- In a freewheeling discussion, Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell Roundtable with Sanjay Manjrekar (@ CricInfo). Among other things, they indicate that the day is not far away when a total of 500+ is possible in ODIs.
- Greg Chappell is confident that Irfan Pathan will bounce back (@ Rediff).
- Shane Warne writes off South Africa as a contender! The mind games have commenced. We are yet to hear Glenn McGrath indicate who he is going to “target”! In this context, here is a funny that I heard. We all know Glenn McGrath’s penchant for targetting specific players. He did the same prior to Australia’s tour of India in 2001. When asked who he was going to target, Javagal Srinath said, wryly, “Batsmen”!
- Sourav Ganguly wants to play on for another two years after World Cup 2007 (@ HTCricket).
- This is after Ganguly indicated that the World Cup was the deadline that he had set for himself for a comeback into the national side (@ ABC Sports — Cricket) (@ Times of India).
- Arjuna Ranatunga indicates that Team India is his favourite to win World Cup 2007! This has already been commented on by Srikanth Mangalam on this blogsite (@Times of India).
- Speaking with Prannoy Roy on the “India Questions” (NDTV TV) programme to be aired on March 11, Rahul Dravid suggests that Sourav Ganguly was the best Team India captain (@ Times of India)
- A few former Pakistan players talk up the chances of teams from the sub-continent (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) because of their spin resources (@ Mid-Day).
- Sachin Tendulkar, in an interview with Mid-Day cannot understand why experts do not rate India’s chances in the World Cup (@ Mid-Day)!
- Sourav Ganguly admits that he probably captained Team India for a bit longer than he ought to have (@ Mid Day). He also indciates in this interview (@ CricInfo) that, while it is a tremendous honour to captain Team India, it is also a thankless mental drain.
- Ian Chappell talks about the chances of the Super8 teams in the World Cup (@ Mid-Day).
- In a long, wide-ranging interview Sourav Ganguly says he is proud of himself although he says it is not such a big thing as people are making it out to be (@ CricketNext).
– Mohan
