tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post1386045756559886811..comments2023-10-11T20:32:38.912+05:30Comments on CRIC - SIS: A LESSON LEARNT FROM YUVRAJ SINGHAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733104559445244259noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-48734877949856162752012-02-10T19:56:58.192+05:302012-02-10T19:56:58.192+05:30Hi Handsome you will come back. The bad eyes from ...Hi Handsome you will come back. The bad eyes from evil forces brought this set back in you. You may recall Big B`s almost fatal accident years back but see what happened, he is the most sought personality of the century. Our prayers are with you. See you on the grounds soon.Nehahttp://shayari.co.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-81538436514329664172011-12-22T13:55:12.803+05:302011-12-22T13:55:12.803+05:30cant forget the moment i jumped on my seat when he...cant forget the moment i jumped on my seat when he hit 6 sixes on the trot.. yuvraj singh rocks when he pulls one for a six!india vs australia 2012 live streaminghttp://indiavsaustralia2012livestreaming.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-86787999865358511452011-12-20T20:06:38.378+05:302011-12-20T20:06:38.378+05:30Thank you, Deekay!Thank you, Deekay!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733104559445244259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-20941938993591414502011-12-20T16:54:31.122+05:302011-12-20T16:54:31.122+05:30Loved the post Shridhar....:-)Loved the post Shridhar....:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-90634852980511707672011-12-14T03:15:45.125+05:302011-12-14T03:15:45.125+05:30ok...may be i got the context all wrong :-)ok...may be i got the context all wrong :-)Golandaazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593900110552569215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-38205361120291054052011-12-13T22:52:15.500+05:302011-12-13T22:52:15.500+05:30Gol, firstly I want to clarify that this post is n...Gol, firstly I want to clarify that this post is not a result of sympathy arising due to Yuvraj Singh's unfortunate ailment. I had discussed the content matter of this post with a number of my friends and colleagues even before the news of that ailment had broken out.<br /><br />I think our discussion is starting to digress a little. The aim of this post was to bring out my opinion that we are far too judgmental, both in terms of frequency and speed! Yuvraj Singh was but an example on which my opinion was based.<br /><br />You say that you do not trust the Indian team after the England debacle. I think that's quite clear from the opinions that you have stated thus far, and I don't blame you for it... even I do wonder sometimes why I still trust them so much!<br /><br />Yes, players talk about Tests being the real deal and then bunk Test matches - that's true! They play the IPL and skip the tour to West Indies. But then, in the age of today's media, they can hardly say that 'competitive' Tests are the real deal, and that they are ready to skip a not-so-important Windies tour to earn a few bucks in the IPL.<br /><br />Say as much as you like about the fight shown by the West Indies, no one can deny that India could and should have won all 6 Tests this year against them. One was drawn due to weather, one due to lack of enterprise, and one due to... err, poor running between the wickets!<br /><br />Had the IPL been followed immediately by the English tour, I doubt the players would have played through that entire tournament if their fitness was at stake. The West Indies tour afforded them a window for rest, and they decided to use it.<br /><br />I agree it is kind of hypocrisy to still call Test cricket the real deal, but then like I said, they cannot afford to say that West Indies Tests are nowhere near the real deal!<br /><br />What my post argues against is us jumping to conclusions that these players lack the commitment to play for India because they chose to play IPL, skip Windies, and then went and underperformed in England. My arguments are against our judgmentalism (I'm not sure that's a dictionary word)... and not to decide whether it's right or wrong to play the IPL and skip the Windies tour!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733104559445244259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-42381047989377509432011-12-13T22:19:03.191+05:302011-12-13T22:19:03.191+05:30you are confusing performance with comittment. Mur...you are confusing performance with comittment. Murali's comittment is no less significant that Yuvraj's. That he ended up on the losing side and did not have a good match is not the point of your post. So lets not bring that into the conversation.<br /><br />Also, I am curious about your statement that for the IPL games Yuvraj did not field the way he did for India...and that somehow is a good thing...Why? He is getting paid to give his best whether it is for India or the IPL. Why should anyone hold anything back when they are playing for a franchise. What sort of comittment is that?<br /><br />I think you are confusing a very unfortunate ailment with Yuvraj and somehow feeling obliged that you should speak glorious things about him. <br /><br />To me the players (all of them including SRT) are having it both ways and it suits them to play the "we are victims of the scheduling" game. They don't have any more comittment to INDIA than they have for the filmstars and businessmen who shower dollars on them.<br /><br />They say all the right things and then do all the things that suit their financial needs. There is absolutely nothing wrong in SRT chosing IPL over WI, or Sehwag playing the IPL instead of getting rest and operating his shoulder injury. Everyone is entitled to earn as much money as they wish...but please when they talk crap like "Test cricket is the real deal and country comes first..." that's utter crap<br /><br />If you say that, then I expect Sachin to skip the IPL and play in the WI, I expect Yuvraj and Sehwag and Zaheer to not play in the IPL after a strenous WC when they know there isn't enough time to recuperate in time for WI / Eng<br /><br />Sorry, but after England I don't trust the Indian team. Not Sachin, not anyone. They are all pawns and inspite of their standing and the voice they have they will continue to play victims....Golandaazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593900110552569215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-838954433204750852011-12-13T12:25:19.339+05:302011-12-13T12:25:19.339+05:30Thank you, Govind!
Gol, I cannot criticise those ...Thank you, Govind!<br /><br />Gol, I cannot criticise those cricketers who played the IPL after the World Cup, leaving them no time to rest and recuperate for international cricket thereafter, but the reasons for that are very different, and I'll discuss them in another post.<br /><br />"Giving your all in a World Cup finals is a basic requirement" - True! But it is so much easier said than done! The greatest off-spinner of our time Muttiah Muralitharan could not manage it in the same match.<br /><br />He was hampered by an injury, but then so were many other players who played that match riddled by some injury / niggle or the other. Yuvraj himself vomited his way to the Finals, didn't he?<br /><br />His decision to not tour the Windies was injury-based, if I recall correctly. And even though he knew that playing the IPL might worsen his health, he had no way of knowing that it would virtually rule him out of the rest of 2011. So I don't think that the decision to play the IPL should raise a question of Yuvraj's commitment to the country.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733104559445244259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-79892904976588540032011-12-12T16:21:28.959+05:302011-12-12T16:21:28.959+05:30Firstly let me say that I am not commenting on Yuv...Firstly let me say that I am not commenting on Yuvi's commitment only on the inferences of this post; which are <br /><br />People who are diagnosed with a non-malignant tumor and who dive around in the most prestigious event in cricket are above criticism from the media as far as their commitment is concerned.<br /><br />I have been extremely critical of Sachin and everyone who played the IPL and took time off from Test cricket and showed up in England half cooked. That cricketers; even the greatest ones; have put IPL before country is painfully clear and yet we as fans don't want to admit that<br /><br />Finally now on Yuvraj too did not go to the WI and played the IPL. I believe people have every right to question his commitment to country. <br /><br />Giving your all in the World Cup finals is a basic requirement not something which needs to be applauded. Any Paplu / Taplu from the street corner would have given his all in a World Cup finals if selectedGolandaazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593900110552569215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8645282373545856222.post-766655004037713612011-12-12T15:28:00.271+05:302011-12-12T15:28:00.271+05:30Super post Shridhar. I too have believed Yuvi is t...Super post Shridhar. I too have believed Yuvi is the ONLY Indian who is a different player in India colors than in IPL.Govind Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04086203944345086402noreply@blogger.com