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Book The relations of the former coach of the Australian National Cricket Team and IPL team of Kolkata Knight Riders, Buchanan have ended with India but he still thinks a lot about the Indian Cricketers. In his book ‘Future of Cricket: rise of T20’ he has not only targeted experienced Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar but has also given some place to the former and playing Indian players. In his book he has written that Sachin does not fit in the shortest version of the cricket. He has written that Sachin is not a suitable player for the T20 cricket. He is one of the most experienced players but at this juncture of life he lacks power to play shots. He also has lost his creativity and boldness to play the shots. T20 is a power game and the batsman should dominate the bowlers. But Sachin lacks this ability. According to Buckanan, Sachin is a great player but he does not count as for as T20 cricket is concerned. According to him, except Sachin, Rahul Dravid, Sourabh Ganguly and VVS Laxman, too, are not suitable players for the shortest version of the cricket.

Indian Cricketers It must be learnt that he has targeted almost every Indian cricketer but has surprisingly spared Price of Kolkata, Sourabh Ganguly. Even Yuvraj Singh has not been spared. According to Buchanan he tries to become like Sourabh Ganguly but lacks the charismatic characteristics of Ganguly. He has written that Yuvi used to leave his kit in the ground after the practice session believing that somebody else will come and collect his kit to the dressing room. It had become a habit. Next victim of his criticism is spinner Harbhajan Singh. He writes that it was Harbhajan Singh he had created the controversy with Symonds. He creates controversies and when he himself is targeted losses control. He has also written about controversial Sydney test. He has not only raised his finger on Harbhajan Singh but has crossed all limits by raising suspicion about his bowling action.  He says his bowling action needs improvements. He has blamed little master Sunil Gavaskar for being partial. Except it, he has targeted many foreigner players.

Ganguly Buchanan has surprisingly admired Ganguly. According to him he is the roll-model of the new generation. He is somewhat like Ian Chappel as he used to be in his days. Sourabh’s praise has surprised everyone because it was Buchanan who had played an important role in dethroning Ganguly from the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL season 2009. Buchanan had tried to experiment with the multi-captain theory which was severely objected by Ganguly. It must be learnt that Buchanan coached KKR could not perform well in IPL 2009 and had faired badly in the ranking. 

Buchanan It looks that Buckanan has used every king of advertising funda to popularize and increase the selling of his book by criticizing Indian cricketers because this game is the most popular game in the Indian sub-continent and is some times called a new religion of the region. But when he found that criticism of Indian cricketers have turned into a big controversy, he started the damage control process. He said that he never criticized any Indian cricketer. His comments are being presented in the wrong light by the media. It needs the thorough reading of the book to understand these comments to their true spirit.

Gammon denies role in Metro bridge collapse, orders probe:  Gammon India Ltd is the Mumbai based company who takes the project of Delhi Metro city. This is the company who was responsible for the collapsed at two places in Delhi within two days.  A section of elevated bridge collapsed and six people were killed. The company denied bridge collapse and said all the safety measures had been taken by them. The company declined to take the responsibility of the accident. The company’s agent said that we are not faulty for what is happened. He said we know very well our social and technical responsibilities towards the society. Vice-president of the company said that we always proceed according to rules and regulations. We always take highest safety measures and have safety engineers. We are ISO certified company. He said he doesn’t find any mistake on his part. They said that the work is being carried out by highest quality and safety. Umesh Gupta said that the contractor always becomes a soft target and he doesn’t want to say anything else right now. Let’s wait for the inquiry committee report.

Second collapse in two days:  This is the second mishap of the company in two days. On Sunday July 11, 2009 morning, pillar 67 on under-construction Central Secretariat –badarpur line near the lady Shriram College had given way, and with it the bridge being built collapsed along with launcher. At least six people were killed and 15 injured. Six more workers were injured when the bridge collapse was hit by another mishap. Three cranes were trying to remove trash with one of them falling on a row of shops. A launching girder also collapsed along with the cranes. The company was also found guilty in 2007 for similar mishap of Hyderabad flyover and killed two people. However, Company said they will pay compensation to all six killed employees who were killed when an under-construction bridge collapsed but declined to declare the amount to pay. They also said whether we will demand compensation from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will be decided in a day or two. Delhi metro rail corporation is a joint venture of the central and Delhi government.

Urban development minister S. Jaipal Reddy statement: The urban minister said that they are not going to leave any one including Gammon India ltd, found guilty. He said we are not sparing single people who are responsible for this accident. We are just waiting the report of inquiry committee. Liability will be fixed. The central government has assured taking action against those, responsible for accident.

Impact on company: The first impact on the company was on the shares. Sunday mishap downs the share of the company in the share market and the Monday mishap soon fell further down. It however, managed to make up the losses by the company.