Dungarpur attacks Imran over comments on Sachin
Press Trust of India
Ahmedabad, October 8
Former Cricket Board president Rajsingh Dungarpur on Wednesday lambasted former Pakistan captain Imran Khan for calling Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar “not a match-winner.”
Dungarpur, who is here to witness the ongoing first Test match between India and New Zealand, told reporters that Imran had no business to comment on Tendulkar on the eve of the big match as the world’s best batsman had won many matches for India.
Speaking to the media in Dubai on Sunday, Imran had said that Tendulkar was not a match-winner when compared to Viv Richards and he still needed to perform at crucial times.
“Both are talented but the only thing about Tendulkar is that he needs to be a match-winner,” Imran Khan was quoted as saying in media reports.
“Sachin is a role model throughout the world and Imran, who is a very poor administrator and an unsuccessful politician had no business to comment on Sachin, without any provocation, and compare him to (former West Indies captain) Viv Richards,” he said.
Dungarpur said "Late Sir Don Bradman had compared Sachin’s batting to his own batting before his death and that itself was the biggest compliment for any batsman. Imran, who was a great bowler during his playing days, should not have made such a silly comment.
“According to me, it was totally uncalled for and I am sure Imran is totally mixed up in his thoughts.”
The Indian crowd and players respect Imran and this kind of comment has not done any good to Imran’s reputation, he added.
A visibly upset Dungarpur said "I spoke to Sachin today and told him that I have to speak to the media about this issue and you (Sachin) should not worry about such things and concentrate on the game.
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"I spoke to Sachin today and told him that I have to speak to the media about this issue and you (Sachin) should not worry about such things and concentrate on the game.
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Yeah Sachin is really depressed after Imran's comment. He must have felt better after Dungarpur's comment. ;)
I think Poor Raja is looking for some publicity after being sidelined by Dalmiya. What better way to get his name printed on the front pages of national newspapers.
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..."Sachin is a role model throughout the world and Imran, who is a very poor administrator and an unsuccessful politician had no business to comment on Sachin, without any provocation, and compare him to (former West Indies captain) Viv Richards," he said.
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Imran had said that Tendulkar was not a match-winner when compared to Viv Richards and he still needed to perform at crucial times.
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So true. There's no doubt Tend is a great player but he ain't match-winner.
Imran has become quite a bitter person in his post reirement. He does nothing - just sits there and criticises musharaf, miandad, sachin and the world in general. Guess he expected pakistan to invite him to become prez or atleast chief of PCB. Since neither happened, he has let bitterness get the better of him.
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Imran has become quite a bitter person in his post reirement. He does nothing - just sits there and criticises musharaf, miandad, sachin and the world in general. Guess he expected pakistan to invite him to become prez or atleast chief of PCB. Since neither happened, he has let bitterness get the better of him.
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looks like you wrote the article for "Dungarpur" :)
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Imran has become quite a bitter person in his post reirement. He does nothing - just sits there and criticises musharaf, miandad, sachin and the world in general. Guess he expected pakistan to invite him to become prez or atleast chief of PCB. Since neither happened, he has let bitterness get the better of him.
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1) imran stands in the elections for prime minister not president
2) imran has denied working full-time on any post for pcb cuz of other activities
biased comments like these r becoming trademarks of indian guppies....
and we all know tendlia aint a match winner....
and his wonderful batting in the first innings againt kiwis has shown how much imran's words have effected him ;)
I have to agree with Mr Dung on this one, Imran has no right of calling someone not a matchwinner.
But compared to Richards, no one is a match winnner.
What if Imran said what he thinks? Imran himself isnt a novice, he was at the occasion related to cricket and he was interviewed by reporters.
He was among greatest cricket captains and judge of the players. Now still people can disagree with him (they have every right in the world) but instead of giving the arguments of disagreement most of the (Indian) News papers thrashed him about his "failure" in politics and other irrelevant things.
I wouldnt call him a failure in politics, only idiots who know nothing about Pakistani politics would. Look at how long careers people like Sharif, Bhutto etc have, Imran started only a few years ago, and thats not even a fraction of what our other politicans have. On the contrary, his political career has started with him being on the limelight, and is bound to take off soon. Political maturity and success comes with time and is not immediate.
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I wouldnt call him a failure in politics, only idiots who know nothing about Pakistani politics would. Look at how long careers people like Sharif, Bhutto etc have, Imran started only a few years ago, and thats not even a fraction of what our other politicans have. On the contrary, his political career has started with him being on the limelight, and is bound to take off soon. Political maturity and success comes with time and is not immediate.
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Right on Spock these idiots will never think before they open their stinking mouth.
And on Imran khan's comment everyone has the right to speak their mind so one should question him and I totally agree with Khan sahib. Truth hearts. ;)
So Imran Khan thinks that Tendu is not a match winner… big deal, whats the fuss about.
Then again, this is kinda whats expected anyway. If tomorrow Kapil Dev gets up and say “Inzimam can’t run between the wickets”, we will all rile up and bash Kapil Dev because “he has no business commenting on Inzimam”, knowing fully well that Kapil would probably be right anyway. This is part of our national pride. We can criticize our own, but won’t accept criticism of an outsider. Same with Tendu. I am sure he knows, and has been told on his face, that while he is a great great batsman, he needs to play a more vital role in close finish matches. Imran Khan says the same thing and Mr Dunger gets riled up. What a character!
First of all Imran should have avoided giving such staement.If he has then it is not a big big deal.Thats Imran own point of view and no one is entitled to challange it !!
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First of all Imran should have avoided giving such staement.If he has then it is not a big big deal.Thats Imran own point of view and no one is entitled to challange it !!
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Imran is a very straight forward man. If he doesn't think some one is upto par, he'll say that to his face. Listen to some of his team mates, especially Waseem. They'll all tell you the same thing.
Imran has always been very blunt about his views and one other thing about Imran is that its very hard to change his opinion about a certain player. As Miandad discussed in his biogrpaphy that Imran took his time analyzing a player but after he was done it was next to impossible to change his views about the certain indivisual.
It is a reality that Sachin does not fall in the same league as Richards as far as a match winning player is concerned. Is Janwar kay doctor I mean Mr Dangur called Imran a poor administrator and a failed politician, I am guessing Imran will hit back back time. First of all it was mighty stupid of Mr Dangar doctor to say anything about the politics, Imran gave a comment related to cricket, and he is a much higher authority as far as cricket is concerned compared to this dangar.
on the same note Dungarpur had no business commenting on Imran Khan’s admin and political capabilities.