Should Ganguly be recalled - Page 3

Originally posted by: bunbutt_too

Gambhir is tu chal mein aya player. Uttapa has been one big zilch. Yuvi has bad knees. You still believe in them huh😕

Gambhir is a good player......tu chal main thodi aaya wo😕😳...last T-20 main u dont see Gambhir/utapas performance....about youvi...hope he can do better next game....always +ve buddy...😳😊

Dada is good player....not now...b4.....sur acha hey tho gana band karana chahiye....so better he take retirement....😳

Maybe todays ODI vs Sri Lanka will give the selectors proof of their blunder or not re Dada. However the weather there is already threatening to wash everything away. So Team India can count on mother nature to come to the rescue.😉

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'Race row good for promotion of cricket'

TNN / Vinay Nayudu

BRISBANE, February 4: It may sound weird but former Australia captain Mark Taylor says the Harbhajan Singh-Andrew Symonds controversy is good for the promotion of cricket, at least in the short term.

Taylor, who took over from Allan Border as Australia skipper in the late 1990s and groomed Steven Waugh under his wings, these days commentates for Channel Nine. He says people like him like to talk about the rift on TV and feels that the saga will end up in bringing new fans to cricket.

''I guess it's detrimental in the short term but there's no doubt that controversy breeds news and people like me talk about it on TV. That is a promotion for the game and you could say maybe not the right promotion but it does promote the game. Hopefully in the long term it will bring more new spectators to the game and they'll stay with the game,'' the 43-year-old, who played 104 Tests for Australia, told TOI .

Respected for shaping the transition of the Australian team into what it is today, Taylor is also impressed with India's policy of picking youngsters. ''I like that India are picking some young guys. Rohit Sharma to me looks a fine player. If India can give the young lot about four-five years of international experience they can become and unbeatable side.

''Of course, there are some advantages and disadvantages in there but you got to be patient. If they let them learn the competitive side of international cricket and persist with these players they'll soon have a class side. The key to me is that most of the young Indian players are in the 22-25 age bracket, unlike Australia, where the players are not getting a chance to make the team till they are 29 or 30.''

Dhoni's leadership also came in for some praise from Taylor: ''I don't think he's struggling, in fact he's doing well by changing his game to the demands of the situation. I think he's got a good head on young shoulders.''

Taylor is being touted as the man to become the next chairman of Cricket Australia, but he denied it. ''I can tell you that Jack Clarke will be the next chairman of Cricket Australia and he won't be challenged by me,'' he said, "The speculation is possibly because I am on the CA board and at this time people do start speculating."

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