Does Indian cricket team need reservations?
535537
yes lets reserve one place for GOD.\nHE alone can help their cause
679310
Friend,\nIndian team is doing good and they should keep this continue. But if some one look into the managment part and try to do some thing better in that then automatically the team will become much better then present. There should not be any politices.  Some great losses beared by indian team in near past due to this mis-managment which should be avoided. The future of the indian team is very good.
134461
No this rule is not fair at all. The teams have to announce the 11 and the super-sub before the toss, which is stupid and proof that ICC is full of schmucks. It benefits the team that wins the toss. Rest is all luck. With little amendments, as Inzamam said, it can work okay. For e.g. teams should be allowed to announce super-sub after the toss. This is stil not very interesting rule. The powerplay rules is good though. Test cricket can do without this silly super-sub rule. It's cricket not soccer.
832925
Yes, Rahul Dravid can be a wicket keeper, if required. But why ??\nDhoni is doing the job as per teams requirement. Rahul is a top class batsman, let him concentrate on his batting and captaincy if required he will take charge of wicketkeeping in absence of Dhoni.\n\nCombination of Indian team will look like be balanced if we play with 5 batsman,4 bowlers and 2 all rounders(1 wicketkeeper batsman and other bowler- batsman) \n\nDinesh Karthik is in form nowdays, but very difficult to get a birth in Indian team, because we have in form Dhoni and substitute wicket keeper Rahul already in the team.
817258
THE WHOLE LOT ie\n\nBCCI\nSELECTOR\nCOACH\nCAPTAIN\nPLAYERS\n\nMake a fresh selection for each but before that make a criteria for selection for each category.\n\nFor example DRAVID WILL MAKE 10 - 63 RUNS IN 108 BALL, It equivalent to 30 - 180 runs in 50 overs. Such players shall be kept for TEST and not for ODI.\n\nThen make\n\npayment proportional to performance\n\nIf TEAM does not win remove\n2 b'man\n2 ballr\n1 all roudr\n1 wkt kpr\n\nIf team does not win series remove\n\nBCCI\nSELECTOR\nCOACH\nCAPTAIN\n\nAND make selection of NEW TEAM.
118839
Why not? they have some quality players like Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Gayle
597997
no point picking one or two people in the team for losing. Their team sucks. Poor batting, fielding and bowling.\nI think they will get whipped by India. I am saying India will win 4-1 in the ODI series and 2-0 in the tests.
137607
I disagree. Friend, cricket is a funny game. Miracles do happen. :) Yes, Pakistan are the favourites. Deficiency of fast bowlers will hurt India. But then again, you never know with cricket.
974291
HARBHJAN SINGH ALONE IS ENOUGH.  YUVRAJ AND SEHWAG CAN BE UTILISED AS SECOND SPINNER IF REQUIRED.
799587
I am surprised to note that all people are asking for the head of the Coach for the poor performance of Indian Team and no one is blaming the players.   If the players do not perform to their potential even if God comes as Coach of Indian Team, things will not change.\n\nDo people demand for the head of Coach think that players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid need the coaching.  If such players having vast experience in international cricket having played in all surfaces cannot bat through 20 or 30 overs, can their failure be attributed to the coach.\n\nI strongly feel that the fault lies with the players for their non performance and they should be made accountable for their failure rather than blaming anybody else.
668752
reservations are total disaster for any country. no government has the right to play with the potential of its youth. \nbesides giving reservations, there should be financial aid given to these students and for that matter any deserving student through scholorships and other means.
551504
----------------\nODI World XI\n----------------\n1.  Adam Gilchrist\n2.  Sachin Tendulkar\n3.  Stephen Fleming (c)\n4.  Rahul Dravid\n5.  Michael Hussey\n6.  MS Dhoni (wk)\n7.  Andrew Flintoff\n8.  Irfan Pathan\n9.  Shane Warne\n10. Shane Bond\n11. Glenn McGrath\n\n-----------------\nTest World XI\n-----------------\n1.  Matthew Hayden\n2.  Michael Hussey\n3.  Ricky Ponting\n4.  Michael Vaughan\n5.  Rahul Dravid (c)\n6.  Andrew Flintoff\n7.  Adam Gilchrist (wk)\n8.  Shane Warne\n9.  Shane Bond\n10. Makhaya Ntini\n11. Glenn McGrath\n\nIt should be evident from the Super Series that players shouldn't just be picked on star-value, but also grit, mental strength, consistency, and current form.\n\nODI team: It has 5 specialtist bowlers, besides Tendulkar and Hussey can bowl part-time if neeed. Flintoff and Pathan also add depth to the batting line-up. I have included both Dhoni and Gilchrist because they are just too good to be left out. Dhoni's current batting form is far better than stars like Lara and Inzamam. Besides, he's young and at his prime.\n\nTest team: I have included 5 specialist bowlers: McGrath, Ntini, Bond, Flintoff, and Warne. The batting lineup is quite strong with Gilchrist batting at number 7. \n\nStardom is not the criteria for selection here. The players are selected on the basis of their temprament, commitment, consistency, teamwork, and current form: something that separates good teams from the others.
332207
in WI the pitches are not support the bowlers.. it support the batsmen..so india will doing well.. and u talk about laxman .. he should be inculded in the side. no matter what his current form is.. good slip fielder too and a part of the past combination of india test side..
303505
THIS IS OUR FATE..\nIF SOMEONE LIKE CHAPPEL COME FORWARD TO REGULATE INDIAN TEAM TOWARDS VICTORY,A LOT OF CRITICS ARISE AND CRITICIZE HIM...!\nIF HE THINK SACHIN IS NOT FIT FOR TEAM, ONLY HE CAN WRITE IT TO BCCI OR SELECTORS PANEL.THATS ALL.\nHE CANT INFLUENCE THEM.\nIN SOURAV'S MATTER THIS ONLY HAPPENED.THOSE WHO WAITING FOR OPPORTUNITY USED THAT VERY WELL.
1017040
No. \n\nBut some dude mentioned cricket. I'm sorry but outside of India who cares about cricket? (OK so Australia is big on cricket and so is England, but really.) Funny but I can't find India anywhere near this year's World Cup tournament unless they're there taking notes.  Has India ever qualified for a World Cup Tournament? Do you guys even have a team? Wow! I guess you do! India is currently ranked 117th in the world out of 208 countries.  The only time that India qualified for a World Cup was in 1950--and that's because their scheduled opponents had to withdraw so they qualified by default.  So how did this soccer power dynamo do in the 1950 tournament?  I'm so glad you asked.  Several of their players refused to wear soccer boot/shoes (I guess shoes were not required in their soccer leagues, I don't know.)  So they withdrew from the World Cup.  Talk about sucking! Ooh but watch out for that Indian cricket team, they just beat Sri Lanka, Singapore, Pakistan, and Andorra.  Yes those very bastions of world sports. Yes, those world sports super powers.\n\nAs long as there is no big money to be made in American soccer, it will always lag behind the big three, NFL, NBA, and MLB.  The NHL is not as popular but it's more popular than soccer.  So while the rest of planet Earth waits for the World Cup final on 07/09/2006, most Americans will be counting down the days for the next episode of The Sopranos or American Idol!
940440
It is not the real representation.\n\nThere are geneous in INDIA, who can defeat atleast 85% of CRICKET teams in the world. \n\nThey are not selected due the reason known to god.
149645
No, I dont think so because India still need a genuine fast bowler wo can bowls 93 or 95 miles/hour because now cricket trend has changed. Time has gone when Pollock, Vaas and Streak were known as FAST bowlers.Now they are MEDIUM PACERS. With the cricket appearence of Shoaib Akhtar, Brett Lee, Mohammad Sami, Shame Bond, Steve Harmmison, Makhaya Ntini and Dilhara Fernando, a new fast bowling trend has emerged on cricket scene. Idia need that potential in bowling.\nAnother reason is that all recent victories India get by chasing. This shows that Indian bowling still dont have depth to contain the other team. Inia has performed well within subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Srilanka and Bangladesh) outside subcontinent its performance is not that impressive. West Indies always has bouncey wicket which helps bowlers, so india need to biuld up their bowling attack.