and you succeeded.
Here is the list of the top scorers (aggregate) in first class cricket in India this season. And here is the list of top scores ( in an innings) in first class cricket in India this season. And the most hundreds.
You are not even the top scorer for your side in the Ranji Trophy ( either in terms of runs or in terms of top scores).
Heck, Virat Kohli ranks above you in all the national categories.
You wanted an opportunity to fail. You got plenty. And you have made the most of your opportunities.
So its back to the end of the line Subramanian Badrinath. And hopefully, the next time, your mouth wont write checks your batting cant cash.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
"You have had enough chances to fail"
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Well, thats unfortunate. People have one bad season dont they? Or two? What did Rohit Sharma do last season? Just unfortunate that Badri's bad season coincided with national vacacncy. For some people that is the story fo their life - no vacancy when you are in form, and no form when there is vacancy.
I think he did well in Lanka against Mendis when our great hitter Yuvraj pissed in his pants. If there are better pitches and bowlers all around, Badri will do better than Yuvi. but then, there are very few challenging pitches and bowlers in world cricket(natl or international) now so Yuvi will end up a seemingly better achiever than Badri.
There is also the fact that being denied opportunities pegs away at your confidence - see what happened to Yuvi when he had to desparately try opening in Tests and how it sapped his confidence.
Badri should have been born in Mumbai - that way atleast he will be supported better in terms of opportunities - I mean more opportunities before he is discarded for good(See Agarkar). Cant say he didnt try though - he married a marathi mulgi :-). Now, that should hold you back a little from lashing at him, shouldnt it? ?
raj,
What Rohit did last season or what Yuvraj did against Sri Lanka is not relevant, is it?
And Badri is not out of form either - 2 hundreds and the 92 attest to that.
My point is that Badri made this huge song and dance about being victimized by selectoral whims. Since then, every time he has had the opportunity, he has failed. Be it against Australia A or against the Australians or even in the Ranji.
It will behoove him to talk less and focus on what he does best - bat.
Cheers,
raj,
Saurav pushed Yuvi to open to slot him in the team, it was not as if Yuvi was dying to open :).
True story - growing up, there was this mantra - a Mumbai batsman hates being on 0 so he wants to score 10 first off.. Once on 10, he is not satisfied, so 10 becomes 20. Now, if he reaches 20, surely the 50 is not a pipe dream. And once on 50, it is criminal to lose your wicket before you reach 100. Upon reaching 100, take a fresh guard because the 100 has to become a 200. And so on and so forth.
So you are right. He should have been born in Mumbai. Not because he would have gotten more opportunities but because the Mumbai school of hard knocks would have made him a better batsman , both in terms of skills and in terms of mental toughness.
If the point to marrying a marathi mulgi was to make Badri less susceptible to criticism, he is softer than I thought.
Cheers,
Actually Homer, Badri hasn't failed in Ranjis this year. He failed in the first game of Ranji and since then has had a very healthy Ranji campaign. It is just that he played very few first class games this season.
Prabu,
But he has played more first class games than most this year. So, there has been no dearth of opportunities.
Also, scores of 7 and 0 in the Duleep Trophy wont advance his cause.
Cheers,
I am sure you wont be so harsh on Rohit Sharma...or Ajit Agarkar!
Well, now, you are twisting a off-hand remark made by me about Marathi Mulgi to imply that he is soft. He never said that did he? I was just twisting that fact. Yet, you want to prove Mumbai superiority whatever.
Can you deny that Agarkar wouldnt have got 50% of the chances he got if he wasnt from Mumbai?
Atleast have the grace to accept that Mumbai Cricketers get more chances than others.
Homer I repeat. Form is temporary. If Rohit Sharma fails for a few games, would you say he isnt talented? You wouldnt. You just got it against Badri so you are using this season's form against him
Raj,
I had penned Subramanian Badrinath for my test team way back in 2006versus Pakistan.
I have yet to consider either Roht Sharma or Ajit Agarkar for my test team.
Subramanian Badrinath is a talent, no question about that.. But time and time again, when the spotlight has been on him, he has come up short.
Think back to the India A game versus Australia A or India A versus the Australians.Or even the second innings of the Duleep Trophy game versus Central Zone.
Cheers,
You are still talking about a man who was not picked when he was in great form. You are using his off-season against him. That is not fair. The fact that he fails now doesnt mean that he would have failed when he mouthed off those words. This is the same argument made against Murali Kartik by Ganguly supporters. They used his subsequent failure to justify their idol's mistreatment of him when he was a promising spinner. Also, he actually did pretty well winning a match with bat and ball against Australia - MS Dhoni thought it wise to ditch him after that. Throghout the world, people recognise the 30's as the most productive years of a spinner yet he is tagged as too old.
Similarly, Amit Mishra is doing well now but then thats the way with spinners - they need time to mature. I fear two years hence if his performance dips slightly, they will drop him because he is 30.
Well, btw, about your summing up of Mumbai Batsman wanting 10,20,30, then 100? I do agree. We have had 12 batsmen from Mumbai after Sachin Tendulkar who have progressed to national team and stayed there consistently, isnt it? No doubt due to teh training you mentioned :-)
(Cheap shot, yes, but we hardly get opportunities for such cheap shots against Mumbai, so you will understand :-) )
Raj,
Had Badrinath limited himself to rueing his lack of opportunities, I would have nothing but sympathy for him. But he chose to drag Virat Kohli into the tirade, which was uncalled for.
Since he wanted the focus to be on his performance, let us focus on his performance.
vs Karnataka 7/531
vs UP 123/507 ( coming in at 0/1)
vs Andhra 121/286 ( coming in at 11/1)
vs Bengal 18/306 and 92/227
vs UP 65/445
out of form? not by these numbers.
and yet he is nowhere near the top in all of the lists I have put up.
So either he has been inconsistent or there is lot more talent pressing a claim ahead of him.
Either ways, he had had his opportunities to fail. And he has come up short.
Cheers,
Raj,
Take your shots, but remember we have won more Ranji Trophies in that period than any other team has managed in the entire life of the Ranji Trophies :).
There is no Mumbaikar making a pressing claim for National colors - which is a fantastic reflection on the talent available in the country. And there is no team coming close to challenging Mumbai in the domestic scene - which tells you all you want to know of how formidable Mumbai is.
Cheers,
hey Homer, we cant argue with 38 titles, can we? :-)
On Badri, again, I think our perspective is different - I am just thinking unfortunately for him, his time is past - he didnt get an opportunity when he should have - the thing is people like Yuvraj have had thousand failures but the few good knocks they had is keeping them in good books of public. So, it is like for one good knock, you get 10 chances. If you screwed up your first 3-4 chances, then you dont get more, unless you are Ajit Agarkar, of course. So, if your first 3-4 chances come when you are in 'great' form as opposed to 'decent' form(which is exactly Badri's problem), then you are lucky. Else, you are doomed.
So, it is like Badri could have had a great 2007 and great 2009 but 2008 is when the national team had vacancy and he failed then. It might be that the chance came at the wrong time - I dont like dissing people as lacking mental skills - sometimes genuine bad luck happens. I feel badri is a case of genuine bad luck.
As for Virat Kohli, he failed pathetically in the IPL and didnt impress in the Lankan series in terms of technique or ability. Just got a few runs luckily which can happen to anyone. He is not even as good as his U-19 mates Tanmay Srivastava or Ravindra Jadeja(even if you dont consider Jadeja's bowling, he is still ahead of Kohli). I feel that his Royals team mate, and fellow Kohli, Taruwar is more talented than Virat. Badri's frustration was genuine - when he cried about Virat, he had every right to because his figures then were much better and over a much longer period. You are now dissing him in retrospect comparing his current form against Kholi's current form while you should actually look at numbers for the 1 year preceding Badri's statement.
That is why I feel you have just got this against Badri. You can say similarly I have got it against Virat Kohli.
Raj,
Amol Muzumdar.
One of the finest talents to come out of Mumbai in the 90s. On the verge of becoming the highest aggregate run scorer in Ranji history.Mumbai captain for just two seasons despite engineering the greatest turn around in the history of domestic cricket(2006/07).Missed out on the IPL riches because he is considered too old.
Was never given an India cap.
And what does Muzumdar do? He talks of the pleasure that comes from wearing the Mumbai cap, puts his head down and continues to make the runs.
Contrast that with Subramanian Badrinath.
India A captain, Tamil Nadu captain, IPL player, is contracted by the BCCI (recently upgraded), gets the good press, has a legion of supporters.
And come the first setback, out comes the "Oh i was hard done by" and "Look, how is Virat Kohli better than me".
My problem with Badri is not his bad luck or poor form or his frustrations.
My problem with Badri is his sense of entitlement.
And if he feels so entitled, let him back up his claim by doing what he does best - making runs.
"when he cried about Virat, he had every right to because his figures then were much better and over a much longer period" - domestic cricket is replete with examples of players who have much better numbers than Badri over the same period of time.Havent heard a peep from him about these players being more deserving than him.
Cheers,
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