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[ashu2411]

This was one of the most shocking decision I have ever heard - Ganguly dropped after he showed the promise that he is in good form and can play like his old ways. I have to see all the happiness I was experiencing asfter Indian win got washed away after I read this news of Gangly being dropped. I have no idea what the selectors have in mind.

 

[Cricketman]

poor gangz
crap desicion
Gambhir sucks


Go india

 

[prarara]

Lets see how India perform without Ganguly.

I'm sure India will perform well w/o Gangs; it had been doing so previously. The true travesty is that he was dropped unfairly; especially when Gambhir would have been a better victim of this punishment.

 

[Dhoni]

poor gangz
crap desicion
Gambhir sucks


Go india

Gambhir suck??? Lolz.. You people are funny! Whenever a batsman score a century and win the match for the team you people say he's the best batsman in the world and suddenly when someone fails to score runs you guys say he sucks and crap. LOlz...just watch when Gambhir scores a century you're going to be the first one to write some good comments about him. I believe he's a great batsman and having some tough time, but he'll bounce back.
Anyway, Who is Wism Jaffer? Is he a good batsman?

 

[Sachin_007]

Gambhir suck??? Lolz.. You people are funny! Whenever a batsman score a century and win the match for the team you people say he's the best batsman in the world and suddenly when someone fails to score runs you guys say he sucks and crap. LOlz...just watch when Gambhir scores a century you're going to be the first one to write some good comments about him. I believe he's a great batsman and having some tough time, but he'll bounce back.
Anyway, Who is Wism Jaffer? Is he a good batsman?

Ya Dhoni i ttly agree with you.
:happy But India won the match now and kumble is the man of the match. Yes im so happy for India!

 

[msamina]

I was surprised and saddened at the decision of the selectors to drop Ganguly, especially after his decent performance in the test match. Dirty politics to core...

 

[SaiSrini]

I was surprised and saddened at the decision of the selectors to drop Ganguly, especially after his decent performance in the test match. Dirty politics to core...

Everyone agrees now that Ganguly shouldnt have been dropped for the third test! Yet the selectors falter! Gr8 irony! Didnt the selectors think that this decision of theirs might garner more support for Saurav? Just make a visit to the cricket websites like Cricinfo, Rediff, Times of India, etc. Everybody is crying for Saurav! Ajit Wadekar, Sandeep Patil, Mohinder Amarnath, Navjot Sidhu, Jagmohan Dalmiya, etc coupled with various famous cricket article writers, etc.

Can this help in another comeback for Ganguly? I hope yes but its slim chance. All these guys will go quiet after a few days and only the strongest fans would unflinchingly support Ganguly!

But one thing is sure - the respect on the selectors is ZERO! Dravid, Kumble and Laxman have to be very very careful. They are not from Mumbai. If they fail consistently, they will face the same fate of Saurav soon!

 

[sohum]

Of Dravid, Kumble and Laxman, I think Dravid is more or less protected till the World Cup. I think Chappell's plans involve him to a great degree, and not even the stupidest administration in the world would change the captain with less than 2 seasons to the World Cup. Kumble may also have fair protection in test cricket, being India's most successful wicket-taker. Laxman is always iffy but I think he's proved his mettle as a test cricketer. I don't think the administration will push for these drops, especially since the zones are represented by the selection panel.

 

[ashu2411]

Of Dravid, Kumble and Laxman, I think Dravid is more or less protected till the World Cup. I think Chappell's plans involve him to a great degree, and not even the stupidest administration in the world would change the captain with less than 2 seasons to the World Cup. Kumble may also have fair protection in test cricket, being India's most successful wicket-taker. Laxman is always iffy but I think he's proved his mettle as a test cricketer. I don't think the administration will push for these drops, especially since the zones are represented by the selection panel.

Well you cant sure of anyone's place after the way gangully was dropped.

 

[SaiSrini]

Of Dravid, Kumble and Laxman, I think Dravid is more or less protected till the World Cup. I think Chappell's plans involve him to a great degree, and not even the stupidest administration in the world would change the captain with less than 2 seasons to the World Cup. Kumble may also have fair protection in test cricket, being India's most successful wicket-taker. Laxman is always iffy but I think he's proved his mettle as a test cricketer. I don't think the administration will push for these drops, especially since the zones are represented by the selection panel.

If I remember rite, there is a selector from East Zone too representing in the selection panel rite?

 

[Cricketman]

Anyway, Who is Wism Jaffer? Is he a good batsman?

Jaffers pretty good! i saw him play a loong time ago, maybe 6 years ago, opening with Das, or ramesh, i forget. He was aggressive, and was good. I couldn't belive he was dropped then itself. he's averaging 89 in the current ranji season.

 

[Dhoni]

Jaffers pretty good! i saw him play a loong time ago, maybe 6 years ago, opening with Das, or ramesh, i forget. He was aggressive, and was good. I couldn't belive he was dropped then itself. he's averaging 89 in the current ranji season.

Well, we'll see how he plays in the 3rd test then?

 

[SaiSrini]

Jaffers pretty good! i saw him play a loong time ago, maybe 6 years ago, opening with Das, or ramesh, i forget. He was aggressive, and was good. I couldn't belive he was dropped then itself. he's averaging 89 in the current ranji season.

Jaffer has been scoring runs in the bucketfuls in the domestic season! He has been one of the top batsman for Mumbai! He got 3 fifties for India in the test matches opening. He got two back to back fifties in the same test against the West Indies in West Indies and he got a 53 against England in England!

 

[ashu2411]

Jaffer has been scoring runs in the bucketfuls in the domestic season! He has been one of the top batsman for Mumbai! He got 3 fifties for India in the test matches opening. He got two back to back fifties in the same test against the West Indies in West Indies and he got a 53 against England in England!

This shows he has plyed well as opener in trying conditions for openers.

 

[sohum]

Well you cant sure of anyone's place after the way gangully was dropped.

That is a very undeveloped sort of conclusion. Ganguly already had half his body outside the room that was the Indian cricket team (I'm speaking metaphors here) and he was given a forceful exit just because of that. It was unfair, I admit, but the other player's presence has not been the same as Ganguly's. None of Laxman, Kumble or Sachin have got into a public spat with Chappell or infuriated the selectors.

If I remember rite, there is a selector from East Zone too representing in the selection panel rite?

Your point? Are you saying Ganguly was dropped even though there was a selector from the East Zone? Ganguly's circumstance was different because he was not just another player--he was an ex-captain who was have differences with the coach. His being dropped was definitely unfair, but was not an entirely unexpected occurrence, given that he was being tried under very tense conditions.