Goodbye Ganguly...

And so...'Ganguly has been read out his Final rites..or does it seem otherwise.?

His removal from the ODI team was warranted..and timely..

Not sure if that was the case with his Test team..

They did not give him an un interrupted run..first and he was included for the wrong reasons.

Again, on Form and for the controversy generated, he shd not have been there in the first place for the team to Pak..He was..

and popular thoughts would have been to continue with him now that Yuvi is Injured.

But then..the selectors decided to correct an earlier mistake..and removed him..

Well well...who suffered,..Nobody more than Kaif, and that batsman now has to proove
himself all over again...which is by no means easy, now that he has a mini form slump as well.

But coming back to Ganguly. It is always a good strategy to remove 'Top' echelons first whenever something wrong happens and changes need to be made.After all its the leaders that have been given all the powers to get things on track. It is there mistake if they to not use their power to set things right.

The ODI team was getting stale of ideas and strategies., and with nothing productive
in terms of result., something had to give in. With a New Coach, the only option had to be the decision maker on the field., which was Ganguly..

Fair to the team, they have implmented new ideas in the ODI format and have become more
successful..

and so that decision was prooved correct.

Back to the test match format., Ganguly did acquit himself well in the 2 inings against Pak. But then with his exp he should have thrown a better rear guard challenge than the one he came up with.

He has himself to blame, and I guess he knew that himself., when he said 'I could have done better' on return frm Pak.

The only pity being the way he was booted out.
For somebody who restored Indias pride with his no nonsense approach to captaincy, and the pleasure he gave to viewers, with his batting., this is the limpest way to get out of reckoning and from the public View.

Wish we could dedicate one of the ODI's in the current game against Eng to him..for all that he has done to Team India..

Ganguly...Keep your head High..
Most of the current performers in the Current team owe it to you., for what they are and where they are now., and that is more than half the teams list., plus the biggest asset "a Can Do Attitude'which I would say, even sachin Tendulkar came short with when compared with Ganguly.

You Should be proud of them... and we all are of you...

Now go..introduce some Nice dishes in your Bengali Restaurant..

I'll be there sometime, in the next few months, to sample some of them.:P
For an earlier cricketing post..
Here you go
waaah....and How right I've been prooved...
Some of the points I have there., Chappell and the selection team can think of only, now..
I should be made..a Resident Consultant with Team India...grrrrrrrrr