The fastest flop

Pathetic is too mild a word to use. But I don8217;t want to run down someone who is just trying to find his feet in the Test arena.

Pathetic is too mild a word to use. But I don8217;t want to run down someone who is just trying to find his feet in the Test arena. After seeing VRV Singh bowl the way he did in the entire Antigua Test 8212; mercifully, Rahul Dravid spared us all by giving him fewer overs 8212; I wonder whether he made it to the team using Board8217;s 8216;quota8217; policy. What HRD Minister Arjun Singh did to tarnish the image of professional institutions with reservation, Bhupinder Singh Sr has done it in professional cricket: pushing in VRV. If his laboured walk back to the bowling mark was scary enough, his inability to bowl a straight ball, including to the tailenders, was equally scary! Kudos to the selectors for discovering 8216;the fastest8217; bowler from this part of the world. Wish if cricket fans could do a la the doctors. Sit on a dharna to protest against his inclusion in the team.

Jyoti Mahesh Ahmedabad

A dead 8217;battery8217;

I read Ajay S Shankar8217;s piece on the Antigua Test with great interest. His narration of the match was excellent as well as the interview with coach Greg Chappell. But he could have dealt more on the incompetence of our so-called pace battery, particularly VRV Singh. Munaf Patel was only a shade better than the former. Otherwise, both were birds of the same feather.

Sameer Bhattacharya Pune

An ugly blot

Apropos Ajay S Shankar8217;s report on Brian Lara A 6, a catch8230;. Watching Lara behaving the way he did the other evening, one wonders what message he was sending to youngsters, particularly his teammates. I have held Lara in high esteem, a gentleman cricketer with immense talent. But this one incident 8212; ball-snatching from umpire Asad Rauf 8212; will be a big blot on his career and will take a long time to erase from public8217;s memory. Whenever people talk about Lara8217;s achievements, they will also remember this episode.

Arron D8217;Souza Panjim, Goa

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