Came across an article in today's paper which suggested that when India and Pakistan play cricket, its war only on the field. Virender Sehwag lost his father a couple of days ago and Pakistan's captain Shoaib Malik along with the team manager and media manager went to Sehwag's place to offer their condolences. This was a very nice gesture on their part. This goes to show that the camaraderie between players of both teams is really healthy and all rivalries are restricted to the cricket field.
On behalf of all Indian cricket fans I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the Sehwag family,which is must be going through a mixture of emotions right now(the birth of Viru's son preceeded his father's death by a week). For inspiration Viru need not look too far, a certain team mate of his attended his father's funeral and came back within a couple of days to represent his country in the world cup and scored a century as a tribute to his father.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
DRAVID DROPPED!!
Irony of life(especially if you are an Indian cricketer)- at one point of time you are the captian of the most cricket crazy nation's team and within a month you find yourself out of the team!! Jammy has had to come to terms with this irony the hard way. The rumour mills were
working over time before the team for the Pakistan series was selected but very few people would have expected such a drastic decision to be taken.
The term 'rested' is being used quite a lot by the selectors nowadays. Somebody needs to tell them that there is a marked distinction between dropped and rested. I personally feel that this decision was uncalled for. Lets not forget, form is temporary but class is permanent. This kind of shoddy treatment being meted out to one of the most humble servants of Indian cricket is shocking- one of the many instances which reminds me of the term Jimmy Amarnath used to describe the selectors-a bunch of jokers!! I think that term is also too mild now.
One positive to be taken from this is that Sourav Ganguly was treated the same way and he has now come back in a very strong way. Dravid, like Ganguly,will be playing the season opener of the Ranji trophy in Mumbai(the press has touted it as his oppurtunity to give an apt reply to Vengsarkar and Co.). I feel irrespective of his performance in that match he deserves a place in the side.
Here's hoping to see Jammy back in Indian colours from the 3rd ODI onwards.
working over time before the team for the Pakistan series was selected but very few people would have expected such a drastic decision to be taken.
The term 'rested' is being used quite a lot by the selectors nowadays. Somebody needs to tell them that there is a marked distinction between dropped and rested. I personally feel that this decision was uncalled for. Lets not forget, form is temporary but class is permanent. This kind of shoddy treatment being meted out to one of the most humble servants of Indian cricket is shocking- one of the many instances which reminds me of the term Jimmy Amarnath used to describe the selectors-a bunch of jokers!! I think that term is also too mild now.
One positive to be taken from this is that Sourav Ganguly was treated the same way and he has now come back in a very strong way. Dravid, like Ganguly,will be playing the season opener of the Ranji trophy in Mumbai(the press has touted it as his oppurtunity to give an apt reply to Vengsarkar and Co.). I feel irrespective of his performance in that match he deserves a place in the side.
Here's hoping to see Jammy back in Indian colours from the 3rd ODI onwards.
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