Group B - Bangladesh, Bermuda, India, Sri Lanka

[surendar]

In that link,

If Tendulkar is playing to eke out a career, then he is wasting his time and should retire immediately

Its completely rubbish in my opinion I am sure, opinion differs from person to person. Also i am sure, Tendulkar knows his role, and he wud definetly knw what to do next.. And moreover, its his career and he knows when to end that. It wud be better if others don't interfere.. After all, Aussies threw away Steve Waugh, Bevan & Martyn in similar way i guess!

 

[m_vaughan]

They dint throw away Steve Waugh, Micheal Bevan and Damien Martyn. Martyn actually retired himself and the removals of Waugh and Bevan from the limited overs side actually gave rise to the likes of Hussey, Symonds and Clarke.

But I too dont agree with the statement as Tendulkar has already made a career. He should probably now concentrate just on test matches and try and help youngsters settle into the team.

 

[SaiSrini]

Tendulkar is not going anywhere, in my opinion. He still has a year or two left in him of ODI cricket. He is a great player for India, and he knows when to pack his bags.

Saw the chat transcript of Dhoni on a famous Indian web portal, Sify. Dhoni feels he will be the captain of India one day. Wishful thinking! Hope he backs them up with his performances. He is a great talent but needs to utilise it well!

 

[Master Khan]

man they relly made fun of indian cricketers on india shows

 

[icyman]

Also i am sure, Tendulkar knows his role, and he wud definetly knw what to do next.. And moreover, its his career and he knows when to end that. It wud be better if others don't interfere..

Tendulkar is not going anywhere, in my opinion. He still has a year or two left in him of ODI cricket. He is a great player for India, and he knows when to pack his bags.

Its utter nonsense.
Ofcourse,every player knows when he has to go.
But incase of Tendulkar,I feel he is playing for records only.I really doubt his committment towards playing for India.

Just Drop him.Make him feel human,thats when he'll understand.

 

[manee]

Its utter nonsense.
Ofcourse,every player knows when he has to go.
But incase of Tendulkar,I feel he is playing for records only.I really doubt his committment towards playing for India.

Just Drop him.Make him feel human,thats when he'll understand.

People are acting like Tendulkar is some sort of ogre. From what I have seen, he is a good person and a good batsman to match. I believe he should be dropped, not to send a message, but to give the man some direction in his career and some motivation which currently, he lacks.

I disagree. Apart from a few eyebrow-raising selections, I think many of the best Indian cricket players are still in state cricket waiting to be found.

Yes, India (and Pakistan for that matter) have good youth teams and hence both reached the U19 World Cup finals.

 

[puddleduck]

I think the benefit of dropping Tendulkar is it forces him to ask himself the same questions Ganguly had to ask himself.

'Do I want to put the work in to get back into the international team? Is the desire and commitment still there? Would life just be a lot easier if I packed it all in now and retired to live off my nice big earnings?'

No harm in being forced to ask himself those questions.

 

[SaiSrini]

Its utter nonsense.
Ofcourse,every player knows when he has to go.
But incase of Tendulkar,I feel he is playing for records only.I really doubt his committment towards playing for India.

Just Drop him.Make him feel human,thats when he'll understand.

I feel that his twin failures against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka should not be taken that seriously that he be dropped. I feel the fans are being a little too harsh on the team for not entering the next stage of the World Cup. We have played only three matches in the World Cup which is too small. Just becoz the fans and everyone had big expectations on the team to return with the cup, not returning with it has led to such extreme reactions.

Tendulkar can be given a stern word, but I wont drop him. Why? If Chappell could do it to Saurav Ganguly, cant he do it with Tendulkar? Is it that tough? Or did Chappell do it with Saurav because Saurav was an obstacle to Chappell's desire to rule the team?

I feel Sachin shouldnt be dropped. At the same time, he also should be said that this run of low scores cant keep going on for too long. He can fail, but not fail like this and look embarassing!

 

[icyman]

Well face it sai,given our great encounters against SA and WI,no one expected the team to come back with the cup.Atleast a few did not expect them to.What ppl expected from the team was to atleast reach the Super 8,which they could not.

Given such a strong batting which boasts of the world's best bat[but i do not consider him to be so].The thing about Tendulkar is,that he has been consistently failing to perform agaisnt top-rated teams since the 2003 Final.Also,he cannot perform under pressure.

I'm sorry,but I tend to agree with Ian Chappell-It is Time !

 

[sohum]

Tendulkar is definitely a candidate to being dropped, but I cannot stand people saying that he has been useless to Indian cricket and has not played a match-winning innings in his life "except in Sharjah". I think it takes a high level of idiocy to make statements like that. Especially given that he basically led us to the WC final last time around.

 

[manee]

Where was he in the final, where was he against Sri Lanka and where was he against Bangladesh? Not entirely far to concentrate on these, but people do.

 

[surendar]

lol.. we people na.. never never have the good habbit of blaming the entire team for not performing well. First we went against coach Chappell alone.. and now Tendulkar alone! I have a strong feeling that Tendulkar won't be dropped! That Ian's statements are just unnecessary interruptions. i wonder who went and asked him for any opinions

our failure in this WCup is not just becos of one cause... What were the bowlers doing in this WCup.. bad against Bangla, Worst against Bermuda, Average against Lankans. Where did the fielding looked good? Infact poor against Bangla.

Moreover, did any player played with commitment... Ask all the players to stand in front of the mirror.. & let them ask the same question, where did all the commitments/involvements gone?

I agree thats Tendulkar's age is becoming a major factor. But this is not a respectful way to go against the man who have done many things for us.. especially that Ian's comment!

Where was he in the final, where was he against Sri Lanka and where was he against Bangladesh?

What did the remaining players do then.. All i want to say, its better stop blaming an induvidual for a team's failure. It(blaming induviduals) makes 0% sense

 

[manee]

What did the remaining players do then.. All i want to say, its better stop blaming an induvidual for a team's failure. It(blaming induviduals) makes 0% sense

No, you misunderstand, I am just explaining the cause of all of his critisism and tag as a choker who cannot perform when needed.

 

[jkartik]

look people, no matter what we think,what we say, what we do, its up to the BCCI to make the decisions !

yes, one might say its a forum. we are free to discuss the on-going issues.
but i'd rather suggest you do something more creative than thinking
on how to improve the indian team. we all know, its good for the sake of
argument, but wasting your time on the hopeless BCCI is not worth it.

the selection of the indian team depends more on the past records,laurels,
statistics and most important of all - INFLUENCE from politicians and
big shots and not on performance.the whole cricket system in india is bizzare. one of the reasons why the likes of tendulkar and sehwag are still being selected despite pathetic performance.

also, i am not criticizing any particular player or the coach.
the whole teams performance was hopeless from the batting to bowling
to fielding.
Batting - sehwag being selected despite poor form.tendulkar yet
again failing in crunch matches. i guess dhoni felt as if he is in ranchi
playing with his mates....:

fielding - seriously, team india is crying for the likes of kaif,raina etc.
no commitment on the field, hardly hit any direct throws,no energy
and many of the lot look really lethargic.

bowling - pathan struggling to find form. he is not sure if he is a bowler
or a batsman.and i am blame chappell and dravid for that.
GO ON MUNAF - go bowl your slow 128 kph lollypops. his run-up
stride is getting shorter match by match. he is propably the most
or atleast looks to be the most lethargic player in the team.

Despite having really horrible record outside the subcontinent,
indian pitches still are flat,batsman friendly pitches where the ball
hardly seams,swings and most of the time doesnt even rise above the hip


Final Thoughts - The Future of Indian Cricket Is Looking Really Bleak
Unless and Until Some Drastic Changes Are Made.

 

[prarara]

I think we'll rebound, then get overhyped, and fall once again; it really is a vicious cycle.