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Ashwin....this is for you.......Under Ganguly india lost 9 finals but with Dravid did India even reach 9 tournament finals??so y dont u shut your big mouth and get some data first....nd about INDIA's BEST TEAM.....when Ganguly took over.....the whole of Indian cricket was in a mess of Match Fixing forget about the best team.

That so called Best Team was created and made the best by this man called Ganguly....so for all you people who dont understand cricket but need to comment just because you love Dravid and hate Ganguly....please get more knowledge about the game first and then post your dumb comments.

ya perticularly ganguly can be a captian now a days dravid's captiancy is not so good as ganguly so i am say that make ganguly as captain and dravid as vise-captain then see the world cup is ours

its not that one loss to bangladesh is the end of road for indian cricket but the senior members and captain especially should have evaluated that minimum 2 matches are necessary to move to next round now sri lanka eveyone knows is a tough nut to crack so they should have taken the bangladesh match more seriously and not played kiddish cricket,now bangladesh will most probably win against bermuda and every stat will rest on the run rate now india needs a huge victory against bermuda and atleast a victory against sri lanka now looking at the volatility of indian cricket for about past 20 years it seems unlikely of basic indian team character to bounce back in back to back 2 matches under pressure with different opponents plus reaching super 8 was never our goal means they have to perform well in atleast 5 back to back matches against diferent oppositions which is not basic indian team character so india cannot win from here under any circumstances.these are the calculations which mr rahul dravid and CO. SHOULD HAVE DONE beforehand standing in slips with a bumped up face is adding salt to injury,overoptimist typical indian fans may wish luck or everything but indian team has gone to fail only their laptops and all practice is just a piece of shit as they lack basic mathematics skills also.good luck to newzealand and RSA.

why indian players cant understand the indian people dream.only yuva,ganguly,&sachin,dinesh are go to wi for play wc-07 others are waste players especially dravid,his recomended person sehwag,agarkar,zaheer

.really sehwag is waste fellow he is not good for team india.2 mans r broke the indias world cup dream they made dravid ,crazy chappel&one more loose sehwag.then finally "DADA" GANGULY is best captain then CRAZY (MADE)DRAVID .GANGULY is a great player.he proved once again

Its all about the coach of INDIA who came and spoiled the team.

Now, its Dravid...

Be carefull in the past..

I only thing i can think of some experienced team members are they are goog in making money then runs in a match. They perform better in ad then on field. I think these so called "Gods" of indian cricket need to be sacked and bring some young talent and if they loose then in my opinion it is okay. When will these players play for country?

Someone very expertly comments about Ganguly -

"And what about his innings doddering about getting his fifty and getting out. I suppose it serves his purpose well..."

Yes, you are quite right. But alas!, the other master batsmen even failed to do that. How can one serve the team when he cannot "serve the purpose" for himself??? I have an idea - why not "serve" the drinks? You think Dravid's the better captain, your view is welcome- but don't belittle Ganguly's effort in such a drought of runs.....

Ganguly won a toss and lost with a bad decision too.

Oh wait, that was Australia. In the finals.

Let's see if Kaptain Kannadiga can keep up the ... ahem ... good work.

Kind of expected this a bong sticking up for another bong. Dravid is not a great leader but I suppose abusing the hell out of your leading opening bowler makes you a great captain(Trinidad 2002). And what about his innings doddering about getting his fifty and getting out. I suppose it serves his purpose well and I can forsee dravid and 'chappal' getting the sack after this world cup and the great DADA back in the saddle again, which I suppose will be our Great Leap Forward.

One loss to Bangladesh and it is the end of the world, indeed. Of course, Ganguly was the better captain, after this loss. Why not go a step further and say Kiran More was the best selector, John Wright was the best coach, Nayan Mongia was the best keeper, Dalmiya was the best administrator and so on. Why stop at Dravid, I ask?

You need to use your head, not your heart, before you pen your views. One loss and you get all sentimental and write such disgraceful stuff on the net. If you don't have the patience to stand by the team and the captain when they lose, you have no right to praise them/support them when they win.

There are only three words that come to my mind when I think about what you have written. Shame, Shame, Shame.

don't consider ganguly as best captain. your first assumption to this article is ganguly is a ideal captain.which is pathetic.

have you ever seen steve waugh running to a bowler and asking to put pressure.

Don't forget. india lost matches with ganguly as captain.

he lost nine tournament finals with almost best team indian cricket history.

What're you, ten ? India lost one match, it's no big deal. Give Bangladesh some credit, they played very well.

Every team has its off days. India is no exception. The only thing "PATHETIC" here is the way you're running down Bangladesh.