Laxman Misses the bus again

Shell Shocked ... If i could put words to my emotions then this was the state of mind i was in when i went thru the list of Final 15 who gonna make it to West Indies 4 WC 2007 ...

Except two (Virendra Sehwag and Dinesh Kaarthik) the rest of the team looks fine to me ... If they had selected Dinesh Kaarthik as a stand by Wicket keeper then that act would have been a perfectly justifiable one ... but according to the selectors they picked Dinesh Kaarthik as the seventh Specialist batsmen in the Squad ... Now can anyone tell me how the bloody hell in this world Dinesh Kaarthik could be rated as a specialist batsman that too ahead of a player of the caliber of VVS Laxman ...

Yes now this brings us to the pivotal point why Laxman was omitted out of WC 2007 Squad ... Interestingly Selectors do have answers for this ... According to those three wise men headed by Dilip Vengsarkar Laxman is a no good runner between the wickets and also a no good fielder ... If its so then so are Saurav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Munaf Patel, Virender Sehwag, Harbajan Singh and Zaheer Khan ... then how come these players been included into the Squad ... Anyways i dont want to emphasis more on this concept of relativity :-)

Barring Jhonty Rhodes according to me no one else can save more than 15-20 runs in a single match with just his fielding abilities ... If its so then a player of Laxman's class would be definitely able to compensate those 15-20 runs with his flawless batting display ... If you ask me these are just bloody lame excuses given by the Selectors to keep him out of One day scheme of things ... I really dont understand what else Laxman is supposed to do / can do to get a berth in the Indian ODI side ...

It brings us to a conclusion that Merit/Talent alone cannot guarantee you a berth in this Indian side ... for that you need the backing of your Selectors, the backing of your Captain and most importantly you should have a God Father ala Sourav Ganguly ...

"Can Laxman win a World Cup Final for India ? I think he can" ...No man might have ever played Cricket the way VVS Laxman does ...