Grade A:
Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar (Vice Captain), Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The chosen few with the biggest retainers, sponsors and waist lines amongst other biggies.

This thread is to keep an eye on Dilipji's select men over the next several months to see how far and well they go.

First ODI V Ireland.

Dhoni - DNP.
Ganguly - 74 (NO), 1 Catch
Tendulkar - 1 W and 3 runs
Yuvraj Singh - 1 Catch

have to admire your persistence - bit like a one man band.

who in your opinion should be Grade A? lets keep an eye on them too for the sake of balance

I don't agree with this tiered approach. Would advocate a single grade for all with the same fixed payments + additional payments depending on match performance / results.

This kind of a tiered approach only creates a culture of haves and have nots and fortifies the senior mafia's hold.

Ganguly, Dravid and Kumble probably have the smallest waistlines in the team.

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Originally posted by Josh C:
I don't agree with this tiered approach. Would advocate a single grade for all with the same fixed payments + additional payments depending on match performance / results.

Would have to agree as no one has - up to now - offered viable reasons for the existence of a tiered system.

Some players are obviously favoured by the system. Why? Do they do more during the course of play? Consistency? Effort? Success? I'd have to answer all those questions in the negative, keeping in mind that any player does his best out in the middle and sometimes it's the one and at other times it's the other that succeeds. The excuse of seniority is a lame duck. If that were the case, one should be offering tiered pay depending on the amount of test/ODIs played. That too isn't the case. So what's behind these tiered awards, which basically smacks of favouritism?

The excuses given by Niranjan Shah for the present selection of top graders is an eyewash meant to pull the wool over blind eyes. But that's been said before, so I won't repeat it here. If the 2005/2006 season sets the criteria, only Rahul Dravid and maybe Dhoni should be in there. If success was the criterion, probably the same names would result.

I'm anxiously waiting for Niranjan Shah's promised press conference that was supposed to throw light on the whole affair. It's pretty dark under that dirty carpet, though.

Agree Mirchy. Bottom line is that past records etc. are just memories and what matters is the current contributions of players. My take is that the sponsors who have big dollars riding on these guys wield an influence on who are the chosen few along with their influential boards.

Get a feeling that that this dirty linen will be aired for all to see in the near future.

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Originally posted by doremi:
Ganguly, Dravid and Kumble probably have the smallest waistlines in the team.

Ganguly has trimmed considerably, good to see. Kumble has always been trim. Dravid does his best, won't call him trim though.

First ODI Vs South Africa

Tendulkar - 99 runs and 1 catch
Dravid - 74 runs and 1 catch
Yuvraj Singh - 13 runs
Ganguly - 13 runs
Dhoni, Kumble - DNP

Tendulkar - 93 runs
Yuvraj - 49*, 3 wickets
Ganguly - 42
Dhoni - 0 and 1 catch
Dravid - 2 runs, 1 catch, 1 run-out, indifferent captaincy and absolutely rubbish team selection.
Kumble - DNP

I hope you don't mind Josh. Not much to do and am incredibly bored.

final tally after the futures cup.

tendulkar - 200 runs @ 66.66, 2 wkts @ 10, 1 catch
dravid - 113 runs @ 37.66, 2 catches
yuvraj - 123 runs @ 123, 3 wkts @ 29.33
ganguly - 72 runs @ 24, 2 wkts @ 25
dhoni - 14 runs @ 14, 2 catches

ftr - tendulkar gets mos

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Originally posted by Ash:
final tally after the futures cup.

tendulkar - 200 runs @ 66.66, 2 wkts @ 10, 1 catch
dravid - 113 runs @ 37.66, 2 catches
yuvraj - 123 runs @ 123, 3 wkts @ 29.33
ganguly - 72 runs @ 24, 2 wkts @ 25
dhoni - 14 runs @ 14, 2 catches

T is better thanL?

cheers doremi - will sign up

I have ZERO interest in this thread.

bump

bump for the second time.

Hello Dorem i, why are you bumping this?

Are you advertising that other sooky forum ?