**Official** India in Bangladesh Thread

[Sehwag309]

FFS, this is appaling for international cricket.. Really bad day.. Disgrace, India..

...what the hell are u on abt, u still complaining at the team selection...India wanted to try newbies who almost gave them a run for their money but bangla played much better!

 

[imranrabb]

India still should have won against bangladesh even if they tried new players.Its no excuse

 

[andyc]

Bangladesh obviously played better than India- why can't people give Bangladesh credit for winning instead of criticising India.

 

[Jono]

Can anyone tell me what Ganguly said? Last game he said India never really lost control of the game, or something similar after an 11 run win. Though that was true, I'm just curious as to what he will say post-match.

 

[Sehwag309]

India still should have won against bangladesh even if they tried new players.Its no excuse

..no one is giving excuses...Lang'vdt was ****ed of coz India didnt play full strength team (atleast thats what I think he meant)

214 was pretty close and it was an very interesting game

 

[Langeveldt]

...what the hell are u on abt, u still complaining at the team selection...India wanted to try newbies who almost gave them a run for their money but bangla played much better!

Its a dark day when a second XI get beaten by a side who should never have been admitted in the first place.. I know I will be completely on my own against the romantics who love to see the underdog win.. I just want international cricket to be as strong as it can be..

 

[Sehwag309]

Its a dark day when a second XI get beaten by a side who should never have been admitted in the first place.. I know I will be completely on my own against the romantics who love to see the underdog win.. I just want international cricket to be as strong as it can be..

..to be fair, India, after this would play full team (I hope) for Finals

 

[Sehwag309]

Can anyone tell me what Ganguly said? Last game he said India never really lost control of the game, or something similar after an 11 run win. Though that was true, I'm just curious as to what he will say post-match.

....lost wickets to early and lil bit of inexperience (he didn't give excuses for himsefl)

 

[James90]

I've never been happier! I can't remember being so nervous!!! What a great victory! I hope you can all shut the f**k up now about Bangladesh just being there to help numbers! They showed today that they can take it to any team in the world. So maybe it was second string but Bangladesh were better and people who say that none of them would make a domestic Ranji Trophy team can certainly think again. CONGRATULATIONS BANGLADESH!!! I'M NOT SLEEPING TONIGHT!

 

[Sehwag309]

The best moment was when umpire was removing the stumps to distribute when the bangla team was approcahing it

 

[imranrabb]

Congrats bangladesh

 

[James90]

How good was Bangladesh's fielding today!!! What a fantastic win! One I will always remember and my avatar was man of the match, he's staying there for a long long time

 

[NikhilN]

whoever thinks ganguly is the best indian captain so far must be the biggest idiot in this whole world.

 

[crickmate]

come on

Come on, guys. If you have watched the match then you should know BD played much better than India. And to some of you "biased" indian fan, you cannot say this an A team just because they changed 3 players. And remind you, Tendulkar, Pathan, Harvajan played last match with Bangladesh. And they didn't do anything remarkable as far as I remember, and neither did they get a huge win.

The way BD has played today, it would have been still a close match even if india had the other players.

Some of you guys always try to discriminish the new teams, no matter what they do. too pity

 

[Hit4Six]

congrats bangladesh

 

[Swervy]

Its a dark day when a second XI get beaten by a side who should never have been admitted in the first place.. I know I will be completely on my own against the romantics who love to see the underdog win.. I just want international cricket to be as strong as it can be..

6 of the Indians had played over 80 ODI's..it was hardly second XI.There is so much international cricket these days that it is almost impossible to field what most would consider the strongest team.

These days (and probably more so as time goes on, and more international cricket is played) squad depth for ODI's is getting more and more important.

All credit to bangladesh, congratulations

 

[Langeveldt]

I hope you can all shut the f**k up now about Bangladesh just being there to help numbers!

Not a chance.. One victory against a team that didn't take them seriously, five years after a victory that was under a match fixing cloud.. In a country where domestic four day cricket is seen as a "joke"

I've taken club sides more seriously..

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Its a dark day when a second XI get beaten by a side who should never have been admitted in the first place.. I know I will be completely on my own against the romantics who love to see the underdog win.. I just want international cricket to be as strong as it can be..

And how exactly does India losing to a team like Bangladesh make international cricket any weaker? All I can see is positives as far as attitudes go, because the more Bangladesh wins, the more teams will play proper cricket against them instead of just breezing past without a care. In essence, the more Bangladesh wins now, the less they'll win in the long run as teams will take them more seriously. That's assuming they'll never improve to a Test quality side as so many people have already determined in their minds.

If Bangladesh does stick around at international level, then it's not good for the "strength" of Test and ODI cricket if they keep getting whipped.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

6 of the Indians had played over 80 ODI's..it was hardly second XI.There is so much international cricket these days that it is almost impossible to field what most would consider the strongest team.

Though to be fair, India could have fielded a much stronger side with relative ease. For one, Sachin Tendulkar rested out.

 

[Langeveldt]

That's assuming they'll never improve to a Test quality side as so many people have already determined in their minds.

With the facilities they have, and the appaling domestic setup and attitude to four day cricket, it will take a lot to convince me otherwise...