Its not about the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog

I've been goin through loads of articles recently about the Indian cricket team as to what can be and what needs to be done to get it back and running. A lot of advice and suggestions have been pouring in from foreign quarters most of which has been plain bad and the rest to put it nicely .....absolutely roobish. Some of them have even gone so far to suggest that Ganguly be sacked from the team and Sachin should also make a graceful exit. thsi is pretty surprising when you notice that some of this is being dished out by people who hung around in their team taking their places for granted till they had to be forcefully chucked out of the team. As for Ganguly he was never a world class player, he'll never be one (i suspect he'll admit to as much in the safe comforts of an 'off the record' interview). Also team India has never been a consistently world class team but under ganguly they surely have shown the signs to become one. He has shown the world that team India will be no pushovers in the world arena and will dish out watever is being served out to them on the cricket field. He has proven himself to be a proactive captain rather than be just one of the 11 guys on the field......recall Azzhubhai. He has been game enough to back young players to give them an extended run coz he has seen a certain spark in them. This spark has shown bright in the longer run and lit the cricketing fraternity with stars like Sehwag, Bhajji, Pathan, Zaheer and of course Dinesh Mongia, Patel, Laxmi Ratan Shukla (sorry ppl bad joke). So its time that India shows the same kinda faith in him and back him coz we've all seen the spark that lies in his blade. He has made various personal sacrifices for the team benefit like stepping down from the opening slot, a position at which he was the second best in the world behind the GOD himself (all ur counter arguments are going to be buried under the weight of 10000 (ok -33) runs in ODI's at a very respectable avg of 41.18 and 5000 (ok -51 godamnit u guys really do hate this guy) runs in tests at a slightly less than respectable avg of 40.9. But then he never has been a big player as far as tests are concerned. I wud even concede that his performances have going down from that one magical day at Lords when the Maharaj announced himself to the world. But then as they say its not the size of a dog in a fight but the size of the fight in the dog and Ganguly has surely been ever up for that fight. So all I say give this man a second chance and if he isnt up to the lofty standards that all we Indians expect from our cricketers (but so shamelessly fail to uphold in our personal lives) then I promise you that the man himself will step down from the hot seat coz selfish as he might be be he will never be knowingly part of any scheme that harms the interests of the indian team. Till then let him and the new coach (breaks my heart to know that it shall not be Steve Waugh) weed out the 'I' and 'ME' 's from TEAM INDIA. Here's a special something called genius from the man himself.
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