Everybody knows what happened in the last World Cup tournament under Greg Chapel after Ganguly was removed from his captaincy. That was the worst performance by Indian team in the World Cup ever.

And I see the same scenario when Ganguly got removed and Mc Cullum became the captain of KKR under Buchanan. I really don’t know much about this NEW captain, but he has been a failed captain so far and KKR will have the same fate what Indian team got under Greg & Dravid in the last world cup and Buchanan will follow Greg's path. People like them only come to make money by destroying Indian cricket with the help of people like Pawer, More & SRK. But one thing I can tell you that all of them would say, at least once in their life time, that they wanted to kill a BENGAL TIGER, but FAILED repeatedly

Chapel never liked Ganguly even though Ganguly helped him a lot to get that job and now Buchanan. I still don’t know why Australian coaches don’t like Ganguly or should I say Bengal Tiger?

From: Aniruddha Sen <aniruddha1949@...>
Subject: [welovesourav] An article - rejoinder
To: "saurav" <welovesourav@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 1:07 AM

In addition to my last mail, I found some problem in getting the article by clicking on the link I sent.

(http://blogs. timesofindia. indiatimes. com/Addictions/ entry/why- kkr-coach- john-boka)

 

So I am attaching the article copy too:

 

 

Why Knight Riders coach John Boka-known must go
 
Avijit Ghosh - Tuesday April 28, 2009

The seven deadly sins of Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Boka-known (boka means stupid in Bengali) and why he must go:

1. For floating the four-captain theory: It’s surely the dumbest theory in the history of cricket. The last thing that a team, which certainly isn't the strongest on paper, needs is

man-made confusion and demotivation. But Boka-known's, oops, Buchanan’s theory did exactly that. At a time when the team should have been focusing on strategies to

synergise its performance and outsmart its opponent, Buchanan’s non-theory ensured that KKR’s team spirit had taken a free hit before a ball was bowled.

 

2. For making Brendon McCullum the captain: In retrospect, it appears that the idea of having four captain was only a way of getting Sourav Ganguly out of the leadership

role. But why McCullum? True, he can be a blazing bat, but what leadership quality has he ever displayed at home or abroad? Undeniably Buchanan’s initiative has weighed

down a mercurial batsman with the crushing load of responsibility. Since he became captain, his scores are: 1, 21, 3, 1. And, by the way, has anybody seen any intelligent,

pro-active move made by McCullum in any of these games. And one is not even getting into his using rookie trundler Anureet Singh in the last over against Rajasthan Royals

and things like that. It appears the upgrading of McCullum has more to do with the Kiwi’s lack of experience, because it enables Buchanan to wield real power.

 

3. For downsizing Sourav: The Ganguly-Buchanan story is pretty similar to the Ganguly-Greg saga. Greg too wanted to control the team like a football manager does,

forgetting that cricket and soccer are two different games. And he was out to prove that all ills in the national team originate from the Bengal left-hander. Initially, everybody

listened to Greg. In this case too, owner Shah Rukh threw his lot with the coach. With IPL2 moving to South Africa, it was easier to downsize Ganguly without any fear of a

public backlash. The deed was done. Except that the script has gone all wrong for Buchanan after that. Ganguly hasn't faded away as expected by the Australian coach. On

the contrary, he has been one of the few performers in the team. Go through the overall KKR record of IPL1 and IPl2. Ganguly has been the best KKR player by miles. So

why has he been relegated to No 4?

 

4. For his touching faith in Brad Hodge: The Australian coach’s faith in the podgy middle-order Australian batsman is touching. Before he came out to bat against Mumbai

Indians on Monday, Hodge’s IPL strike rate was in the 80s. That is like having a No 3 ODI batsman with a strike rate of 50. Hodge is yet to get a single 35-plus score in the

eight IPL games he has played. A compact player, he seems to have no fourth gear, imperative for Twenty20. But Buchanan continues to persist with him.

 

5. For being clueless about the lower middle-order: It is one thing for the middle order to fail. It is another matter being clueless about it. Look at KKR’s 5-7 in the four

games it has played in IPL2: against Deccan Chargers (A Chopra, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, M Henriques), against Team Punjab (Yashpal Singh, Chopra, Henrique); against

Rajasthan Royals (Ganguly, Sanjay Bangar, Yashpal) and against Mumbai Indians (Yashpal, A Ghosh, Shukla). By the way, who’s A Ghosh? All I can say: It isn’t me. And,

by the way, whatever happened to Debabrata Das who was reasonably successful last season?

 

6. For sending back Chopra and Bangar: Isn’t it strange that with the lower middle-order in such disarray, the think-tank feels confident enough to send back Bangar and

Chopra. In all fairness, the two shouldn’t have been bought in the first place. Chopra is a rare batsman who dances down the track against spin only to offer a defensive shot,

as he did against the Deccan Chargers. But why send them back when it means that KKR is left scrounging for the likes of A Ghosh. And if Ghosh deserves a second

chance, why don’t Chopra or Bangar, who are at least proven internationals. And has Buchanan thought about the decision’s impact on the remaining KKR players? Can

they really perform with the sword of being sent back hanging above their heads?

 

7. For being unsure about team’s bowling strength: Buchanan is clueless about his team’s bowling strength. Other coaches were much quicker in discovering the potential of

slow bowlers on South African pitches. It took the KKR think tank three games to discover Ajantha Mendis. It was Mendis who put RR on the backfoot. His 4-0-19-2 was

the  first match-turning spell by a KKR bowler this season. Agreed he got clobbered by Yusuf Pathan in the Superover (whether he was the right choice for that specific job

is another question only Buchanan can answer) and by Tendulkar-Jayasuriy a in the following game. But he remains a wicket-taker whom lesser players find impossible to

handle. Again, Murali Karthik, an experienced Twenty20 bowler, was left out after two games where his figures were 4-0-23-0 and 1-0-7-0. Why?

 

Agreed, KKR doesn’t have the best bowling attack in IPL. But it isn’t the worst either. Don’t forget they also have Moses Henrique, Moshrafe Mortaza (why buy somebody

with so much fanfare if you don’t play him?) and Ishant Sharma. How about a bowling attack of Ishant, Henrique or Mortaza, Mendis and Karthik? With Ganguly, Gayle and

Shukla there to do the fifth bowler’s job. But to do that, Buchanan will have to drop Hodge. The four foreigners in this playing XI would be: Gayle, McCullum,

Henrique/Mortaza and Mendis.

 

Solution: There’s only one way to save the season for KKR. Sack Buchanan. Now. Replace him with anybody, even Mandira Bedi. But Buchanan must go down under.

There’s nothing he can contribute positively to this team. Sacking him will not make KKR the winner of IPL2. But it will improve the dressing room atmosphere and bring

some passion back into the side.

 

If he cannot be sacked, then I have a 'phony’ theory, rather appropriate in times of fake bloggers, for KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan to consider: Why not have four coaches

and one captain? Surely having 25% of Buchanan is better than having 100% of him.

 

Regards

Aniruddha Sen

Mumbai

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