I used to follow cricket relentlessly & then gave up couple of years ago for reasons unknown; well, that’s not the point here. I have always admired Saurav Ganguly as a very aggressive cricketer first & later a captain. He might not have been of the Tendulkar league, but he was above average all the while. During the helm of his successful captaincy he was being tagged as the most successful captain of the era & what not. People & the media admired him for his youthful approach, his “not to get bogged down” spirit & every Bengali was proud because he was a Bengali! Not to forget, it was under him we played the world cup finals.
Things changed after a while; his batting performance was deteriorating, team was falling apart, even those boys behind whom he stood like a rock, now were not sure about their “dada’s” capabilities. Selection committee politics, politics in general to grab limelight & his own urge to have a hold on the team worsened his position. A couple of more failures & he was out of the team.
Why couldn’t Saurav Ganguly ever retire from the captaincy when he saw the first signs of trouble? Is it the money, power, limelight that one can’t seem to live away from?
Why did he not quit the cricket team after so many insults? Why could he not understand that he was not indispensable?
Why couldn’t his fans & the media support him anymore?
“Sourav Ganguly was like a lonely, forgotten star that had lost its way on a dark, menacing night: while all others had quickly sought refuge behind safe clouds somewhere, he stayed back in the skies and glittered. Brightly and defiantly,” is what TOI has quoted today for his performance in the test match, 2 more matches, a couple of 100 runs more & media will pronounce him a star again. A few more failures & he will be a burden! Hey Saurav, don’t fall for this crap, you definitely know better man.
Things changed after a while; his batting performance was deteriorating, team was falling apart, even those boys behind whom he stood like a rock, now were not sure about their “dada’s” capabilities. Selection committee politics, politics in general to grab limelight & his own urge to have a hold on the team worsened his position. A couple of more failures & he was out of the team.
Why couldn’t Saurav Ganguly ever retire from the captaincy when he saw the first signs of trouble? Is it the money, power, limelight that one can’t seem to live away from?
Why did he not quit the cricket team after so many insults? Why could he not understand that he was not indispensable?
Why couldn’t his fans & the media support him anymore?
“Sourav Ganguly was like a lonely, forgotten star that had lost its way on a dark, menacing night: while all others had quickly sought refuge behind safe clouds somewhere, he stayed back in the skies and glittered. Brightly and defiantly,” is what TOI has quoted today for his performance in the test match, 2 more matches, a couple of 100 runs more & media will pronounce him a star again. A few more failures & he will be a burden! Hey Saurav, don’t fall for this crap, you definitely know better man.
6 comments:
Good analysis. I like ganguly and would love for him to do well. But I am afraid he's gonna be the scapegoat again after another horrendous foreign tour.
i always liked him, but media/selection committee made a scapegoat out of him, even he is to be blamed to some extent..
I'd say dada did his share of wrong things to be shown the door earlier, alright they could have done it in a professional manner. Now that he's proved himself again let's hope teh good run continues and that the team dynamics are not affected.
Truly, the Indian Media, as it is still in that evolution phase where they indulge in humongous waste of airtime through reporting nonsense crap did their best in criticizing Dada till the last drop of gas.
The fighting spirit of Ganguly is worth taking note of!
The PEPSI commercial in which Ganguly sits in the empty stands of a stadium and says, " Mai Saurav Ganguly, bhule to nahi?" brought me goose bumps! Well look now, Ganguly has the highest avg among Indian Batsmen in the SA test series.He's gonna live nd livestrong in the world cup too :)
i agree, with ur opinion abt media adietya...& i will try to catch up that add u mentioned on youtube..i bet it brought u goose bumps!
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