Switchblade Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 https://m.crictracker.com/national-selectors-biased-against-mumbai-players-says-sunil-gavaskar/ Once, there was no dearth of ‘kar’s in the Indian cricket team which symbolised the dominance Mumbai had on the national cricket scene. But now, things seem to have changed as former India captain Sunil Gavaskar – one of those achiever ‘kar’s from Mumbai, have accused the national selectors of depriving players of Mumbai the privilege to represent India on the national stage. The iconic opener recently brought forth the example of Siddesh Lad who is yet to get a call-up for India ‘A’ despite performing consistently well in the domestic circuit. Lad has averaged over 43 with six tons in 44 first-class games for Mumbai and played a key role in helping the team win their latest and 41st title in Ranji Trophy in 2015-16. Gavaskar even compared 26-year-old Lad’s situation with Mumbai’s domestic giant Amol Muzumdar who despite scoring tons of runs in first-class cricket, could never make it to the Indian team. “There’s another Mumbai lad who invariably scores when his team is in trouble, and that is Siddhesh Lad, but despite his consistency he never finds himself even in the ‘A’ teams as the bias against Mumbai players is so deep- set,” the 69-year-old wrote in a column for Mid-Day. velu 1 Link to comment
Popular Post beetle Posted December 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2018 Eff off MR Gavaskar...enough of your dark bias . Guys like him think the country owes it to Mumbaikars . Vilander, UrmiSinhaRay, Sgattick10 and 13 others 1 1 5 9 Link to comment
Switchblade Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, beetle said: Eff off MR Gavaskar...enough of your dark bias . Guys like him think the country owes it to Mumbaikars . Shameless behaviour at its peak. Kothili, sandsaims, beetle and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 If a Kumble praises a Karun Nair, advocates and arranges for better cricket facilities for the Karnataka ranji team - its just a senior player doing right by his ranji team. But if a Bombay player says anything - "lobby". "mafia". "bias". blah blah. While guys like Saurav Ganguly shamelessly gets underserving Bengal players into A team squads to tour SA. diga, CommonMan, Kothili and 8 others 2 1 8 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, Switchblade said: “There’s another Mumbai lad who invariably scores when his team is in trouble, and that is Siddhesh Lad, but despite his consistency he never finds himself even in the ‘A’ teams as the bias against Mumbai players is so deep- set,” the 69-year-old wrote in a column for Mid-Day. Scoring tons of runs doesnt make sure that ur an international material player Sgattick10 and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 First class average of 43 LOL. It is not even good enough to be in Indian C team. Kothili, velu, sandsaims and 3 others 2 2 2 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Siddesh Lad in no way deserves a A team place ahead of Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Karun Nair and Shreyas Iyer. There are many more batsmen ahead of him in FC cricket. Sunny has gone crazy. sandsaims, raki05, UrmiSinhaRay and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I want Gambhir to say something on this and spark a new controversy. All these Indian legends be it from Karnataka or Bombay or anywhere need to be rattled by Gambhir’s tweet. Need a big fight among seniors right about now so that our current team can relax and play and win overseas while these old farts fight over on news channels. Wall2018, UrmiSinhaRay, Sgattick10 and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Which team is Shaw from???? Gavaskar should know it is not about stats at this level, it is about talent. beetle, UrmiSinhaRay, Switchblade and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) Siddhesh Lad was not even in top 5 run scorer in Ranji 2017. Ranked 8th in number of runs as well as 6th best in average among top 8 run scorers of Ranji 2017/ 2018. 2017/2018 Ranji Trophy top runs scorers: In 2016/2017 Siddhesh Lad's batting average was a normal 43.50. He was not in Top 4 even for Mumbai Team. He was not even in Top 50 run scorer in Ranji Trophy 2016 / 2017. In 2015 / 2016 he was 14th highest run scorer with average of just 40.64 Sunny expects such a batsman to get into A Team . The iconic opener recently brought forth the example of Siddesh Lad who is yet to get a call-up for India ‘A’ despite performing consistently well in the domestic circuit. Lad has averaged over 43 with six tons in 44 first-class games for Mumbai and played a key role in helping the team win their latest and 41st title in Ranji Trophy in 2015-16. The author is another clueless guy. Average of 43 is nothing for Indian FC batsmen in our conditions. Moreover he also mentions "consistently well"...So last 3 years averages of 50.66, 43.50 and 40.64 is consistently well. Author should have a look at averages of other batsmen in that case and there are too many who have done much better than Siddhesh Lad. What a stupid comment by author on his performance. Edited December 3, 2018 by Straight Drive anish2tweet, raki05, Sgattick10 and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment
Lannister Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 This shameless chewt should be lucky that we are giving our time to listen to his verbal diarrhea day-in and day-out. UrmiSinhaRay, raki05, Switchblade and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Clarke Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Long back, I liked his insights into batting, not all commentators or post match presenters were able to dissect & elaborate the nuances such as head position. Such a shame that a once champion player is driven by regional or other agendas. UrmiSinhaRay, Adi BB, AuxiliA and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Uncle it's not 1970s...wake up and smell the coffee UrmiSinhaRay, Adi BB, Stan AF and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
CricketInsider Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Typical Shamless Bombay guy just like Manjrekar, Tendulkar and Pawar. All have agenda and act/speak based on what's best for mumbai Someone tell this fool that Indian test team is full of guys who don't deserve to be playing but have got extended run because they are from mumbai like Rahane and Rohit And then you have the most underserving coach selected because of recommendation from mumbaikar Sachin, then the antics of Pawar against Mithali Raj Thakur selected ahead other more deserving bowlers There is already huge selection bias in favor of mumbai players and this guy is still whining and moaning....pathetic nevada and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Oh my Sachin Tendulkar! UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Get the guy in India A and then make determination. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) Rohit+Rahane + Shaw Dhawal+thakur+ iyer ( have been in n out of the team in last few yrs) Aur kya chahiye Shame on gavaskar for promoting such thought among ppl I wnt be surprised if post dhoni retirement pant has few bad games this guy will start how aditya tare is overlooked Edited December 3, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03 Switchblade, Vilander, UrmiSinhaRay and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Sometimes ago kabi said same crap Vinod Kambli furious about Mumbai cricketers not being selected for Caribbean tour Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli lost his cool after the after the Indian selectors did not pick Ranji champions Mumbai’s trio of Aditya Tare, Shreyas Iyer and Siddhesh Lad for the four-match Test series in the Caribbean. The 44-year-old left-handed batsman took to Twitter to slam the selectors and the selection process. The Sandeep Patil-led selection panel picked the 17-man squad which will travel to West Indies in July for the Test series under the leadership of Virat Kohli. The squad has three Mumbai cricketers including Ajinkya Rahane, who has been promoted to vice-captain, batsman Rohit Sharma and uncapped pacer Shardul Thakur. However, the former Mumbai cricketer wasn’t too pleased with the choices the selectors made. Only one cricketer from the Ranji team made it to the Indian squad which was rather shocking for Kambli, as his tweets suggest. He also questioned the inclusion of wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in the Test team. https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/vinod-kambli-furious-about-mumbai-cricketers-not-being-selected-caribbean-tour velu, Wall2018 and UrmiSinhaRay 1 2 Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Straight Drive said: Siddesh Lad in no way deserves a A team place ahead of Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Karun Nair and Shreyas Iyer. There are many more batsmen ahead of him in FC cricket. Sunny has gone crazy. Do Abhimanyu Easwaran and Ravi Samarth deserve a place ahead of Siddesh Lad? That's not a crazy question, is it? I don't necessarily agree with Gavaskar about "anti-Mumbai" bias. But he has a right as a former Bombay player to advocate for players from his FC team. CommonMan 1 Link to comment
Vilander Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Dude how much more can mumbai have ? Lol the whole team why not call it Mumbai-India ..well dont they already have a team named liked that.. Adi BB, UrmiSinhaRay, diga and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment
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