BCCI plans to dump six senior players

[Arsenal_Gunners]

^agreed,Dravid is the best batsman(but not leader)

 

[Apollo]

oh. ok, so shastri is the new coach....

whos the bowling dept charge???
what about fielding???

they said kapildev is gonna come as bowling coach or something???

As far as I know, Robin Singh is the fielding coach and Venkatesh Prasad is the bowling coach.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Robin Singh is great,not sure about prasad though.

 

[ruthless]

Prasad was one of the best ballers India ha with the new ball.
Now I dont see a fast baller who can handle new ball for India

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

^^I remember him going for sixes most of the time.Maybe I am wrong

 

[ruthless]

He and Sreenath formed a good Opening pair.
Even Mcgrath get hit for six and four nowadays

 

[blackpearl]

^^I remember him going for sixes most of the time.Maybe I am wrong

Actually he has coached under 19 teams and they fared well AFAIK. They appointed him on this basis, and I think thats right. We need experienced coaches, not great players.

And btw, those players were not dropped but "rested". But I wish they were dropped, nothing against Ganguly though

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

BCCI is a fool....Let them lose the series against Bangladesh. Then they will bring back all of the senior players dropped.

BTW, why is Dravid captain if BCCI wants younger players? He's also 34..

 

[prateek_san]

^^ cant agree more with @Digitized......

making dravid the captain is a big mistake...he just cant take any decisions when needed...he is a great player but not a leader....

 

[karnivore]

why is Dravid captain if BCCI wants younger players? He's also 34..

Good q. Then again what can u expect from a bunch of ****ing amateurs to whom hypocrisy comes as naturally as taking a crap. It is an integral part of their biology.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

They say no Alternative.Maybe RS is also on a 'captain scout' mission

 

[gaurav_indian]

^^ Yeah Akram is better than Prasad because he knows the art of swing.He is the Sultan of Swing and under his coaching Pathan could be more dangerous.But our BCCI #$%#$%#

 

[pannaguma]

i can confidently say that there would have been an uproar of dissapproval in pakistan had BCCI asked wasim akram to be the bowling coach.

BTW,
dravid wins tosses, takes wrong decisions & LOSES matches(eg.match against BAN),
but ganguly used to lose tosses yet WIN matches.

also i read in HT an article written by KRIS SRIKANT, in which he says he faced a similar situation 18 yrs ago when he was captain.........he was asked to side with the board and drop seniors. but he didnt betray his teammates. so instead he himself got DUMPED.

straight from CAPTAIN to OUT OF THE TEAM.

hence dravid his saving his own ass while 6 players (some of them in better form) are thrown out of the team.

 

[ruthless]

Completely true.
I think dravid wanted to give his out of form batsmen some time in the crease.

 

[INS-ANI]

This is crap. You dont drop players because of age. You can only drop them if they dont perform. How can you drop someone who has been averaging 50+ in last 10 matches?
See : *www.telegraphindia.com/1070409/images/9oldbig.jpg

The theory doesn't seem to apply with aussies...
We have to invest in young players so that they can play tmr...
these senior player wont last more thaan 3-4 years... wat after that...
inducting new-young players may be a temporary setback... but will certainly show reslts in long run...
beside i wil prefer a young indian team.....

 

[csczero]

i would love to see those big six lol go out .... specially DADA and group comprising saurav harbhajan zaheer

 

[Tech.Masti]

^^^ why yar???