I received this from an old school mate sometime back... thought of posting this but kept forgeting.... well better late than never... so finally it's here......
2,2,2,39,19,11,2,67,93,9,123,6,2,4,47,19,16,74,18,78,82,11,18,37.
31,2,19,20,5,26,51,18,4,9,0,22,55,22,0,48,0,90,90,7,24,25,79,39,60.
The total of the first row is 673. The total of the second row is
746.
Surprise,surprise.The first one is the total of last 25 ODI innings
of the Indian great Sachin.The second one is of Mr.Bong(according to
a famous ex-indian cricketer).
Lets go through some more figures.
16,41,52,52,94,36,32,20,3,55,248,5,2,8,1,8,2,194.
16,101,2,1,12,12,21,88,71,40,57,9,5,45,77,73,144.
The total of the first(sachin's last 18 test innings) - 869 and that
of second(Ganguly's) - 774.
The stats include Sachin's 248 against *Giants* Bangladesh and
Ganguly's 101 against *novices* Zimbabwe.If we take these two innings
out then we have 621 and 673 respectively.The first one is Sachin's
score,the second one of the *worthless* Bong.
If performance and not star system is going to be the key for
inclusion in India team,well then figures don't lie and they say it
all. Note that,I am not saying Ganguly is a better player than Sachin
but both are almost at the same level if their latest performances
are to be considered. So when some Ganguly haters start barking that
Ganguly hasn't been performing of late,the facts say that so hasn't
been Sachin. Shouldn't be the parameters for selection to the Indian
team be the same for all the players or when Sachin's turn comes
past performances and huge experience are the criteria. Then we
should start calling back Gavaskar,Shastri and the likes. Of late
whenever India needed Sachin to perform under pressure he almost
always failed. The latest being the ongoing series against SA and
proving himself in domestic cricket,when has Sachin last played in
domestic cricket? Ganguly has to score runs in domestic cricket to
prove that he is in form after recovering from injury but Sachin is
included in the team automatically after a long absence due to
tennis elbow. Again double standarsds and again no one asks questions.
So all you true cricket lovers think twice before you say something
because you can say anything but the figures will always tell the
truth.
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3 comments:
Dear Umesh, althoguh I am a strong supporter of Sourav, this email was a hoax. Firstly the first row includes 24 scores, and a few low scores by Sourav among his last 25 has been dropped to accomodate a few good ones. I believe Sachin has scored more than sourav in his last 25 innings, although not by much.
hell i think both sachin n saurav are the strengths of the indian team... n by excluding saurav they have done one big wrong..
to hell wid chappell and dravid the silent conspirator...
but dare u speak a word about sachin man.. will kick ur ass...
Umesh....
I don't want to count how many scores the e-mail has, but the way you have expressed about the selection team rules and standards is good. We have seen good times and bad times of both Sachin and Savrav. I fully agree to the selection committe why Savrav was removed but I am not happy that Sachin is still in the team.
All in all good stats... :)
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