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Some queries still haunt Dravid Cricket News / Ashish Shukla PrintCommentMail PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), March 19: Suker Mano was a bewildered man in Queen's Park Oval on Sunday. He had just heard Indian star Sourav Ganguly give him a piece of his mind on the pitch. Rahul Dravid and Sanjay Jagdale had also sauntered in and didn't exactly mouth platitudes. All didn't seem to have good word to say to Mano on his object of affection. "If it was really damp, there would have been indentations on the pitch. There were none. If anything the pitch was only fresh. The trouble for India was all of their own making," said Mano as he briefly stopped his cart and then sped away into the far corners of the ground, shearing the unseemly growth of grass. Quite a few batsmen of Indian team believed it had swung uncommonly on the morning of the Bangladesh game. They were keen to find the reason for it. They went hard at the curator without realizing that nobody had forced them to opt to bat after winning the toss. As things stood, there was much heart-burning and speculation on the decision to bat first. Dravid admitted he could have misread the pitch and believed it to be a much drier than it turned out to be. The buzz in the press box was that it was Dravid's own decision and coach Greg Chappell wasn't party to it. Chappell was duly asked the question and he promptly snuffed the fire, stating that they would still bat first, conditions being the same. Some queries still dogged Dravid. If it was damp, why didn't he come out to bat at number three? If it was dry, wouldn't it have been prudent to play both spinners? Munaf Patel has been India's stand-out bowler and yet came out as a first change. India's inability to accept chances also told in the end. The match left such a strong impression that it was still being revisited after a day. Dashing young Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal was subjected to much sledging from the Indians, notably from Ganguly and Munaf Patel. Iqbal, after a day, remembered his innings with relish but didn't carry any bad feeling about Ganguly. "He said something but that was okay," said Iqbal. But Patel's was a different thing. He probably had a sharper retort for Iqbal who gave it back in good measure.

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Re: Indians gave the curator a mouthful... This Dravid guys comes across as a stubborn donkey, which wouldnt budge..... Greg was not party to his choice to bat first..... this guy really needs to think practically..... too much theory bullcr@p...

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Re: Indians gave the curator a mouthful... Excuses, excuses and more excuses for not doing well. I can't see how they can mouth off on the curator despite winning the toss and not reading the pitch well unless of course the curator had said beforehand to these guys to bat first after winning toss. It is certainly not good to take on the curators, they can make or mar a game for you.

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Re: Indians gave the curator a mouthful... I remember talking to the curator over here in one of the test cricket centers. Martin Crowe in one of the game in 90s gave a mouthful to the curator and said there was too much grass left in the middle. It seems M.Crowe also ill treated the stewards and to repay that when Martin Crowe asked for lunch he got a sandwitch with plenty of grass stuffed in it. When queried Martin Crowe was told "You said there was too much grass in the pitch, now we thought why cut it and waste it so we are feeding ya". The support staff, curators care a hoot about these cricketers. They see these guys come out and act like they own the staff. Usually the curators, the stewards and the rest working at the ground don't freakin care about this dime a dozen international cricketers. It is in the best of the interest of the team they get along well with these folks than blaming them for defeat.

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The support staff, curators care a hoot about these cricketers
Hehe, it's not the case in India though. My Dad's bro who's a member of London's Royal Horticultural Society is sometimes called in by Pawar n gang to help out in making pitches for India's matches. He's thinking of stopping it totally because of the amount of pressure that is exerted by the captain, the coach, and all. The curators "have" to care about them, or else you lose your job. Btw, just to debunk the "cannot make fast pitches in India theory", he loves making fast pitches, and he's produced some in Pune that Tendu and even Viv commented were the fastest they've ever seen.
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This Dravid guys comes across as a stubborn donkey' date=' which wouldnt budge..... Greg was not party to his choice to bat first..... this guy really needs to think practically..... too much theory bullcr@p...[/quote'] didnt happen.. dravid was fine with the curator (if u actually heard what the curator said). ganguly had issues, but he always is a fuss0body over pitches and stuff. dravid always relies/trusts his batters (sadly, he actually BELIEVES in the line-up, unlike us fickle fans). and quite understandably, takes our bowling with a pinch of salt... steve waugh woulda batted first on that pitch against bangles, and RSD is tugga's biggest fan. the only fair comment on this thread is the query abt why RSD didnt show up at #3.
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dravid always relies/trusts his batters (sadly, he actually BELIEVES in the line-up, unlike us fickle fans).
which more often than not, does not deliver in seaming conditions... hence the stubborn donkey refuses to learn...
steve waugh woulda batted first on that pitch against bangles, and RSD is tugga's biggest fan.
If RD wants to be like Steve Waugh, he should get Aussie citizenship and lead the aussie team.... he is leading an indian team, who are different from the ozzies.... the batter rarely and barely deliver in seaming conditions.... this is like painting stripes on a monkey to make it look like a tiger....
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