BCCI demoralizing players by issuing statements

[head coach]

"It is getting a bit too much. He can't do it any further. He has to be controlled," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1125394 "Ganguly was dropped today," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/oct/05shah.htm In both cases these were uncalled for statements. While on tour(home or away) these kind of press statements lowers the morale of the player and thwarts team'sattempts to regain form. It's time for BCCI wisecrackers to shutup and eat the cake! :finger:

[Tapioca]

>> "It is getting a bit too much. He can't do it any further. He has to be controlled," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah I miss Lele.

[Ram]

No wonder Sreesanth was just a shadow of his usual effervescent best. Seems as though he has been told by the powers-that-be to rein in his emotions. Wonderful job fellas ! For once , we had a player who had the ticker to stare down the eyes of the world's best. Now , he has been subdued too. Hail BCCI babus !

[yoda]

No wonder Sreesanth was just a shadow of his usual effervescent best. Seems as though he has been told by the powers-that-be to rein in his emotions. Wonderful job fellas ! For once , we had a player who had the ticker to stare down the eyes of the world's best. Now , he has been subdued too. Hail BCCI babus !

He can still stare as long as he doesn't become an embarrassment.

[Ram]

He can still stare as long as he doesn't become an embarrassment.

This is the problem with Sreesanth type of behavior. You are damned if you do , you are damned if you dont. He will be scorned at for going over-board , now he will be mocked at for cutting it down. He has only himself to blame though.

[yoda]

This is the problem with Sreesanth type of behavior. You are damned if you do , you are damned if you dont. He will be scorned at for going over-board , now he will be mocked at for cutting it down. He has only himself to blame though.

He has himself to blame for not knowing where to draw the line.

[sachin_fan]

Its a pity that everyone should raise an eye for sreesanth when nel's and and clarke's and almost every team in world cricket does the same. Stupid media, screw them

[Mandrake]

Its a pity that everyone should raise an eye for sreesanth when nel's and and clarke's and almost every team in world cricket does the same. Stupid media' date=' screw them[/quote'] Ditto....when those guys do it its hailed as "unbridled aggression" or "Killer Instinct"....Screw the BCCI babus and our ever condescending media.

[The Outsider]

Yeah, doesn't take us too long to find scapegoats.

[Mr. Wicket]

>> "It is getting a bit too much. He can't do it any further. He has to be controlled," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah I miss Lele.

Niranjan Shah for Vice President. This way he won't be seen or heard.

[bharat297]

Yeah ... absolutely unecessary. If you had to sum up where the problems in Indian cricket come from, I have 5 words for you ... Board of Cricket Control India ... absolute bunch of jokers those guys are

[Rahul Khan]

'Nobody can take their place for granted' - Vengsarkar Dilip Vengsarkar, India's chairman of selectors, has sounded out a warning to the senior players following the team's second consecutive defeat to Australia in the seven-match series. Vengsarkar made it clear that the seniors needed to raise their game, especially in the wake of the World Twenty20 triumph engineered by a young side. "There are many players like S Badrinath and Suresh Raina who are performing with the India A side," Vengsarkar told Mid-Day, a Mumbai-based tabloid. "These guys are waiting for their chance and you cannot ignore them. It's a professional set-up and nobody can take their place for granted." India made one change for the fourth and fifth one-dayers, bringing in left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for offspinner Ramesh Powar. Powar bowled only 11 overs in the first two ODIs, failing to pick up any wickets and conceded 7.27 runs an over.

Vengsarkar justified the move. "If you get picked as a frontline bowler, then you have to bowl 10 overs. Plus, if your fielding is found wanting and you do not contribute with the bat, the team is obviously at a disadvantage. Ramesh has to get fitter and field better. He also has to improve his bowling." Vengsarkar also justified Kartik's selection over promising Hyderabad left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha. "Ojha is very young, just 21. It is not fair to unleash him against a side like Australia. We need to groom youngsters. Kartik is experienced and offers us better variation than two offspinners." "We are not a great fielding side anyway," he said when asked for an assessment of the series so far. "Australia saved about 25 runs on the field. If we had fielded that way, the match would have been much closer."

© Cricinfo

[Mandrake]

"We are not a great fielding side anyway," he said when asked for an assessment of the series so far." :hysterical:....Thanks for not doing your job

[Ram]

I just get this feeling that there is no coherence in BCCI's selection policy. No plan. There is still no clear policy on seniors, whether they will play or not. There is ambiguity over several players' selection status - Sehwag , Gambhir , The big three and Harbhajjan. Bhajji seems to have found favor over Powar without doing anything spectacular or Powar doing anything mediocre. And all of a sudden , here comes Murali Karthik. It was obvious that he himself didnt expect that selection call. It all sounds very chaotic to me.