why bring in roadside politics to cricket

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Posted: 17 years ago
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Fans incensed at Sourav sacking
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KOLKATA, January 20: Irate fans of Sourav Ganguly burnt an effigy of BCCI president Sharad Pawar as protests erupted in the metropolis over the former skipper being sacked from the national squad for the coming Triangular series in Australia.

Incensed at Ganguly being kept out of the team, around 40 cricket buffs gathered near his residence at Behala and raised slogans against the selectors and Pawar.

They set fire to an effigy of Pawar and beat it with shoes and chappals.

"Bring dada back", demanded the fans, holding posters and banners.

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) described Ganguly's sacking as "grave injustice" and said it would lodge a strong protest to BCCI.

"What has been done is totally wrong, grave injustice is being done to him", says CAB joint secretary Samar Pal.

"It seems Dhoni did not want him in the side. Dhoni is more comfortable with juniors so he is in favour of axing seniors. But we will not sit idle. We will lodge a strong protest", Pal said.
We burn effigies at the drop of a hat.....no wonder the british found the divide and rule policy in India so easy...come on calcattans..give us a break...if dravid,laxman can sit out why can't saurav...he is your prince ..not the king of India...why bring in cheap politics in to the picture....saurav should not complain at all...he could have sat out at the perth test itself...no contribution from him at all.....he had recovered from flu...it seemed..let him rest and play for tests...u want the youngsters to rot sitting in the aisles and killing flies!!!!grow up.....this infighting is what should stop...be it reality shows,singing competitions...state politics come into fore.....stop it
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Lolzz....I found it unfair to Ganguly to drop him after he's been playing so amazingly in both the Pak and Aus series.

If Dhoni does think like that....then its not correct of him...he should look at the performance more not on his personal comfort level.

However....news channels also bring up a lot of controversies duncha think? And this one might have been fabricated by them for TRPs.

As for the effigy burnings....lol....sad cases...crazy people...what is burning effigies going to do except create more carbon dioxide???? However...its not just prevalent in Kolkatta but all over India....this effigy burning and black polishing...
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: xMarauderx

Lolzz....I found it unfair to Ganguly to drop him after he's been playing so amazingly in both the Pak and Aus series.

If Dhoni does think like that....then its not correct of him...he should look at the performance more not on his personal comfort level.

However....news channels also bring up a lot of controversies duncha think? And this one might have been fabricated by them for TRPs.

As for the effigy burnings....lol....sad cases...crazy people...what is burning effigies going to do except create more carbon dioxide???? However...its not just prevalent in Kolkatta but all over India....this effigy burning and black polishing...

yeah i do agree with you to some extent..😊..but as a captain ganguly had no comparisons....but okay ..so he played well with pak and 1st two aussie tests...but age is also not on his side...u gotta be lithe and athletic on the field which sadly he is not...i would rather take a raina then..dhoni may not have said all this he is more diplmatic than he looks....it could be a fragment of some media bloke's imagination...if u put laxman and dravid aside then ganguly too should be made to sit out...they all sail in the same boat...my issue was not ganguly's exclusion but the hype and anger it leashes out the moment sumthing is said or done to him...arrey bhai cool it!!!!!!😎

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Posted: 17 years ago
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righto nisha...they should be warned of global warming.....😡....if burning only was the solution to any problem Calcutta would have been reduced to ashes...ganguly should not revel in all this glorified version of himself but put some sense into his people....dravid was dropped without even any notice ...just like that......so did his people lose control...we should get on with the game ,devise strategies to perish the aussie team not infighting ...among ..why he was picked why he was dropped....u r showing your weaknesses to the punters😆

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Posted: 17 years ago
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LMAOOOO Typical of Indian cricket man..Burning all the stuff when things dont go right 😳 these pple r sad....it aint gona get anywhere 😆 😆 foooools 😆 😆 😆
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Hey Shabari, I understand your sentiments and agree with them to an extent, however I have a request to make...Can we please change the subject of this post???Just because of a bunch of lunatics, we don't have to insult the whole country, rightoo???😕

Now coming to Ganguly's exclusion, well, I for one am not happy with this...I am an ardent fan of Tendulkar and want to know, in terms of the recent expeditions, in what way did Tendulkar weigh heavier than Ganguly that he kept his place intact???Scratch it, because the choice was not between Ganguly and Tendul, clearly it was between Yuvraj and Ganguly- Yuvraj is playing the worst an retaining him in the team is just allowing him to continue his lackluster performance...

Bottomline, its really unfair to remove Ganguly and not even consider Rahul...😕

Now coming to burning the stuff, well, we need a lot more polishing to get to the level of controlling the emotions..We are getting there...

Raksha

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Posted: 17 years ago
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arre..yeh toh humari parampara hai 😛..
kuch bhi hota hai then this is the first thing that the people do...

i personally think this was ok...we gotta think about the future gen. too...ganguly, dravid, etc are there for a couple more years then we need someone to take their spot don't we?...

it's quite funny actually...how we praise the aussies ke if one gets injured then another player is ready to fill his shoes...par apne india mein....and then when board does do something to solve that prob...indians come out on the streets protesting...geez!
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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: raksha.l

Hey Shabari, I understand your sentiments and agree with them to an extent, however I have a request to make...Can we please change the subject of this post???Just because of a bunch of lunatics, we don't have to insult the whole country, rightoo???😕

Now coming to Ganguly's exclusion, well, I for one am not happy with this...I am an ardent fan of Tendulkar and want to know, in terms of the recent expeditions, in what way did Tendulkar weigh heavier than Ganguly that he kept his place intact???Scratch it, because the choice was not between Ganguly and Tendul, clearly it was between Yuvraj and Ganguly- Yuvraj is playing the worst an retaining him in the team is just allowing him to continue his lackluster performance...

Bottomline, its really unfair to remove Ganguly and not even consider Rahul...😕

Now coming to burning the stuff, well, we need a lot more polishing to get to the level of controlling the emotions..We are getting there...

Raksha

Hey Raksa,

aap sab ki opinion sar aakhon par😊...changed the topic name..what the board says is true to some extent..we ahve to ready the youngsters to face the future world cup...yeh budde (sachin included) hi kelenge toh when will the youth try their luck....way to go BCCI.

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Posted: 17 years ago
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Originally posted by: shabari

Hey Raksa,

aap sab ki opinion sar aakhon par😊...changed the topic name..what the board says is true to some extent..we ahve to ready the youngsters to face the future world cup...yeh budde (sachin included) hi kelenge toh when will the youth try their luck....way to go BCCI.



Hey thanks Shabri, appreciate it!👏

Yaar youngsters chahiye tho Sachin ko bhi nikaalo na...Lekin nahi, phir paise kaha se aayenge???Half of the team's revenue is earned through this Master...😉...

I am all for a young team( even if it means not seeing Sachin in action😭, I will make that sacrifice for my country😭😭😭), but Yuvraj??The guy is clearly in a slump and why vex him more and make him loose even the last traces of his self-confidence...Give him some rest and select someone else who is actually in form..Koi bhi chalega..What I hate about our selection team is, they choose an omit people as per their popularity Index...🤢

Raksha

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Posted: 17 years ago
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If it is sachin for you then i am sore that rahul was literally thrown out😭 without even any intimation from the one dayersbut all in all i am happy for viru😃...but feel that bajji should be made to keep his mouth shut..😡...phir se chalne laga hein uska mouth..making stupid statements......

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