The End of Saurav Ganguly
Published by Mysorean on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 10:26:00 pm.
In a post sometime in September I had written about the end of Saurav's career. According to The Hindu, it has come with him being dropped for the third test. Sooner or later, it had to come.
Saurav's exit has been unceremonial. I agree with this article when it says he deserved a standing ovation on his way back to the pavilion after his last innings for India.
Come to think of it, we have rarely treated our cricketers with respect. They are always ridiculed for the advertisers that they sign up for. When a Kumble gets ten wickets in an innings for the 8th time in his illustrious career it is attributed to the spinning track of Kotla. Whereas Kumble is one of the top 3 spinners in the World for the last decade and a half.
People are waiting with ink in their pens to just wait for the opportunity (even if there's none, they will create one!) to pan our cricketers. Poor chaps! Give them a break guys!
At the end of it all, Dalmiya has made Ganguly his battleground to assert his power on Indian cricket. I remember reading somewhere that the Parliament is going to discuss Ganguly's case! I hope the BJP doesn't walk out on this one! ;) Probably, amidst all the bomb scares and etcetra they have nothing better to do! This might loosen them up.
My take on this is simple: Ganguly was not treated properly. For that matter neither was a Sunil Gavaskar or a Kapil Dev. He deserved another chance for the Ahmedabad test, but it was not to be. The selectors decided to suspiciously drop an "all rounder" (that's why he was called in to the team) and go in for Wasim Jaffer an "opener" (with an eye on the future as Chairman of Selectors, Kiran More, said). I respect Saurav for his contribution to Indian cricket. But for now, its goodbye Saurav! :)
Saurav's exit has been unceremonial. I agree with this article when it says he deserved a standing ovation on his way back to the pavilion after his last innings for India.
Come to think of it, we have rarely treated our cricketers with respect. They are always ridiculed for the advertisers that they sign up for. When a Kumble gets ten wickets in an innings for the 8th time in his illustrious career it is attributed to the spinning track of Kotla. Whereas Kumble is one of the top 3 spinners in the World for the last decade and a half.
People are waiting with ink in their pens to just wait for the opportunity (even if there's none, they will create one!) to pan our cricketers. Poor chaps! Give them a break guys!
At the end of it all, Dalmiya has made Ganguly his battleground to assert his power on Indian cricket. I remember reading somewhere that the Parliament is going to discuss Ganguly's case! I hope the BJP doesn't walk out on this one! ;) Probably, amidst all the bomb scares and etcetra they have nothing better to do! This might loosen them up.
My take on this is simple: Ganguly was not treated properly. For that matter neither was a Sunil Gavaskar or a Kapil Dev. He deserved another chance for the Ahmedabad test, but it was not to be. The selectors decided to suspiciously drop an "all rounder" (that's why he was called in to the team) and go in for Wasim Jaffer an "opener" (with an eye on the future as Chairman of Selectors, Kiran More, said). I respect Saurav for his contribution to Indian cricket. But for now, its goodbye Saurav! :)
