Geoffrey boycott who was a former English opener has said that his technique was superior than Sunil Gavaskar.I think this act of self praising from a senior cricketer like him not all acceptable, if someone else had said this then it was well and good,but you can't praise your achivements all the time. there should not be any comparison between any two players since they all are great at their respective positions.
KP last week commented that Test Cricket is going to Die Within 10 years,but i think that he is wrong in his stand since test cricket has been in the arena now for more than 100 years now.Many forms of cricket have come and gone but test cricket still retains its special place in the heart of spectators.IPL has affected its popularity to some extent,but i think that there are still many people who feel that test cricket is the ultimate form of cricket.If test cricket doesn't exists then how would we see those swinging and seeming balls,how we will se those straight drives from Sachin tendulkar and those lovely classic coverdrives from Rahul dravid and those lovely wristy shorts from VVS Laxman.
I agree that money is more in T20 and IPL but have you ever thought that to whom this money is going to,you guessed it right,to those people who have performed well in the longer versions like test cricket and have some brand name in the cricketing fraternity.
I think that whichever form of cricket you play you need the quality and talent to excell.
So cheers to test cricket.
Recently west indies board and its players had conflict over the contract issue.I think that these kind of issues should be solved behind the doors and it should not be made public so that the T.v channels have a new agenda to blow upon.Players nowdays due to the IPl have gone out of their limits now they are trying to make more money than they should.We all know that West Indies cricket borad has no big bucks like BCCI.So the players should also understand the problem of the board.
Now due to big sums of money flowing into the game i think the national spirit of players is no more left.West indies has been beaten badly by such a minnow team like Bangladesh,well i know that Bangladesh is playing tests for a long time now but still it has won only 3 tests (including the 2 which they have recently won in west indies)in more than 50 tests that it has played.So you can judge it well where they stand.I don't say that they can't improve but it will take time.
The series is a great shame for west indies team and i think in future they would place the nation's interest above their self interest.
Yograj singh has blamed Kapil for ruining his carrer.I don't this that kapil has anything to do with this.Nobody could stop anybody from playing for India if the individual has some serious talent.Yograj singh is just singing the old gingles which doesn't work nowdays.His son yuvraj,inspite of being drooped from side again and again,he never lost his confidense and came back strogly every time.So this is the spirit one should have and we shouldn't blame others for our failures.isnt'it??
Another story is about Vinod Kambli blaming sachin for not saving his carrer.Vinod feels that that sachin could have prevented his downfall.But i don't thik these things have any relevance and are just publicity stunts.
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