The Indian cricket team just made short work of supposed world #2 Sri Lanka. What a breath of fresh air after the stink that Mr. Ganguly created. It was heartening to see Chappell and Dravid experiment with Pathan, Dhoni and Yuvraj in the batting line-up. Two of those bets paid handsome dividends. Not so evident, but indicative of the mind-set, were some of the fielding arrangements: Dravid set a 7-2 field for Pathan/Agarkar vs. Jayasuriya/Sangakkara with 3 slips! This aggressive take-no-prisoners mind-set is what has yielded consistently superior results for the Australians. Further, Chappell's religion of fitness is a welcome change. Maybe Sania can join in too :-) . Watching the Indian cricket team is fun again!
What a difference some decisive leadership can make. It's hard to believe that Chappell had to deal with Ganguly's gutter behavior less than a month ago. The backbone shown by Chappell and the Selectors (as opposed to the disaster that is the BCCI) is commendable. And of course winning never hurts. It's a long road to the World Cup in 2007, but Team India's made some promising first steps.
ps. Jaffna, don't expect you to wax eloquent given that the victim is Sri Lanka ;-)
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Followers
Blog Archive
-
▼
2005
(581)
-
▼
November
(34)
- What In God's Name?!
- Golden Moment!
- Iran Reconsidered
- Blog Mela
- Nepal
- Pope Benedict XVI and the Challenge Ahead
- Harbinger Of China's Future
- Sri Lanka
- Khushboo, Safe Sex and HIV/AIDS
- Fear And Loathing In India
- Women in Indian History
- Sri Lanka
- The Death Of Blogging
- Paradise Now
- Daring Mice
- What's Sex Got To Do With It
- The Quiet Anti-Oil Revolution - Part 2
- Iran and its Satellites
- The Quiet Anti-Oil Revolution - Part 1
- To The Old African Woman, In Her 30s
- India Aging?
- Thoughts on Burma
- The Dilemma in Sindh
- The President
- Random Thoughts
- Indic Mercantilism
- Indian-ness
- Torture
- Generals in Islamabad
- France Aflame
- Natwar Singh and the Oil For Food Scam
- Bravo Chappell, Dravid
- Chief Justice
- Unbelievable
-
▼
November
(34)
6 comments:
I heard the Lankans have dropped to #4 and with India on rampage, SL is gonna end at #6 by the end of the tour!
What a breath of fresh air after the stink that Mr. Ganguly created.
Very well said. "Mr." Ganguly was behaving, in all these years, as if he was above the game itself. There was no accountability of his own performance and his attitude both on and off the field was far from sportsmanlike.
I must say the spat between Chappel and Ganguli was a blessing in disguise. It acted as a trigger for what should have happened atleast a couple of years ago. Indian captains, barring a few, somehow start behaving as if they are a God sent gift to the team. I hope captainship and initial success does not go over Dravid's head.
Jaffna, thanks for the welcome. Will be a very interesting next 3 matches.
kaunteya, couldn't agree more on the attitude part. Also, don't think it's restricted to the captains alone. Many of them behave like they're doing everyone a favor by playing - last I checked, they made more money than most. Hopefully some tough love and discipline from Chappell and the Selectors will bring in the professionalism that the IT, BPO and auto-parts industries display.
Gentlemen dont you realize that cricket is a opium of masses
Saurav's captaincy followed Azhar's script to a T, except for that public spat and show of strength.
I still cant believe headlines go "When/how can Saurav make a comeback?" or "Saurav not in the team!" and with a very sympathetic ear for Saurav.
Rediff has this one:
How can Sourav make a comeback?
Saurav is "Abandoned by the Indian selectors", it says.
Chappell and Dravid have made a great team. To turn around a team languishing at the bottom of the rankings so convincingly is amazing.
Post a Comment