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I'll reply to Ganguly after Oz series: Vengsarkar

Mumbai, October 10:: Former Chief selector Dilip Vengasarkar on Friday said he would refrain from responding to Sourav Ganguly's outburst against the selectors till the end of the current series against Australia as it could divert the team's focus. "I won't answer him now as this is not the right time because Indi ....Read more

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Ganguly at faultBy: Sujit | Friday , 10 Oct '08 18:21:24 PM Reply | Forward The only fault of Ganguly is that he has no Kar to end his surname. In Indian cricket, there is different tretment for Kar-walas and non-karwalas. This is true now and in the past also when player like mohinder amrnath was humiliated due to only this reason. Becoz of this Tendulkar can go way with failure after failure even bothering to think of retirement.

SachinBy: Hemant | Friday , 10 Oct '08 17:48:59 PM Reply | Forward I have nothing against Sachin, but he is way past his prime too... I don't remember the last time he made a solid contribution to the team. He has been keeping one slot in the team locked up for more than a decade now. Atleast Ganguly did not quit the captaincy like Sachin. Vengsarkar should take responsibility for all the politics that he indulged in as the selector and stop threatning players who have contributed much more than him to Indian cricket.

Vengsarkar's commentsBy: Prathap Chithapuram | Friday , 10 Oct '08 17:43:05 PM Reply | Forward I am with Vengsarkar on this one. Was he perfect? No. Was the selection comittee under him perfect? No. No one is perfect. But for Sourav to say that the selection committee was after him is ridiculous. People say that he was out of form for only one series and that is not correct. Look at his past 2 years of performance (i.e. not just batting. even though it makes up the most). He played only good in one or two series (including ODIs). Was he the only one with poor performance, absolutely. They should have dropped Rahul, Sachin and Kumble. But if Sachin is dropped, then Mumbhai will be on fire. If people can get killed and bus can be put on fire for Dada's dropping, then imagine what will happen if Sachin is dropped. That is the country we live in. So, in short, the selection committee has a lot of other influences and requests that it has to take into consideration during the selection process. Is that correct?. No. Ask players like Badrinath and others from yester years.

Inconsistent selectorsBy: Aravind | Friday , 10 Oct '08 17:18:48 PM Reply | Forward There's no denying the fact that players ability and performance alone are of no relevance in Indian cricket if he is not well connected. How can undeserving cricketers find a place in the squad if cricket alone is selection criteria.

GangulyBy: Frustrated Indian | Friday , 10 Oct '08 17:18:41 PM Reply | Forward What reply will u give Vengy...you have been unscupulous and biased towards others like Sachin, etc. Stop shouting after committing such abuse of powers...they say " the mother of the thief has the loudest voice"...

GangulyBy: V.P.Abdul Khader | Friday , 10 Oct '08 17:17:54 PM Reply | Forward Ganguly is right. For reasons only known to vengsarkar he was dead against Ganguly from the very beginning. In spite of Ganguly's debutal test century at Lords Vengsarkar was against his selection for the next test. Vengsarkar fully deserves what he got.

remove unwanted people from cktBy: archit | Friday , 10 Oct '08 16:58:13 PM Reply | Forward i'm a big sourav, sachin fan with great ckt knowledge. the only thing is i have not played.sourav is a true champion. no one can do or achieve what he has done for his team. both sourav and sachin are big stars after kapil and gavaskar. one bad series selectors writes off them. no youngster can win you a test match. when sourav and sachin made their debut, the team was not full of youth. they all were well experiened players.who made Kiran More the selector and who's he to say sourav cannot play as long as i'm here.what has he done for india???? who's he to comment on other players career.new team led by dhoni 20-20 world cup winning squad. can this last 5 dys to save or win a test. NO. a 30 player is considered old, not fit, cannot run the team, but what about the board officials. what knowledge of ckt they have.players like sourav, sachin and kumble are born once. their retirement will lead to a major downfall of indian cricket. india doesn't've suitable replacement

Vengsarkar's CommentsBy: P K Dutta | Friday , 10 Oct '08 16:55:58 PM Reply | Forward Mr.Vengsarkar was a bad selection committee chairman, no question about it. Sourav's contribution to Indian cricket was much more laudable than Vengsarkar's. He created only controversies and got away because a Political heavy weight was blessing him. He should once suit face to face with Navjot Sidhu before a TV camera and let the people judge his credentials.

I love dada, I respect him, He resurrected Indian Cricket at a very difficult time, but...By: Shiva Gopalakrishnan | Friday , 10 Oct '08 16:16:29 PM Reply | Forward I love dada, I have very great respect and regard for him. He resurrected Indian Cricket when it was at its nadir. The truth is he is past shelf life. Those who saw the game on thursday and friday in bangalore will agree. He should retire respectfully and with grace. He should not have made those statements when the series was on. I wish him well.

Vengsarkar plese shut upBy: Babulal Marandi | Friday , 10 Oct '08 16:02:35 PM Reply | Forward Dada is a greater player than Vengsarkar - Records prove it. So shut your trap Vengsarkar

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