da cassino： Indian skipper sourav ganguly mooted a case for best of three finalsin one-day competitions after losing to the west indies in the cocacola cup final on saturday
Staff and agencies08-Jul-2001* Ganguly calls for ‘best of three’ finalsIndian skipper sourav ganguly mooted a case for best of three finalsin one-day competitions after losing to the west indies in the cocacola cup final on saturday.”It is a bit harsh because you play four league games and win all andthen lose the one-off final. I have seen this happen to a number ofsides. It happened to us in the icc knockout mini world cup in nairobiwhere we beat two top teams and then lost to new zealand” ganguly saidin harare, according to pti.Coach john wright defended sachin tendulkar who fell for a fourth ballduck. “Sachin never throws his wicket, he has played magnificently. Heselected a ball which was a bit high and quicker too and it happens.We can’t continually rely on sachin tendulkar to win us games. It hasto be a collective effort. The greatest thing about tendulkar is thathe is his hardest critic.”Wright sought to put the blame on the bowlers who conceded 290 runs.”It does become a difficult game when your three medium pacers go forover six per over. We were just not efficient and accurate enough withthe ball.”West indies skipper expressed happiness at the effort of his batsmen.”We were certainly looking for a 250 plus total but 290 was a reallygood score and it put india under pressure.” hooper added that thedismissal of both indian openers was the key that opened the door ofwest indies’ triumph. “In the two games we played, we never really gotto the indian middle (order). The key obviously in this game weresachin and ganguly. We got rid of them quickly and we realised we hada chance.”* Bcci not inclined to form doctors panelThe indian cricket board has no plans to constitute a panel of doctorsto check players feigning injuries or teams fielding over aged playersin junior tourneys but the respective state associations will bepenalised if such a case was found true, according to the bccisecretary jaywant lele.”We believe what the concerned player is saying. How can any otherdoctor challenge the certificate issued by some other doctor?” leleasked. “The players produce certificates and the board believes them,”he said in jaipur on saturday.Lele said the working committee will decide upon the mode and natureof penalising senior cricketers who stay away from domestic cricketbut added that most of them who did not play domestic cricket lastseason had sought the board’s permission. “We are trying to have allthe star cricketers play in domestic matches this season,” lele said.* Indian team under bedi’s supervision leaves for englandA team under the tutelage of bishen bedi left for england on sundayfor a one month long tour during which they will play with minorcounty sides, reported pti. The team is a blend of youth andexperience, comprising test players like rahul sanghvi, vijay dahiyaand sunil joshi, ranji players like up’s arun pande and assam’smritunjoy gohain, and up-and-coming youngsters like randeep singh and12-year-old sumit dhiman, the youngest member of the team.”We want to show the firangs what natural talent is,” said bedireferring to the prodigious dhiman. Bedi was speaking at a dinner hehosted in new delhi on saturday where young players talked about howthey had benefited under his expert guidance in a just-concluded sixweek training camp. “If earlier i was on the ground, then today i feelmyself on the sky – that is the difference this camp has made to me,”said andhra pradesh’s t anand, a key all-rounder in the team.”Indians are now becoming as mentally strong as anybody else in theworld. This is mainly because training camps nowadays, like the one wehave just attended, also cover personality which was not the caseearlier. The very motto of paaji’s training camp is ‘believe inyourself”, he added.