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another insult to the legend

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They haven't sacked Ganguly for haven's sake, they are only trying to change captains. The same can be said about Rahul Dravid and Laxman. Fans from other parts don't seem to protest or anything but understand they have to move on. Anything relating to Ganguly has to come with so much drama

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They haven't sacked Ganguly for haven's sake' date=' they are only trying to change captains. The same can be said about Rahul Dravid and Laxman. Fans from other parts don't seem to protest or anything but understand they have to move on. Anything relating to Ganguly has to come with so much drama[/quote'] Because the fans take after the men in question. Neither Rahul nor Laxman will make a fuss about it. The fans won't either.
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They haven't sacked Ganguly for haven's sake' date=' they are only trying to change captains. The same can be said about Rahul Dravid and Laxman. Fans from other parts don't seem to protest or anything but understand they have to move on. Anything relating to Ganguly has to come with so much drama[/quote'] Simply because Dravid and Laxman don't stir up half the amount of passion Ganguly manages to, among Indian Cricket Fans. He is by far the most controversially successful Indian Cricketer of all time. He's been through everything and come out a winner every single time, which endears him even more to his fans. He cannot be wronged and will never be wrong in our eyes. What Buchanan is trying to do might be logical but what it will do is erode KKR's fanatical fanbase and will impact on gate/merchandising revenues etc. Which is why, SRK is busy controlling the damage.
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Simply because Dravid and Laxman don't stir up half the amount of passion Ganguly manages to' date=' among Indian Cricket Fans. He is by far the most controversially successfull Indian Cricketer of all time. [b']He's been through everything and come out a winner every single time, which endears him even more to his fans. He cannot be wronged and will never be wrong in our eyes. What Buchanan is trying to do might be logical but what it will do is erode KKR's fanatical fanbase and will impact on gate/merchandising revenues etc. Which is why, SRK is busy controlling the damage.
Nonsense- that is your POV Dravid and Laxman's contributions far exceed Ganguly's- the only difference is that they are not from Bengal where fans make more more noise about their "Prince" than other places.
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Nonsense- that is your POV Dravid and Laxman's contributions far exceed Ganguly's- the only difference is that they are not from Bengal where fans make more more noise about their "Prince" than other places.
Do you have trouble reading? Where did I compare D&L's contributions with Ganguly's? And whether you like it or not, Ganguly will be remembered as someone who overcame adversities, mounted a magical comeback and retired a winner.
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Do you have trouble reading? Where did I compare D&L's contributions with Ganguly's? And whether you like it or not' date=' Ganguly will be remembered as someone who overcame adversities, mounted a magical comeback and retired a winner.[/quote'] Well Mohinder Amarnath's comebacks were much better than any of Ganguly's and that too with little support other than his cricketing abilities so SG is only more spectacular in the minds of his die hard fans, not really among cricket fans who know all the facts.
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Well Mohinder Amarnath's comebacks were much better than any of Ganguly's and that too with little support other than his cricketing abilities so SG is only more spectacular in the minds of his die hard fans' date=' not really among cricket fans who know all the facts.[/quote'] Was Amarnath removed from captaincy right after winning a series? Was a lightning fast track in a domestic game against a trio of fast bowlers prepared to kill off his career? Was his character brought into question? Was he subjected to malicious gossip? Did he become public enemy #1 for almost all Indian fans? Was he written off by fans and pundits alike? Did Amarnath have people like you praying for his failures? Was Amarnath subjected to all this despite being India's greatest ever captain?
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What are these facts?
Umm are you aware of Amarnath and his comebacks when there was no "Bengali" community burning effigies to support its hero those facts!! like facing the Windies pacemen, Imran khan at his prime and a World cup final MOM performance despite being kicked out of the team repeatedly and have 0 fan base support unlike the Gangulians who post pictures of "Dada's" stylish stance when he gets out for 0 those facts!!
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holy can u please explain to me when did Ganguly score 281 against Aussies??
so you think 1 innings overshadows the greatest captain and one of the best 5 batsmen we've had? I'm sorry suraj, but to say that Laxman's contribution to Indian cricket is greater than Ganguly's is a huge injustice to Dada.
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Was Amarnath removed from captaincy right after winning a series? Was a lightning fast track in a domestic game against a trio of fast bowlers prepared to kill off his career? Was his character brought into question? Was he subjected to malicious gossip? Did he become public enemy #1 for almost all Indian fans? Was he written off by fans and pundits alike? Did Amarnath have people like you praying for his failures? Was Amarnath subjected to all this despite being India's greatest ever captain?
What about off the field, Gambo? Amarnath moaned and called selectors 'a bunch of jokers'. Gangluddin fought, *****ed, moaned and pulled his strings to make sure Kaif, Bhajji, Yuvraj and Sehwag were given chances. Without him who knows, they might have been playing Ranji cricket a good while longer. He made sure Kumble got taken on tour to Australia in 03/04, without whom we'd probably have lost the series. He fought and pushed Srinath to come back to cricket, and allowed him the glory of a wonderful 2nd wind where he bowled India to the WC final.
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