Mike Brearley, under whom England won 21 Tests and lost just 6, would disagree strongly with that notion. Besides, surely Kaif can contribute more than Sachin Tendulkar. [/stir]
If India regain Ganguly as a captain, they lose him as a batsman. Simple as.
I'm almost certain that Sachin Tendulkar was not named as vice-captain with view of giving him the captaincy in the future. Given that he was never a particularly good captain and is presently struggling to be a particularly good batsman, it would be the utmost of stupidity to make him captain.
Apparently the BCCI is going to start taking the Australian route and picking players based on present capabilities, rather than past form and legacy. If that's actually the case, it doesn't matter what Tendulkar wants, he won't be named captain.
He's not been flash in the longer form of the game in recent times either.
He has had a specific problem with the incoming delivery, but I don't think he's a flat-track bully. He has scored runs against McGrath and Gillespie when the rest of team barely managed anything.
...in India...It's because one-day Cricket is much, much more important than Test Cricket SS
He's a shadow of the player he was back then though. He looks totally different and entirely incapable at times.
Don't say that! Now the BCCI has no choice but to appoint Sachin..you see these guys are partial to words such phrases as "utmost stupidity".
But we all know Kaif can bat. The question is, can he score runs?
If the administrators of the game start feeling that way, I'm going to have to kill myself tbh.It's because one-day Cricket is much, much more important than Test Cricket SS
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Completely agreed. I never disputed that. I'm just saying that IMO, he wasn't a FTB in the past. Regarding his problems I think they're largely mental because when he was playing well the strongest suit of his game was his temperament and shot-selection. He was really good at leaving the good ones and pouncing anything in his areas (In tests). That mental part of his game has gone haywire he doesnt have a clue these days.
Bu as long as his shot selection is so dire, he's only ever likely to score runs on flat wickets. As such, he's presently a flat track bully.
So you advocate the selection of a 36-year-old who is captaining brilliantly in Indian domestic cricket, huh?
Gotta somewhat doubt that, TBH.
Way to miss the point on both counts.
Could such a thing not be said of a certain chap whose middle-name is Charles?
The dropped catches just haven't been coming of late...
Except Brian Lara was not struggling with the bat. So no, it's a totally different situation.
