When will Shahrukh Khan sack John Buchanan? This is the question that is in every Bengali’s lips. Will he have the sense to do it? Will he finally realize that 20/20 cricket doesn’t have place for an oldie (an oldie coach that is, IPL has already proved that it has place for players on the wrong side of 35).
Whether Shahrukh sack Buchanan or not, it is a fact that Buchanan has not learnt. He is as flexible as an iron pole. Hearing all the statements and ideas he has it is very difficult even for a Kolkata native to suppress his anger, I don’t know how Shahrukh is still controlling himself. He was in South Africa, did he find any cricket expert support Buchanan’s ideas, I dare ask. It is one thing being foolhardy, but entirely different to be foolish. Shahrukh doesn’t come across as such a foolish person.
And the question I want to ask, does Buchanan have any shame. Any self respecting person will try to remain silent in the situation he is in. But this shameless Aussie seems to be crossing all limits. He has publicly said that his team is following a Batting Strategy and that’s the reason why Mushraffe Mortaza, Ajantha Mendis is not getting a game. A batting strategy?? Please check your leading Batsmen’s average and strike rate, except Brad Hodge in the last 2 games. Your captain who is also the Opening Batsman’s score looked like a Telephone number 0,1,3,0. When he scored more than 10 in the last match, he probably thought he was playing a Test Match. May be this entire season Buchanan will experiment with his batting strategy and then next year (if he manages to hold on to his job) he will experiment with bowling strategy. Why can’t Shahrukh advice him to buy a team and do all the experiments he want like he so arrogantly advice Sunil Gavaskar?
In his utter desperation Buchanan now wants more than 4 foreign players in the playing XI. Has he forgotten this is the INDIAN Premier League? Why doesn’t he search for a job in the proposed American League? In the absence of local players, Buchanan can select as many foreign (read Australian) players as he wants. He can single handedly become Queensland’s Largest employer for jobless, talentless cricketers and ex-cricketers. Is it our fault that he cannot spot young Indian talent like S Jataki, T Suman, S Tyagi etc??
Buchanan, by suggesting every playing XI should have more foreign players is insulting Indian Talents and in turn India. I want to see the Indian Media to highlight this. Is it not the right of every Indians to uphold its pride? When will we stop stooping in front of white skinned people?
Monday, May 4, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Sharukh Khan tired of his new toy?
We all have been seeing statements of the Kolkata Knight Rider owner Mr. Shahrukh Khan all over the place, stating that he will not return to South Africa. He has stated that he is so upset that he doesn't think it necessary to be with his team and will only be returning to South Africa once his team starts winning. And it seems that his team is determined to save their owner the trouble of making the long and tiresome journey. We are also reading that Shahrukh wants to sell off is team and is holding talks with some Industrialists to see if he can offload his burden.
With all this news floating around, it makes me and everyone wonder what was the motive of Shahrukh Khan to initially jump into this IPL Bandwagon? Is it really because of his love for sport? Is it because he was close to the BCCI power center and couldn’t refuse their request, as his name definitely meant lot of publicity for the newly conceptualized tournament? Is it because he wanted IPL to be the vehicle to increase his political clout? Is it because he wanted to be one up against his Bollywood competitors? Or, is it because he wanted to promote the brand SHAHRUKH KHAN?
He has given thousands of bytes in front of the Camera emphasizing how much he loves sport, how it was not about making money, how he plans to gradually invest for the promotion of some other sport in the future. Listening him rant and rave about his noble thoughts and motives, we actually started believing him; He was enthusiastic about his new plaything and we read about the numerous sleepless nights he spent trying to perfect every aspect of his team. His team didn’t really kick up the storm on the cricket grounds (apart from the 1st match against Bangalore), but the passion was there and the fans were behind the team. So we thought Shahrukh was happy.
But this year everything has turned horribly wrong. His move to give John Buchanan the free reign about the cricketing matters has spelled disaster. Their move to remove Saurav Ganguly from the captaincy at the 11th hour destroyed the team spirit. I blame Shahrukh more for it. He was unable to gauge the tremendous ill-will this move will generate. Suddenly he alienated himself from the millions of his fans and followers of the team. You cannot buy a Kolkata team and insult Kolkata's favorite son. The tournament won’t be played in South Africa every year, next year you have to come to Kolkata again and have to request these fans to support you.
But this year’s disastrous campaign cannot be the only reason for him to suddenly losing all his interest? How can you possibly desert your own ship and hide in the comforts of your home and that too after making such lofty statements. You mentioned in your blog that you love your players like your son. So would you desert your son, if God forbid, he fails in something he does? He himself wrote to his team in his blog that ‘It is not about how hard you hit, how well you can take a hit’. He himself preached his team that ‘you can loose a game but don’t be a loser’. Shahrukh it seems you don’t preach what you follow, and since you couldn’t take the hit well, can we call you a ‘LOOSER’?
The problem is Shahrukh was habituated being called the King of Bollywood by the press. He is used to all the adulations and hysteria he creates wherever he goes and whatever he does. He played larger than life characters in his movies over and over again. He probably started believing he can win everything and everybody with his charm. But this is sport, and if you are not sincere you will not win in sport. Shahrukh by flying back home in the middle of the tournament, talking about selling the team, has proved that he was not sincere. I am sure millions of his erstwhile fans will not forgive him for making them believe otherwise.
With all this news floating around, it makes me and everyone wonder what was the motive of Shahrukh Khan to initially jump into this IPL Bandwagon? Is it really because of his love for sport? Is it because he was close to the BCCI power center and couldn’t refuse their request, as his name definitely meant lot of publicity for the newly conceptualized tournament? Is it because he wanted IPL to be the vehicle to increase his political clout? Is it because he wanted to be one up against his Bollywood competitors? Or, is it because he wanted to promote the brand SHAHRUKH KHAN?
He has given thousands of bytes in front of the Camera emphasizing how much he loves sport, how it was not about making money, how he plans to gradually invest for the promotion of some other sport in the future. Listening him rant and rave about his noble thoughts and motives, we actually started believing him; He was enthusiastic about his new plaything and we read about the numerous sleepless nights he spent trying to perfect every aspect of his team. His team didn’t really kick up the storm on the cricket grounds (apart from the 1st match against Bangalore), but the passion was there and the fans were behind the team. So we thought Shahrukh was happy.
But this year everything has turned horribly wrong. His move to give John Buchanan the free reign about the cricketing matters has spelled disaster. Their move to remove Saurav Ganguly from the captaincy at the 11th hour destroyed the team spirit. I blame Shahrukh more for it. He was unable to gauge the tremendous ill-will this move will generate. Suddenly he alienated himself from the millions of his fans and followers of the team. You cannot buy a Kolkata team and insult Kolkata's favorite son. The tournament won’t be played in South Africa every year, next year you have to come to Kolkata again and have to request these fans to support you.
But this year’s disastrous campaign cannot be the only reason for him to suddenly losing all his interest? How can you possibly desert your own ship and hide in the comforts of your home and that too after making such lofty statements. You mentioned in your blog that you love your players like your son. So would you desert your son, if God forbid, he fails in something he does? He himself wrote to his team in his blog that ‘It is not about how hard you hit, how well you can take a hit’. He himself preached his team that ‘you can loose a game but don’t be a loser’. Shahrukh it seems you don’t preach what you follow, and since you couldn’t take the hit well, can we call you a ‘LOOSER’?
The problem is Shahrukh was habituated being called the King of Bollywood by the press. He is used to all the adulations and hysteria he creates wherever he goes and whatever he does. He played larger than life characters in his movies over and over again. He probably started believing he can win everything and everybody with his charm. But this is sport, and if you are not sincere you will not win in sport. Shahrukh by flying back home in the middle of the tournament, talking about selling the team, has proved that he was not sincere. I am sure millions of his erstwhile fans will not forgive him for making them believe otherwise.
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