zubinpepsi Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Ganguly selected for the first two Tests against Australia 1 Oct, 2008 1435hrs IST, AGENCIES NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been included in the squad for the first two Tests against Australia, by the newly appointed BCCI selection panel headed by Krish Srikkanth on Wednesday. Selectors also picked Delhi spinner Amit Mishra and S Badrinath in Indian squad for the first two Tests. Earlier, Ganguly was ignored for the Irani Cup tie touted as a selection trial by the previous committee with Dilip Vengsarkar at the helm.
zubinpepsi Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 I hope these 2 are the last tests for him n hope he announces his retirement....
SachDan Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Team for Australian series announced.Ganguly retains place Virender Sehwag Gautam Gambhir Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman Sourav Ganguly S Badrinath MS Dhoni Anil Kumble Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Ishant Sharma Munaf Patel Amit Mishra
SachDan Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Selectors took more than two hours to announce a squad of 14 members!!
DomainK Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 I hope these 2 are the last tests for him n hope he announces his retirement.... If you must hope, why dont you hope that he finds his form back and serves India for a couple more years?
amit467 Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 I think this is a wise decision to give ganguly a safe exit.
zubinpepsi Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 If you must hope' date=' why dont you hope that he finds his form back and serves India for a couple more years?[/quote'] cuz enough of this oldie thing.. wanna see some fresh legs.... trust me even when he was in prime form.. he dint lit up the test cricket.. so i dont think he will do anything now.. he might score a century n a lot single digits.. lol
zubinpepsi Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 If you must hope' date=' why dont you hope that he finds his form back and serves India for a couple more years?[/quote'] i cant imagine why ppl want the same oldies to play for ever.....
DomainK Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Well, CNN IBN reports that there has been an understanding between BCCI and Ganguly. Ganguly has been picked at a condition that he will retire after this series.
SachDan Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 News channels reporting that it was a 'conditional selection'..if Dada fails to perform in the first two tests then he has to take VRS.
zubinpepsi Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 giving 4 ttests to him is way too much...... im sic of this BS.... why cant he retire gracefully instead of begging...
h4te Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 awesome!!!! two small steps forward and ONE GIANT STEP BACKWARDS! HORRRAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY :yay::yay: on a second thought, if he was dropped, the whole of bengal would've gone up in a riot. i don't think selectors wanted to give *any* reason for aussies to complain about further unrest in india :finger:
Lord Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 i cant imagine why ppl want the same oldies to play for ever..... COZ THER'S NO GOOD ONE TO REPLACE THEM
zubinpepsi Posted October 1, 2008 Author Posted October 1, 2008 COZ THER'S NO GOOD ONE TO REPLACE THEM well how do u know?? tell me how many youngsters they have tried??? 1.Yuvraj 2.Kaif ( dont know why they have dropped him after WI series.. he played welll there) and so???
Lord Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 well how do u know?? tell me how many youngsters they have tried??? 1.Yuvraj 2.Kaif ( dont know why they have dropped him after WI series.. he played welll there) and so??? i think rebuilding phase will start after this series. this series is too big to play kaif,badri n yuvi.they can be tried after this series
DomainK Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 I agree that the oldies need to go. May be Tendulkar is the only player who can hold the fort for a few more years for the benefit of the team and the youngsters. But Dravid, Laxman and dada have to make way. May be also Kumble is a year or so. But that has to happen gradually and not at one go. Out of them all dada and Laxman should be the first ones to go out. Dravid has been having a tough time, but I think he will find his form. And yes, we certainly dont have good replacements for them at test level. We have to be very careful in this period of transition.
Mr. Wicket Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Fantastic squad. Glad to see Gangu retained, Badri as backup and Mishra in.
coffee_rules Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 I had picked in my 14. Good squad. Glad to see the back of Rohit Sharma and Kaif outside of the test team. Badri owes a lot to Machcha Kris for his inclusion. No complaints there as he deserves it over the likes of Kaif, Raina and definitely over Ghati Rohit.
PaiN_KiLLeR Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Though I'm not too happy with Ganguly's inclusion, it's good to see Mishra get the nod ahead of the overrated Chawla.
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