Friday, January 06, 2006

Waqar yorks Ganguly

Editor’s note: There may be more to life than Indian cricket like finding means to eat two square meals. I have been limping on the sidewalks of life, hence the time difference in posting some of these stuff.
Here you get a second opinion on the great Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly from one of the finest fast bowlers of our time, Waqar Younis.
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Former captain Waqar Younis believes the Indian selectors have taken a step back by selecting Sourav Ganguly for the cricket tour of Pakistan.
"I think the Indian selectors have taken a step back by picking Sourav because he is certainly not a player in form. I saw him batting in the New Delhi Test (against Sri Lanka) and he was clearly struggling to put bat to the ball" Younis said.
"I don't think you can select any player who is in such a bad formin his career. Somehow, he does not look like capable of scoring runs," Younis,who played 87 Tests and 262 one-dayers for Pakistan, told Press Trust of India.
Younis said the Indian selectors had shown short sightedness and had also proved they could not think like the Australians. "The Australian selectors threw in three to four youngsters against South Africa instead of relying on big names. The teams are not built just on talent but how that talent is used and nurtured.
"The Indian team needs fresh legs and when you have a player as athletic, fit and confident like Mohammad Kaif, you need to throw him in the deep pan so that he can learn how to handle pressure," Waqar said.
"I am sure the Pakistanis must be very happy to find Sourav in the team because there would be more pressure on the left-hander than what it was when he was making his debut", Younis, who took 373 Test and 416 one-day wickets, said.

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