Comments on: Good jeer http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: sandeep http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-109 sandeep Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:39:16 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-109 i will try to keep coming back to this blog as often as possible since here is one blog that actually is covering ICL without any prejudice or without being scared of one man whom the entire indian sports media has bowed down before shri lalit modi .. i fear that french open wimbledon UEFA league final stage, euro 08 and even bejing olpmpics will blacked out least it effects modi's baby i will try to keep coming back to this blog as often as possible since here is one blog that actually is covering ICL without any prejudice or without being scared of one man whom the entire indian sports media has bowed down before shri lalit modi .. i fear that french open wimbledon UEFA league final stage, euro 08 and even bejing olpmpics will blacked out least it effects modi’s baby

]]> By: umapathy http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-107 umapathy Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:11:13 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-107 I agree with Mohan. Harsha,yes.But,I tend to remember Harsha more as a commentator nowadays though he is a damn good writer. I prefer your writing much more than the others listed above.I dont know.You seem to make much more sense(in my view atleast). I agree with Mohan.

Harsha,yes.But,I tend to remember Harsha more as a commentator nowadays though he is a damn good writer.

I prefer your writing much more than the others listed above.I dont know.You seem to make much more sense(in my view atleast).

]]> By: Mohan http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-104 Mohan Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:58:24 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-104 oh please, Prem? Sambit? come on. don't shortsell yourself.. Harsha Bhogle remains the best of the lot imo. Though I wish he could be more opinionated. oh please, Prem? Sambit? come on. don’t shortsell yourself..

Harsha Bhogle remains the best of the lot imo. Though I wish he could be more opinionated.

]]> By: Rahul http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-103 Rahul Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:13:59 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-103 Hi Narsimhan, No fight intended here either. I agree that 'leftovers' comes off somewhat rude, but that is exactly how it came across from a few guys I spoke to here. Sachin Dholpure's batting the other night was great, and there are a few other guys who've been really good to watch. I really like the idea of having an alternative league. But what I take issue with is when an organiser says: "Let the BCCI do their thing. We've created a league for the old and the young." Young I can understand, but old? You can't claim to be a competitive league if you're going to not have talent that's effective. Still, I see your point about Chennai winning... :D Umapathy: Thank you! But are you missing the bigger fish in this bathtub? There's Rahul Bhattacharya, Chandrahas Choudhury, Prem, Sambit. Hi Narsimhan,

No fight intended here either. I agree that ‘leftovers’ comes off somewhat rude, but that is exactly how it came across from a few guys I spoke to here. Sachin Dholpure’s batting the other night was great, and there are a few other guys who’ve been really good to watch.

I really like the idea of having an alternative league. But what I take issue with is when an organiser says: “Let the BCCI do their thing. We’ve created a league for the old and the young.” Young I can understand, but old? You can’t claim to be a competitive league if you’re going to not have talent that’s effective. Still, I see your point about Chennai winning… :D

Umapathy: Thank you! But are you missing the bigger fish in this bathtub? There’s Rahul Bhattacharya, Chandrahas Choudhury, Prem, Sambit.

]]> By: umapathy http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-101 umapathy Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:06:11 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-101 Very well written.You are turning out to be my most respected indian cricket writer around.Have to say, I have been looking for one to respect for some time now. Very well written.You are turning out to be my most respected indian cricket writer around.Have to say, I have been looking for one to respect for some time now.

]]> By: Balaji http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-100 Balaji Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:15:33 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-100 I think its a good idea to have teams like Karachi, Colombo and Dhaka in addition to Lahore. But they should not make them all-Pakistan as its the case with Lahore. They should include some players from outside the some-continent in every team. As for left-overs, you are writing in Rediff/Cricinfo and not say Hindustan Times. Are you a leftover now? I guess not. Even to play in the ICL one has to be inside the top 500 in a billion-plus country. The mere fact that I now know of guys like Sachin Dhulpure indicates that ICL is already a success. I think its a good idea to have teams like Karachi, Colombo and Dhaka in addition to Lahore. But they should not make them all-Pakistan as its the case with Lahore. They should include some players from outside the some-continent in every team.

As for left-overs, you are writing in Rediff/Cricinfo and not say Hindustan Times. Are you a leftover now? I guess not. Even to play in the ICL one has to be inside the top 500 in a billion-plus country. The mere fact that I now know of guys like Sachin Dhulpure indicates that ICL is already a success.

]]> By: Narasimhan R http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-97 Narasimhan R Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:26:03 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-97 Hi Rahul, Nice to see that someone read my comments and I received a reply too! Thanks. I did not mean to fight with you. That is why I ended my comment with an exclamation mark. Still, I feel most of the players, Indian and foreign, are in good form. If BCCI does not and would not select them is not their (the players') mistake. Your choice of the word 'leftover' may be correct, but it sounds a bit rude! As I enjoyed the first ICL tournament, I took up to defend the players, especially as Cheenai Superstars of my native place had won that tournament! Hi Rahul, Nice to see that someone read my comments and I received a reply too! Thanks. I did not mean to fight with you. That is why I ended my comment with an exclamation mark. Still, I feel most of the players, Indian and foreign, are in good form. If BCCI does not and would not select them is not their (the players’) mistake. Your choice of the word ‘leftover’ may be correct, but it sounds a bit rude! As I enjoyed the first ICL tournament, I took up to defend the players, especially as Cheenai Superstars of my native place had won that tournament!

]]> By: Ottayan http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-94 Ottayan Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:28:09 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-94 Leftovers or not they are being given the stepmotherly treatment.:) Leftovers or not they are being given the stepmotherly treatment.:)

]]> By: Rahul http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-93 Rahul Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:35:24 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-93 I said that in reference to what the thinking is: we'll take whatever the BCCI doesn't. Who, in this ICL league, do you see fitting into the Indian team? Do you mean Bond? When you talk about players being better than those in the Indian team, I assume cricketers of other nationalities are not included in your list. The Kapil-Sharad Pawar thing doesn't make sense. I said that in reference to what the thinking is: we’ll take whatever the BCCI doesn’t. Who, in this ICL league, do you see fitting into the Indian team? Do you mean Bond? When you talk about players being better than those in the Indian team, I assume cricketers of other nationalities are not included in your list. The Kapil-Sharad Pawar thing doesn’t make sense.

]]> By: Narasimhan R http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-92 Narasimhan R Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:28:56 +0000 http://grch.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/good-jeer/#comment-92 Mar/12/2008 "But here’s the thing: who, in his right mind, likes leftovers?" Why do you compare the ICL players with leftovers? There are people to buy Rolls Royce and people to buy Nano. Some ICL players would be better than BCCI players. Would you say Kapil is a leftover of Sharad Pawar! Mar/12/2008

“But here’s the thing: who, in his right mind, likes leftovers?”

Why do you compare the ICL players with leftovers? There are people to buy Rolls Royce and people to buy Nano. Some ICL players would be better than BCCI players. Would you say Kapil is a leftover of Sharad Pawar!

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