<aringshia@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1111915334.213838.145520@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...>I heard on bbc that tendulkar, kumble and dravid got awards during the> tea break..> looks like the ground management expect india to loose this one and> hence decide to give the award today .. intresting ..>
I mean, what kind of bull crap is this? Giving award in the middle of a match? I mean, only in India can someone think this kind of stunt in the middle of an absorbing day!!
<aringshia@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1111915334.213838.145520@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...>I heard on bbc that tendulkar, kumble and dravid got awards during the> tea break..> looks like the ground management expect india to loose this one and> hence decide to give the award today .. intresting ..> And they didn't give it to ganguly and pathan? what did they do to deserve this treatment?
"Cricketwallah" <cricketwallah@hotmail.com> wrote in message > Actually, what most people were wondering was why Kumble got> 4 lakhs, while poor Dravid and Tendulkar got just a plaque.> Sure Kumble is a hometown boy and deserves greater kudos> (many times only hometown would have a celebration of> this kind with special award for player etc anyway, quite> reasonable) - but Dravid is a hometown boy too, so why did> he also get nothing, just like Tendulkar?>
Sadiq [ who couldnt come up with a reason ] Yusuf
I think they mentioned it - it was because Kumble has become India's highest wicket taker.
"Cricketwallah" <cricketwallah@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1111948776.104789.80690@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...>
Halekala wrote:> > <aringshia@hotmail.com> wrote in message> > news:1111915334.213838.145520@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...> > >I heard on bbc that tendulkar, kumble and dravid got awards during> the> > > tea break..> > > looks like the ground management expect india to loose this one and> > > hence decide to give the award today .. intresting ..> > >
I mean, what kind of bull crap is this? Giving award in the middle of> a> > match? I mean, only in India can someone think this kind of stunt in> the> > middle of an absorbing day!!> >
Actually, what most people were wondering was why Kumble got> 4 lakhs, while poor Dravid and Tendulkar got just a plaque.> Sure Kumble is a hometown boy and deserves greater kudos> (many times only hometown would have a celebration of> this kind with special award for player etc anyway, quite> reasonable) - but Dravid is a hometown boy too, so why did> he also get nothing, just like Tendulkar?>
Sadiq [ who couldnt come up with a reason ] Yusuf
Dravid has a Maharashtrian wife, thereby diluting his hometown credentials.
