You said it right. Ganguly is always the first victim. If one goes
as per the selector's theory, then it shld be Sachin who shld b
dropped. He declares himself fit n is in the team.

However, I am not surprised at Dada's fans just protesting mutely.
Probably no one has the energy to take up his cause now. I
personally felt he shld retire from test also after the Aus.series
when on a high. But the selectors were hell bent on humiliating
him.

Definitely he did not deserve this kind of a treatment and for all
his achievement, I feel very sad that he shld leave disappointed.
The other day, one of the Hindi channel called him 'Karna'. I felt
it suited him appropriately. Like Karna who was even better than
Arjuna, but never given his due. Always the eternal hero but no one
liked or rather wanted to acknowledge it. Like Karna, Dada will also
be admired and loved by his fans eternally. His mental toughness
and on the chin attitude could be irking his so called team mates or
the officials or the team management, whoever it may be.

Ganguly is one such character with whom one cld identify oneself.
Probably that is his greatness.

Anuja.

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: saptarshi sarkar <sarkar.saptarshi@...>
> To: welovesourav@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008 1:47:58 PM
> Subject: [welovesourav] The days are numbered ?
>
>
> Neville cardus called the scorecard a donkey. He turned out to be
so true in Sourav Ganguly's test performance after his bouncing back
in Dec 2006 at SA.
> From Potchefstroom, through his gritty knock (86) at practice
match against SA, he lifted the morale of otherwise lackluster
Indian team which was down and out before test due to a clean 4-0
ODI was by Proteans.
>  His stupendous knock of unbeaten half century against SA in
first test led India eventually to test victory.
>  
> The same saga continued in English soil when his some valuable
knocks at middle order ensured the solid position and subsequent
series win in England.
> Back home against arch rival Pakistan, He was perhaps his best
test form ever and single handedly thrashed Pakistan. It was a
series where entire cricket world saw the revival of all rounder
Sourav.
>  
> In Ausie land, he not only played his 100th test, in first two
tests his determined batting infused the confidence in entire team.
Had Sourav been not given the notorious out by Benson (or by
Ponting ?!) at 51, the series result could have been different.
Eventually India made 1-1 at the series and Sourav's contribution
was seminal.
> Back home, he was a face saver against SA. His two brilliant
knocks of 87 should be remembered in gold. His 87 in Kanpur even was
compared with famous 96 of Sunny at Bangalore.
>  
> But nothing was important to the selectors it seems since in a
first instance when he performed badly in a series against Sri
Lanka, the guillotine came down on him. Though other like
Tendulkar , Dravid and Kumble himself did not add any value in their
reputation.
> But that's what Indian cricket. For any things and everything
Sourav Ganguly is the first victim !
> Performance does not count, only games people play that
matters…..
>
>
>
> The synopsis of glorious test comeback in 2007-08
>
>
> SA test series in 2006-07 -away
> 214 runs at an avg. of 42 played a fabulous knock of 51 not out 66
and 46 in extreme stress after a long hiatus
> Bangladesh test Series 2007 â€" away
>  
> He scored a fine century at Chittagong, though in next two innings
he scored 15 and 13 respectively. Overall a decent performance
>  
> Englandseries in 2007-Away
>  
> The good form continued - always got a good starts and scored 249
at an avg. of 50.There was a match winning knock of 79 in Trent
Bridge and a brilliant 57 at oval and also good knocks of 34, 37,
and 40. Some of the umpire decisions went against him â€" Over all a
good series.
>  
> Pakistanseries in 2007 â€"Home
>  
> It was perhaps one of the best in his career. Delhi test he scored
48 in second innings. Kolkata test will remain always special in his
memory since he made his maiden test century 102 at Eden. In the
second innings he just missed half century (46). Bangalore test put
him in same pedestal of great test players with his 239 first
innings and 91 in the second. His 239 will be remembered as a symbol
of fight back - 534 run at an avg. of 89.
>  
> AustraliaSeries in 2007-08- Away
>  
> In first two test did scored well, a decent start to the tour by
scoring 40 43, 51, 67 in first 4 innings of test series. He failed
in last 2 tests where at Perth he had to bat with high fever and in
the last test he was given out wrongly. Overall scored 235 runs at
an avg of 30
>  
> SA Series in 2008 â€"Home
>  
> It was again Dada's series when he scored a match winning 87 in
Kanpur and a fighting match saving 87 at Ahmedabad - overall test
scored 211 runs at an avg of 53
>
>
>  
> Sri Lankaseries 2008 -Away
> Sourav failed miserably there and Muralidharan became his
nemesis.in six innings he scored 96 with an abysmal average of
16.But Sachin and Rahul also performed equally bad with total score
of 95 and 148 respectively.
>  
>                   Mat Inns NO  Runs HS
  Ave        SR       100  50   0   4s  6s
> Year 2007 10   19     1   1106 239 61.44    62.59
      3     4    0 137   9
> Year 2008 9    17      1      459 87   28.68  
59.68       0     4    3  54    4
>  
>  
>
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mediocre minds.
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