India will tour Bangladesh in December

[Sanz]

my point is not that india shouldnt tour bangladesh.....i dont really see the point of a zim,bang and ind tri series. i would rather that they played 3 odis against bang or a tri series that included a competitive team instead of a completely unneccessary triseries with zimbabwe

And I dont see your point either. What difference does it make if India play a tri-series involving Zimbabwe & Bangladesh instead of 3 ODI series with BD? ?

 

[chicane]

And I dont see your point either. What difference does it make if India play a tri-series involving Zimbabwe & Bangladesh instead of 3 ODI series with BD? ?

Simple. A tri-series will take much longer than 3 ODI's.

 

[Sanz]

So ?? Haven't we played a tri-series before ?

Anyways, I think you are making an assumption that a tri-series would take longer, It doesn't have to be, have a look at the schedule of the tri-series India is going to play in Holland, We will be playing a total of 3 matches (if we reach the finals, otherwise 2)

 

[chicane]

A tri-series involving India and both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe is a total waste. And we may play Bangladesh for the full 3 ODIs even in the tri-series, so possibly six matches plus the final, what a drag! Zimbabwe should play a separate ODI series in Bangladesh.

 

[Sanz]

So far you have not given a single reason for declaring the Ind-BD-ZIM series as 'TOTAL WASTE'.

You clearly are very fond of making assumptions. Carry on

 

[chicane]

OIC so you need to be told why it's a waste..hmm two minnows, like one isn't enough against one big mutha in a totally one sided contest....as if 3 ODIs against Bangladesh aren't enough, get Zimbabwe in and extend the minnow bashing further!

 

[Sanz]

Last Time we played in a triseries involving two minnows, one of them actually beat us by 70 runs.

Anyways it is okay for 10 bothas bash these minnows in a world cup/ICC trophy but not okay to do If India does it alone ?

 

[chicane]

K go on wish for another such game, sure does justify this tri-series! That one match was the only real moment in that series...Kenya weren't so competitive otherwise and that one match didn't exactly make the series worth it. If you really have to have a tri-series you must have some competition.

 

[chicane]

Minnow bashing is just a small part of the World cup, champions trophy etc....where it doesn't take away the competition in the tournament.

 

[ReallyCrazy]

any team cannot expect to get better, unless playing a quality opposition. hence tours to countries like zim/ban/kenya should be encouraged.
Anyway its an ICC requirement to hv 1 home and 1 away tour with each of test nations in a 5 year period. So Indians hv to tour regardless it will be useful to anyone.
But one thing is sure, Ban is improving over past 6 months, and deserve to play more test cricket.

One can imagine's Kenya's situation.. hving reached the Semi-final of WC, they hvent played in any tournament since.. Something must be done to rectify that...

alright i agree if teams like zim/ban/kenya play the big teams, they will gain a lot of experience and there will be scope for improvement. But what's in it for the big teams? SL played 5 meaningless ODIs in Zim. What was the point of it? In one the games, they actually got Zim out for 30 odd. Why do we want to decrease the integrity of international cricket? Aus played 3 ODIs and the result was the same.

 

[Neil Pickup]

alright i agree if teams like zim/ban/kenya play the big teams, they will gain a lot of experience and there will be scope for improvement. But what's in it for the big teams? SL played 5 meaningless ODIs in Zim. What was the point of it? In one the games, they actually got Zim out for 30 odd. Why do we want to decrease the integrity of international cricket? Aus played 3 ODIs and the result was the same.

If England and Australia took the same attitude in the 1880s and onwards, we'd still have just two Test nations..

 

[biased indian]

alright i agree if teams like zim/ban/kenya play the big teams, they will gain a lot of experience and there will be scope for improvement. But what's in it for the big teams? SL played 5 meaningless ODIs in Zim. What was the point of it? In one the games, they actually got Zim out for 30 odd. Why do we want to decrease the integrity of international cricket? Aus played 3 ODIs and the result was the same.

ans austalians were not able to dismiss Zim for less than 50 runs
even tough the matches were one sided, they were not such a waste of time

 

[Sanz]

If England and Australia took the same attitude in the 1880s and onwards, we'd still have just two Test nations..

Exactly and imagine the situation where australia refusing to Play England because of similar reasons (england being minnows after cont. ashes defeats)

 

[Neil Pickup]

Or non-subcontinent nations refusing to host India

 

[Sanz]

haha that's true, anyways, I think I was talking about a situation where Only these 2 countries (Aus & Eng) played cricket

 

[Deja moo]

Or non-subcontinent nations refusing to host India

Or England being refused entry to the cricket WC

 

[biased indian]

Or non-subcontinent nations refusing to host India

ya they should be tired of losing to us like ENG is tired of losing to AUS

 

[Craig]

There we go again, If we dont play we are doomed, If we do, we are still doomed. Yes, we played a tri-series with Bangladesh involving SA (not Kenya). The one with Kenya and BD was played 6 years ago and the year was 1998. Is India the only Country which is playing ODIs against BD ??

If the matches against Kenya and Zimbabwe are so useless then why play them in World cup, ICC knockout trophy ?? BTW - Didn't Kenya reach the Semi Finals of the World Cup 2003

Hmmm...only because NZ refused to go to Kenya.

And Zimbabwe actually had a goodish side then (compared to now) with the Flowers, Streak, Price (I think), Wishart etc. in there.

 

[Craig]

Exactly and imagine the situation where australia refusing to Play England because of similar reasons (england being minnows after cont. ashes defeats)

Well Australia refused to play NZ for 27-28 years in Tests (games against Australia 'B' do not count) until they improved as a Test team.

So they did, and they beat Australia in Christchurch in 73-74.

 

[Sanz]

Hmmm...only because NZ refused to go to Kenya.

That is an assumption. Kenya did beat 3 test playing nations SL, BD & Zimbabwe. Who knows it could have beaten NZ as well.

And Zimbabwe actually had a goodish side then (compared to now) with the Flowers, Streak, Price (I think), Wishart etc. in there.

They still lost to Kenya.

Anyways, my point is India should tour BD with full strength squad. BD fans and cricket team deserve this.