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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
An uneasy truce
Remember the times when we as kids used to fight, a fight in which we used to give our all clawing away with our puny paws thinking you were just one knockout punch away from ending the bout when the fight used to be imperceptibly stopped by an over anxious teacher or parent. You very invariably made part of a begrudging handshake or a hug during which you pressed so hard hoping to show the other who was the boss. Even though the things ended amicably according to the ‘pokey nosed’ teacher or parent wit both engaging parties claiming moral victory most bystander somehow knew the real fight was just around the corner with this just being the lull before the real storm. One couldn’t help but come off with the same feeling as one watched the events unfold over the scene of Indian cricket earlier this week. As Greg Chappell (GC) and Saurav Ganguly (SG) squabbled like two schoolboys both claiming to be aggrieved parties in a war of egos that threatened to blow away the future of an already struggling Indian cricket team. I shall no be discussing the lead up to the turn of events as enough has been said and written about it already. However it would hurt to mention that this excess of media insight into the discussions of a dressing room is what had led to this scenario in the first place. The media was used a weapon of choice by both sides to gain new allies (read Harbhajan Singh and other team members and other former cricketers) and that eventually led to a showdown in this week’s BCCI’s review meeting. Now for a mute spectator and passionate Indian cricket follower and well wisher this was a highly anticipated event as it would decide the direction in which Indian cricket would be going because in the view of the evidence on display one of parties would be right and the other one wrong. It was more a question of deliberating who was right and who was wrong thus doing away with the wrong party. Therefore what eventually prevailed with the BCCI mediating on an uneasy truce between GC and SG saying that said the Board asked the coach and captain to work mutually and maintain a working relationship. The board added that after discussions with the two both agreed to do for the betterment of the game in India. Personally this was the worse thing that could have happened in the light of the situation. I personally was hoping that Ganguly would be sacked in the light of his recent record and lack of ability to maintain discipline asked by GC and either Sehwag or Dravid be appointed in his place. I would have even swallowed the other scenario in which GC was sacked and another search begun for a replacement coach so that SG and the new coach could begin afresh. But what happened was something that had not been imagined in my worst of nightmares with a compromise situation being worked out between the two parties. It is very hard to imagine that they ever will be able to work in a comfortable equation with each other considering the accusations they leveled against each other recently. Also considering their egos (and remember we are talking superstar egos here) they probably will never forgive each other for what has just happened. I can almost imagine the two wanting to jump for joy after the next big Indian victory and rushing towards each other. Then suddenly in the wake of a rush of bad memories their joy will be blocked out as they will just utter a few congratulatory notes and end with a civil handshake instead of a more spur of the moment joyous hug. And I as a bystander know that the real fight is probably just around the corner and this is just the lull before the real storm.
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Apparently, the "truce" is for the good of Indian cricket. However, I cant see any 'good' in a situation where 2 parties have been forced to compromise.
Well.. a friend of mine actually wrote on this same subject yesterday.
What is more startling is that the Review committee has not tried to get underneath the allegations by GC. Instead of trying to ascertain the truth about Ganguly's discipline and poor form, the committee dealt a very neutral decision which will hurt Indian cricket more than the fight itself.
Michael Bevan was sacked by Australia when he possessed average of 56.10
Martyn had a century in every alternate test match over the past 11/2 yrs before the Ashes debacle.....sacked again...
READ PREMS ARTICLE ON REDIFF, 2 DAYS AGO....VERY INSIGHTFUL...
IF WE CANT MAKE
totally agree with pointy.Sack ganguly.Throw him out.He is a useless piece of dirt just hanging on.I loathe him beyond words for what he is doing to indian cricket team.That Selfish pig has undone everything that was built.
@casablanca that was exactly my point, ur friend has stated the whole story very nicely too
P.S. How do u insert hyperlinks in the comments section?
@pointy U forgot Mark Taylor stepping don after a triple century and sacking of Darenn Lehmann on that list. I compare the whole thing to a can of shaken soda or beer (take ur pic), u can never quite put the fizz back into it by just closing the lid again.
@tiger I dont think compromise is such a good idea coz we are talking abt a team that has just been split into camps by the presence of 2 strong individual personalities. I dont think it will ever be the same again unless one of them is taken out of the equation. As I said before I compare the whole thing to a can of shaken soda or beer (take ur pic), u can never quite put the fizz back into it by just closing the lid again.
@totti I kinda agree with u even though I used to be a big Ganguly backer earlier. Just remember that the Selfish Pig was the one who had built it all in the first place :)
Hmmm.. inserting links is quite easy. Just write the HTML tag.
Open tag:
a href="http://www.-----.com"
Close tag:
/a
Remember to put "<" and ">" to open and close tags. And put the word inbetween the open and close tags to link it.
Hope that makes sense... these things arent always very easy to explain in text :p
@casablanca thnx for the help it was exactly similar to the way I would post a hyperlink on a blog entry (I am slow at times :) )
@aindrila I was a Dipsite for 11 straight years, 7 straight years back :)
Oooops... looks like I over-explained :D
couldn't agree with you more. Sometimes I even wonder if the review committees are totally unbiased and fair too.
BTW thanks for the praise you showered me/ my blog on casablanca's blog. I'm all smiles and still basking in that. I'm just glad someone likes reading what I write. Thanks Rohan!
@Casablanca I am glad u did :)
@m Review committees are inherantly flawed because things always are seen in different light in retrospect :)
Abt that praise bit it was totally heartfelt and I am sure a lot other ppl with also vouch for the same abt ur blog
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