'India, Pak not good enough for WC' - Habibul Bashar

gaurav_indian · 10-04-2007, 12:25 AM

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Guyana: Bangladesh are the surprise entrant into the Super Eights stage of the World Cup and their skipper Habibul Bashar has hit out at people who bemoan the absence of India and Pakistan, saying they do not have a right to be in the finals.

"Someone asked me whether the World Cup has become stale after the exit of India and Pakistan," Bashar wrote in his column in the Prothom Alo newspaper.

"It seems that at any cost India and Pakistan should be included in the Super Eight. They are not saying that India and Pakistan lost two out of their three first round matches," Bashar said.

Bashar believed that India and Pakistan did not have the right to play in the Super Eights.

"They don't have the right to play in the Super Eight," he said. "If this attitude persists, one should organise 'Top Ranking Cup' instead of the World Cup, where the teams will play according to their rankings."

He said that the World Cup was not a property of one or two teams.

"The World Cup is not a property of one or two teams. It belongs to every one and the best team will win the Cup," he added.

Bashar was annoyed with critics who were still not convinced that Bangladesh should be in the Super Eights even after they caused a big upset by beating South Africa, who were the top ranked ODI team then, by 67 runs on April 7 in Guyana.

"This win was important for us. We have shown we are not just here to make up the group but we are capable of winning too," Bashar said.

"We always have belief we can play good cricket. We always believe we came in Super Eight because we had done something good in first round. But we needed to prove ourselves as well that we can play at this level," he said.

Bangladesh meet England in their next match at Barbados on Wednesday, followed by Ireland and West Indies at the same venue.

Source :- http://www.cricketnext.com/news/indi.../24284-13.html

2 match kya jeet liye apne aap ko pata nahi kya samajh rahe hai yeh Bangladeshi.

Arsenal_Gunners · 10-04-2007, 01:28 AM

But whatever he said is true.

faraaz · 10-04-2007, 01:39 AM

@gaurav_indian: Sour grapes much?? Dude...he was spot on...in fact, given the circumstances, I think he let us off light!

Fully agree with Bashar...we suck!

gaurav_indian · 10-04-2007, 01:50 AM

^^^ Haan waise baat toh sahi kahi hai pathey ne.

prateek_san · 10-04-2007, 03:08 AM

well he is true dude.......

mikeon · 10-04-2007, 08:19 AM

the truth hurts brother....

mehulved · 10-04-2007, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeon

the truth hurts brother....

But, who knows the whole truth? I don't for sure.
I smell of match fixing all around. Specially, more so after watching the pathetic innings played against bangladesh. Never have I seen him play so. In the 15 overs I saw him play hardly did he even make an attempt to hit a boundary, otherwise he doesn't even care about the situation around him and goes bezerk.
Similar thing had happened with India's innings, hardly anyone even try to hit a boundary.
And then woolmer's death.
Well, that's way too fishy for me atleast to believe that sport is clean anymore.

Arsenal_Gunners · 10-04-2007, 09:59 AM

^^We all know some kind of fixing is there for sure.

ambandla · 10-04-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by gaurav_indian

2 match kya jeet liye apne aap ko pata nahi kya samajh rahe hai yeh Bangladeshi.

Bangladeshi 2 match to jeethe. Hamare team ne woh bhi nahin Kiya. What he said is 100% true. Indian cricket team doesn't deserve place in super 8's. They should play in world cup qualifiers for 2011 WC

csczero · 10-04-2007, 10:52 AM

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY !! now he can say anything about india pak cricket ..... **** INDIRA GANDHI IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REASON

Arsenal_Gunners · 10-04-2007, 01:34 PM

^^Maybe ICC had other plans.

mail2and · 10-04-2007, 01:39 PM

Off topic, but we should return the compliment by kicking out the 1 crore Bangladeshis who live illegally in India.

blackpearl · 10-04-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mail2and

Off topic, but we should return the compliment by kicking out the 1 crore Bangladeshis who live illegally in India.

Yeah, so a Bangladesh win = half India win. So enjoy!!

NucleusKore · 10-04-2007, 05:53 PM

He has a point, if they're there in the super 8 they've earned it. If India an/or Pakistan had made it to the super 8 it would be on pure quality of their game :-P or so some people seem to suggest. I think we've all seen/heard enough

mail2and · 10-04-2007, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by blackpearl

Yeah, so a Bangladesh win = half India win. So enjoy!!

Indira Gandhi is solely responsible for the Bangladesh loss.

If there was no Indira, there would have been no Bangladesh.

blueshift · 10-04-2007, 11:09 PM

Haha...such SMS have been circulating these days!

Whatever anyone say...India did deserve to be in Super8 and upto Semifinals. They lost because of overconfidence. Even such things had happened in Football WC.

Arsenal_Gunners · 10-04-2007, 11:13 PM

Tell me one thing,if they lost 2 out of 3 matches in 1st round why they deserve to be in super 8?On the basis of their past record?And semifinal hopes sounded like a joke even before the tournament.

gaurav_indian · 10-04-2007, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by vimal_mehrotra

Tell me one thing,if they lost 2 out of 3 matches in 1st round why they deserve to be in super 8?On the basis of their past record?

Yes just like Sachin,Sehwag,Bhajji of their past performance.

Arsenal_Gunners · 10-04-2007, 11:15 PM

^^Exactly...

mehulved · 10-04-2007, 11:17 PM

On the basis that the entry of India and Pakistan could have made it easier for stronger teams than to face teams like Bangladesh and Ireland.

Arsenal_Gunners · 10-04-2007, 11:18 PM

I love Sarcastic humor

=CrAzYG33K= · 11-04-2007, 12:00 AM

I don't think any of the matches were fixed..
Else India / Pak would've surely figured in the Super-8s.

and The Bangla dudes did deserve their place.
But having said that, it was a bit harsh on Bashar's part to have said so lofty of their team's successes. They're not the Aussies, for all you know!

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Even if India did somehow manage to come into the Super-Eight stage, they'd have been beaten so comprehensively by the lot here, that this infact, is a blessing in disguise for the Indians..(not qualifying for the Super-8s stage). Think of it, The Aussies, the Kiwis, the Proteas, the Lankans, the POMS .. Do India really possess talent to uproot even one among these?

kumarmohit · 11-04-2007, 12:43 AM

Last time Kenyans ki nikal padi thi, is baar Bangladesh aur Ireland ki nikal padi hai, agli baar ham hockey team ko cricket world cup mein bhej denge, unse hockey to kheli nahi jati theek se, shayad cricket khel lein, aur dravid and co. ko hockey pakda kar bhej denge, dravid ko bana denge goal keeper, fir dekhenge ki Wall par kitne goal padte hain