even if you do not follow shahrukh khan... you know he will not let this, alleged 'snub' of pakistani players by ipl, opportunity to pass... and he did not...
at one stroke shahrukh said that it was humiliating to see none of the pakistani players being picked up and at another he said franchisees had some 'issues' which cannot be ignored...
if he sincerely felt so humiliated at the auction... i wonder what stopped him from bidding for abdul razzaq he and his captain wanted so dearly...? he could have led by example and shown to others that despite some 'issues' pakistani players could still be picked...
and if he sincerely feel there are some 'issues' which cannot be ignored... then his decision was purely a reflection of that... as was of other franchisees... so where this 'humiliation' angle comes from...?
his attempt in appeasing both sides of world is highly condemnable coz it's nothing but an attempt to get some cheap mileage at the cost of ipl, its organisers and pakistani players...
shahrukh khan hails from the school which works on the mantra... any publicity is good publicity... and they can stoop to any level to remain in news... to get the publicity...
no wonder one can clearly see his imprints on kolkata knight riders (kkr)... though they have failed to achieve anything of note as a team in both seasons of ipl but still the brand 'kkr' is as strong as any other successful ipl team coz they, like his owner, know how to remain in news...
ipl auction: shahrukh khan manages to create 'news'...
shared by straight point on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
another spineless decision from (kolkata) knight riders...
shared by straight point on Monday, July 27, 2009
it seems the management of kkr want to shift all blame on john buchanan shoulders coz its suits them...while conveniently ignoring that ganguly too was the part of the problem kkr faced...
when kkr were in need of ganguly being gracious in accepting the reality and play kind a mentor role being the 'icon'...he enacted the role of 'soft victim' perfectly...he didn't do anything to diffuse the fire in fact aggravated it by playing the soft victim...and ensured that kkr remain in the pool of their own mess...for his own good...
after the sacking of buchanan...i thought kkr are onto undoing lots of wrongs they committed in last version of ipl...will start with clean slate...but if this news of ganguly almost certain to be leading kkr in third version of ipl is to be believed...they are back to their spineless worst...
it shows that more than cricket...their focus is on marketing...and more they will remain in news for whatever reasons the more marketable they will be without winning anything of note...
let him go...
shared by straight point on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
tho i doubt dada is relishing playing there...we as fans should enjoy and savour the moment...
as today is the last time...we all will see ganguly performing in a competitive setup...in all its probability...
kolkota knight riders are never gonna be the same...the way things has gone for them...one can see lots of changes in next season...and i am afraid dada won't be part of them...
before the weight of 'icon' sink him further...let him rest in the comfort of his own...
kolkata...let your beloved icon go...let dada go...
in defense of KKR...
shared by straight point on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
team...the players i.e.
if a fan from afar could feel such strong negative vibes, save a thought for the players who were involved with these ‘intellectuals’ day in day out…?
excerpt from my latest post @ BCC!...for more details...click here...
srk press briefing...
shared by straight point on Friday, May 01, 2009
we at BCC! accidentally got hold of
SRK's press briefing...
produced verbatim there...check it out...
coach vs captain...
shared by straight point on Saturday, March 28, 2009
click on cartoon to enlarge...carrying on from my post @ BCC!... who says multiple captain is this 'john's' idea...?
so without dwelling into practicality of multiple captains idea...i would like to initiate debate on whether its coach's call to dictate who gonna be the captain...? or it is the captain who take decisions for the team...?
i am from old school of thinking which says that coach is there to help captain, along with team management, in attaining common goals perceived to be good for the team...that's where his role ends...there is no way his role should supersede captain's role in a cricketing setup...
or this is just that a spineless franchisee who though don't have the courage...but wants to get rid of his aging star captain, the darling of locals, without hurting business prospects in that region... hence wants us to swallow anything in the name of 'experiment'...
KKR will be setting a dangerous precedent where captain will be reduced to being a mere puppet blowing hot and cold at the whims and fancies of a coach...which brings me to the question...can we allow coach to make team the guinea pig of his suppressed weird theories which he would not have implemented in a sane setup...?
is this the sign of times to come where coaches in cricket will rise to the powers of say, of football coach...?
Who is making plans...
shared by straight point on Monday, May 19, 2008
for KKR i.e.
its been a while i am saying that KKR are eventally leaving it too late to put paddle on accelerator...they once got away with bash-us DCs...and later suicidal 3Ds...
now that they have lost two matches on trot...will someone stuff in their brain that this is not going to work for them or rather not working for them...
what they really need is a dasher or two at top to give innings an impetuous...but match after match they are repeating same mistake...
who is to be blamed...
the self proclaimed master of all strategies...john buchanan?
did he got lucky with oz team full of class players? or his role in oz team was overrated as warne have been saying for a while...
i don't know...
but someone at the top has left his brain at home for sure...
Leading from Non-Striker end...
shared by straight point on Saturday, May 17, 2008
thats what ganguly did when he showed his true colors again in yesterday's match between MIs and KKRs...
by the time more than half the KKR team was back in dug out...he just played around 10 balls...
End of over 11 (2 runs) - Kolkata Knight Riders 46/6 (RR: 4.18)
AB Agarkar
10* (9b 2x4)
DJ Thornely
1-0-2-0
SC Ganguly
8* (12b 1x4)
RR Raje
1-0-9-1
he came in 3rd over...at the fall of 1st kkr wicket...and by the time 6the wicket went down in 10th over he merely played 10 balls!!
now thats something strangely interesting...
with wicket was seaming and swinging he should have taken it on himself to lead from front and play as much deliveries as possible to utilize the vast experience he has earned playing international cricket since ages...
what we saw was totally opposite...
he seemed happy to stay on non striker end...
but then...its ganguly for you...
Delhi own devils...
shared by straight point on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
or what you would call it...
i thought somebody told 3d bats that they had to score 130 odd runs in 15 over itself...otherwise what could be the explanation of shots they all played?
best moment that sums up the situation came when Dhawan played ball back to dinda who throwed the ball back to him and there were some heated glances exchanged...dilshan sensing the mood of dhwan went up to him to calm him down and play according to the situation...but what happened next ball? he just swayed his bat across the line and got bowled...
mindless...like they all were...
i discussed with good friend Soulberry that KKR are leaving it too late to up the tempo and got away with DC the other day...and 3ds have to hit hard at this strategy of theirs...they did exactly the same and restricted KKR to almost walk away total...
perhaps then they decided to make the match more interesting and chase down the total in 15 overs itself...
but whatta come back by Shoaib!!
i think this T20 format will suit him more than anything coz he just have to bowl 4 overs of full throttle...and he did exactly the same...
but at the same time, more than his pace or accuracies of bowls...i think 3ds got intimidated by his presence and tried to out bowl him and thats where they lost the match...by playing some inexplicable shots...
which brings me down to the question which i wanted to ask for long but i think this is the best moment...
how can a captain rap his batters to play rash stroke or preferring their 'natural' play over team demand...when he repeatedly does the same?
i think in the answer of this is hidden the solution of 3ds problem...
what say?
PS: Was it only me who noticed that the captain who was looking to win the match appeared far more tensed than the captain who was loosing it...? infact sehwag was smiling like they were cruising to victory...
