Comments on: Rahul Dravid, are you listening?

By: Biplob Kishore Deb

Biplob Kishore Deb — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:06:05 +0000

I can realize the feeling of Dr. Vijay Mallaya. However, still Mr. Mallaya should remember that cricket is not something like expanding business portfolio. It is cricket, it is T20, where uncertainty is common-a-thing. Because of this uncertainty people remain awake till late night, even knowing that they must reach the office by 9 Am next morning. Bangalore Royal Challengers has more than a balanced side, considering the players you mentioned in the article and some other players who could not take part in the competition.

Who did know that Rajasthan would be the first semi finalist of IPL? Rather, there were many who (excluding me) had kept Rajasthan out of their list even before the tournament started. Can you sense how different the reality is?

If Mr. Mallaya is that much emotional with the performance of Bangalore Royal Challengers, then why he is not opening a cricket academy in Bangalore (like R&D center in business) which would produce the future stars of Bangalore Royal Challengers and serve the side in future, as the players like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are doing so for Manchester United in club football, who started their career in the youth side of Manchester United. In fact, the cricket academy would help Indian cricket too.

By: Ankit

Ankit — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:57:35 +0000

yeah…i agree….

non performance is the keyword here

By: prakash

prakash — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:29:10 +0000

i think rahul dravid pick good player like mishba-ul-hak, ross taylor, camroon white, mark boucher, virat kholi, pravin kumar, zahir khan but these player goes out of form at right moment. also, some badluck goes with dravid.

By: Ankit

Ankit — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:13:28 +0000

alan: quite true….a legend in tests, tad slow in ODIs…even ODIs are a tad slow

Ankit : not possible…tell him to study Math 101

By: ankit

ankit — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:50:22 +0000

2 yr 3 yr, u get my point. now mallya does a u turn,

for now he backs his team, he thinks they can still win the remaining matches and win the second round.

comments?!

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:30:07 +0000

I have a feeling that Kallis has lost a lot of ODIs for South Africa through his slow batting, which puts pressure on others to lift the run rate. His Test record speaks for itself but I reckon he is much less effective in ODIs and is unsuited to the T20 game

By: England vs New Zealand - First Test at Lords - Day 1

England vs New Zealand - First Test at Lords - Day 1 — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:41:30 +0000

[...] If you think this statement is completely off topic, think again! They picked Brendon McCullum (though Mallaya wanted him too) and the rest is history. Coming back to the present, in walked McCullum. He played an innings [...]

By: Ankit

Ankit — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:02:59 +0000

ottayan : Precisely my point. Thank You

Mr. Ankit Poddar : 3 yr contract, i think…

ask me for more: http://www.sixandout.net/ask-sixandout

By: Ankit

Ankit — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:01:55 +0000

Curry : well, yeah! those could be the only options left for the next season. Or maybe buying more players…Indian Domestic Players have a 1 yr contract and could be bought next year.

By: ankit

ankit — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:46:39 +0000

it remains to be seen if the players mallya is talking about are sacked or not, considering that the players were signed for a two year contract.