<div><font size="3"><b><a href="http://gallery.mid-day.com/2011-in-pictures/sports-highslows/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; ">Slideshow: High and lows in sports in 2011</span></a></b></font></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Shock of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Sourav Ganguly</b> going unsold in the Indian Premier League auction in January. However, he had illustrious names for company -- Sanath Jayasuriya, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and Mark Boucher.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Sourav-Ganguly.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ganguly ultimately figured in the Twenty20 circus when he was drafted in the Pune Warriors squad as a replacement for Ashish Nehra.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Runaway act of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Ajit Agarkar</b>, who packed up and left Cuttack for home after discovering he wasn't in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy playing XI against Orissa.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Teammate of the year</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Zaheer-Khan.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b>Zaheer Khan </b>for coming out in support of Ajit Agarkar's walk-out and slamming the Mumbai coach Sulakshan Kulkarni and chiefu00a0selector Milind Rege.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Australian of the year</span></b></div><div>Ricky Ponting for his role in breaking Aussie tradition of playing in the side after being sacked as captain.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">All-rounder of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Rajiv Shukla</b> for being MP, BCCI functionary, BCCI spokesperson and now Indian Premier League commissioner, taking over from Chirayu Amin.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Late Latif of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Vinod Kambli</b>, who decided to wake up from his slumber and tell the world that he felt there was something fishy in the World Cup semi-final he played way back in 1996.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Hope of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Sachin Tendulkar</b>, for providing so much hope for his 100th hundred without managing to reach his milestone.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Umpire of the year</span></b></div><div>Daryl Harper for showing guts to slam the ICC for its leniency towards Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who the umpire felt intimidated him in the Jamaica Test against West Indies.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Daryl.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Harper decided against standing in his farewell Test at Dominica as a mark of protest.Yesterday, he described India's attitude to the DRS as ludicrous and frustrating.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Wall of the year</span></b></div><div>Not Rahul Dravid, but his employers -- the <b>BCCI</b> -- for avoiding the Decision Review System successfully.</div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Luckless man of the year</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Rahul-Dravid1.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></span></b></div><div><font size="3"><b><br /></b></font></div><div><b>Rahul Dravid </b>for his three magnificent hundreds in England where his team ended up losing all their four Tests.</div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Mr Humble of the year</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Greg-Chappell.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b>Greg Chappell</b> for admitting that he should have handled Sachin Tendulkar better when he was coach of India.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Author of the year</span></b></div><div>Former BCCI secretary <b>J Y Lele</b> for pulling no punches in his autobiography and bringing up the shortcomings of big cricketing personalities like Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkaru00a0fearlessly.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Busybee of the year</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Anil-Kumble.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b>Anil Kumble</b> for being president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, mentor of Royal Challengers Bangalore, director of sports management firm Tenvic and National Cricket Academy chief.u00a0In the end, he was accused of conflict of interest.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Patriot of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Ravi Shastri</b> for saying on air that England are jealous of India's cricketing might and success during the Trent Bridge India vs England Test.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Straight face of the year</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Graeme.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div>Spinner <b>Graeme Swann</b> for slamming Kevin Pietersen in his book and still managing to be in the same England dressing room.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Tweeter of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Shane Warne</b> for his relentless effort in making people aware of what is going on in his family life, love life, poker life, business life and cricketing life.u00a0His is one exciting life.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Bowler of the Year</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Dhoni1.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div><b>Mahendra Singh Dhoni</b> for abandoning his wicketkeeping pads and running into bowl in the Lord's Test against England.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Cricketing dad of the year</span></b></div><div><b>Krishnamachari Srikkanth</b>, who as chief national selector, picked his son Anirudha to represent India in the Emerging Players tournamentu00a0in Australia.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Googly of the year</span></b></div><div>To the <b>Mumbai Cricket Association</b> managing committee for announcing a Day Four sell-out on the evening of the third day during the India vs West Indies Test at Wankhede Stadium.u00a0Yet, the stadium was full of empty seats on the fourth day.</div>                

Sourav Ganguly going unsold in the Indian Premier League auction in January. However, he had illustrious names for company -- Sanath Jayasuriya, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and Mark Boucher.

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