Sports editor of India Today, Sharda Ugra, wants to see foreign players and coached playing a smaller role in the IPL, which is, after all, meant to be for Indian players.
But she's not about to stop at simply making a suggestion for Indian coaches, she's going to be make a comment about a particular coach, omitting the name of this foreigner:
"Some of the foreign coaches have not even played Test cricket, that's why they don't know how to respect talent at the international level. No wonder, players like Ganguly are being ill-treated."
No need to be tactful there. By the way, Ganguly's sending over a giant cheque to Ugra for a quarter of his lifetime earnings.
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Sharda's a woman, not a man
Hello anon. Yes she is. I even read it as a 'she' but somehow didn't convert that in my post. I'll correct it. Thanks for pointing that out.
Why dont these people understand that these coaches will actually improve Indian cricket by helping the young Indian cricketers.
INDIAN PRIDE! KEEP THE MONEY IN INDIA!
I think.
Q, Moody will improve Indian cricket, also others like Jennings, Lehman, Pollock, Rhodes etc. But Buchanan??? Might fit into any of the Indian political parties. All noise and gas, but no concrete results.
Adverbin, lets speak abt Buchanan once the IPL ends.. KKR's campaign will say a lot abt him.
Hi Amy,
This is Sharda here who you've quoted as saying these words, "Some of the foreign coaches have not even played Test cricket, that's why they don't know how to respect talent at the international level. No wonder, players like Ganguly are being ill-treated."
I came across your blog today and was curious about this particular quote. Then I found out that this was part of a story done a year ago by the internatioonal wire service Agence France Presse but the quote is not mine.
Here are two links which will prove that the quote you are ascribing to me is what the former India capatin Ajit Wadekar has said:
http://www.vcricket.com/cricket-news/ipl-s-foreign-affair-leaves-indian-players-in-cold-7662.html?channel=RSS
http://cricketnext.in.com/news/ipls-foreign-affair-leaves-indians-in-cold/40205-27.html
So, I think that other than a correction on your blog, an apology is also due.
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