*Official* - India in West Indies

[vcs]

Some humiliating losses and reality checks coming our way in this tour, I suspect.

 

[Blaze 18]

The only silver lining is that hopefully a lot of people will be well rested (NOT RUSTY) as they come into England.

They could have had all the rest they wanted from April 8 to May 28. This is absolutely ridiculous. I can understand players skipping the ODI series even I don't like it, seeing they've just won the World Cup; but test series? It's totally unlike Tendulkar to ask to be rested for a test series (especially an away test series). Reckon he's injured himself during the IPL and just wants to ensure he's fit for the England series.

Hope your treatment's going okay.

 

[GotSpin]

Some humiliating losses and reality checks coming our way in this tour, I suspect.

Would be a big wake up call - This is pretty pathetic tbh.

 

[Cevno]

Some humiliating losses and reality checks coming our way in this tour, I suspect.

We atleast have the full strength bowling attack available though.

Actually,looking forward to this tour even more now to see how the team goes.

Worried slightly about the ODI team though more than test. More due to who they have selected versus who they could have.

 

[Bun]

Good...

we need him fit and running for the Eng and Aus tour..

 

[GotSpin]

We atleast have the full strength bowling attack available though.

Actually,looking forward to this tour even more now to see how the team goes.

Worried slightly about the ODI team though more than test.

India should win the ODIs comfortably tbh. Expect it to be much closer in the tests. This, however ; rests on whether the West Indies groundsmen clue up

 

[vcs]

We atleast have the full strength bowling attack available though.

Actually,looking forward to this tour even more now to see how the team goes.

Worried slightly about the ODI team though more than test.

Don't care much about the result of the ODIs TBH... but Test series should not be used for experimentation.

And players playing IPL and resting for Test series.. just indefensible.

 

[Blaze 18]

Good...

we need him fit and running for the Eng and Aus tour..

Not to mention Champions League and IPL 2012.

 

[Bun]

Would be a big wake up call - This is pretty pathetic tbh.

Not really...

On the other hand a perfect way to blood youngsters.. relatively low key tour... low expectations..

These guys aren't exactly duds either. Loving the overdue promotion of Mukund... certainly expected to be there instead of Vijay...

 

[Bun]

Not to mention Champions League and IPL 2012.

22 years of toiling for Indian cricket and how dare he take rest from a test tour... ??

 

[Bun]

" More loyalty to the kingdom than the king himself" - Some of the reactions exactly are that.

 

[Blaze 18]

22 years of toiling for Indian cricket and how dare he take rest from a test tour... ??

IPL > test series now? Give me a freaking break.

 

[Cevno]

India should win the ODIs comfortably tbh. Expect it to be much closer in the tests. This, however ; rests on whether the West Indies groundsmen clue up

To be Honest ,the ODI team selected is more weaker on paper than the Test Team.

Kohli ,Badrinath are deserved Selections.

And Mukund ,Vijay are better opening combination by a quite a gap to Patel and Dhawan.

 

[Blaze 18]

He's in the twilight of his international career. He has to play as much as possible. He can play the IPL even when he's forty-five.

 

[Bun]

IPL > test series now? Give me a freaking break.

Will BCCI compensate for the money lost from not playing the IPL? I am dead sure had that been the case, he would have rested during IPL and played all the test series they wanted... and ODIs...

He is human, he has a family and kids... his only skill is playing cricket... and he needs to make as much as he can from this..

And much more than that, he knows he is needed more for the Eng and Aus series than a WI series. BCCI, his employer, is more than happy to oblige. So why are you bugged so much??

 

[Cevno]

IPL > test series now? Give me a freaking break.

It's not like India would have played no cricket if there had been no IPL.

 

[Bun]

He's in the twilight of his international career. He has to play as much as possible. He can play the IPL even when he's forty-five.

Lol, that's a joke.

 

[Cevno]

Sachin wants to get his 100th international Century at Lords ?

IIRC ,he has no century there as well before.

 

[Blaze 18]

How anyone can defend someone playing the IPL and skipping a test series is beyond me. Like vcs said, it's indefensible. There's nothing really to argue or discuss.

A big @ the money argument. You make it sound like Tendulkar's a greedy man. This is the guy who turned down a million dollar alcohol contract. He's the richest cricketer in the world, for crying out loud.

 

[Blaze 18]

It's not like India would have played no cricket if there had been no IPL.

If BCCI had scheduled a random ODI series, Tendulkar would have skipped it. If they had arranged a short test series with someone then nobody would have complained.