Every man dies, but not every man really Lives!
I am die hard Sachin fan. But Ganguly also deserves credit. The way he has been treated is not fare. This can even happen to Sachin as Ajit wadekar pointed out in his interview "Now sachin has to be careful" Interview
This is humiliation to a great cricketer, may not be upto level Sachin Tendulkar. But you have to give credit what he has done to India in the past.
Just check an article in The Week he was selected as a batting all-rounder!
The Indian cricket board bats for Sourav Ganguly, the all-rounder
Now check the stats between Sachin and Ganguly
2,2,2,39,19,11,2,67,93,9,123,6,2,4,47,19,16,74,18,78,82,11,18,37---Master Blaster, Worlds no 1 Batsman--Sachin--673 Runs
31,2,19,20,5,26,51,18,4,9,0,22,55,22,0,48,0,90,90,7,24,25,79,39,60-- the Southpaw and indian Selection Termed Under Performed Batsman---746 Runs
Surprise, surprise. The first one is the total of last 25 ODI innings of the Indian great Sachin. The second one is of Mr. Bong (according to a famous ex-Indian cricketer).
Lets go through some other figures.
16,41,52,52,94,36,32,20,3,55,248,5,2,8,1,8,2,194.
16,101,2,1,12,12,21,88,71,40,57,9,5,45,77,73,144.
The total of the first(sachin's last 18 test innings) - 869 and that of second(Ganguly's) - 774.
The stats include Sachin's 248 against "Giants" Bangladesh and Ganguly's 101 against novices Zimbabwe.If we take these two innings out then we have 621 and 673 respectively.The first one is Sachin's score,the second one of the worthless Bong.
If performance and not star system is going to be the key for inclusion in the Indian team, well then figures don't lie and they say it all.Note that,I am not saying Ganguly is a better player than Sachin but both are almost at the same level if their latest performances are to be considered.
So when some Ganguly haters start barking that Ganguly hasn't been performing of late,the facts say, so hasn't Sachin. Shouldn't be the parameters for selection to the Indian team be the same for all the players or when Sachin's turn comes past performances and huge experience are the criteria. Then we should start calling back Gavaskar,Shastri and the likes. Of late whenever India needed Sachin to perform under pressure he almost always failed. The latest being the series against SA.
And proving himself in domestic cricket,when has Sachin last played in domestic cricket?
Ganguly has to score runs in domestic cricket to prove that he is in form after recovering from injury but Sachin is included in the team automatically after a long absence due to tennis elbow.
Again double standards and again no one asks questions. So all you true cricket lovers think twice before you say something because you can say anything but the figures will always tell the truth.
Just pass this mail to your friends and ask them to be rational while criticising Ganguly. He is not the worst ever Indian cricketer as he is made out to be by his critics.
