Friday, January 12, 2007

Welcome Dada!!




So after a sabbatical of 6 months I am back to what I do decent enough, blogging J
Would start off by writing about a sport in which I take keen interest. Yeah, it’s too tough to guess right? Me being an Indian it had to be cricket..
So here’s to the player whom I respect..

A player whom the whole media had written off. A player who had reached the lowest point in his whole career the last year. Yes, no price for guessing as the title suggests a lot, I am talking about Saurav Ganguly.










He is one guy whom I have really liked as a player, as a leader and as sportsman. Had always felt that he was made a very bad victim of the shitty politics in the Indian sports arena.


I had always admired him as an opener and then the way he handled the young Indian team in the last world cup was praise worthy. But my respect for this man went up even further by looking at the treatment the BCCI had given to him. However bad a player’s form is on the field, if the player has been an ambassador leading the country to a prestigious tournament he doesn’t deserve such a rude treatment.

The just concluded tournament of SAF showed us one more facet of the current Indian team. They looked like a bunch of guys having no direction been led by a man who himself is a puppet in the hands of Greg Chappel.(Yeah, I am talking about Dravid)

Dravid is a great batsman, one of the best in the world, but a leader?? Nah, I would prefer someone more aggressive.

There were a few successful knocks in the tour, with centuries by Jaffer and Laxman respectively, but the man who was on a comeback trial to the team couldn’t have done better. He topped the batting average in the three test series. And that apart, I saw a different Ganguly this time. His stance, his posture, everything about him reflected a man with a mission. He had the fire in his eyes and was surely looking like the old Bengal tiger that we have all known.
And of course we all know that he is a great player, the figures speaks for itself, he has debuted in 1996 in the ODI’s and has already crossed 10K runs, a true genius.

The board has come out with the list or players for the ODI tour in WI and the 30 probable’s list for the world cup and as expected one name is certainly there. ‘Saurav Ganguly’
So with the new attitude and determination I am sure this time he is here to stay and psst…It would be fun to have a look at the best opening pair again in the ODI’s (sachin and saurav)
So here’s Kudos to dada and welcome back to the Indian side.


Roar! The Bengal tiger

4 Comments:

Blogger Arjun J said...

Welcome back to blogging, Dada

9:15 AM  
Blogger Envy said...

thanks arjun,
shall make a point to keep posting stuff :)

10:42 PM  
Blogger ABHISHEK PRAKASH said...

i met an analyst for the Indian Cricket team a few days back at Chennai Airport.

As we were discussing the return of Dada back into the Men in Blue Dressing room, he shared some insights about the ouster of Dada....

While Kiran More was the Chairman of Selectors, he was a more submissive character. He allowed Chappel to dominate...

Ganguly was ousted due to pressure by Chappel more than anyone else!!

Also, Dravid being a soft person and lack of support from More, Chappel ruled the dressing room, the Selection Panel and the Interview columns in various newspapers!!!

With the change in the Panel of Selectors, the tide changed....

Vengsarkar being more of an authoritarian did not appreciate the way chappel ruled Indian Cricket...

Another aspect that went Dada's cause was the non performance of the Indian Team!!

Dravid got support from Vengsarkar and Dada returned...WITH A BANG!!!

now, all speak but Chappel's tongue is tied and no more Desi glamour for Chappel!!

7:51 AM  
Blogger Envy said...

this is awesome man, i knew some politics is surely there behind the scenes, but didnt know it could be so cheap. kudos to dravid for supporting dada ..

9:41 AM  

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