adi B Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 I am not concerned about what the Aussies are saying . All this "Mind-games" rubbish is just media hype/creation. If you are weak enough to perform poorly because of what the MEDIA or what someone else is saying , then you don't deserve to be in competitive sport. What is more concerning is the veracity of these stories. TOI and others are just running these news items as if it is the truth without any commentary or opposing viewpoints. for once i agree with u
Needforspeed Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Unity in the Pakistan team. The Life and times of one Mr Shoab Akhtar Cricket controversies and injuriesAkhtar's career has been plagued with injuries, controversies and accusations of poor attitude. After rising into international stardom at a young age due to his speed, due to his interesting personality and charisma glamour seemed to follow him, some say at the detriment of his sporting focus. Although he eventually crossed the 100 mph barrier, his attitude took its toll on his reputation as well as his fitness. After a poor performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he got involved in a verbal conflict with former Pakistan captain and fast bowler Waqar Younis. Later on Akhtar was sacked along with other players, including Younis. In a triangular series in 2003 held in Sri Lanka, he was caught tampering with the cricket ball, making him the second player in cricket to be banned on ball tampering charges. The same year he was banned for one Test match and two One Day International matches for abusing South African spin bowler Paul Adams, during a match against South Africa. In the 2004 home series with India, he struggled with wrist and back injuries, which raised questions about their commitment to the team. His relationship with the captain and the coach deteriorated further partially due to team politics. He was sent back from the 2005 Australia tour with a hamstring injury amid rumors of indiscipline, lack of commitment and attitudinal complaints. He was subsequently fined by the Pakistan Cricket Board for avoiding a late night curfew.[20] The rest of his cricketing career was riddled with ankle and knee injuries which forced him to undergo a surgery in February 2006, until finally he was banned for two years for allegedly using performance enhancing drugs. In November 2006, an officer assigned to the Pakistan team in India, Anil Kaul, alleged that Akhtar had slapped former coach Bob Woolmer following a fight over the music to be played in the team bus on the eve of ICC Champions Trophy. Both Akhtar and Woolmer have strongly denied these allegations.[21] [edit] Drug scandalOn 16 October 2006 Akhtar was suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board, along with Mohammed Asif after the pair were tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance nandrolone.[22] They were consequently pulled out from the ICC Champions Trophy 2006.[23] Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman later stated that he had always suspected Akhtar of substance abuse due to his consistent "reservations" to drug tests.[24] Former Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq had also previously complained about Akhtar's drug abuse but was not reported to the Pakistan Cricket Board.[25] Pakistan news reports state that federal capital police had arrested Shoaib along with drugs some three years ago. Akhtar immediately declared his innocence and he declined knowingly taking any performance enhancing drugs. In a statement issued to the press, he claimed that he could never cheat team-mates or opponents.[26] During a hearing with the Pakistan Cricket Board Anti-Doping Committee, he along with Asif maintained taking non-steroidal dietary supplements.[27] He, however, failed to convince the committee of his innocence. In its report submitted to the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Anti-Doping Committee recommended a two year ban.[28] On 1 November 2006 the Pakistan Cricket Board handed down a two-year suspension to Akhtar and a one-year suspension to Asif, banning them from professional cricket during the period.[29] Shoaib had subsequently been added to Pakistan Olympic Association list of doping offenders.[30] However, on 5 December 2006 represented by his lawyer Abid Hassan Minto, Akhtar was cleared on appeal.[31] [edit] AcquittalOn 5 December 2006 Akhtar and Asif were acquitted by the tribunal appointed to review their appeals against the drugs ban imposed on them by an earlier committee. After a clear hearing from Akhtar's lawyer Abid Hassan Minto, the three-man committee, headed by Justice Fakhruddin Ebrahim, voted two to one in favour of the acquittal. Haseeb Ahsan, former Test cricketer and Ebrahim were in favour of the acquittal while the third member, Danish Zaheer, dissented. ©¯xceptional circumstances were cited including discrepancies between the instantaneous offence charges of doping that were laid and the quick delivery of a very harsh verdict. The complete drug testing procedure was concluded to have been technically flawed as it did not follow standard procedures. Other established facts by the committee included that the duo were not aware of the banned drug to be present in their supplements because the Pakistan Cricket Board itself had not informed them of the dangers of contaminated supplements.[32][33] Both Akhtar and Asif were thankful to the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf for giving them a fair trial and their team mates, captain and coach for the moral support. However, in 2006, they did not play in the Test match series against the West Indies because the Pakistan Cricket Board has recommended that they play domestic games first to recover form and fitness.[34] However, WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency was to challenge Pakistan's decision to lift bans on fast bowlers Akhtar and Asif by taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.[35] The ICC, cricket's world governing body, has supported the WADA appeal adding that it was committed to a dope free game.[36] On 1 March 2007 Akhtar and Asif were ruled out of the Pakistani squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup by team officials, minutes before the squad was to depart for the West Indies. The team management along with the Pakistan Cricket Board said their injuries were too severe to risk taking them to the Caribbean. Since neither of the two had been declared fit they had not undergone official doping tests.[37] On 2 July 2007 the Court of Arbitration for Sport dropped the case, ruling it had no jurisdiction to challenge the decision made by PCB.[38][39] On 21 May 2009, Akhtar was dropped from his country's World Championship Twenty20 squad because of genital viral warts, previously reported as a skin infection.[40] [edit] Other controversiesIn August 2007, Akhtar was reported to have used foul language against Pakistan Cricket Board protesting the imposing of fine of Rs. 300,000 for indiscipline during the national camp in Karachi.[41] In the week before the inaugural World Twenty20, held in South Africa, Akhtar was rumoured to have hit Pakistani team mate Mohammad Asif with a bat, leaving a bruise on his left thigh. According to sources, the two were involved in a dressing room spat which resulted in Asif being struck by a bat on his left thigh. Sources said the fight between the two started after Asif and Shahid Afridi disagreed with Shoaib that he shared the same stature as Imran Khan in Pakistan cricket and even ridiculed him for making such a comparison.[42] The injury was not thought to be anything more serious than a bruise but a team investigation into the matter was pending.[43] After the initial inquiry, it would found that Akhtar was at fault and he was subsequently recalled from the Twenty20 World Cup squad[44] and was sent home.[45] He was also banned for 5 matches by the Pakistan Cricket Board and a lifetime ban may also seem imminent.[46] Akhtar later claimed that Afridi was responsible for the fight, saying "He made some ill remarks about my family. And I could not tolerate them." Afridi however, denied these allegations adding that Asif would have suffered more injuries but for his intervention.[47] Even Asif chipped in saying that Akhtar was lying and that "Shahid Afridi had nothing to do with the fight." saying that "he has not apologised to me."[48] Akhtar later patched up with his team mates including Afridi and Asif On 1 April 2008 Akhtar was banned for five years for violating the players' code of conduct. The ban extended to all cricket for and in Pakistan.[49] Despite the ban not preventing him from playing in the Indian Premier League, the IPL governing council decided not to allow Akhtar to play in the tournament until the end of the ban or unless it is lifted. IS Bindra, a member of the council, was quoted as saying, "Even though they [the PCB] have cleared him to play for IPL, we felt that international discipline needs to be respected."[50] Meanwhile, Akhtar vowed to go to great lengths to fight the ban, "I will appeal, as is my right. If that fails I will go to court, if that fails then I will go to the Supreme Court."[51] On 3 April, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf served a legal notice on Akhtar, calling on him to retract statements he made to a news channel, alleging the ban was punishment in return for refusing to give the chairman a share of his earnings from the Indian Premier League, Ashraf also sought damages of Rs100 million (approximately US$1.6 million) for "defaming him personally" and an additional Rs100 million to the Pakistan Cricket Board for "sullying the name of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Pakistan Cricket team."[52] A three-man appellate tribunal announced on 30 April that they had temporarily upheld Akhtar's five-year ban, deciding to revist the appeal hearing in June.[53] Despite Akhtar's later retracting his claims and also issuing an unconditional apology for "any grief or embarrassment that may have been caused to the nation, particularly to the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf", Ashraf's legal counsel filed a Rs22 crore (approx US$3.37 million) defamation suit against Akhtar in a civil court in Lahore on 2 May.[54] On 4 May, the Pakistan Cricket Board's appellate tribunal suspended the five-year ban for one month, until they reconvene on 4 June, allowing Akhtar to take part in the ongoing Indian Premier League.[55] A day later, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they will no longer pursue the defamation suit following a reconciliation between Akhtar and chairman Nasim Ashraf at the house of Rehman Malik, a key political official, in Islamabad. "My honour has been vindicated and now the defamation lawsuit will not be pursued," Ashraf was quoted as saying.[56] On 4 September 2008, Akhtar was sent home by British immigration officials after landing at Heathrow airport without a valid working visa, authorities said he could not play without a working visa, though Akhtar had a valid visa to visit England but not a working visa, which is a prerequisite to play in county cricket. He subsequently obtained the necessary visa and returned to play with English county club Surrey.[57] Akhtar also threatened to sue the Pakistan Cricket Board after it was revealed that he had contracted a sexually transmitted disease (genital warts) and thus dropped from the 2009 world Twenty20 championship.[58] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoaib_Akhtar
Crookbond Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 It's important that Sehwag causes a division in the team between batsmen and bowlers. Currently, only Ashwin seems to be a batsman more than a bowler.
J P K Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Tweet by Harsha Bhogle: don't know what's worse...oz media saying sehwag splitting team india or indian media reporting what oz media says!!
Pagalpanti Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Indian media is crap, they can even sell their mother to raise their trp's. Reporting any rubbish said by Oz media.
saneindian Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Thankfully none of the ex players in TV studios have toed the line by the media including Kambli. They all have been unanimous that the Aussie media is trolling and some have even suggested to the Indian news channels to have a go at the Aussies when they are here for the IPL or for the bilateral series.
asterix Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 I think the Aussie media is working on this fultu kanspiracy theory posted few days back.. http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?p=1771325#post1771325
Singham Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 :hysterical: They write what the public wants to read.
Tendulkar_Bhai Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Why would seniors want Sehwag when he does not want the captaincy, doesnt know what to say and what not to say in the media and is having batting problems of his own!
CG Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 There no smoke without fire ,This may be rubbish but why shewag always gets mentioned , Shewag does not want captaincy but he captained india recently?
bulbul Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 There no smoke without fire ,This may be rubbish but why shewag always gets mentioned , Shewag does not want captaincy but he captained india recently? if you want kanspiracy take this - Dhoni commeneted openly against Sreesanth regarding his attitude...no talk about Delhi boyz...you can guess why.. Hope i came up with a good LL
CG Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 if you want kanspiracy take this - Dhoni commeneted openly against Sreesanth regarding his attitude...no talk about Delhi boyz...you can guess why.. Hope i came up with a good LL Isn't sreesanth out of the team for that reason and dhoni does not have problems with attitude of likes of kohli?
bulbul Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 Isn't sreesanth out of the team? Dhoni's comments are when Sree is in team... Where is DTW when we reqd him
NareshK Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 In a democratic society there may be difference of opinions' date=' [b']because we are intelligent human beings, and can disagree on some issues, but eventually you play for the team not for the captain or the coach. But dissent does not mean discord. Only someone brought up in a Military dictatorship will fail to understand this concept. I highly doubt that's the case for most people who are part of Indian news papers and news channels.:finger:
Feed Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 Team conflict rumours not true: Sehwag More... Team conflict rumours not true: Sehwag Chloe Saltau, Perth January 12, 2012 VIRENDER Sehwag last night claimed suggestions of infighting among Indian players were rubbish and rejected reports of a rift between him and captain M.S. Dhoni. Indian players are normally forbidden from speaking to the media outside of official press conferences but Sehwag felt compelled to respond to these allegations when contacted by The Age. ''When teams start losing then these kind of things come, but there is nothing true in that. We are playing as a team and we are fine,'' he said. ''I can't talk about anything else because there are rules, but you asked me about this and I can say it is rubbish. We are as a unit and we are carrying on for the next Test.'' Sehwag has been at the heart of rumours of a fractured dressing room after India's capitulation to Australia in the first two Tests. He displayed little resilience in his batting at the SCG, where he sliced the eighth ball he faced to point, and Sehwag is believed to have voiced his disapproval to Dhoni and under-pressure coach Duncan Fletcher about Dhoni's field settings to the Australian tail after the Boxing Day Test. Sehwag declined to respond in detail on these matters last night. Brad Haddin and Ryan Harris have both alluded to a feeling within the Australian camp that the Indian players turn on each other when they are under pressure. Some in the Australian camp wish Haddin had kept his views, that India ''break quicker than anyone in the world'', behind closed doors, wary of providing the Indian fast bowlers with motivation for a furious resurgence in the third Test.
Cricket Tragic Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 ....wary of providing the Indian fast bowlers with motivation for a furious resurgence in the third Test.
Crookbond Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 Reports of rift in team are 'rubbish' - Sehwag http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/548970.html
amiret Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 The Indian team is under gag orders that bar the players from speaking to the press outside the designated media interactions ''I can't talk about anything else because there are rules," --Sehwag One can only wonder what he could not talk about.
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