shocked india erupts in Anger

HT-C fore Survey TO GAUGE THE MOOD OF FRUSTRATED FANS, WE CONDUCTED A QUICK SURVEY. HERE ARE THE FINDINGS 626. say Rahul Dravid should step down as captain More than half the respondents say Sachin Tendulkar should retire 55.o 66 Two-thirds say coach Greg Chappell should be sacked % say match-fixing and betting are ruining cricket % say brand endorsements are the chief undoing 24% say there is too much media hype around cricket One-third of the respondents say India should prepare for 2011 with a fresh team 16% want Souray Ganguly reinstated as captain 25% felt BCCT has to be reformed Methodology: Research Organisation C fore conducted the survey in five metros - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore on March 24. A randomly selected sample of 514 persons were inter- viewed using a structured questionnaire. MORE BOUNCERS "Our team has disappointed me and the nation. BCCI pro- vided maximum facilities to the players... It will decide on the future course of action" Sharad Pawar, Agriculture Minister & BCCI president "The seniors in the team failed to deliver...in the most ignominious manner...it is high time they were replaced by young talents" Lalu Prasad, Railway Minister & president, Bihar Cricket Association "In every game there is victo- ry and defeat... we should not make any demonstration before the house of players or harass their families" Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Information & Broadcasting Minister

SHAME! Cricket fans, angry at India's loss to Sri Lanka in the World Cup, deface a poster of Sachin Tendulkar at Nagpada. Similar scenes were witnessed across the country as fans burnt effi- gies of cricketers and staged protests. Security was beefed up outside the homes of Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh. Angry fans pelted stones at Zaheer Khan's Pune restaurant. There were no casualties. Protests were also held in Kanpur, Patna, Indore and Jalandhar. Should Rahul Dravid step down as captain? YES 62 NO 29 CAN'T SAY 2 Should Greg Chappell be sacked? YES 66 NO 28 CAN'T SAY 6 Should Sachin Tendulkar retire? YES 55 NO 41 CAN'T SAY 4 What ails the game? Too much corporate money 19 (ad sponsorships, etc) Too much underworld money (betting, 36 match-fixing) Too many matches 21 being scheduled 24 Too much media hype What does India need to do to prepare for World Cup 2011? Start training a completely fresh 32 batch immediately Reinstate Sourav 16 Ganguly as captain Pay more attention to 27 domestic cricket 25 Reform the BCCI C fore conducted the survey across Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore on March 24. A randomly selected sample of 514 people answered a structured questionnaire.

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