maniac Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Sample size might be less but from what I have heard Kapil used to be a little biased to by playing Chetan Sharma,Yograj Singh(even though Yograj disagrees)etc etc and ignoring bowling talent from the other parts of India. Same was seen with a Dhoni who backed players who were close to him (even though I am ok with 2 players he backed :) ) Seeing the same trend with Kohli now. I don’t think Ganguly,Azhar,Sachin,Dravid,Kumble or hell for the matter of fact Sunil Gavaskar were ever accused of showing bias on a regional basis. This might be a little controversial and my intention is not to hurt anyone but it is just my personal observation.I can be wrong as well. SLICKR392 1 Link to comment
sscomp32 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, maniac said: Sample size might be less but from what I have heard Kapil used to be a little biased to by playing Chetan Sharma,Yograj Singh(even though Yograj disagrees)etc etc and ignoring bowling talent from the other parts of India. Same was seen with a Dhoni who backed players who were close to him (even though I am ok with 2 players he backed :) ) Seeing the same trend with Kohli now. I don’t think Ganguly,Azhar,Sachin,Dravid,Kumble or hell for the matter of fact Sunil Gavaskar were ever accused of showing bias on a regional basis. This might be a little controversial and my intention is not to hurt anyone but it is just my personal observation.I can be wrong as well. If ganguly isnt north how is dhoni north? beetle 1 Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) I thought the story with Yograj was that Kapil didn't support him enough. Only played one Test IIRC. Dhoni may have had his biases but I don't recall him sabotaging the careers of proven performers when they were in their prime. Kohli really is in a league of his own. Edited January 12, 2018 by Jimmy Cliff Gollum, sscomp32, beetle and 4 others 1 1 5 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sscomp32 said: If ganguly isnt north how is dhoni north? Seen India Map?....West Bengal is not North Bihar usually can fit in both North and East.depending on how you want to look at it.Jarkhand May be little towards east though Anyways we are not arguing about geography of India. Edited January 12, 2018 by maniac Link to comment
maniac Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Once again this is not to hurt the sentiments of anyone...Kapil,Dhoni and now unfortunately Kohli have had the reputation of being a little kliquish.this doesn’t reflect on an entire culture just the captains we have had from a cricketing culture POV. Edited January 12, 2018 by maniac Link to comment
maniac Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said: I thought the story with Yograj was that Kapil didn't support him enough. Only played one Test IIRC. Dhoni may have had his biases but I don't recall him sabotaging the careers of proven performers when they were in the prime. Kohli really is in a league of his own. Yeah but that is just a bitter failure complaining and blaming others for his failures...he shouldn’t have been picked ahead of others to begin with...his complain is more like Kambli blaming Sachin for not supporting him. Yuvraj has said he knew Kapil since childhood and Kapil and his dad were family friends. Ask @express bowling and @Rightarmfast they had pointed out a lot of fast bowling talent that were not tried during that time period. Link to comment
speedheat Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, sscomp32 said: If ganguly isnt north how is dhoni north? Dhoni is ethnic uttarakhandi Link to comment
Cricketics Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 37 minutes ago, maniac said: I don’t think Ganguly,Azhar,Sachin,Dravid,Kumble or hell for the matter of fact Sunil Gavaskar were ever accused of showing bias on a regional basis. Whenever Sachin became captain, Kambli used to come right back into the team. Its true. Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, maniac said: Yeah but that is just a bitter failure complaining and blaming others for his failures...he shouldn’t have been picked ahead of others to begin with...his complain is more like Kambli blaming Sachin for not supporting him. Yuvraj has said he knew Kapil since childhood and Kapil and his dad were family friends. Ask @express bowling and @Rightarmfast they had pointed out a lot of fast bowling talent that were not tried during that time period. I can accept some of the seamers may have flourished under a different captain during that time but what is happening right now is unparalleled (at least since the early to mid 90s). People who have already proven their worth in international cricket are being made to sit out for farcical reasons in favour of TTFs/has beens/never have beens. Link to comment
PBN Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 LordPrabhzy and Unstable Joe 1 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Just now, PBN said: Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 19 minutes ago, Cricketics said: Whenever Sachin became captain, Kambli used to come right back into the team. Its true. I don't recall Sachin dropping the likes of Dravid and Ganguly or even Laxman (who was largely poor in the 90s) to keep Kambli in the Test side. In fact I don't think Kambli ever got picked in a Test where Sachin was the captain. Our current captain on the other hand has dropped Pujara for Rohit/Raina and Vijay/Rahul for Dhawan in Tests . sergio04, Gollum, maniac and 5 others 8 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Our 2 great skippers are from East India. Northies, Southies and Westerners should take a note from Eastenders. #FACT sscomp32 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Ooh boy it’s going to turn into a dick measuring contest now....that is not the intention of the thread. Just noticed that in our cricket culture and pointed it out. Link to comment
beetle Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Dhoni is a jharkhandi ....that is east. Ganguly is from WB ....that is also east. Sachin Gavaskar from Mumbai...that is west. Link to comment
beetle Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 44 minutes ago, speedheat said: Dhoni is ethnic uttarakhandi Hardly.He is as Uttarakhandi as Manish Pandey. Pant is Uttarakhandi. Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) P.S just now read the OP... :D Edited January 12, 2018 by Temujin Khaghan Link to comment
Cricketics Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 28 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said: I don't recall Sachin dropping the likes of Dravid and Ganguly or even Laxman (who was largely poor in the 90s) to keep Kambli in the Test side. In fact I don't think Kambli ever got picked in a Test where Sachin was the captain. Our current captain on the other hand has dropped Pujara for Rohit/Raina and Vijay/Rahul for Dhawan in Tests . That doesn’t show any regionalism is what I said. Kambli came back to the team regardless of the format. Raina isn’t from Delhi. Link to comment
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