Ganguly Screwed up the match

[canus_immi]

Ganguly screwed up the match

1) Frist he should include Anil Kumble in team of 11

2) After wining th toss he should elect to bat instead of field

because Jayasurya Did same mistake with INDIA in supers six match

So Anways bad luck of our INDIA, AUS played really good game

Good luck for 2007

Thanks

 

[patienceGC]

I dont like Ganguly

but he did right today.

1) Harbhajan is far better than Kumble. BTW what does Kumble bowl? Spin/pace???

2) They probably felt that chasing might be a better option.

The bowling was a total failure. Zahir and Srinath were totally off. Look at the extras! I think Ganguly did a good job of trying to make up for ZK.

We lost to a good team. Oh well.

We beat the Pakis... thats better than the world cup

 

[st8]

Ganguly did not mess up. Bowlers did. It is the team think tank that must have decided to bowl first if toss won. The decision made sense because of the confidence in "the pace trio" and was probably made because

1. Way the Indian "pace trio" bowled in their previous matches and got early wickets would suggest they would have been able to exploit the early dampness in pitches and also the Aussie batsmen were not firing in their previous matches.
2. Early dampness (because of overnight rain) would have provided for more movement for Aussie bowlers and with the speed would have been tough.

But, Srinath's length was way too amiss and Zaheer was wayward and had no line. Even though Nehra, Bhajji bowled reasonably well, whenever ZK came back and in the end Srinath/ZK gave it away again. The way India batted, they were always in the hunt and on par with the Aussie score. They were even ahead for a long time based on the D/L method till about 5 wickets. A 300, even 325 score, they could have calculated/plsnned and batted better. But a 7.2 ask rate is too big a mountain.

At the end of the day, the best team won (which everyone knew even before the tournament). India, which started as fifth favourites, did have a commendable performance over the entire tournament after they started on the wrong foot. And to boot, they lost to only one team which proved to be the best one. (did not scrape around like SriLanka to reach semis, etc.)

Everyone has a bad day at the office. Srinath/ZK chose today. Rank bad bowling and terrible fulltosses during the slog. Feeds fuel to the suspicious ones regarding match-fixing. I still believe, the law of averages caught up. Unfortunatley, for India's win/loss record, India's bowling and also with the Aussie top order batsmen to hit a big score who had been failing in the early matches.

 

[dusranazar]

$1000 FOR EVERY FULL TOSS, $5000 FOR EVERY SIX

Guys,
Wake up!! If you think the match fixing scandals are over, go back to burying your heads in the sand.
Srinath was playing his last match and has to take care of his retirement.
I wonder how much Chetan Sharma got for the Sharja full toss.. hope he is happy in retirement.

 

[st8]

If $1000 (Rs. 50K) for a full toss, you must be joking as that is peanuts to this team. You obviously do not know the amounts today's cricketers can win officially.

(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=41055940)
Each player was assured more than Rs. 5 crores plus ($1 mil.) for reaching the finals (The board threw in Rs. 3.75 crores which is not included in this number). If they had won, there were estimates that each player plus the coach, etc. would have ended up with Rs. 15-50 crores ($3 to $10mil.) individually. Even now being the runners-up, each player will easily end up with Rs. 10 crores ($2 mil.) plus which by the way will be more than what each Aussie will make.

For match fixing truly to occur, something upwards of Rs. 50 crores (that would be pretty low by any estimate) to a single player would have been needed to be paid. If multiple players, it would easily run into few 100 crore rupees. The prize money and awards, rewards, etc. itself is so high, match fixing money for this world cup seems inconsequential as it is not the days of the old in terms of the prize money. Personally, I think the Indian team had a lot to play for if they had won. Hence, they would have not beeen swayed by bookies given the size of rewards that were waiting if they had won the WC.

Indian team sponsor, Amby Valley, an initiative of Sahara Group, has also said it will provide the cricketers and their support staff a seven-star fully furnished deluxe apartment in the 'World Champion Enclave' building at Sahara Lake City. The total cost of the package promised for the team would be in excess of Rs 23 crore.

I believe the players will still get these properties, else other properties in the Valley might go for a lesser sale value because it loses a bit of the glitter/glamour.


Also, check this article, http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=30609.

The Indians, backed by a host of sponsors, are going to notch around Rs 15-20 crore. According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), each of the 15 members in the team gets a fee of Rs 5 lakh per match during the World Cup.

That is about $3 to $4 million.

 

[Missyou]

Guys,

Its easier said than done, giving comments is easy, you guys shouldn't say all these things. If Ganguly would have batted first and then lost, the statement would then have been somewhat like this "He knew the pace trio is good then why did he chose to field" we should all appreciate there efforts in beating biggies like England, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and above all Pakistan and they qualified for the finals.

Get on with your life guys.......

 

[parvardigar]

My two Cents:

1) Players would've made lots of money had they
win...Thus there was no match fixing
2) India should've batted FIRST..No doubt about it
1996 WC Semis(Lost), 2003 IND/SL Jayasurya made
the same mistake..India failed to learn from
that game. How can a moderate pace attack of
India(That is what was rated just before the WC) be copared along with Aussies
3) Batting second is always a BIG PRESSURE
4) Statistically....India has LOST MANY MORE chasing than defending
5) Whole world was backing for two spinners..Same
team with Mongia replaced by Kumble
It's easy to say..move on with life...But it hurts
deep down there. You do not get to play WC finals
everytime...Who knows I may never be able to see India winning the WC in this life time(I'm 38 years old now!)

 

[Nandhakumar]

I strongly agree with parvardigar. Hope we learn from these mistakes.

 

[durvasudu]

this is funny. were the players not making money by becoming runners up in the world cup? some thing is fishy here. someone helped to fix the match. no doubt about it.

 

[st8]

Girish Rajput:

In US, the average payout for major league sports is
Basketball: $4.5 mil
Bseball/Ice Hockey: $2.1 mill
Football: $1.2 mill.

It is entertainment and a big business. Same with cricket. If money is generated, the players will get it. Remember, very few can play at the highest level and for most it is a natural gift with added determination and hard work. You cannot take your son or daughter and make them a Tiger Woods/Sachin/Serena, etc. That is the reason, these players and the businesses cash in selling these players.

It is kind of a cycle. Once you get top notch sports people, it attracts more public which in turn attracts more money which in turn attracts more talent. Till a critical mass is achieved, nothing happens.

Indian cricketers make the most because 80% of ICCs funds are from India. What seems like a big 225 crores may look small to the overall amounts involved by the businesses.

FYI, V. Anand makes about $3-5 mil. a year and was the richest sportsperson in India for a while. And India is making great strides in Chess with lots of GMs now. India is also doing extremely well in Golf but at the second tier. Look for good successes at world level in the next 5-6 years.

For other sports to achieve success, the government has to spend and make an initiative. Or else, a really natural talent should shine through and succeed. Say, someone like China's Yao Ming in NBA, etc. and China is now becoming basketball crazy.
It is not a sad situation, but the "law of economics". Say, your child is a naturally gifted athlete who can play equally well in cricket and soccer aand a future hope at the (inter)national level. Which sport will you tell your budding athlete child to concentrate more if you were in India?