BCB select Mashrafe as captain and Sourav Ganguli as batting advisor for england series

[Tiger444]

I don't know why some people are criticizing this decision..this is a great hire by BCB in my opinion..Ganguly is 1 of the all time great batsmen for India and he is a warrior..I've always really liked Ganguly..not gonna lie I liked him a lot since he's an Indian Bengali haha..also I remember when we beat India he said something along the lines of "I have a soft spot for them"..he truly is a great guy and think he can be a good batting adviser..also our boys know Ganguly very well and hopefully they take his advice..Siddons might be a batting coach but I don't see why we can't also have a batting adviser there..also I really hope the hire of the bowling coach is true..we really need a bowling coach and hopefully he can make a a difference with our boys..finally BCB has opened their eyes and hiring some good people..hopefully we can see some better results..

[cricket_pagol]

Mash needs to earn his spot on the team and his position as a captain. Free ride like this is bad for everybody concerned.

PS: I like Ganguly, so i am happy with this budding association with our team. But, not having a bowling coach is really hurting us.

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by Tiger444
I "I have a soft spot for them"...

(This is not to criticize the hire, but just to post the correct info)
No, that was Wasim Akram after 99 lose, he said, it's no shame to lose against your younger brothers. Ganguly was annoyed when he lost to us. His face was very dark.

But I really think BCB should get a bowling coach! How can they not see it?

[bujhee kom]

I would like to welcome Mashrafee as the BD captain now! All the best to Mashrafee in leading the Bangladesh team and his cricket, bowling specially.
P.S. What I wouldn't like to see from Mash the captain is a way defensive captainship, we have seen that a lot. And also you lose, the team lose, it's no big deal, it is expected, but make any stupid mistake, you are fried in BC!

I would like to wish my very best to Shakib on vice-captaining the Bangladesh team and helping Mashrafee and also concentrate greatly on his batting mainly and bowling as well. I think and hope this change will do positive for Shakib the cricketer/all-rounder.

I would like to extenmd a welcome on board to Dada Shaurobh Ganguly on this challenging assignment/job of mentor/coach/advisor(ing) the Bangladesh team. I wish Dada Ganguly and team Bangladesh all the best in England.

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by Miraz
I think this is a very good move by BCB. Sourav is someone who never accepted defeat until the last ball of any match. If he can instill 10% of his mentality within our boys, we will win the matches against the associates comfortably and there may be surprises against England.

I hope Sourav stays with us until the World Cup.

ditto with miraz bhai.

also may be in future ganguly can be successor to siddons.

ganguly was a good captain too, so it may also help our tactics and strategies.

and ganguly was also a good bowler in englsih conditions .......

and also BCB is also hiring a bowling coach/advisor from aussie.

so the setup looks good.

siddons: head coach
ganguly: batting advisor +
new man: bowling advisor
km shujon chacha: assnt to siddons

[_Rafi_]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
(This is not to criticize the hire, but just to post the correct info)
No, that was Wasim Akram after 99 lose, he said, it's no shame to lose against your younger brothers. Ganguly was annoyed when he lost to us. His face was very dark.

But I really think BCB should get a bowling coach! How can they not see it?

what could Saurav do at that time? He was not in position like Wasim to say anything like this because he knew his team was out of the world cup.

[Murad]

Originally Posted by offstump

so the setup looks good.

siddons: head coach
ganguly: batting advisor +
new man: bowling advisor
km shujon chacha: assnt to siddons

Fielding coach:

Salauddin out
Some new guy in for this tour.

[Dilscoop]

^^ Ganguly is there for part time only. He isnt permanent

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by _Rafi_
what could Saurav do at that time? He was not in position like Wasim to say anything like this because he knew his team was out of the world cup.

wait, I am talking about the time when he was captain, and we won the game. WC07 was Rahul Dravid. And he was a cocky sob during toss, and all chupchap modon modon at the presentation

[alibangali]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
I would like to welcome Mashrafee as the BD captain now! All the best to Mashrafee in leading the Bangladesh team and his cricket, bowling specially.
P.S. What I wouldn't like to see from Mash the captain is a way defensive captainship, we have seen that a lot. And also you lose, the team lose, it's no big deal, it is expected, but make any stupid mistake, you are fried in BC!

I would like to wish my very best to Shakib on vice-captaining the Bangladesh team and helping Mashrafee and also concentrate greatly on his batting mainly and bowling as well. I think and hope this change will do positive for Shakib the cricketer/all-rounder.

I would like to extenmd a welcome on board to Dada Shaurobh Ganguly on this challenging assignment/job of mentor/coach/advisor(ing) the Bangladesh team. I wish Dada Ganguly and team Bangladesh all the best in England.

Finally atleast something is happening and inshallah the mentality will change.
I am all for Mash being captain, he has real spirit and in the past capatincy has always been given to our best player at that time and now they give it to an out of form player which is something different .

SG has good mentality and loads of experience hopefully some encouraging advice will be dished out rather than hearing that they are not good enough.

We desperately need a good bowling coach, thats a big issue on the field.

Starting to feel more optimistic and inshallah we will see a better side playing against England.

Caaaamon Bangladesh.

[Dilscoop]

I don't wanna be negative here (more like realistic, which is negative for us). Nothing will change. No matter who is the captain. Things will always be defensive or on the back-foot. People always criticized Bashar about his defensive captaincy. Ashraful came. And everyone thought things will change. He is attacking batsman, his captaincy will be attacking as well. He will grow some brains with that as well. Nothing happened. Things stayed the same. But somehow we managed few wins here and there. Then came Shakib, we thought, this was it. He will be our Kapil Dev (I still think he can be, and hopefully he will become someday soon). But nothing changed. Now Mashrafe is here. Everything will stay the same. Because team is the same. It's not a captains fault that the team is very defensive. We dont have McGrath, Warne, Sehwag, Styen in the team to be able to attack. Even the current Australia dont have that killer image any more. Ponting dont have his Lee, Warne, Mcgrath he can run to all the time.

This Mashrafe will be very more defensive because he isn't very confident atm. I'd pay billions to watch the younger Mashrafe captain the side. Back then, he was the only player with attacking mind-set

[dolcevita]

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[Nafi]

Good move, but Im very interested in the bowling coach

[alibangali]

To be honest i was not going to follow the england odi's after that cowardly display however curiosity will make me watch now

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[hamid]

Originally Posted by alibangali
To be honest i was not going to follow the england odi's after that cowardly display however curiosity will make me watch now

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You were always going to watch, weren't you?

[hamid]

First I have heard about Ganguly. Only can help.

Clealy Mortaza is mates with him at KKR; as soon as he becomes captain, he can just rope his old pal in.

[simon]

as already some1 mentioned,it's only a part time assistance from Ganguly so that our plyrs can cope in Eng conditions,I hope Tamim is helping others too,
actually it's strange that plyrs like Imrul & Junaid have done quite well in Eng conditions but how come Sakib,Ryad & Mushy who r certainly better hvn't done well?
it's not the condition it was just not their tour I guess.

[Dilscoop]

^ you mean part time?

and wth @ Hamid? This has nothing to do with Mashrafe. The board picked Ganguly because he is in Eng atm. Banglalir bashi budhi

[hamid]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
^ you mean part time?

and wth @ Hamid? This has nothing to do with Mashrafe. The board picked Ganguly because he is in Eng atm. Banglalir bashi budhi

It wasn't meant to be taken serioulsy. I was only joking. You think I thouugh that Mashrafe just phoned up Ganguly asking him to be batting coach?

[hamid]

Mashrafe Mortaza, that reliable figure who you can count on to play all the games, will captain Bangladesh in the England ODI series.

My short view: http://shortthirdman.wordpress.com/2...adesh-captain/

[Green Tea]

Siddons and Shourov
A very good recipe for disaster.

[Zeeshan]

How much is he getting paid anyways?

[Antora]

wowowowow!!! GAGU is batting advisor? really? I think I'm going to cry :P This is the happiest day of my life :P LOL!!!
But Siddons and Ganguly together? Not sure how that's going to work and I would have prefered if Shakib was still captain, I mean Mash is totally out of form :S

[beshideshi]

Originally Posted by akabir77
cool he can now teach mash how to dangle a shirt in the lords if we win... lol

we need a bowling coach not a batting adviser...

khali shirt na, pant o dangle koruk after a win at Lords. Lord's e jitle jeita issa koruk.

[Green Tea]

Originally Posted by akabir77
cool he can now teach mash how to dangle a shirt in the lords if we win... lol