The Guide to captaining the Indian Cricket Team

[Jarryd]

Since Sourav Ganguly has been regarded as the best Indian cricket captain for a while, I took the liberty of writing a small guide about how to be as much like Ganguly as possible for the next time YOU captain a cricket team. Good luck.

Pre-Game: With the coin toss, it is tradition to wear your countrys cap and blazer. However since YOUR the best captain in the world, you don't need to. Instead wear every sponsors product you can find, hat, jacket, pants, gloves even a farkin hankerchief. Just as long as it is sponsered. Also make sure your always second out the the coin toss, the WHOLE CROWD can wait for YOU because YOUR important.

Batting: If your team is in danger early in the innings, then no matter what put yourself ahead of your normal position NO MATTER WHAT. Even if you have Don Bradman due in next, you MUST bat ahead of him. It is your duty as Sourav Ganguly to be as selfish with the bat as possible, ALWAYS try to be the hero.

Fielding: In the field, since you are captain, it is your duty to constantly fiddle with the field in order to delay a loss for as long as possible. Remember, your field can always be changed even if it is perfect. Especially if it is a One Day game and there is a threat of rain then it is your DUTY to hold up the game for as long as is humanly possible. Remember that your shoes can always be tied up tighter and that when you walk back to your fielding position that you must walk as SLOWLY as possible. Also if a team-mate drops a catch remember to bag him all day, even if you drop an unbelivably simple catch the very next ball THATS OK, because YOUR THE CAPTAIN.

Bowling: If your bowlers are struggling to contain the opposition batsman then bring yourself on. It doesn't matter if its the 3rd over and you have 2 excellent paceman on your team, or if its the 17th over, the pitch has as much cracks the pitch did in Banglaore and you have Harbahjan Singh AND Anil Kumble on your team, you must put yourself FIRST.

Remember, as captain of the Indian cricket team you are the best player in the world. Better than ANYONE, both in batting and bowling.

 

[squiz]

LMAO! I had a bit of chuckle reading that.

"Especially if it is a One Day game and there is a threat of rain then it is your DUTY to hold up the game for as long as is humanly possible. Remember that your shoes can always be tied up tighter and that when you walk back to your fielding position that you must walk as SLOWLY as possible."
I guess you're referring to the game where Brett Lee hit the winning 6 last year?

 

[T20]

I thought we had enough of some pathetic aussies c*@p..may be not.

 

[brad352]

I thought we had enough of some pathetic aussies c*@p..may be not.

You can say that none of that's true?

 

[T20]

I took the liberty of writing a small guide

looks like some twisted imagination

 

[theman]

yes,this is some twisted imagination .it is due to fact that australians can,t take it that he took up to australia in their own den by being aggressive .forget other captains ganguly is the man to take india forward to no 1 status in world cricket

 

[h-mAin]

Man why are you people dissing Sourav that much?? :confused:

 

[sachinisgod]

i will tell u h-main...the aussie cricketers used to think they had the sole right to pricking the other sides in their backsides but they came to India last time they found a fella named Saurav Ganguly who could prick them harder and they were stunned and since then this anti-ganguly campaign's going on...ask them abt Sarwan and they will say the same rubbish...anyone who can look them in the eye is rubbish to them...

i really pity the original author's imagination(even if it is twisted)...captain's clothing are a part of protocol, if he can adjust a few sponsors' logos around somewhere - to me its no problem, its better than flying thousands of miles to India for shooting an advertisement...making the people wait - well the crowds must surely have enjoyed the opposite team's captain waiting...if the Indian media showers them with praise then Indian captain has to level the plane, perhaps hence the humiliation of waiting...

batting - i think his promotion of himself up the order was one of the most courageous steps taken by an Indian captain in recent history any way it certainly reflects a better mentality then a very gifted player running himself out for his ageing captain...

bowling - a player who has a few five fors in odi's should have the confidence to take up the job in tests...if he doesnt have that it reflects inferiority complex...

fielding - he's bad as a fielder but as a field placer he's good...delaying tactics at least give a smallish chance to other teams to stay in the game but throwing the bowl down the leg side(this time around English) is a characteristic of even better "gamesmanship"

my assessment - Ganguly's instinctive style, courageous nature and enormous faith in his team came to fore in Headingley test 2002 - opted to bat on a wicket that was greenish - when offered light on second evening said "no" and when presented with aggresive tactics in fading light scored 100 odd run partnership with the Master and then used his spinners to the best effect on a greenish pitch to secure a innings victory...

Lastly - a good Indian captain has to remember unlike most of the skippers around the world that he is the custodian of the trust of 100 million people and the head priest of the uniquemost religion on earth. this fellow Ganguly - does it well.

 

[theman]

i will tell u h-main...the aussie cricketers used to think they had the sole right to pricking the other sides in their backsides but they came to India last time they found a fella named Saurav Ganguly who could prick them harder and they were stunned and since then this anti-ganguly campaign's going on...ask them abt Sarwan and they will say the same rubbish...anyone who can look them in the eye is rubbish to them...

i really pity the original author's imagination(even if it is twisted)...captain's clothing are a part of protocol, if he can adjust a few sponsors' logos around somewhere - to me its no problem, its better than flying thousands of miles to India for shooting an advertisement...making the people wait - well the crowds must surely have enjoyed the opposite team's captain waiting...if the Indian media showers them with praise then Indian captain has to level the plane, perhaps hence the humiliation of waiting...

batting - i think his promotion of himself up the order was one of the most courageous steps taken by an Indian captain in recent history any way it certainly reflects a better mentality then a very gifted player running himself out for his ageing captain...

bowling - a player who has a few five fors in odi's should have the confidence to take up the job in tests...if he doesnt have that it reflects inferiority complex...

fielding - he's bad as a fielder but as a field placer he's good...delaying tactics at least give a smallish chance to other teams to stay in the game but throwing the bowl down the leg side(this time around English) is a characteristic of even better "gamesmanship"

my assessment - Ganguly's instinctive style, courageous nature and enormous faith in his team came to fore in Headingley test 2002 - opted to bat on a wicket that was greenish - when offered light on second evening said "no" and when presented with aggresive tactics in fading light scored 100 odd run partnership with the Master and then used his spinners to the best effect on a greenish pitch to secure a innings victory...

Lastly - a good Indian captain has to remember unlike most of the skippers around the world that he is the custodian of the trust of 100 million people and the head priest of the uniquemost religion on earth. this fellow Ganguly - does it well.

well said sachin is god.i compltly agree with your views and i want to add that they talk about our captains clothing and what about the fuss and hype aussies create about a cap called baggy green is unbelievable.ian chappel once said it would have been better if he had not wore the cap as one of the westindies fast bowlers hated the baggy green and was after his head.he also said that hype about baggy green was rubbish .is it not foolish wearing green caps in the heat of subcontinent when white caps are necesarry and aus players come to india and sponser popular serials like breet lee in one of the indian serials.so beware when you talk about the indian captain his man management skills are not present in any of the captains world overand don,t forget he brought harbhagan singh on the tour of 2001 when aus visited india.harbhagan has said what he is only because of gangult and don,t forget he was the worlds best opener in odi cricket he gave up his place to adjust virender shewag and himself wnt to middle order .so for a man who regards his team greater than himself the comments by jaryyd is disgusting.

 

[T20]

well Aussies have no right talk about Indian captain anyway..none of their damn business. whole world knows that their captain is an alcoholic and even got beat up in a bar in Calcutta not too long ago...so there.

 

[fardin]

aussies suck's that is all i have to say' all those aussie's player's they are drug dealer's' those coward's can't take the heat of losing every test match againts india' and they forgot that pakistan beat there ass in there home 2/1 sub_continent cricket rocks aussies sucks' shane warne sux bret lee sux langer sux hayden sux mcgrath sux every one in that damn team sux let me get that straight sguiz and jarryd' you come across sub_continent with mouth full of **** you will get your ass beat' theman it is allright i know jarryd and squiz they are jealouse because they can't defeat india' there is theory it goe's like this' when the home team lose the extra mouth rule's

 

[sachinisgod]

hey hey dude cool it...may be they are bad but this bad - I didnt know...

shailesh - yeah thats right they should be minding their own business...coz sitting thousands of miles away from here - they cannot feel the atmosphere here in India...every household is abuzz even if the team is in problem 1000 kms away...thats how it goes here...believe it its not a cliche - in India cricket is a religion and we are just at too lower a level to understand the complexity of the highest job in this religion

theman - well i won't say anything harsh abt the baggy green...to understand why well just see the winning shot by Dravid at Adelaide and then his reaction - that said it all and perhaps represented all the Intl cricketers around the world - they love representing their country and are proud of it...and hence the kangaroos should be proud of their baggy green...in fact when i saw Gilchirst coming out to the toss with at tattered looking baggy green for the toss - i felt respect for the man...

 

[angryangy]

omfg this got way to serious

 

[squiz]

aussies suck's that is all i have to say' all those aussie's player's they are drug dealer's' those coward's can't take the heat of losing every test match againts india' and they forgot that pakistan beat there ass in there home 2/1 sub_continent cricket rocks aussies sucks' shane warne sux bret lee sux langer sux hayden sux mcgrath sux every one in that damn team sux let me get that straight sguiz and jarryd' you come across sub_continent with mouth full of **** you will get your ass beat' theman it is allright i know jarryd and squiz they are jealouse because they can't defeat india' there is theory it goe's like this' when the home team lose the extra mouth rule's

You wonder why you got banned the first time Fardin, if you keep that sh*t up you'll get banned again. Just watch yourself mate, FFS! And about us not being able to defeat you, we won the first bloody test match and are leading the series 1-0, and by the looks of this test will take a 2-0 lead into the last test

 

[Jarryd]

Geez, it was a bit of fun and I was having a light dig at Sourav. Oh, I forgot. No-one EVER has a dig at Warnie......................