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Vengsarkar, who was praised by former cricketers for bringing in young blood in the team for the Australia tour, said Yuvraj had to blame himself for his failures.
"I am disappointed as I always had expectations from him. Yuvraj needs to be more consistent. He is a great talent but he has to perform to his potential," said Vengsarkar of the middle-order batsman who scored 202 runs from nine matches in the tri-series.
"His non performance is something that he has to address himself. He has been in the team for about eight years and if he has not established himself as a Test player he has no one but himself to blame," he said in an interview published in the latest issue of The Week magazine.
Vengsarkar was all praise for ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who led the team to the historic win in Australia.
"Dhoni has really matured as a skipper, he handled the situation very well. Most important, he believes in his players," said Vengsarkar.
The former skipper, however, refused to comment when asked whether the tri-series victory had strengthened Dhoni's claim to Test captaincy.
"I do not wish to comment on the Test captaincy now" was his reply.
Vengsarkar also supported Dhoni on the frequent changes in batting order as ‘long as the team was winning’.
"I do not think there is any reason to worry over the changed batting order in ODIs. When you deliver your best always, it does not matter when and where you are used. In 50-over or 20-over games, the batting order and selection is on the basis of match situations. In Test matches, a settled batting is essential."
He was happy that the selection panel's courage to select a young team to Australia had paid dividends.
"Selection is a thankless job and we will always be under criticism. You need courage of conviction as your belief in certain player is based on a gut feeling and experience. There is no reason to take the risk and pick youngsters unless you are sure that they will deliver. Having a young team is good but only if they have the caliber to deliver at the highest level," he explained.
He said the main difference between this young bunch and earlier teams was the confidence level and Dhoni's boys were high on confidence.
"Most important, their energy level in the last 15 to 20 overs was very critical and that made all the difference," he said.
Vengsarkar was non-committal when asked about a rotation policy to give chances to some players who are cooling their heels due to injury.
"We are spoilt for options now. Bowlers like R.P Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar are not in the side at the moment. It a very good sign. But we will decide on the rotation policy when the time comes. We need to keep winning. We need to close the gap with Australia. Right now we are second in Test ranking. I want to see India reach the top," said Vengsarkar.
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Ratingdear vengsarkar, sir how r u ? my opinion is ,Send yuvi back to square one and let him prove himself for the selection
YUVRAJ! I don't wanna say abt myself except I am MULTI M.WE started watcing INDIAN matches because of you only.But I THINK THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH IN YOUR POTENTIAL.FROM NOW ON WE WILL WATCH THE INDIAN TEAM UNTILL YOU ARE PLAYING!AND if they wanna do same to you as they did to YOGRAJ.STOP PLAYING FOR THEM DON'T EVEN BOTHER THESE PEOPLE LACKS CONSISTENCY IN TEARMS OF THINKING.
Hey! yuvi beware they are gnna do the same to you as they did with your father.You are a man of pride STOP PLAYING FOR THEM WHO CAN'NT STAND BESIDE YOU IN THE TIME OF NEED,You have done enough in this younger life than most of 10s of millions who are still trying to find their GOAL.dont play for them .DONT PLAY CRICKET FOR THOSE PEOPLE AS YOUR FATHER DID BECAUSE YOU ARE THE MEN FO PRIDE.THANK YOU
WE ARE INDEED HAPPY THAT INDIA BEAT AUS IN THE TRI SERIES.BUT NO ONE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE TEST DEFEATS AT THEIR HAND AND THAT THE MARGINS OF DEFEAT.DO NOT FORGET THAT THE SAME TEAM COULDNOT EVEN LAST 20 0VERS AND WERE BEATEN BLUE BY THE AUSSIES. LET US WAIT FOR THE CONSISTENCY AND THEN WE CAN SHOW OUR MADNESS WITH ADULATIONS. I CAN RECALL THAT EARLIER GETTING THE ARJUNA AWARD WAS A GREAT HONOUR AND NOW IT HAS LOST IT'S SHEEN THANKS TO THE SYCOPHANTS! EVEN THEN THE SPORTSPERSON'S CONSISTENCY WAS RECOGNISED BEFORE AWARDING.
I wish to bring into the notice of all,that is If team wins al laurels and if loose all brickbats.This should change.Also BCCI should not through so much of money at them as this will spoil them,Imagine players coming in Ferrari's and Landcruisers for practice.Funny is not it.
Ya Dhanvinder some extent I agree with you but there is no connection between ferari with perfomance. if they are earning good its fine. Only worry area is performance of the player.
Nishant-ji, on your comment on Agarkar, Vengsarkar's comment only proves the 'mumbaikar' connection. They always feel that they are superior to others regardless of performance. Listen to Gavaskar more closely whenever talks about Mumbai players. We need lots of Dhoni's and Sharma's to prove them wrong.
I think Nishant opinion is justifiable.I dont think Agarkar presence is needed at this moment coz current bowler is doing great job.
Dear Vengsarkar, you have been doing good job but please don't even talk of including Ajit Agarkar back in the team. He is really no where near these new emerging fast bowlers lot.
Congratulations to team India!! As a nation, we should learn a lesson that, this team in in a winning streak without a foreign coach and associated ego clashes.The nation is learning a lot from you, team India and the men behind it.
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