surya
"THE CHAPPELL CONSPIRACY" IT IS A FACT......BECAUSE INDIA WERE IN FINALS OF 2003 WORLD CUP...THE CRICKET AUSTRALIA MANAGEMENT DID CONSULT AND REQUESTED GREG CHAPPELL TO DESTROY THE INDIAN CRICKET BY THE TIME OF 2007 WORLD CUP...AND HE SUCCEEDED BY DOING SO. CRICKET AUSTRALIA NEVER WANT INDIA IN THE FINALS AGAIN....THEY FEAR THE BATTING LINEUP OF US...SO THEY SENT GREG CHAPPELL TO DESTROY US... CHAPPELL, THE CULPRIT, SEND HIM BACK TO AUSTRALIA IN PIECES....
( Posted: Tuesday , January 09, 2007 at 08:23 )
RG
I agree with you that the commentator you are referring to has got too big for his boots. He should be reminded that he has not played cricket at any level and verbal calistenics are not enough to be a good critic.He is no one compared to Saurav Ganguly or Zaheer Khan. I disagree with you completely that Ganguly should not lead. He is a born leader and should lead the team. The last match was lost just because of poor captaincy. Dravid is allowing umpires, officials and opposing players dictate proceedings. Lastly go and brush up your English. Learn how to write a proper article. Your ideas are good but you put them across in such unprofessional manner which makes worse reading than reading a sixth graders essay.
( Posted: Tuesday , January 09, 2007 at 08:10 )
Perfection
Amateurish Jha Why did he start he own site ? WAs Jha good enough for a top newspaper ? Answer is NO. He constantly critisizes Tendulkar And Chappel ecause he is jealous He is a die hard fan of ganguly who cant face the bouncer He only writres controversial columns to get ATTENTION A journalist shoudl write the truth and let the reader make his decision. Here what he does is write a columsn the moment india lost so that lot of ppl agree with him He has resoretd to these tatctics got sa long time because he knows that being cheap he will get hits on his website leading to revenues. He enevr held a bat in his hand and goes on to criticise shastri gavaskar etc. He kisses sourav ganguly a$$ ans sehwag a$$ non stop. Sanjay Jha is nothing but a ganguly a$$ kisser !!!
( Posted: Tuesday , January 09, 2007 at 06:21 )
Ram
Good article Mr Jha. You are absoultely right. Dravid Saurav and Sachin combination is a once in a life time combination and we should use that very wisely in the WC. Dravid has to be the designated as the captain for the world cup and there should be no deliberations about that. Ganguly has his chance and he made us proud with his captaincy. I guess in your article you are referring to Harsha Bhogle''s article in the Indian Express. He has not mentioned Zaheer or Saurav playing well in South Africa at all in his article. The team for the WC has to be a blend of old and youth. We need young guns to learn how to play under pressure which is very important and they can learn that from the trio who have a boat load of experience.
( Posted: Tuesday , January 09, 2007 at 05:57 )
parochial
Jhakas from jha !! sanjay possibly you are one of the most sensible cricket writers to whom cricket still is imp.
( Posted: Monday , January 08, 2007 at 23:53 )
Buddhadev
Thank you, Mr. Jha, for one of the most intelligent and foresightful articles on Indian cricket. Like yourself, I too was dismayed at first when I read the piece you refered to in your commentary. However, another browse through the article gave away the secret. The thesis of the said column was how "youth" was the perfect antidote to the Indian cricket malaise; so, naming two "not-so-young" cricketers would have probably marred his thesis. The columnist was likely not willing to dilute his thesis with a contradiction. We can argue against his thesis, but that would be futile at this stage. The point has been made already, hasn''t it? Cheers.
( Posted: Monday , January 08, 2007 at 22:57 )
shridhar
Very Well written. The media and the cricket experts(??) for some unexplicable reason have always treated Saurav Ganguly very shabbily. Its really good to see that atleast one columnist had the courage to stand by Ganguly in his rough days. Good show Sanjay.
( Posted: Monday , January 08, 2007 at 21:49 )
sid
What a column! This has to the best of all written by Jha!
( Posted: Monday , January 08, 2007 at 21:34 )
narender ramanan
now back to kiran more ..i havent seen such a selfish and selfcentred guy...who is cruel and does not have an iots of self respect and decency... in timesnow intrv he rattled like a repaird radio.."" .sourav played well but he should have won the matc for india..u know..rahul played well .u know ...sachin is to b blamed for losses u know...w should bring in youngsters like raina ..u know...if i was selectr i wouldnt have kept sourav u know...laxman fielding was poor u know...u kknow ..u know u know ..u know..u know... well i nwonder what he knows.. u know?...he said i wont allow sourav in team forever..now he crows saurav was playing well u know.. mebbe "u know" he was rewarded by sharad pawar for commending effort "u know!!" ..result was obvious u know...india lost 6 series u nkow..all the youngster failed u know!!!..LOL he a kiran MORON u know!!! hillarious!!
( Posted: Monday , January 08, 2007 at 21:22 )
You know i''m a moron . You know i''m a stooge you know you know .. hahahahahahahahah you know
( Posted by
kiran more on Monday , January 08, 2007 at 23:49 )
Narendar -- those who would still seek cricketing intelligence from the No-MORE are destined to receive what they deserve. It is best to ignore him and trash him to the dustbin of Indian cricketing history. Unfortunately, (for Mr. More) a shabby job at the helm of the selection Committee would mar his otherwise decent stint at keeping the wickets.
( Posted by
Buddhadev on Monday , January 08, 2007 at 23:07 )
You know i''m a moron . You know i''m a stooge you know you know .. hahahahahahahahah you know
( Posted by
kiran more on Monday , January 08, 2007 at 23:49 )
Narendar -- those who would still seek cricketing intelligence from the No-MORE are destined to receive what they deserve. It is best to ignore him and trash him to the dustbin of Indian cricketing history. Unfortunately, (for Mr. More) a shabby job at the helm of the selection Committee would mar his otherwise decent stint at keeping the wickets.
( Posted by
Buddhadev on Monday , January 08, 2007 at 23:07 )
Sreekanth
I think u have made a good point..you are being ridiculed for supporting the Bengal Tiger..i think the whole team put togather will never have the hunger and passion as Sourav alone..and i still dont realize why people are bashing Sourav? What more has he to prove?Dravid is a decent player...never was and never will be a match winner..he is an incredibly tame and unimaginitive..look where the team has come since the last World Cup finals!
( Posted: Monday , January 08, 2007 at 21:19 )
Sreekanth, We all like Ganguly both as a player and as a leader. There are very few indian former players like Shastri (a low profile player) who caused all the damage to Gangulys reputation. Ganguly was a victim of dirty indian politics. That bastard More was the main culprit. I completely agree with you. Ganguly has the hunger and passion for cricket.
( Posted by
satish on Tuesday , January 09, 2007 at 12:29 )
Sreekanth, We all like Ganguly both as a player and as a leader. There are very few indian former players like Shastri (a low profile player) who caused all the damage to Gangulys reputation. Ganguly was a victim of dirty indian politics. That bastard More was the main culprit. I completely agree with you. Ganguly has the hunger and passion for cricket.
( Posted by
satish on Tuesday , January 09, 2007 at 12:29 )