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----- Original Message -----From: saptarshi sarkarSent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:46 AMSubject: [welovesourav] The Sequel : Avimanyu in cricket kurushetra (part II)
The Sequel: Avimanyu in Cricket Kurushetra (Part II) - ''Crop-Controversy-
Comeback''
News: short but significant.
Mcgain the new Australian spinner will have debut against India at age 36.
Sourav Ganguly: After a great run of success in various series (except last tour at Sri Lanka) in 2007-08
perhaps faces the end of his glorious cricket career at age 36.
The similarity both are at the cross road of their cricket career at 36.
The dissimilarity Cricket Australia thinks PEFORMANCE is the last yardstick for any player, not his age and following this model, they are the numero uno for ages in cricket world.
On the contrary, BCCI put a premium on age over performance and to stick to that they don't even hesitate to axe a year long very successful performer. By debunking performance, Indian cricket had to pay heavily in Greg Chappell era. It seems nonetheless BCCI had not learnt a lesson.
Sourav episode of ''crop-controversy-
comeback'' has become so hackneyed and idiosyncratic to say the least that one needs to get into analysis- paralysis syndrome repeatedly to get his no. right:
Sourav Ganguly
Mat
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100
50
0
4
6
Entire career
109
180
15
6888
239
41.74
51.36
15
34
12
873
55
After 2006 comeback
21
40
3
1667
239
45.05
61.51
3
9
4
203
14
Last One year
13
25
1
1076
239
44.83
62.99
2
5
3
129
8
In 2008
9
17
1
459
87
28.68
59.68
0
4
3
54
4
In 2007
10
19
1
1106
239
61.44
62.59
3
4
0
137
9
Sourav Ganguly's last 9 innings
Innings by innings list
Opposition
Ground
35
68
57
4
1
61.40
5
caught
1
8 Aug 2008
18
64
50
1
1
36.00
4
lbw
3
8 Aug 2008
0
4
5
0
0
0.00
5
caught
1
31 Jul 2008
16
76
45
1
0
35.55
5
stumped
3
31 Jul 2008
23
80
57
4
0
40.35
5
caught
2
23 Jul 2008
4
14
12
1
0
33.33
6
caught
3
23 Jul 2008
87
219
119
9
1
73.10
5
caught
2
11 Apr 2008
13*
41
28
2
0
46.42
3
not out
4
11 Apr 2008
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
5
bowled
1
3 Apr 2008
87
229
149
8
0
58.38
5
caught
3
3 Apr 2008
24
56
29
4
0
82.75
5
caught
2
26 Mar 2008
7
42
29
1
0
24.13
5
lbw
1
24 Jan 2008
18
51
38
1
0
47.36
5
caught
3
24 Jan 2008
9
17
12
2
0
75.00
5
caught
1
16 Jan 2008
0
7
3
0
0
0.00
6
caught
3
16 Jan 2008
67
116
78
7
1
85.89
5
caught
2
2 Jan 2008
51
90
56
9
0
91.07
5
caught
4
2 Jan 2008
Why Sourav Ganguly dropped notwithstanding his brilliant performance after comeback?
With the answer of this million dollar question, there lies the story of malaise of Indian cricket.
Who are involved into that?
Everybody Board officials, selectors, coach, captain, players, ex cricketers, commentator, sponsors, media, fanatic fans, you and me the entire cricket fraternity.
BCCI ideally now stand for - Bizarre Community of Collective Insanity literally.
Why Sachin Tendulkar not dropped!!
Is Sachin really exceptional so as in the past??
Is he really still the same all rounder as in the past??
Really as fit for playing condition as Dravid or Sourav??Our Selectors have fooled all the cricket loving people of India by picking Sachin but not Sourav though Sachin's aggregate is the lowest in Sri Lanka series and more importantly he is now being repeatedly injured. They should have applied the same yardstick for selection. Sourav was a failure in the recent series only but scored heavily in the previous home series against Pakistan and SA where Sachin was absent for few matches due to his injury.
Sachin played many years comparing to Sourav. If age and seniority and fitness is the problem for selectors then its not Sourav but Sachin should go first-logically. Every good thing has an end and so is career of Tendulkar. Carrying injury ridden Tendulkar for series after series don't you think, Indian cricket is paying so heavily?
But the logic is the last thing in Indian cricket and fact remains -Tendulkar was never going to be the first of the 'Fab Four or five' to be asked to go. He is a 'great', irrespective of how badly he performs recently, and the BCCI and its selection panel is not brave enough to acknowledge that in public. So naturally, he won't ever be left out of any team, from the Bandra XI to the BCCI's World XI, so long as he wants to stay in it.
And add to this notorious Mumbai lobbyism which played off the filed more often than not. The recent pomposity of amchi Mumbai cricket in its we-don't care-rest style statement makes things easier for amchi Sachin.
BCCI never has any real credibility, since the axe falls by name, not by performance, as the case is here. Sourav Ganguly was not selected for the Irani Trophy squad while Sachin Tendulkar was. Given that Ganguly didn't do as badly as Tendulkar in the recent past, it was more to do with who he was, rather than what he had done or not done.
It's simple: Sachin has so many well-wishers in present BCCI where as Sourav is cruelly alone.
Score of Tendulkar in some major series in last one year.
Sri Lanka: 14, 6, 31, 5, 27, 12
SA: 0, injury in Ahmd and Kanpur test
Pakistan: 1, 56*, 82, injury in Bangalore test
England: 37, 16, 91,82,1
Sachin scored in patches. Aussie series was one where he played well. Despite his repeated injury, nobody ask him any questions.
The following table gives Tendulkar's performances in each progressive span of 25 matches. He was at his prime in the third and fourth spans (that is between Test no. 51 to 100). However, the latest span is the worst of his career.
Tendulkar progress in each span of 25 matches
Match
Inns
NO
Runs
Avg
HS
100s
50s
0s
SR
1 - 25
37
3
1522
44.76
165
5
8
3
48.20
26 - 50
40
5
1916
54.74
179
6
8
1
53.84
51 - 75
42
4
2557
67.29
217
11
8
3
58.93
76 - 100
41
3
2410
63.42
201*
8
10
3
56.27
101 - 125
41
6
1876
53.60
248*
5
7
2
50.79
126 - 150
43
4
1596
40.92
154*
4
8
2
55.22
Injury prone Sachin
During his distinguished career, Tendulkar has suffered many injuries, but it is the famous 'tennis elbow' injury which seems to have cost him the most.It was in 2004 that Tendulkar was troubled by a tennis elbow for the first time and since then he is not the same batsman we all have known him. It not only diminished his batting powers, but also signaled the start of an injury-ridden last few years for the batting maestro.Take a look as how his performance has been affected ever since he developed this injury.
Overall
Before Tennis-elbow
After Tennis-elbow
Tests
150
114
36
Inns
244
184
60
NO
25
19
6
Runs
11877
9470
2407
Hs
248*
241*
248*
Avg
54.23
57.39
44.57
100
39
33
6
50
49
37
12
Inns/100
6.26
5.58
10.00
As the above table clearly shows, not only has Tendulkar's average dipped by 13 points after the injury, he is taking 10 innings to score a hundred on an average as against his earlier rate of 5.58!
Tennis elbowed out!&nbs
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