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Guha is a delight to read when he writes cricket. Perhaps my advice to him is the reverse of what Rahul gave him. Stick to cricket rather than court controversies elsewhere. This is no time for sane debate and discussion
This silly article is nothing but an attempt to fool people into thinking “oh… Guha likes cricket so is a regular guy, he must be just like us, a nice guy”.
Don’t forget for one moment that this fellow is an anti-national & a closet Islamist & commie. He has done incalculable harm to India, our Dharma & image.
Just how Mr Laal ? CAre to back up your preposterous claim about Mr Guha with some facts ?
Tragedy of this stage of human evolution is that the intellectuals ( some real, some self proclaimed) have become commercial doing salesmanship of their ware by advertising just as Lux is marketed.
Ram has become too full of himself. Why he cannot talk and be seen less I fail to understand. Silence is golden. Surely he knows and would do good to practice it.
Undermining the spirit of journalism. Your lack of competence of good content and presentation can’t be compensated by cheap catchy headlines. Grow up.
Thanks again Mr Guha, yet again u managed to make us read ur non sense, the heading had nothing to do with the article, but we understand its ur marketing technique to let us ur publishing a book.
Looks like Guha is looking for work..each day he keeps dropping names..wasted 10 mins last night reading his article on Adami and today on Dravid..not anymore
Dravid was selected by ganguly only because he kept wickets in 2003 world cup. By this gesture not only ganguly indicated dravid only as a bstsman was not enough but also indicsted india needed a wk who can bat . Great ganguly.
Typical click bait headline.
Dravid has been the finest gentleman to grace the field of cricket and somehow, people find a way to try and bring him down to their level.
Print claims to be above such journalism and yet, here we see an all too familiar pattern.
Before a batsman executes a hook he reads the delivery through and through. You should first read whatever history book you choose for your intended hook shot.
True. Sir, my comments are after reading the ball from the time it is held in the bowlers’s arm, delivery, in the air, movement off the pitch and of course the overall pace. Once you know how the bowler generally delivers, it is easy to go on the back foot and position yourself well for the hook.
Of course, there is a choice to duck too, and leave the ball.
In my view, Rahul Dravid is the greatest Test Batsman for sure, and one of the greatest batsmen overall to play for India. Barring Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev, no player can lay claim to being the most selfless player who ever played for India, except Dravid.
Reading this article was a total waste of time. This comes across as very boring read written by a self obsessed self important writer. Do not read this book. Use your time to read something worthwhile. Article headline was a click bait. Why does Shekhar Gupta allows such trash to be published. He does not have respect for readers time and intellect. Wasted 10 minutes of my life. I want it back, SHEKHAR, how dare you.
Didn’t know Dravid was such non-receptive of ideas: he should have given a thought to your input and responded, instead of cold-shouldering the same.
Guha is a delight to read when he writes cricket. Perhaps my advice to him is the reverse of what Rahul gave him. Stick to cricket rather than court controversies elsewhere. This is no time for sane debate and discussion
Without beating around the Bush, I would say ,Rahul Dravid personifies the distilled essence of the magnificent game called Cricket!
at last somebody said what so many of us were wanting to say for a long time. of course not only about cricket strategy but about anything!!
This silly article is nothing but an attempt to fool people into thinking “oh… Guha likes cricket so is a regular guy, he must be just like us, a nice guy”.
Don’t forget for one moment that this fellow is an anti-national & a closet Islamist & commie. He has done incalculable harm to India, our Dharma & image.
You are an idiot
Just how Mr Laal ? CAre to back up your preposterous claim about Mr Guha with some facts ?
Tragedy of this stage of human evolution is that the intellectuals ( some real, some self proclaimed) have become commercial doing salesmanship of their ware by advertising just as Lux is marketed.
Ram has become too full of himself. Why he cannot talk and be seen less I fail to understand. Silence is golden. Surely he knows and would do good to practice it.
Ram Guha should write pamphlet slogans or proofread Congress party manifestos for mistakes not history books – he is less worse in cricket history.
Rahul Dravid is the most sophisticated Indian cricketer and talented too. That’s incredible.
Undermining the spirit of journalism. Your lack of competence of good content and presentation can’t be compensated by cheap catchy headlines. Grow up.
Thanks again Mr Guha, yet again u managed to make us read ur non sense, the heading had nothing to do with the article, but we understand its ur marketing technique to let us ur publishing a book.
Looks like Guha is looking for work..each day he keeps dropping names..wasted 10 mins last night reading his article on Adami and today on Dravid..not anymore
Dravid was selected by ganguly only because he kept wickets in 2003 world cup. By this gesture not only ganguly indicated dravid only as a bstsman was not enough but also indicsted india needed a wk who can bat . Great ganguly.
R Guha is a history sheeter
Typical click bait headline.
Dravid has been the finest gentleman to grace the field of cricket and somehow, people find a way to try and bring him down to their level.
Print claims to be above such journalism and yet, here we see an all too familiar pattern.
Do better next time
Why does the headline say Dravid said to shut up. He didn’t say those words.
These are not the words you associate with Dravid.
Somebody has to play a hook shot against the history bit too!!!
Before a batsman executes a hook he reads the delivery through and through. You should first read whatever history book you choose for your intended hook shot.
True. Sir, my comments are after reading the ball from the time it is held in the bowlers’s arm, delivery, in the air, movement off the pitch and of course the overall pace. Once you know how the bowler generally delivers, it is easy to go on the back foot and position yourself well for the hook.
Of course, there is a choice to duck too, and leave the ball.
In my view, Rahul Dravid is the greatest Test Batsman for sure, and one of the greatest batsmen overall to play for India. Barring Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev, no player can lay claim to being the most selfless player who ever played for India, except Dravid.
True
Absolutely right.
Reading this article was a total waste of time. This comes across as very boring read written by a self obsessed self important writer. Do not read this book. Use your time to read something worthwhile. Article headline was a click bait. Why does Shekhar Gupta allows such trash to be published. He does not have respect for readers time and intellect. Wasted 10 minutes of my life. I want it back, SHEKHAR, how dare you.
This is exactly why I love reading Ram Guha.
Sadly his political commentary these days is highly colored and partisan, which I feel, undermines his own credibility.