**Official** India in Bangladesh Thread

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

i did not see this match, just read the match report on rediff, but when india's 2nd xi or whatever the heck they fielded play abysmally poor cricket and the bang team play less poorly than usual and squeeze a win through, how does that make international cricket stronger?

Be real. Bangladesh would have had to play better than simply "less poorly than usual" to beat any Indian XI playing however horribly.

 

[cricket player]

believe me if my country afghanistan challange bangladesh they would probably win.

 

[marc71178]

Why should we believe that?

 

[Jono]

Maybe he's part of the international side, and an excellent cricketer?

 

[Deja moo]

Well, Afghanistan are due to play India A soon. So we'll know how good they are.

 

[Anil]

Be real. Bangladesh would have had to play better than simply "less poorly than usual" to beat any Indian XI playing however horribly.

oh they might have played their hearts out, but considering the standards which they've maintained on the international arena so far, playing their best equates to playing less poorly than usual(when you compare it to the standards of the other regular test playing nations...).....forget the wordplay, a mediocre bangladesh played as well as they can and the indian xi played absolutely mediocre cricket and the less mediocre team on the day won.....i just don't see that as an advertisement for international cricket, that's all...

 

[Peanutbutterbar]

believe me if my country afghanistan challange bangladesh they would probably win.

I don't think you could really say that. The Bangladesh team has the slight advantage of having versed top teams.

 

[Deja moo]

believe me if my country afghanistan challange bangladesh they would probably win.

Could you describe the game of some of the Afghan players ?

 

[Sehwag309]

believe me if my country afghanistan challange bangladesh they would probably win.

...I thought u were pakistani, u live in afghanistan now?

 

[nookie_lk]

Even if bangladesh never wins a match i like them alot...they Try hard and they are gutty players.

 

[Deja moo]

Well,I'd try hard. Give my club international test status.

 

[JASON]

did you know that kenya who the icc has not found fit to be in the test arena has 12 wins in 66 odis? did you know that their record against bang in odis is 6 wins and 1 loss in 7 matches?

optimism is fine, even necessary but has to be tempered by a dose of realism and reality is so overwhelmingly against bangladesh....

Those are the games that had official ODI status, if you look up all the games they've played, including ICC Trophy then there isn't a lot between them

I beg to differ . You cannot say there's not much in it, if they lost 6 out of 7 times !!

Kenya have been given step motherly treatment by the ICC while Bangladesh have been rushed into the ICC status by dubious means !!

While I like Bangladesh and their cricketers (besides they are neighbours to my country Srilanka) , IMO if Bangladesh and the current Zimbabwean team are Test sides, I am totaly confused as to why the poor Kenyans don't even get a look in !!

No one seems to take their case to the ICC ! What about returning Zimbabwe to non test status and replacing them with Kenya !

 

[redbaron]

I beg to differ . You cannot say there's not much in it, if they lost 6 out of 7 times !!

Kenya have been given step motherly treatment by the ICC while Bangladesh have been rushed into the ICC status by dubious means !!

While I like Bangladesh and their cricketers (besides they are neighbours to my country Srilanka) , IMO if Bangladesh and the current Zimbabwean team are Test sides, I am totaly confused as to why the poor Kenyans don't even get a look in !!

No one seems to take their case to the ICC ! What about returning Zimbabwe to non test status and replacing them with Kenya !

the icc is trying to show that they have learned from the bangaldesh mistake so they are adapting a more step process. as for the concept of retrurning zimbabwe to non test status, that is ludicrous. returning them to non test status would not only discourage young budding cricketers in zimbabwe but also create subsequent problems(eg. people who try to become cricketers will not earn enough money because of lack of demnad, not to mention all the people who would see no future in the game in that country-as they need to feed their family not just play cricket.

you should try to look at it from their perspective instead of ures.(ie. dont be so narrow minded).

 

[Unattainableguy]

India lost to bangladesh , and kenys ..
theie test status should be taken away ..
lol .. juss having a dig
at some indian fans here who said pakistans status shold be taken away just coz' they performed poorly in the first test against AUS

Atleast, losing from Australia is not embarrassing lol. But it was a good effort from India in the third ODI to let people know that the 2nd one was just a bad luck and a miraculous win for Bangladesh

 

[JASON]

the icc is trying to show that they have learned from the bangaldesh mistake so they are adapting a more step process. as for the concept of retrurning zimbabwe to non test status, that is ludicrous. returning them to non test status would not only discourage young budding cricketers in zimbabwe but also create subsequent problems(eg. people who try to become cricketers will not earn enough money because of lack of demnad, not to mention all the people who would see no future in the game in that country-as they need to feed their family not just play cricket.

you should try to look at it from their perspective instead of ures.(ie. dont be so narrow minded).

Hey relax ! I was only suggesting it in jest. The fact that I put smiley's next to that suggestion should have made that clear .

But seriously, the amount of Crap that Bangla are playing devalues Test cricket in many people's opinion. Most Club sides from Australia, England and even almost all first class sides from the top 8 countries, can thrash the hell out of the Bangladeshis, realistically .

So therfore the question keeps being asked .

Why is this Team given Test status after dubiously getting it so prematurely, when a Team that's a lot better seems to be kept out of the Test Arena for not having a powerful ally (like Pakistan did to Bangla's cause) promoting it !

 

[nikhil1772]

The Bottomline appears to be just that Bangladesh's Test Status is too premature...

Now ICC cant take it away from them nor from Zim...that would be just wrong and more than wrong it will be demoralising for the Zimbabweans and Bangladesh...

ICC should come up with some new ideas like a two-tier system or anything better...to keep the interest in test cricket alive

 

[cricket player]

I beg to differ . You cannot say there's not much in it, if they lost 6 out of 7 times !!

Kenya have been given step motherly treatment by the ICC while Bangladesh have been rushed into the ICC status by dubious means !!

While I like Bangladesh and their cricketers (besides they are neighbours to my country Srilanka) , IMO if Bangladesh and the current Zimbabwean team are Test sides, I am totaly confused as to why the poor Kenyans don't even get a look in !!

No one seems to take their case to the ICC ! What about returning Zimbabwe to non test status and replacing them with Kenya !

I think you want icc to commit suicide by brining kenya in to test status and and bringing back zimbabwe to a non test playing nation.

 

[JASON]

I think you want icc to commit suicide by brining kenya in to test status and and bringing back zimbabwe to a non test playing nation.

I wasn't being serious, mate .

 

[nikhil1772]

The only edge Bangla had over Kenya while getting test status was better domestic cricket structure...besides there might have been politics which we might not know of...

I like Kenya better and I will always support them but they'll have to wait for Test status...big time...meanwhile they should keep doing what they do best...keep upsetting Test playing nations in ODI's once in a while

 

[Choora]

It was a big big mistake by the icc to grant Bangladesh test status.sooner or latter they should really be deprived of that, its not that i dislike them, its just that playing test cricket with them make no sense as they simply can't compete with other sides.