saneindian Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Kolkata: Expressing surprise over the dropping of dashing India opener Virender Sehwag, former captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday said current team skipper MS Dhoni had a hand in the exclusion. "It would be wrong to assume that there are no inputs from Dhoni in selection matters. If a captain asks for a particular player it is difficult for the selectors to say no. So I believe there were inputs from Dhoni even if he may not attend selection meetings," said Ganguly. "I am very surprised at his exclusion. If Sachin (Tendulkar) and Dhoni who have been struggling with their respective forms can be persisted with, then what's wrong with Sehwag," he asked. Describing Sehwag as one of the all-time Test cricket greats, Ganguly said team India will miss his presence. "He has completely changed the grammar of Test match opening. The sheer number of runs and the manner in which he has scored them, India will miss his presence. His impact in the game is comparable only to greats like Sachin, (Rahul) Dravid and (Sunil) Gavaskar," he said. The southpaw also refused to read much into the India's consecutive Test match wins against Australia in the ongoing four match home series. "People have a very short memory. I am amazed at some people lauding team India's recent efforts. They seem to have forgotten that we were badly drubbed in 10 out of 13 test matches we last played," he added. Sehwag was dropped on Thursday from the squad for the last two Tests against Australia, after failing to perform and impress the selectors. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/dhoni-behind-sehwags-test-ouster-says-ganguly/377701-78.html Just when we thought Sehwag's ouster hasn't caused any controversies, out comes Dada to spark the fire.
CSK Fan Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Come, do we (Indian fans, Ganguly, etc) need to start this? Dhoni obviously cant dropped himself. And if has to chose one between Sehwag and Sachin, it was always going to be Sachin
Crookbond Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Captain decides final XI, selectors decide the 15/16 member team as far as what Cricinfo says.
cowboysfan Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Ganguly needs to stay out these politics.he is just creating more ill will.
NareshK Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Cant believe some people still want Sehwag in the side after his performances over 2 years:facepalm: Totally unfit, terrible body language on the field, unwilling to try to get into form and just throwing his wicket away despite given so many chances. He should have been dropped after Australian tour itself.
Crookbond Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Not to mention we have people who want Ganguly to coach our cricket team, I just imagine the disaster.
saneindian Posted March 9, 2013 Author Posted March 9, 2013 Ganguly has always blindly supported his boys Bhajji, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer. Is he going to be back in the Star Cricket commentary box for the last 2 tests? Will be interesting to hear his views with the BCCI coat on .
Number Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 "If Sachin (Tendulkar) and Dhoni who have been struggling with their respective forms can be persisted with, then what's wrong with Sehwag," he asked. He had balls to say that. :two_thumbs_up:
carnish Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Ganguly actually needs to stay away from the media. He should be put into some administrative charges where he needs to do the job but just babbling stuff in the media will do him no good.
Number Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Ganguly actually needs to stay away from the media. He should be put into some administrative charges where he needs to do the job but just babbling stuff in the media will do him no good. There is nothing wrong in what he said. If Sehwag is dropped there are other players too which should have been dropped.
saneindian Posted March 9, 2013 Author Posted March 9, 2013 Some one also needs to update Dada about Dhoni's form 73, 62, 48*, 5, 29, 6, 52, 0, 99, 224, 44 since the Aus tour is not struggling for form :P
CSK Fan Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 There is nothing wrong in what he said. If Sehwag is dropped there are other players too which should have been dropped. Why, is it a dropping spree? If you wanted to drop only 1 player out of Dhoni, Sachin and Sehwag who would you chose? Also consider Sehwag's attitude, fitness and fielding. For eg, Sachin went back to domestic and scored runs, practiced for long hours in the nets and still runs after the ball with lots of effort.
Number Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Why' date=' is it a dropping spree? If you wanted to drop only [b']1 player out of Dhoni, Sachin and Sehwag who would you chose? Also consider Sehwag's attitude, fitness and fielding. For eg, Sachin went back to domestic and scored runs, practiced for long hours in the nets and still runs after the ball with lots of effort. Why it has to be one singled out ? Sehwag was much better than Sachin in NZ and England series at home. None of them deserved to play this series nor did MS deserve to captain. Dropping Sehwag is a good decision but there are certainly some double standards, nothing wrong if an ex-players talks about them in media.
Deleted_User_1 Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Shitwag needed to be dropped. Good riddance, pheck Dada!
CSK Fan Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Why it has to be one singled out ? Sehwag was much better than Sachin in NZ and England series at home. None of them deserved to play this series nor did MS deserve to captain. Dropping Sehwag is a good decision but there are certainly some double standards, nothing wrong if an ex-players talks about them in media. Because before this series the decision was made to retain all 3. Now slowly they are trying to phase out players. First Gambhir. Sehwag was given additional run. Then Sachin's number might come. They didnt want to change the whole squad at once
moniker Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Why it has to be one singled out ? Sehwag was much better than Sachin in NZ and England series at home. None of them deserved to play this series nor did MS deserve to captain. Dropping Sehwag is a good decision but there are certainly some double standards, nothing wrong if an ex-players talks about them in media. Dhoni has done well in the series so far and Sachin got a half century. Sehwag has done zilch in this series and got dropped.. I wonder what's the reason for all this hue and cry over him?
carnish Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 There is nothing wrong in what he said. If Sehwag is dropped there are other players too which should have been dropped. I know other players needs to be dropped too. But Sachin had some good innings in both ENG and AUS tours which we didnt see in the AUS tour that Sehwag played. Sachin and Sehwag both failed in the New Zealand series and Sehwag had 1 good innings vs England. Both were given a chance in this series, sachin showed form in Chennai, sehwag dint only get out but struggled in the middle too. More important question is why not drop Ishant and Bhajji before Sehwag, and not Sachin and Dhoni. Plus Ganguly's statements are going to do nothing better than create controversies. Instead of backing a non-performing Sehwag, he could have just asked that Sachin should go too if he doesnot perform.
Dumbbells Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Sourav is still attached with the old bunch. He will agree with this decision if he was the coach.
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