From: sidi@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Sadiq Yusuf)
Subject: Re: Indian Team Selected
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 02:12:51 GMT

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Subject: Re: Indian Team Selected
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In article <1992Oct2.144530.24418@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> aksimha@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Gerd Von Rundstedt) writes:

>
>   I am PISSED OFF!!!!
>
>  THEY'VE EXCLUDED MANINDER ONCE AGAIN!!!
>
>Yes, for the sake of preserving an atrocious system of regional quotas, the
>bunch of jokers (including Vishwanath, of course) have persisted with,
>Maninder Singh, the best left-arm bowler in the planet today, has been ignored.
>He is also a magnificent fielder.
>

	Agree completely. Can't add anything.

>
>  WAS HE EXCLUDED FOR HIS BATTING?
>
> NOT!!! His batting has improved tremendously over the past few seasons. 
>Even if it hadn't, he would be worth his place on the Indian team which is
>so short of good bowlers. His performance with the ball on dead, batting
>tracks are for all to see. An exemplary record indeed. Kumble performed well
>in the final ONLY! Check out Maninder's record over the past 2 YEARS. Of
>course, what with the chairman of the selection  committee being absent for
>the crucial matches, it was rather convenient.
>

	I think Kumble makes it because he's a leggie, and SA probably has
little experience against leggies. I still think Mani ought to have made it
ahead of Raju- Raju has achieved little in tests so far. His only notable
performance  came on that Chandigarh minefield against SL - Raju is perfect
for a terrible track ( he'll pitch it in, and let the pitch do the rest ),
but he cannot take wickets at the test level on anything but. Where's he
going to get worn pitches in SA ?? 
 
>
>WAS HIS AGE (30) AGAINST HIM?
>
> When Bedi was an erstwhile member of the selection committee, he had
> reckoned that a good team always comprised of young players! In fact,
> he as manager was primarily responsible for the exclusion of senior members
> of the team during the 1989 tour of New Zealand. " We have to build the
>  team of the 90's", said he!
>
>      ..and they have failed so far....
>
>  IF this is the criterion for selection, they'd better drop More - he's a 
>  lousy keeper anyway!
>
	Check, Iam almost certain that Mani can't be 30. Will try and check
that , and get back to you.

> WHY JADEJA, INSTEAD OF KAMBLI?
>
>  Poor Kambli! What has he not done to merit a place in the side? It 
>  only goes to prove the regional classification developed by the powers that
>  be, at the expense of genuine talent. They could not bear to select more
>  than so many players from the same Ranji team. 
>  He is more classy than Raman. He can also open. He is young, too :-)

	Why indeed. He's probably not much less of an opener than Jadeja
is, he did face Ambrose and co, and Waqar and co with aplomb as an opener
in Sarjah. Iam convinced that the selectors wanted to take Jadeja , just
because they wanted to . ( they're selectors ) And the problem was that
Jadeja is clearly not a proven opener, not even a regular one. Against
Donald and co, that was not enough. So, they went with Raman too, in case
of failure. 
	Why not Siddhu ? Siddhu is supposedly out of form, didn't score in
teh domestics. Well, he got a 59 in the Irani. Jadeja's highest in the
domestics so far is 40, in the Duleep final. And if you had taken Siddhu,
you didn't have to panic and take a 3rd opener just in case, leaving a spot
open for the best remaining bat rather than the best remaining bat with
pretensions as an opener. 

>    ALAS, BOMBAY! 
>
	Well, no Kambli, no Kuruvilla, no Ankola. As much as Bombay,  
ALAS, CCI !! ( All three play for CCI in the Kanga League :-) 


		Sadiq [ another Bombayite who isn't overjoyed ] Yusuf


> What will we have next, reservation of seats for minorities, etc? 1/2 :-) :-)
> 
>  
>    Arun Simha
> 
>  [ genuine concern over the trends of regionalism in India. Political
>    courage will have to ultimately prevail. 800 million citizens have to
>    be enlightened about the dangers of crass regionalism.....and .. only then
>    ... the selection committee..can be impartial] 
>