flamy Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 http://cricketnext.in.com/news/sehwag-is-the-worst-captain-ever-crowe/39517-13.html Napier: Criticising stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag for his poor leadership, former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe said India's performance in the on-going second Test in Napier is a far cry from their attempt at becoming the world's number one team. Crowe claimed regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni -- he is out with a back injury -- was being sorely missed and pin pointed Sehwag's leadership as one of the prime reasons for India's desperate situation against the Kiwis in the second Test, which the visitors are trailing by 267 runs after following on. "The Indian team effort was pretty sloppy. There was a resigned feel about what the Indian side were obviously thinking in terms of looking to draw this match and to retain that 1-0 advantage," said Crowe. "But these are troubled signs for India. They have almost taken their eye off the ball. The Virender Sehwag shot was very irresponsible. Gautam Gambhir was lucky to survive a run-out, and the stroke that he played to get out. All this does not become of an experienced side that wants to be No. 1 in the world. Their fielding again was just slack. Nothing much changed and MS Dhoni was badly missed," Crowe wrote in his column for a cricket website. He blasted Sehwag for his tactics and termed the Delhi dasher's decisions as "unfocused thinking". "Sending out a nightwatchman was always unnecessary and shows further muddled and unfocused thinking," Crowe said. "I have never seen captaincy so bad as I saw with Virender Sehwag," he added. The 46-year-old right-hander said Dhoni altogether has a different approach towards the game and pointed out that even senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid stood as silent spectators yesterday when the New Zealand batsmen were on a run rout. "Clearly the loss of Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a massive turnaround for them because their attitude has disappeared completely. For a side that wants to be the No. 1 team in the world, I was quite surprised at their whole approach, particularly after lunch on the opening day," he said. "Obviously Dhoni has got the Midas touch, he has got that ability to motivate the team. But what surprises me is the fact even with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar on the park they are not able to rally the troops," Crowe said. He also criticised India's decision to arrive late in Napier for the second Test and said it left the visitors with very little time to settle down with the conditions. "India should look back at the decision to arrive late in Napier. It's hard to tell if that is what is showing up on the field as well. But this late arrival has gone against the norm," said Crowe. "I don t know if its arrogance or not, it's probably ill-planned. No one can predict that Dhoni was going to be injured, but they just seemed to as a group just gone off the boil which has allowed New Zealand to lift their confidence and belief that maybe they can pull off an upset and take the remaining wickets necessary to win the Test," he said. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Crowe can suck crow :finger: p.s. no typo in thread title
Shane Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Vav, that on basis of one game, would'nt Ryder then become the World's Best Batsman Mr. Crow ??
spectre Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 serious bullsh1t.... no-one can become a best or bad captain on the basis of a single match...this coming from a former captain is pathetic at the very least agreed, india were on the backfoot in this match...but a resurgent fightback playing for 7 sessions in the 2nd innings, india drew the test match commandingly loosing only 4 wickets... and crow should not forget numerous lives the NZL players had..if it hadnt been, they would have been skittled out of 200 in 1st innings...ifs and buts, he can go and feck up
fineleg Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 M. Crowe OTT statement. However, hope MSD comes back for Test-3 - that will be better for Team India.
zubinpepsi Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Fineleg calls Crowe's statement as OTT... :giggity:
fineleg Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Fineleg calls Crowe's statement as OTT... :giggity: Yes I do :band:
flamy Posted March 31, 2009 Author Posted March 31, 2009 Fineleg calls Crowe's statement as OTT... :giggity: :stewie:
DomainK Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Fineleg calls Crowe's statement as OTT... :giggity: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
coffee_rules Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 What's with everybody else's obsession with India's #1 claim? Didn't Aus lose Kolkata match despite being #1? DOes #1 mean, a team can NEVER lose a match for whatever reason. I think Crowe is just being sensational for the news media. On the cBox , he didn';t express these views.
ganeshran Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 So whats the verdict on Sehwag's captaincy?
Stuge Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 So whats the verdict on Sehwag's captaincy? awful in todays match .WTH was virat and raina given ball in the end .It was even worse than jadeja bowling in the match against England years ago .
bajrang Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 took brillient catch though, but yeah too carefree like his batting style. should have been gambo for captain.
Ultimate_Game Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Gambhir is a much better captain and don't really know why we have rotation policy for vice-captains as well. Stick with Gambhir as VC and that's it.
Number Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 By making Sehwag captain they expose him again and again and make it look like India doesn't have any choice. CSK lobby :icflove:
saneindian Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Any other team would have him dropped for not putting a price on his wicket. Match after match, he keeps discovering new ways of getting out. Started with the SA series in 2010, kept finding the fielders, continued the trend in England and here it has been the worst, 8 test innings , 2 t20 innings and now 3 ODI innings. And despite that, he is given the captaincy for being a senior. Wonder what message is being sent to him.
express bowling Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Any other team would have him dropped for not putting a price on his wicket. Match after match, he keeps discovering new ways of getting out. Started with the SA series in 2010, kept finding the fielders, continued the trend in England and here it has been the worst, 8 test innings , 2 t20 innings and now 3 ODI innings. And despite that, he is given the captaincy for being a senior. Wonder what message is being sent to him. +1
Deleted_User_1 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 He is not just the worst captain, but the worst thinking cricketer ever. Puts no value to his wicket and is arrogant as feck. His wicket is like a rasgulla for his opponents - TO BE DEVOURED IN ONE GULP!
punjabi_khota Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 His Jat buddhi has overpowered his talent. Time for a break.
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