An era has ended in Indian cricket with the premature and hasty retirement of the iconic Sourav Chandidas Ganguly from all forms of the game w.e.f. February 7,2011.Piqued and chastened by the inexplicable actions of the franchise owners with regard to the issue of his participation in the forthcoming Indian Premier League season 4, Dada announced his immediate retirement from all forms of the game with immediate effect as he saw no point in continuing with his participation in domestic cricket as the doors of the IPL had been firmly slammed in his face.
Announcing his future plans of getting into cricket administration in the near future and his ultimate goal of filling the Indian coach's shoes one day, Dada said that he was actively contemplating contesting for one of the administrative positions within the Cricket Association of Bengal echelons in the next elections and ultimately working his way up and occupying the much coveted post of the state unit's president.
Dada's decision to run for the post must have come as manna from the heavens for his legion of dedicated followers including yours truly as the only way of initiating the long pending reforms within the Board for Cricket Control in India(BCCI) and cleaning/divesting it's augean stables of all the muck that it finds itself quagmired in can only become possible with the active of both active and recently retired cricketers in the day to day functioning of this personal fiefdom of politicians and their cohorts.
Every Indian cricket fan must be ardently hoping that Dada will succeed in carrying forward the flame of "operation clean up"initiated by Messrs Kumble,Srinath,Patel,Prasad and company within the Karnataka State Cricket Association ranks and stables and thereby provide the much needed new direction and momentum to the BCCI's triumphant march into the second decade of the twenty teens.
So much for Dada the administrator, now let's our attention to Dada the prospective Indian Chief Coach, Dada will bring with him a new found aggression one that does not take a backward step in the face of any provocation whatsoever from the opposition,undisputed leadership and man management skills that made Dada the most successful Indian captain in the history of the game and last but not the least a range of scintillating off side dominant strokes that provoked Rahul Dravid's immortal comment,"on the off side there is god then there is Sourav Ganguly" high praise indeed coming from a counterpart not exactly renowned for his hyperbole or repartee.
Infact, the powers that be within the Board would be best served by sounding out Dada with regard to his readiness to don the mantle after Gary Kirsten's imminent departure after the completion of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the grapevine has it that Kirsten has already informed the BCCI mandarins of his decision about not extending his coaching contract beyond the World Cup and also accepted the Director of Coaching's position within the Mumbai Indians Indian premier League Franchise at the behest of one Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar who is supposed to share a cosy rapport and camraderie with Mr.Kirsten.
Just imagine an Indian side led by captain cool Mahendar Singh Dhoni and fuelled by the unbridled passion of Sourav Ganguly, this heady and intoxicating mix will certainly catapult the Indian team to the top of the heap in all three forms of the game as the desi combination of hosh and josh will definitely not be replicated by the other teams on the horizon and also have the selectors copnceding to the captain and coach's choice of players at any and every given occasion as tinkering with a winning combination goes against every laid down rule of cricketing wisdom.
Will the BCCI mandarins set aside their king sized egos and ask Dada to don the mantle of India's cricket coach after Gary Kirsten's departure,let's all wait,watch,hope and pray for this minor miracle with bated breaths.
SUNDEEP CHOPRA.
Announcing his future plans of getting into cricket administration in the near future and his ultimate goal of filling the Indian coach's shoes one day, Dada said that he was actively contemplating contesting for one of the administrative positions within the Cricket Association of Bengal echelons in the next elections and ultimately working his way up and occupying the much coveted post of the state unit's president.
Dada's decision to run for the post must have come as manna from the heavens for his legion of dedicated followers including yours truly as the only way of initiating the long pending reforms within the Board for Cricket Control in India(BCCI) and cleaning/divesting it's augean stables of all the muck that it finds itself quagmired in can only become possible with the active of both active and recently retired cricketers in the day to day functioning of this personal fiefdom of politicians and their cohorts.
Every Indian cricket fan must be ardently hoping that Dada will succeed in carrying forward the flame of "operation clean up"initiated by Messrs Kumble,Srinath,Patel,Prasad and company within the Karnataka State Cricket Association ranks and stables and thereby provide the much needed new direction and momentum to the BCCI's triumphant march into the second decade of the twenty teens.
So much for Dada the administrator, now let's our attention to Dada the prospective Indian Chief Coach, Dada will bring with him a new found aggression one that does not take a backward step in the face of any provocation whatsoever from the opposition,undisputed leadership and man management skills that made Dada the most successful Indian captain in the history of the game and last but not the least a range of scintillating off side dominant strokes that provoked Rahul Dravid's immortal comment,"on the off side there is god then there is Sourav Ganguly" high praise indeed coming from a counterpart not exactly renowned for his hyperbole or repartee.
Infact, the powers that be within the Board would be best served by sounding out Dada with regard to his readiness to don the mantle after Gary Kirsten's imminent departure after the completion of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the grapevine has it that Kirsten has already informed the BCCI mandarins of his decision about not extending his coaching contract beyond the World Cup and also accepted the Director of Coaching's position within the Mumbai Indians Indian premier League Franchise at the behest of one Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar who is supposed to share a cosy rapport and camraderie with Mr.Kirsten.
Just imagine an Indian side led by captain cool Mahendar Singh Dhoni and fuelled by the unbridled passion of Sourav Ganguly, this heady and intoxicating mix will certainly catapult the Indian team to the top of the heap in all three forms of the game as the desi combination of hosh and josh will definitely not be replicated by the other teams on the horizon and also have the selectors copnceding to the captain and coach's choice of players at any and every given occasion as tinkering with a winning combination goes against every laid down rule of cricketing wisdom.
Will the BCCI mandarins set aside their king sized egos and ask Dada to don the mantle of India's cricket coach after Gary Kirsten's departure,let's all wait,watch,hope and pray for this minor miracle with bated breaths.
SUNDEEP CHOPRA.
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