Will Ganguly come back to the heights he achieved before?
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cricket_lover
International Cricketer
Well said Sai!
Its a tough question and neither you nor i can answer that. There are two things to consider
a) form
b) nasty politics behind the scenes
Ganguly hasn't been in good form, but it has happened to many players before. Why that, sachin didnt' score a century and his average was 17 in 2003. Class is permanent....the selectors were right. You can't keep waiting until ganguly clicks, its time to bring in youngsters. But at some point you think that ganguly should be given a chance after a break, after all, a man who scored nearly 15000 runs in International cricket can't be that bad.
What we need to do is give him confidence. When you have some people booing him, the coach not in favour of him, the confidence is low.
For all those people who think Ganguly is not going to do well anymore, let me ask you one thing. Have you ever played cricket for a long time like Ganguly did? Are you as skilled and experienced as him? If your answer is NO, then you better keep quiet.
When Chappel or other selectors make a comment, they have the right to. Thats because they experienced it before, the ups and downs in a cricketing career.
2) Not many of you are aware of the politics in BCCI. Its as worse as the national politics itself. When someone is facing such a pressure from other people, its natural that it affects your game. If Pawar comes into play, then its almost good bye Ganguly. Such politics takes away the spirit in the game and you will never know if there are anyone else behind this.
Ganguly should be brought back into the team, keep faith and encourage him, and the results will turn as you want. Test cricket is a different game, skill alone is not the requirement.
Its a tough question and neither you nor i can answer that. There are two things to consider
a) form
b) nasty politics behind the scenes
Ganguly hasn't been in good form, but it has happened to many players before. Why that, sachin didnt' score a century and his average was 17 in 2003. Class is permanent....the selectors were right. You can't keep waiting until ganguly clicks, its time to bring in youngsters. But at some point you think that ganguly should be given a chance after a break, after all, a man who scored nearly 15000 runs in International cricket can't be that bad.
What we need to do is give him confidence. When you have some people booing him, the coach not in favour of him, the confidence is low.
For all those people who think Ganguly is not going to do well anymore, let me ask you one thing. Have you ever played cricket for a long time like Ganguly did? Are you as skilled and experienced as him? If your answer is NO, then you better keep quiet.
When Chappel or other selectors make a comment, they have the right to. Thats because they experienced it before, the ups and downs in a cricketing career.
2) Not many of you are aware of the politics in BCCI. Its as worse as the national politics itself. When someone is facing such a pressure from other people, its natural that it affects your game. If Pawar comes into play, then its almost good bye Ganguly. Such politics takes away the spirit in the game and you will never know if there are anyone else behind this.
Ganguly should be brought back into the team, keep faith and encourage him, and the results will turn as you want. Test cricket is a different game, skill alone is not the requirement.
:Not quite, but I still think he is a more than capable batsman and will perform well, if u give him time. Much like Lara between 2002-2004, until that series in Sri Lanka. I am sure he can adapt at No.5 or No.4, and perform a bowling job as good as JP Yadav. The order would look good. Sachin, Sehwag, Gambhir,Dravid,Kaif,Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, H.Singh, Agarkar and RP Singh. Ganguly, Sehwag, Tendulkar and Yuvraj can do the 5th bowler's job.
aussie1st said:
The selectors should soon take a decision on Ganguly's career. Either they select him and make sure that he stays or they call him for a meeting and say that they prefer a youngster over him and that his career is done with and pat him on the back for his achievements and felicitate him if need be!
jkartik
Chairman of Selectors
sinkwood said:
what does the liking of an english coach got to do with ganguly's carrier ? :confused:
satishmania
International Coach
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Ganguly still has 3-4 years of cricket left in him..steve waugh was 38 when he retired!
furyfoxx
Club Cricketer
They've sacked him from the post of Test captain as well now. Thats quite understandable but not the reason that Kiran More gives - "Looking at the overall performance of Sourav, we are not happy"
Who's got a better record than him as test captain? Whatever reason they want him outta the team, atleast they should be honest about it, not just say he has a bad record as captain :what
Who's got a better record than him as test captain? Whatever reason they want him outta the team, atleast they should be honest about it, not just say he has a bad record as captain :what
satishmania
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i completely agree with you. More has given a really stupid reason. Ganguly has been a very successful captain. his records speak for themselves dont they? More and co. should have been more honest indeed.
furyfoxx
Club Cricketer
It feels paranoid to say that there's some deep politics afoot thats keeping Ganguly out of the team, but can't shake the feeling that there's more to this than meets the eye.
