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Andrew Symonds, 33, was caught in another controversy. He enters the list of bad boys in the game. He had a famous controversy with Harbhajan Singh. He then missed a bus for attending the training session.
Now, he entered another controversy by preferring to fishing than the team meeting.
Symonds was sent home from last week’s one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin after going fishing instead of attending a compulsory team meeting.
There was a question about Symonds committment to the Australian team? He never apologized or had taken any steps in correcting himself.
Cricket Australia will be deciding on his future.
Showing posts with label Controversy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Controversy. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mallaya defends sacking Charu! Blames Dravid!
The owner of Bangalore Royal Challengers, Vijaya Mallaya has come out open and blamed skipper Dravid and defended his decision of firing the CEO Charu Sharma.
He said, both Dravid and Charu were not rejecting the players that he opted during the auction. He selected few players and both of them were scepital about those players. They wanted few players and made me take them, the frustrated owner said.
"My biggest mistake was to abstain from the selection of the team, "Mallaya has been reported as saying.
"Since Dravid is an iconic player, I trusted his judgment But after the final list my friends told me it looked like a Test team. But I bakced both of them thinking that they advised me properly. Unfortunately in cricket, unlike any other sport, the captain is the boss," stated Mallya.
He further added that, "at the end of the day, people need to understand that the IPL has a corporate side to it, and a very definitive corporate side. It is not at all cricket in the traditional sense."
The trouble started in the second auction. "When Rahul Dravid was not present in the second auction, I wanted to acquire some players but Charu Sharma was very tentative about them. I mean I bought Misbah-ul-Haq because I was determinded to do it. There were other players I was discouarged about," Mallya said.
In the first acton too, attended by all three-Mallya, Charu Sharma and Dravid, few players were not picked as per owner's wish. "I was very tempted to bid for players whom I wanted but they held me back."
On Charu Sharma's sacking, Mallya said, "He was appointed CEO because I thought he understood cricket and he would add value to the team and the entire Royal Challengers initiative. But when I was questioning the performance of the team, all I was told was that practice facilities are bad, then I was told there was no bonding in the team...so everything was balmed on a particular event or lack of infrastructure."
Once the failure hits the team, the differences of opinion and the gap in the team comes out open. This is anothe example where the owner has come out open lashing out at the skipper and former CEO. The new CEO is Brijesh Patel.
He said, both Dravid and Charu were not rejecting the players that he opted during the auction. He selected few players and both of them were scepital about those players. They wanted few players and made me take them, the frustrated owner said.
"My biggest mistake was to abstain from the selection of the team, "Mallaya has been reported as saying.
"Since Dravid is an iconic player, I trusted his judgment But after the final list my friends told me it looked like a Test team. But I bakced both of them thinking that they advised me properly. Unfortunately in cricket, unlike any other sport, the captain is the boss," stated Mallya.
He further added that, "at the end of the day, people need to understand that the IPL has a corporate side to it, and a very definitive corporate side. It is not at all cricket in the traditional sense."
The trouble started in the second auction. "When Rahul Dravid was not present in the second auction, I wanted to acquire some players but Charu Sharma was very tentative about them. I mean I bought Misbah-ul-Haq because I was determinded to do it. There were other players I was discouarged about," Mallya said.
In the first acton too, attended by all three-Mallya, Charu Sharma and Dravid, few players were not picked as per owner's wish. "I was very tempted to bid for players whom I wanted but they held me back."
On Charu Sharma's sacking, Mallya said, "He was appointed CEO because I thought he understood cricket and he would add value to the team and the entire Royal Challengers initiative. But when I was questioning the performance of the team, all I was told was that practice facilities are bad, then I was told there was no bonding in the team...so everything was balmed on a particular event or lack of infrastructure."
Once the failure hits the team, the differences of opinion and the gap in the team comes out open. This is anothe example where the owner has come out open lashing out at the skipper and former CEO. The new CEO is Brijesh Patel.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Afridi and Warne Exchange Words!
In the 9th match of the IPL between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals, Shaid Afridi and Warne exchanged some words.
Chasing a target of 215 in 20 overs, Afridi bagged 3 of the Royal Challengers wickets. When Warne was facing Afridi, the quick delivery was missed and Warne was beaten by the pace. Afridi said few words and Warne followed him to find out what he said.
The next ball also was no run and the last ball was sent to point boundary. Again few words were exchanged.
Not sure and no one understands the need for exchanging words! Just play your game and carry on with the spirit. This day may belong to others and some other day may be yours. So, why do you need to exchange unpleasant words and create a scene out of it.
The match was won by Rajasthan Royals and sure that Afridi would have felt why he did it. The last over required 17 runs and Shane Warne hit Symonds for a four and two sixes before the first two balls were scored 2 runs.
Chasing a target of 215 in 20 overs, Afridi bagged 3 of the Royal Challengers wickets. When Warne was facing Afridi, the quick delivery was missed and Warne was beaten by the pace. Afridi said few words and Warne followed him to find out what he said.
The next ball also was no run and the last ball was sent to point boundary. Again few words were exchanged.
Not sure and no one understands the need for exchanging words! Just play your game and carry on with the spirit. This day may belong to others and some other day may be yours. So, why do you need to exchange unpleasant words and create a scene out of it.
The match was won by Rajasthan Royals and sure that Afridi would have felt why he did it. The last over required 17 runs and Shane Warne hit Symonds for a four and two sixes before the first two balls were scored 2 runs.
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