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The word pathetic is inadequate to describe how pathetic India’s pathetic batting display was in the game last night. It is time we welcome back our former captain and (former) batsman Sourav Ganguly to the team. Here’s why…
- Sourav is the king of offside play. You could pay an entire month’s set-top box subscription just to watch that cover drive.
- The 10 or 15 runs Suresh Raina scores, Ganguly will be able to score them with ease.
- People won’t be able to raise questions like, “If performance is the criterion, why is Sehwag still playing?”
- Since the Indian team’s cricket isn’t worth watching, we could at least have some Chappell-Ganguly showdowns to look forward to.
- If, perchance, India were to win a game (against the likes of Namibia, Surinam, Burkina Faso etc), the dressing room would come alive, what with Ganguly’s shirt-swirling and a selection of the choicest expletives.
- The Indian team desperately needs a bowler who can bat.
- Sourav would attract all the criticism, and hence the others can play without much scrutiny. He is the kind of pressure-reliever our underperforming boys would want.
- A better player would be given a chance to play for Bengal’s Ranji Trophy side.
- Shoaib Akhtar won’t play cricket for a year; so dada won’t be anyone’s bunny any time soon.
- You would be relieved of that sick commercial, “Mein hoon Sourav Ganguly… ooh, aah (ouch!) India!”
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Current Indian team reminds us the team which left for 1999 England World Cup. They seem to be aiming only for the participation certficate and advertisement endorsements.
Hope Sachin alone scores and take the highest run scorer mask once again.
Ten reasons why Ganguly should be included in the Indian team…
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school tamizh ilakkaNam book la ‘vanja pugazhchi aNikku’ example-a podalam.
All the players should be ranked oby applying certain well-accepted criteria to their last one year’s performance in domestic and international cricket. Select the top ranked 40 players for the team. Just ignore the names.
Among these some would be aspiring to be batsmen. Ask each of these to hit as many sixers as possible from 40 balls (to be bowled by different bowlers). Those who hit the maximum number of sixers are to be selected as batsmen.
For selection as bowlers, ask those among the 40 persons aspiring to be selected as bowlers, to bowl 40 balls at the stumps, without any batsman facing them. The first 10 balls are for cleanbowling. The next 10 are for hitting one specific (duly marked) spot on the onside. The next 10 balls are for hitting a similar spot on the offside. The last ten balls should bounce through a ring hanging above the stumps at a height of 4 feet from ground. Those who get the highest points are to be selected as bowlers.
This is what is known as the performance-based selection. If anyone, let it be Ganguly, Sachin, Irfan, Zachir, Dhoni, Yuvraj: let them hit sixes wildly or smash the stumps into pieces by fiery bowling and prove their eligibility.
Look Sir….Thalai is back in the team
Sakka comedy! LOL at point 7.
endha muhoorthathula sonnengalo, Shoaib is back!
Sithappu,
Point #9 is now out of question.
ippo enna panradhu?!?
Excellent!!! Keep it up. Vijay Patel
Well! How quickly the time passes and how quickly one has to
put his feet in his mouth. I belive you are a champion in this
regard.
Best of luck to you Mr. Vijay Krishna from !!!Chennai!!!
Hoping to see more of your championship performance.
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