http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:58:00 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4703 Do you know the story of Noel David? Tendulkar asked for Bahutule via fax. He was given Noel David who wasn't exactly know even in Hyderabad. He got dropped soon. Dropped from the Hyderabad team soon after. Went to US soon after. :D 4703@desicritics.org Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:58:00 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4701 How about Noel David of the even I-don't-know-why-I-was-selected fame and David Johnson of I-run-faster-than-the-ball-I-bowl fame? Even you forgot them :-) How forgotten must they feel to be left out of the forgotten men :-( 4701@desicritics.org Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:31:57 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4501 Nandhu, I dont think the article takes any particular stance in the Youth Vs Experience debate. All it does is admire the spirit of these men who are still at it, inspite of the common knowledge that the doors have been shut for them.. 4501@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:08:12 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4500 Do you think that this article is timely at a time when Chappell and co are trying to induct some new blood into the Indian team. Seems wise to invest in young cricketers ahead of the world cup that grumble about the marginalised ones. I am sure there are ignored good players in every country. 4500@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:53:42 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4497 Bhardwaj was injured and then wasn't successful in his return domestically Nikhil. 4497@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:43:09 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4487 Pratyush, the idea was to select cricketers who are 30+, still active and still doing well. Mongia and Badani are not 30 yet and would probably make it to this list sooner or later. Dharmani missed out, but the three middle order batsmen selected have better records. I would have picked him as the WK if he had continued to keep wickets regularly. Nikhil, Bharadwaj did well in some tournament in Kenya (not against Australia) but faded away after that.. He is now not even part of the Karnataka Ranji team. 4487@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:08:43 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4480 What about Vijay Bhardwaj??? He was Man of the Series against Australia and then dropped. What's up with that?? 4480@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:23:57 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4475 I can think of MANY other players Vishnu. There can be a Wicket Keepers XI maybe but they wont be more than 30 years old. Many of them in fact are in their early 20s! (Ratra) Some others: Pankaj Dharmani Hemang Badani Dinesh Mongia Utpal Chatterjee (retired about a year ago) Rajesh Chauhan (now not playing though) This is why I was so glad Wasim Jaffer got a chance before he could have been discarded forever. 4475@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:01:34 EST http://desicritics.org/2006/03/11/012053.php#comment-4474 Interesting list - sounds like a formidable team to play against 4474@desicritics.org Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:59:05 EST