Arise..Awake. .Fight: Save KKR, its captain and Indian Cricket icon Sourav Ganguly, from malicious motive of John Buchanan
Petition link: http://www.gopetiti on.com/online/ 26490.html
Category: Sports
Region: India
Target: Kolkata Knight Riders’ Management, Ministry of Sports and welfare-Govt. Of India, Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI)
Web site: http://www.weloveso urav.com
Background (Preamble):
Indian cricket lovers, Kolkata Knight
Riders’ (KKR) team supporters, Sourav Ganguly fans across globe are
greatly shocked, flabbergasted and humiliated by the very recent
sweeping ‘four formula’ statement on captaincy issue of Kolkata Knight
Riders’ team, expounded by Mr. John Buchanan, the current Director of
cricket operation of KKR.
In recent joint press conference at
Eden Garden, Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) Director of cricket
operation, John Buchanan expressed his four captain theory where
Sourav, KKR captain 2008, would become just one of the four captains!
Buchanan wants to implement this in the real match scenario where each
being assigned a special area- batting, bowling, fielding, wicket
keeping focusing on in a match situation like T 20 cricket where
action is frenetic and almost instantaneous.
According to Buchanan’s weird ‘four
formula’ , Mathew Mott (chief coach) may be the batting captain
when team is batting, McCullum as the fielding captain when team is on
filed and someone like Gayle or LR Shukla as bowling captain to assist
the main captain who will go for toss.
Millions of cricket fan across globe
perceive this theory as a conspiracy against Sourav Ganguly and the
crux of this controversy is - power struggle where Buchanan wants to
hog more lime light which is bit difficult if Sourav remains captain at
his own backyard Kolkata. Cricket lovers also apprehend that without
the morale support of section of KKR management, Buchanan may not have
attempted such a ludicrous and obnoxious thing which will eventually
turn cricket into a circus with some cheap entertainment value.
We Indian cricket lovers see this
theory of John Buchanan as a deliberate malicious ploy and attempt
towards statistically the most Successful Indian cricket Captain and
mentor of ‘Team India’ concept, an illustrious international cricket
icon and captain of KKR 2008--Mr.Sourav Ganguly.
Well known for his fiery brand of
cricket captaincy, sourav Ganguly had performed multiple duties at
international level cricket with great finesse and élan and is
profoundly revered for his matured instinctive style of stewardship on
field.
For better understanding, one should
take a note of the following statistics which proves how Sourav Ganguly
led KKR from front like a true leader in 2008 with his charismatic all
round performance proved by his three man of the match awards. Despite
missing most of the international players in the team last year, it was
Sourav and his men who showcased some brave performance and missed semi
final berth by a whisker.
Sourav Ganguly in IPL 2008
| Matches
Innings Runs Average Highest
50’s 100’s Four Sixes Strike rate
Not out |
| |
| Batting: 13
13
349
29.08
91
3
0
33
15
113.68 1 |
| |
| |
| Bowled
Innings Bowled Overs
Wickets Average Economy
Strike Rate Best |
| |
| Bowling:
7
20
6
21.33
6.4
20
2/21 |
| |
| Catches: 5 |
Major Highlights of Sourav in IPL 2008
- Sourav scored 349 runs in 13 matches with average of 29.08 which is 11th highest in the tournament
- Sourav took 6 wickets with an economy of 6.4
- He is in the sixth place in six hitters in the tournament with 15 sixes.
- He is in the top ten catchers with 5 catches.
- He is in the top ten fifty hitters with 3 fifties.
- He got two back-to-back Man of the match (MoM) awards -606ql three MoM.
- He got two DLF maximum six hitters awards.
The conscious comments
at press conference by Mr. John Buchanan to media were without any
provocation from any sector of Cricket or from the person on whom the
immediate impact was thrust upon. We Indians experience this new theory
of captaincy as a deliberate ploy of Mr. John Buchanan, where he wanted
to malign profoundly the image of the game and Mr.Sourav Ganguly in
public by dethroning Sourav and leaving him battered and bruises in his own backyard.
We Indians,
KKR supporters and Sourav Ganguly fans are extremely annoyed and upset
over Buchanan's ridiculous gesture towards the game and Sourav per se
on KKR captaincy issue and want to bring the whole issue to the notice
of Kolkata Knight Riders’ management and BCCI, the IPL organizing body
and parent body of Indian cricket.
Unless this kind of
hilarious experimentation which is an affront of great degree towards
the game is stopped with immediate effect, the very basic contour of
the game will be fragile soon.
Petition:
On behalf of
--- Indian cricket lovers, Kolkata Knight Riders’ supporters and
millions of fans of former Indian cricket captain Mr.Sourav Ganguly, www.welovesourav. com
and its fraternity, world cricket fraternity and finally countrymen we
bring this very disturbing issue into the notice of Sports ministry of
Govt. Of. India and Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) with a
very strong demand that -
BCCI
with the help of ICC should take an exemplary action at IPL with an
immediate effect, so that in future none can play around with the very
basic contour of cricket in name of innovation and strategy and malign
game’s ethics and etiquette.
2. KKR Management must take
necessary exemplary action against John Buchanan’s theory for
ridiculing the ethos of cricket and should dump ‘four captains formula’
with immediate effect and reinstate Sourav Ganguly as the only
captain of KKR for IPL 2009 like IPL 2008.
3. BCCI and Sports ministry of India
should take a note of the fact that an obnoxious nexus between a
section of KKR Management and its Director of cricket operation, John
Buchanan is trying to malign the image of cricket by debasing it to a
circus with some clownish comments and action. The sanctity of the game
should be maintained at any cost and it should not be replaced by just
entertainments and gimmicks.
4.Mr. John Buchanan
has to withdraw his weird ‘four formula’ of captaincy with immediate
effect through a press conference otherwise Kolkata, Bengal and KKR
fans will boycott all KKR matches.
We appeal to all true Indian sports
lovers to sign this petition and forward the same to others to save
cricket as a game and Kolkata Knight Riders’ as a cohesive team.
More
over Indian sports hero and national pride –Sourav Ganguly’s image as a
captain should be up held and saved from the malicious captaincy theory
of a foreign coach.
Arise. Awake. Fight to the hilt….Save KKR and Dada’s captaincy for KKR.
Sign at: http://www.gopetiti on.com/online/ 26490.html
saptarshi sarkar
Editor - welovesourav. com--
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
- Albert Einstein
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