In India (and there was a chance right after the T20I world series).Well where else better is there to get experience than to play against Australia? Indian selectors are looking towards the future.
I meant: was better for an Indian newbie player to play Australia in India, rather than in Australia. (And India played Australia in India right after the T20I).Surely you wouldn't get more experience in an Indian domestic team than against a team like Australia?
India did the populist thing by selecting Ganguly and Co in the one day series against Australia at home and lost.In India (and there was a chance right after the T20I world series).
Even people supporting the move will probably not vouch for the Indian selectors.
Why do Indians like to baby their teams??? None of the players are exactly new.........they all have international experience.I meant: was better for an Indian newbie player to play Australia in India, rather than in Australia. (And India played Australia in India right after the T20I).
The question was about playing Australia. If that constraint is lifted, best to play BD & Zimbabwe first (as was coming up right after the triseries) and then the big teams and then someone like SA or NZ and then Australia.
Not really. Dravid and Ganguly are both terrible fielders and in poor ODI form whereas Tendulkar is an okay fielder, arguably the best ODI batsman of all time and in great form, smashing loads of runs at a fast pace. The balance must also be made between youth and experience. Currently, Yuvraj and Tendulkar alone provide the batting experience.Seems odd to drop Dravid and Ganguly and keep Tendulkar. Very odd.
They are looking forward to the next World Cup, but:Well for mine Ganguly and Dravid would not be dropped if they were 10 years younger. Or even 5. Not a chance. Poor fielders and not in the best of form, true, but we all know the old adage about form and class, and you can be as dreadful a fielder as you want, if you can bat as well as those two, it doesn't matter.
For mine, the only reason that makes any sense to drop them is that India were looking to the next WC. And if that were true, Tendulkar would have to go too.
Disagree TBH, it's the youngsters that need the experience, not the experienced players. Anyway, experience is hopelessly overrated in sport; it's mindset that's important, and you can have that at a young or old age, if the mind's right.They are looking forward to the next World Cup, but:
a) Some experience is needed to phase in the youngsters instead of just chucking them in.
Excellent - and if Tendulkar can, Dravid certainly can. Less sure about Ganguly.b) Tendulkar himself has stated that he would play in the 2011 World Cup if his body holds up. He has also denied people quoting Tendulkar saying that ODIs are taking a severe toll on his body.
I highly doubt he concedes a boundary per innings TBH, you'd need to be truly atrocious to do that. And I reckon he did more than enough with the bat last year, in all, even if some of his later innings were less than flash, to retain a spot if it's purely on the-here-and-now.As for the poor fielders vs good batsmen arguement, Ganguly concedes about one boundary and about five singles per innings without fail, therefore, he should be consistently scoring 50s to avoid becoming a liability - something he has not done in the 2007/8 season. I, of course, agree with the comment that age was a factor, but performance was certainly one too.
Say what? Ganguly has 12 50's in the 2007 (in 30 matches) or something like that. Poor fielder, yes he is.Not really. Dravid and Ganguly are both terrible fielders and in poor ODI form whereas Tendulkar is an okay fielder, arguably the best ODI batsman of all time and in great form, smashing loads of runs at a fast pace. The balance must also be made between youth and experience. Currently, Yuvraj and Tendulkar alone provide the batting experience.
Who will be the player that will be selected in his place Jeevan?Say what? Ganguly has 12 50's in the 2007 (in 30 matches) or something like that. Poor fielder, yes he is.
Have you not seen him field? Ganguly is awful by all standards.I highly doubt he concedes a boundary per innings TBH, you'd need to be truly atrocious to do that.
216 runs in his last eight innings.Say what? Ganguly has 12 50's in the 2007 (in 30 matches) or something like that.