Is Karnataka the birth place of trundlers ?

[Laaloo]

Kapil must not have been proud of Punjabi roots' date=' whatever that means :giggle:[/quote'] Why would he be proud when Punjab didn't give anything? It was all Bengal. :beee:

[Lurker]

Why would he be proud when Punjab didn't give anything? It was all Bengal. :beee:

:hysterical::hysterical: True that. But it all started in Magadha, lest you forget :beee:

[Akash_Cric]

No point arguing with people who are clearly biased and bitter. Why do you guys hate Punjabis? you know Punjabis are also Indians.

[vvvslaxman]

IN other countries they call as Queenslander, Tasmanian, Jamaican etc.. Here we are stuck with these "roots".

[Muloghonto]

No point arguing with people who are clearly biased and bitter. Why do you guys hate Punjabis? you know Punjabis are also Indians.

Biter and biassed about what ? Look, Mumbai has produced the best batsmen for India, Karnataka for bowlers. Punjab has produced one off and as i said, i dont believe the people you are listing as Punjabi are Punjabi. I know for a fact that Kohli is not a punjabi name but a doabi name. It doesnt matter if Kohli lived in Punjab, if his grandpa had a plot of land in some Punjabi village, they are still doabis. Same as how you may find a trivedi in Bengali villages but they are also doabis.

[youngindia]

Players are product of where they play not where the roots are from. Amla wouldn't be same batsman if he had grown up in India.

Haryana and HP were all originally punjab. infact kapil's father came from the pak side during partition and rebuilt his business after independence. during his debut series in pakistan 1978, he made a visit to pakistan based relatives .

[Tiger80]

kohli is not a Punjabi last name' date= though there maybe Kohlis in Punjab. As i said, i dont think anyone except for Kapil Dev from that list you provided are actually Punjabi by any definition of the word.

Ever heard of Manmohan Singh Kohli?

[Crookbond]

Biter and biassed about what ? Look, Mumbai has produced the best batsmen for India, Karnataka for bowlers. Punjab has produced one off and as i said, i dont believe the people you are listing as Punjabi are Punjabi. I know for a fact that Kohli is not a punjabi name but a doabi name. It doesnt matter if Kohli lived in Punjab, if his grandpa had a plot of land in some Punjabi village, they are still doabis. Same as how you may find a trivedi in Bengali villages but they are also doabis.

:hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

[vvvslaxman]

Haryana and HP were all originally punjab. infact kapil's father came from the pak side during partition and rebuilt his business after independence. during his debut series in pakistan 1978, he made a visit to pakistan based relatives .

In that case Andrapradesh, karnataka, Tamilnadu were all madras. Yes for historical research those are good. There is no proof he became a great player because he was a punjabi . We have seen so many crappy punjabi players as well.

[bhumika]

No point arguing with people who are clearly biased and bitter. Why do you guys hate Punjabis? you know Punjabis are also Indians.

No one hates Punjabi. I have lot of Punjabi friends. what you are trying to do here is one is saying superior than the other. stop spending too much time on Pakistani forums. I know where you are coming from with Punjabi thing. But truth be told that is not a fact. you need good playing conditions to be a good cricketer as vvs said. your logic is like only king son can be leader but no it is not true every one who exposed to dealing with people issues and solves them is a good leader.

[Crookbond]

Haryana and HP were all originally punjab. infact kapil's father came from the pak side during partition and rebuilt his business after independence. during his debut series in pakistan 1978, he made a visit to pakistan based relatives .

So, that makes Kapil Pakistani then? :woot:

[vvvslaxman]

I see this mindless "root" obsession only with some punjabi fans much like Padosis go gaga over Amla, Khawaja

[Tiger80]

No..you have to represent punjab to be considered as "punjabi". Playing environment makes cricketers.

How many people in India will consider Harmeet singh as Maharashtrian ?

[mhr123]

Sami

Adnan Sami :hmmmm:

[vvvslaxman]

How many people in India will consider Harmeet singh as Maharashtrian ?

Nobody . But his cricketing skills? That has no religion, roots.

[NareshK]

Karnataka has produced Srinath, Kumble, Dravid, Gundappa Vishwanath, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar - some of all time greats. Beat that.

[bhumika]

^ again read the whole thread.

[youngindia]

In that case Andrapradesh' date=' karnataka, Tamilnadu were all madras. Yes for historical research those are good. There is no proof he became a great player because he was a punjabi . We have seen so many crappy punjabi players as well.[/quote'] yes interesting details.that's all it was. also that kapil(& haryana) had stronger punjabi roots than implied. i am the only one here who has a vision of 11 tamils in the indian team. why wud i support a hopeless state in the far north.:--D

[Number]

i am the only one here who has a vision of 11 tamils in the indian team. why wud i support a hopeless state in the far north.:--D

11 CSKs doesn't look far. :haha:

[coffee_rules]

Karnataka will most likely field the most potent XI amongst all state teams, including Bombay. It may also go toe to toe against Bombay in all time XI clash.

Karnataka is weaker in batting, but makes up in bowling.

Roger Binny                             Mankad
Carlon Saldhana                        Gavaskar  
Rahul Dravid                             Hazare
GR VIshwanth                          Tendulkar
Brijesh Patel                             Vengsarkar
Sudhakar Rao                           Merchant
SMH Kirmani                             Engineer
Srinath                                    Shastri
Kumble                                    Zaheer
Prasanna                                  Shivalkar
Chandrashekar                          Gupte