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He has provided great deal of service to Indian cricket whenever he has been given chances. The Saurav issue happened when Chappel suggested that Kaif be given a chance to play in the test level in Zimbabwe we all know what happened. Ever since people have been doing their best to undermine his position in the team. Now he alone has been punished for the collective failures of the team in South Africa in the onedayers. He is not even on the mind of the national selectors in ODI's. You don't get experience on shelves is what Vengsarkar says. He performed very well in the West indies when he was there last. In fact the onedayer we won there was due to his contribution. What caused the failure in WI was Yuvraj not hitting the winning run in the second ODI? Yet he is promoted as the future of Indian Cricket as possibly the next captain.
Someone like Agarkar has failed india so often yet in Kaif's case it is India that has failed Kaif. He won the Ranji Trophy for UP last year. What more?

2007-02-18 19:16:13 · 14 answers · asked by Rej 2 in Sports Cricket

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Robin Uthappa overtook G.Gambhir to be selected
Dinesh Karthik pipped Kaif and Raina to be in.
Nothing else.

2007-02-18 22:19:50 · answer #1 · answered by Elango 3 · 0 0

I am sorry my friend. I don't have high regard for Kaif's performance other than as a fielder. We almost lost first ODI in WI. When India had to score some 23 runs of 23 balls, he conceded a maiden. He continuously failed during WI and SF series. Many times he played dead slowly and caused people to lose their nerves. He is dead slow... too slow that we may lose matches. In second ODI, look at how many balls he wasted at the end.

On the other hand, Sourav and Yuvraj have been match winners for us. They can 'single-handedly' win the matches. Do you think Kaif could have played the role of Yuvraj like the III ODI against Sri Lanka or during the Natwest series in England during 2002 season? Yuvraj was continuously the man of series two times with best knocks possible last year. Let us not be completebly blind with favoritism. Winning Ranji trophies or local matches should only gain a place in the team. If they don't keep their place in the team, then it's their problem. He was given more than enough chances for his calibre and performance and that's more than a fair treatment. There is no one in current team that got tickets free of cost and there are no politics.

If I am one of the selectors, I wouldn't be taking Kaif other than as 12th man for fielding. I would rather take Laxman for batting and keep him in slips.

2007-02-18 19:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 0 0

Kaif has been enough enough opportunities and very fair chance. However, he failed to perform and that is the reason
why he has not been selected and the selectors have opted
for the best available players at present. That does not mean
that it is the end of carreer of Kaif. If he performs well in domestic cricket as has been the case with Ganguly he can
defenitely come back into Indian Team..

2007-02-18 19:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0 0

First of all, thy can select only 15 members for the world cup. So they try to take the best of their choice from the short listed players. There they have to include some prominent players like Sachin,Sehwag,Kumble etc irrespective of their form. So some good players didn't get the Chance to prove themselves in the world cup. Past glory don't work for them.But remember, he is not alone in the list.There are Powar,Laxman etc. also. Hope they will do their best in the future.

2007-02-18 20:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by Janaki D 1 · 0 0

He is a great fielder,but not in a form good enough to
make it to the final 11
He is supposed to be a specialist batsman,like Gibbs,Atapattu,
Hayden etc
And Kaif's batting hasn't been good enough for him to be included
as a batsman (who can't bowl)

Selecting him in the 15 member squad,would have been a good idea,in case other batsmen are in poor form,he could be played

2007-02-18 20:57:10 · answer #5 · answered by Aq 3 · 0 0

sorry my dear may be u r a fan of kaif, first of all u shoud know that kaif is not an allrounder , he plays slowly means only single's and two's clearly he don't know how to hit sixes and fours powerfully and he is not a sweet timer of the ball. in odi's one should play powerfully like macmillan and maccullum in new zealand ,one should be an allrounder completly

2007-02-21 21:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Ganguly was also playing well when he was sacked.

But he came back.
(through personal effort........ and also by offering Yajna sacrifice at Bhainsa Ghat near Lucknow through his family priest, thereby appeasing the minor deities and super-natural powers.... )

Kaif can do the same thing.

By hook or by crook.
All is fair in Love n War !!! (this applies to cricket also)

2007-02-20 16:43:28 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan 3 · 1 0

He is out of form dude.don't worry my friend.i am sure that one day he will return and he will score a century.wait and see.kaif is great but he has no chance in the squad.nobody can bat like him and he is a good feilder in the indian side.all the best to him.hope the indian fans will pray for him to return back !

2007-02-19 00:40:14 · answer #8 · answered by Sekar 4 · 0 0

Well he is a good player, but there are people in the Indian team who are performing their duties better than kaif in their own departments..
HE IS A TALENTED MAN HE HAS TO WAIT .......
DOOR IS NOT CLOSED PERMANENTLY FOR HIM........

2007-02-19 00:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by maddy 3 · 0 0

No doubt he is a good player but my friend these days he is not in best form. World cup is on next month. I think its right decission to sit outside the team

2007-02-18 19:21:52 · answer #10 · answered by Amit K 3 · 0 0

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