కర్ణుడి చావుకి సవాలక్ష కారణాలు, చంద్రబాబు ఓటమికి రెండే కారణాలు

కర్ణుడి చావుకి సవాలక్ష కారణాలు అంటారు,  కానీ చంద్రబాబు ఓటమికి రెండే కారణాలు ఉన్నాయి. ఇది స్వయంకృతమా లేక మితిమీరిన రాజకీయ ఆత్మవిశ్వాసమా?

రెండు కారణాలు
1. ఎంతో బలంగా ఉన్న special category status మీద చాలా U-Turns తీసుకోవడం. Special Package ఒప్పుకోవడం, SCS కోసం పోరాడిన వారిని బెదిరించడం.
2. రాష్ట్రాన్ని అడ్డగోలుగా విభజించిన కాంగ్రెస్ తో చేతులు కలవడం.  

Self-glory Vs Career of Others : Virat Kohli Vs The Bench-warmers

In a rare feat for Indian Cricket, India trounced South Africa on their own soil with all round performance. 

Having won the series in the 5th ODI of 6 match series, It is a logical expectation that India would test the bench in the 6th ODI, an unimportant game for India. In not-so-surprising decision (for those who observed Kohli in previous series's) in the unimportant 6th ODI, Virat Kohli decided NOT to give a chance for four players who have been warming bench and played with all his favorites (except Ajinkhya Rahane). Virat Kohli gave chance to only Shardul Thakur resting Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in the 6th ODI. Only Kohli knows why he poured somuch mercy on Shardul! Shardul Thakur proved by grabbing 4 wickets. But there were four confused souls in the Indian dressing room wondering why they were not playing in the 6th ODI.

In that unimportant 6th ODI, as usual Virat Kohli played well and scored yet another century and his 35th. As usual whole media & fans went berserk in praising him. 

This is not the first time, Kohli did not give chance to the bench inspite of winning the series with some matches left. Kohli did this in the past too for the reasons known only to him .

Media never questioned 

...but was busy praising Virat Kohli

As a stupid cricket fan, i was feeling bad for the four players who confined to spreading the warmth in the dressing.  But Media was busy praising Virat Kohli for his flow of centuries but forgot to raise the trivial question "Why did Kohli not give the chance to the bench-warmers?". Giving the chance all players is important & crucial to the preparations to World Cup. Recently Ramachandra Guha wrote an article which says BCCI is scared of opposing Virat Kohli.

"BCCI worships Virat Kohli, scared to oppose him: Ramchandra Guha"

But Why is our independent media not questioning this? Probably they too are scared of him? or they just want be in the bandwagon of media who praise him for TRPs. Some people who simply shout and say "Nation wants know" are also silent on this trivial issue.

Rather Media simply concentrated on Virat Kohli's records.

"India vs South Africa: List of all major records Virat Kohli broke in 6-match ODI series"

Virat Kohli should explain

why does Virat Kohli never give a chance to the bench?

Though Virat says it is a collective decision of the management, everyone knows who the boss is. Everyone who knows of Kumble-Kohli rift, can understand it as Virat's decision. 

Having failed to understand and this is getting repeated again and again, i think only Virat Kohli can answer these doubts on his decision of repeatedly denying a chance to the bench-warmers in the unimportant matches when series is already won...

1. Why does Virat Kohli want to win the series with bigger margin than giving all players a chance to play?
2. Do Selectors give players Kohli do not want and this is why he does not give chance to some?
3. Why do Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Dhoni, Hardik Pandya always play all games though we have extra batsmen & extra keeper in the team?
4. Does Virat Kohli want to break the records quickly by letting himself play in all unimportant matches?
5. Does Virat Kohli seek personal glory as a player and captain?
6. Or is there a pressure from Cornerstone to play all games for endorsement sake?
7. Does Virat Kohli realize that he is playing with the careers of the bench-warmers by denying them a chance to prove?

Series in which Virat Kohli did not give a chance to the bench-warmers (though India winning series early) :

India tour of South Africa 2017-18

India won the series in the	5th of 6 matches
India won the Series	5-1
Kohli's centuries in unimportant match(es)	1
No. players did not get a chance to play	4

• India won the series in 5th ODI in 6 match ODI series. 
• In 6th ODI, India made just one chance, included Shardul Thakur for Bhuvaneshwar
• Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami did not get the chance to play in 6th ODI
• After winning 5th ODI, Virat Kohli told that he would certainly want to win the series 5-1. But 5-1 win should not be at expense of others' career. I do not understand how it matters whether 4-2 or 5-1 if you have not given all players a chance.
• I am not sure what is in the mind of Virat Kohli. But the instances of repeatedly not testing the bench is making me to think Virat Kohli is interested in improving personal records both as a batsman and a captain. 

The bench-warmers

Player	Matches Played
Virat Kohli (c)	6
Rohit Sharma (vc)	6
Jasprit Bumrah	6
Yuzvendra Chahal	6
Shikhar Dhawan	6
MS Dhoni (wk)	6
Hardik Pandya	6
Ajinkya Rahane	6
Kuldeep Yadav	6
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	5
Shreyas Iyer	3
Kedar Jadhav	3
Shardul Thakur	1
Dinesh Karthik	0
Manish Pandey	0
Axar Patel	0
Mohammed Shami	0

Australia's tour of India 2017

India won the series in the	3rd of 5 matches
India won the Series	4-1
Kohli's centuries in unimportant match(es)	0
No. players did not get a chance to play	3

The bench-warmers

Player	Matches Played
Virat Kohli (c)	5
Yuzvendra Chahal	5
MS Dhoni (wk)	5
Kedar Jadhav	5
Manish Pandey	5
Hardik Pandya	5
Ajinkya Rahane	5
Rohit Sharma	5
Jasprit Bumrah	4
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4
Kuldeep Yadav	4
Axar Patel	2
Mohammed Shami	1
Umesh Yadav	1
Shikhar Dhawan	0
Ravindra Jadeja	0
K. L. Rahul	0

India's tour of Srilanka 2017

India won the series in the	3rd of 5 matches
India won the Series	5-0
Kohli's centuries in unimportant match(es)	2
No. players did not get a chance to play	0

The bench-warmer
None, but Ajinkhya Rahane played only 1 match while Virat Kohli played all 5 matches and 2 centuries in the last 2 unimportant matches

Player	Matches Played
Virat Kohli (c)	5
Rohit Sharma (vc)	5
Jasprit Bumrah	5
MS Dhoni (wk)	5
Yuzvendra Chahal	4
Shikhar Dhawan	4
Kedar Jadhav	4
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4
Hardik Pandya	4
Axar Patel	4
K. L. Rahul	4
Manish Pandey	2
Shardul Thakur	2
Kuldeep Yadav	2
Ajinkya Rahane	1

England's tour of India 2016-17

India won the series in the	2nd of 3 matches
India won the Series	2-1
Kohli's centuries in unimportant match(es)	0
No. players did not get a chance to play	2

The bench-warmers

Player	Matches Played
Virat Kohli (c)	3
Ravichandran Ashwin	3
Jasprit Bumrah	3
MS Dhoni (wk)	3
Ravindra Jadeja	3
Kedar Jadhav	3
Hardik Pandya	3
K. L. Rahul	3
Yuvraj Singh	3
Shikhar Dhawan	2
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	2
Ajinkya Rahane	1
Umesh Yadav	1
Amit Mishra	0
Manish Pandey	0

India tour of Zimbabwe 2013

India won the series in the	3rd of 5 matches
India won the Series	5-0
Kohli's centuries in unimportant match(es)	0
No. players did not get a chance to play	1

The bench-warmer

• India won the series in 4th ODI in 5 match ODI series. 
• In 5th ODI, India retained all 5 bowlers who played in 4th ODI
• Parvel Rasool is the only player who did not get the chance to play
• It is gross injustice to a player first time selected for the national team and not playing a single game against weaker team despite winning the series early.

Disclaimer: Intention of this blog is to get my doubts answered by the experts, but not to undermine Kohli's records. As a cricket fan, I admire him as player, but not as a Captain. If any data is found to be wrong, please comment. I will correct it.

Image Courtesy : espncricinfo.com

TSPSC Group 2 results raise many doubts

After frustrating waiting of 7 months for the candiates, TSPSC released the results of Group II preliminary test on 2-June-2017 which was intentionally planned to fall on Telangana formation day. 

I was surprised to know 

• TSPSC just gave the hall ticket numbers of the candidates in the list
• Surprisingly TSPSC decided not to release marks of all candidates(don't know why?) and No cutoff mentioned
• Without releasing the marks of all candidates or cutoff, how can any candidate know what is the qualifying mark? 
• By making it completely Non-transparent manner, it raises many doubts whether shortlisting is has happened as per merit or not.
• 3000+ candidates will be called for Certificate verification and 1000 will be eliminated based on merit for the interview
• I dont understand the logic here. If they feel that there is a possibility of rejection of few candidates, what is the need to call 1000 extra candidates. 100 or 200 would be enough. an clearly mark them as waiting list (like UPSC)
• How can I filter out 1000 candidates based on certificate verification?

There is lot more to  learn from APPSC. APPSC conducted prelims for Group-2 last week of February and released the results within 1.5 month, in first week of April. By releasing the marks of all, APPSC was transparent and clear not to creep any doubts in the minds of candidates, and so avoided any further legal issues.

By being non-transparent, TSPSC is creating doubts in candidates' mind and inviting criticism, legal issues if anyone files a case in the court. This further delays the final selection process. 
Its time for TSPSC change their rules and become more transparent.

[Edit: 06/06/2017]
Explanation from TSPSC
"సెలక్షన్ ప్రాసెస్ ముగియకముందు.. గతంలో ఎప్పుడు కూడా కటాఫ్ మార్కులు చెప్పలేదని.. ఇప్పుడు చెప్పేది లేదని తెలిపింది TSPSC."
this is illogical. What is forbidding TSPSC to declare cutoff & marks of all? There has to be valid explanation. Never declaring cutoff before the final selection cannot be the mere basis for them not to declare the cutoff now.