinesk karthik (BossDK) but that is changing of late...
i have tried to explore the curious of BossDK at bored... here is an excerpt from the post over there...
to his credit he never appears out of form... he is sort of player who is like 'quick-fix' that can be summoned on 11th hour and still he would do what he is supposed to do... the difference of time-zone does not seems to matter to him neither does jet-leg... and as a bonus... he ranks right there as far as fielding of his preferred peers concerned...
is it so easy being BossDK...?
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bcci has decided that since himesh marshal who is linked with icl will also be playing in the same match...so sachin and dinesh karthik won't be turning up for master's t20 match...
the stance of bcci viz a viz icl is clear...they have already declared icl as an unofficial league and their policy of not letting their players to play with the teams who have players with icl link is well known either...
earlier they did not let laxman to appear for nottinghamshire for the same reason...
they have always been non-negotiable...they have been clear...and they have been consistent about it...
so what the fuss is all about this time...
just coz the sachin was playing they should relax the stance...?
or the fuss is about how the bcci known for fickle ways has been firm and consistent...?
why?
as usual...a telling statement on 'fussers' from friend soulberry here @ SP...
The fussers are becoming a bit too fussy.
Sachin is in NZ in an official capacity..as is DK...it was a consistent stand by BCCI.
It is time alternative boards were raised in each of the fusser countries and their boards split and later encouraged to patch up...maybe it will teach them a thing or two about fussing.
well said SB!
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first of all let me say sorry for disappearing from scene...there were some urgent issue which kept me out of touch, forcefully, for few days...anyways....seasons greeting to all...
while i leave indepth analysis to more accomplished bloggers here are some wrong'ns from me...
time and again it is billed as our batting vs opposition bowling and considerable time and ink is spent on highlighting how bowling is our weak point and how our famed batting have to carry the burden of it...
if first two days of the test match anything to go by we must stop and ponder...are we putting too much faith on our batting...is our faith misplaced?? when we, literally with two bowlers, can restrict aussies to 9 wickets for around 300 in a day when other teams with much better and gifted bowling attack could not do so...and our batters with combined experience and pedigree could muster not even 200 on board...we must stop and ponder over it...
the way our 'great batters' gave advantage on platter gained by our 'weak bowling' almost saying sorry to aussies that they didn't meant to...is disgusting, inexplicable and pathetic...to say the least...how many wickets were taken by aussies?? where was the application needed??? where were batters when india needed them to guts it out in middle...???
we must sort out our batting order (in the second innings) and combination (for next match) quickly coz there's no one to hold on to in case of collapse like today...
this effort(??) has left india to the situation that now if we manage a draw from here will be nothing short of a miracle...its still early days yet but by the time test series will be over...some pretenders are definitely going to be sorted out there...
in know DK was not playing today but those who says so what he scored some half centuries in SA and ENG...should see dravid's innings today to know what those 'meaningless' half centuries meant to india...his innings was not going anywhere clearly indicating he was not enjoying or one must say willing to do the job he was doing over there...
one question which comes to my mind...if india have to gamble...than on which one we should gamble...
a reluctant genius or a willing mortal...??
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this one is for SAM...i read his latest post on DK being larger than team...
i wanted to comment on this but my response got too much for space, so i have posted it out here...forgive me for wearing devil's advocate cap again ;-)
now look at what SAM says...
that it was DK's fifty who costed us victory in last test match...and he should be so ashamed that he should rule out himself of any future assignments with team india and better go to mollywood or bollywood... hummm....it got me thinking...
but, seriously even after thinking very long and hard i could not find a single reason...why DK should be ashamed of this...
he was not captaining india that day...so obviously it was not his decision to carry on batting...if kumble wanted that he wont bother for declaration and would go for full fifth day (we are not debating the rights or wrongs of declaration)...what DK, or for that matter any batsman, had anything to do with it...
you mean that he should have retired himself out from batting...put his hands up and said sorry captain i will not bat coz you are not declaring...common...SAM...would you have ashamed say SRT too if he was batting...??? he scored fifty coz he got the opportunity to play...as simple as that...
now other parts....why he is still in this team...i tried very hard to come up with reasons on this too...but could not come to term with it...that why he is in the team...then i found a way to crack this puzzle...for this we have to do it in reverse...like we used to do in school days to prove theorems...so lets start...why he is in team...
he must be a very BIG player...
seriously...why our captains (first dravid...then kumble), team managements and selectors can find a gut to drop out Ganguly's, Dravids...can keep sehwag out of team...can not find a place for YS in the team and yet we find DK in the team...coz he is as much a bigger player as cricket has seen...so he is untouchable...
he must be a HYPNOTIST
...he must have collectively brain washed everybody so much so that they can not see the obvious...
He has the backing of BIG CORPORATE HOUSES...
coz they have invested crores of rupees in him and if he is not selected in the team then they are going to loose BIG TIME...
he is the STAR...
people are falling over him like anything...they are queuing in daylight, sun blazing on their head...to see him play...he has cought the fancies of youngs and olds alike...has set up field blazing with his stroke play and all over world fans are going ga ga over him...
but on carefully examining all this i found that he is not a very big player...he is not a hypnotist either...yet to see a brand he endorses...and definitely not a star...so why he is in the team...
coz he is team man to the core...
coz he did the job in much tougher conditions when his more illustrious colleagues refused...inspite of never opening in his career...
coz he is the most shuffled batsman in recent time for india...you want him open...he is ready...you want lower down to finish match...he is ready...who will come at no. 3??? he will...he will keep wickets...he will open for you...he is one of the best close in fielder and also good in deep down there with his agility that despite all in his career he has been keeper...
he averages at least a fifty (till this series) per test match...against much tougher teams...when team required it most...and its not that he is on his way to the fag end of his career...he is only 22 something...you wont find many players for which Harsha commenting (on record i.e.) that indian cricket got to find a way for some space for him...(during SA and/or england series)
and has this to say about DK in his recent column
"Now, people feel the need to react similarly about another fine and gutsy player. Since he began opening the innings, Dinesh Kaarthick has hardly ever failed. For a man not yet 23, he has been shunted all over the order and in the field, has faced more uncertainty than a stockbroker and has inevitably responded with good cheer and great attitude. He is not prone to making wild statements and, let’s face it, is performing a role that more pedigreed players were not too keen on. Openers have to be persevered with, you don’t throw a fresh lot in everytime, and that means riding the trough from time to time."
and i believe he has seen enough cricket to know the traits of a player...
the way he adjusted to the late inswing of sidebottom after getting out cheaply in first innings of first test match speaks about temperament, cricketing brain and the character of the man...that he is prepared to fight it out...showed he is always thinking about his game...that he is continuously looking to improve his game...
his true value lies elsewhere...he is a player from rare genre now...he is a TEAM MAN...its only that we are used of seeing so many stars out there that we don't don't give enough credit to this value...
yes he has spilled some easiest catches...yes he has shown some antics when he could have done it more calmly without showing off...yes he should have scored more runs against this weaker attack...but who has not...i have seen more specialist fielders spill dollies...Sehwag don't have good record against bangladesh...even SRT did not had good record against Bangladesh for a while...are they bad players...and surely you cannot drop a player for that he is a showman...
if anything he will learn with time, as i said he is only 20 something, when to show exuberance when to conceal expressions...etc..etc...
but can't we allow even this much to a guy so young...?? is it so difficult for us that we cant see the obvious through our tinted glasses of personal hate???
disclaimer: this post is not to score some brownie points over my friend SAM...
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