Tendulkar turns down captaincy

[beetle]

BCCI is not keen on two captains for the two teams . Backing Dhoni for skipper. source...Times now

[beetle]

NDTV.... Tendulkat turns down test captaincy.....

[beetle]

Zee News Saurav and Kumble also in the race...........:D

[King]

NDTV.... Tendulkat turns down test captaincy.....

Good man. I think that was a very prudent decision. I'm glad he didn't go the Lara way.

[zubinpepsi]

im very glad tht sachin truned down the captaincy.. a good slap on the face for his critics who said hes selfish n bla bla.. and im very glad tht BCCI is backin Dhoni for Captaincy.. He seems to be the right guy... More power to Dhoni:two_thumbs_up:

[Gambit]

Thank the lord! And eggs on the faces of conspiracy theorists who thought RD resigned because Tendulkar and the Bombay lobby wanted him to become the captain. My respect for SRT has sky rocketed today! :D

[Tapioca]

Tendulkar turns down captaincy Breaking news in Rediff

[Chandan]

NDTV.... Tendulkat turns down test captaincy.....

Oh really?? Then what will happen to those news just after the WC which said both Sachin and Ganguly had captaincy aspiration and they did not co operate with Dravid and so on???

[beetle]

Are you asking me....? if he wasn't interested...he didn't need to wait till the last moment to turn it down. He has been avoiding giving a yes/no answer for some time now.

[King]

Are you asking me....? if he wasn't interested...he didn't need to wait till the last moment to turn it down. He has been avoiding giving a yes/no answer for some time now.

I guess he may have weighed the pros and cons prior turning down the offer.

[beetle]

Shastri against dhoni..".he still has to learn and grow as a test player."

[zubinpepsi]

:D

Are you asking me....? if he wasn't interested...he didn't need to wait till the last moment to turn it down. He has been avoiding giving a yes/no answer for some time now.

:haha: somethings will never change and will nevr stop.. if u have the name Sachin you will have to go thru this .. thst the irony of being a legend like Sachin in India...

[Chandan]

Are you asking me....? if he wasn't interested...he didn't need to wait till the last moment to turn it down. He has been avoiding giving a yes/no answer for some time now.

Radhika, He had to be be offered first to decline, isn't it? Perhaps BCCI asked him just yesterday? And remeber, he turned down the ODI captaincy too, when offered? And no, I wan't asking you. I was questioning all the persons who believed in those petty rumours after WC.

[Gambit]

Will be major KLPD if this news turns out to be false.

[summerofcricket]

I'm surprised they asked him again to be honest. The old rule of thumb that your best player should be your skipper doesn't always deliver results - sometimes that is due to the playing strength around the player while other times the captaincy just doesn't bring out the best in said player. Dhoni seems the best option but I'm not sure a keeper makes the best skipper either - it is a taxing position to skipper from.

[Chandan]

Will be major KLPD if this news turns out to be false.

It is not false. Just now NDTV had a special program on this. And all the news channels are showing this. The selectors have to decide who the test captain will be on 8th Nov.

[zubinpepsi]

whats KLPD??

[Dirty_South]

whats KLPD??

Khade lun* pur dhoka :teeth_smile:

[zubinpepsi]

Khade lun* pur dhoka :teeth_smile:

sorry, can u please translate that for me? Thanks:D

[zubinpepsi]

Tendulkar declines to lead India in Tests New Delhi: Two days before the selectors were to announce India’s new Test captain after Rahul Dravid’s resignation, Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday pulled out of the race. Tendulkar has cited personal reasons and has met the board of selectors to convey his decision behind declining to lead the Test team. He was the top contender for the post. “I don’t feel right about it at the moment,” Tendulkar told CNN-IBN’s Editor in Chief Rajdeep Sardesai. On October 27, CNN-IBN had learnt that Tendulkar had reportedly agreed to take over the Test captaincy. He was to be the captain for the next 10 Test matches — three against Pakistan, four against Australia in Australia and three against South Africa at home — until April 2008. Sources told CNN-IBN that Sachin spoke to the selectors and stated his reluctance to become the captain for a third time. The post of Indian captain has been vacant now for about seven weeks since Rahul Dravid stepped down after India’s tour of England. Tendulkar had been Dravid’s deputy during the Test series in Bangladesh and England. However, the batsman did an about turn on his decision in a letter to BCCI President Sharad Pawar, saying that the selection policies are not just, and the seniors have not been treated properly, hinting at Dravid’s exclusion from the One-Day side. BCCI sources say that Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s One-Day and Twenty20 captain, will take over the Test side as well, although Anil Kumble could also be discussed when the selectors meet on Thursday at Mohali during the second ODI against Pakistan. --- good to see sachin showing some support for Dravid, if what has been written in this report is true...:two_thumbs_up: