tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671295365124480024.post3233336288073183476..comments2024-02-22T13:51:19.834+05:30Comments on let there be more light!: In my humble opinion-part 1neelanjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18272365857309071294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671295365124480024.post-78254846145184948732009-05-21T16:57:23.296+05:302009-05-21T16:57:23.296+05:30Ganguly did not mind directing the fire at himself...Ganguly did not mind directing the fire at himself. What could they do? Bowl bumpers? Already every fast bowler worth his salt had tried to knock off his head. He had no lordly lineage but he walked and talked as he pleased, not exactly trying to provoke opponents but unwilling to deny himself. He did not give much ground to the modern game, with its fitness and diving and running between wickets and morning training and all that rot. It was brave of him to remain apart, for it left him exposed to ridicule, forced him to justify himself. But Ganguly was not scared of the pressure. Perhaps he needed the extra pressure the way a veteran car needs a crank. And, just in case, he had the populist touch. If Anil Kumble was the colossus, Sachin Tendulkar the champion, Rahul Dravid the craftsman, VVS Laxman the sorcerer, then Ganguly was the inspiration.abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317689676611760354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671295365124480024.post-54986124696876109952009-05-21T16:50:16.283+05:302009-05-21T16:50:16.283+05:30"Test cricket may be compared to the finest Scotch..."Test cricket may be compared to the finest Scotch, 50-overs a side to Indian Made Foreign Liquor, and 20-20 to the local hooch."abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317689676611760354noreply@blogger.com