*Official* South Africa in India

[silentstriker]

Nice fifty from Kallis. Well done, dangerous man here.

 

[silentstriker]

Shouldn't be a problem if the Indian selectors wanted to call him up even if he is involved in a match right now. A 180 and 150 in a match must prove that he is in some sort of form.

Well Rohit got injured right this morning, so they had no time.

 

[Craig]

Well Rohit got injured right this morning, so they had no time.

I can see Saha being a one Test wonder here. He doesn't seem to offer much. Yeah another bowler would of been fine.

 

[Johnners]

Sahay whaaaaaat?

Crazy

 

[G.I.Joe]

It's sick Kolkata gets so few Test matches due purely to politics. It's the home of Indian cricket.

Haha, no. Mumbai is the home of Indian cricket.

 

[silentstriker]

Dire. Mumbai just produces prissy little entitled babies. Eden Gardens is the home of cricket.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Dire. Mumbai just produces prissy little entitled babies. Eden Gardens is the home of cricket.

Yeah, I'm sure Hazare, Merchant, Umrigar, Phadke, Wadekar, Gavaskar, Vengsarkar, Shastri, Tendulkar are all quaking in their boots at the sight of Roy, Ganguly and Saha.

 

[silentstriker]

Respect the Saha. I know Mumbai produces 99.999% of Test players. But that's why India has sucked at Test cricket for most of their history.

Eden Gardens is still the home of Indian cricket. It's not about the players produced.

 

[G.I.Joe]

If they could have flown in Saha, surely they could have flown in Ganguly?

 

[silentstriker]

Look at the Duleep Trophy final, the Baroda boys bailing out the West Zone...the precious Mumbaikars too busy admiring their hairstyles in the mirror probably.

 

[Prince EWS]

If they could have flown in Saha, surely they could have flown in Ganguly?

Saha was already at the ground.

 

[silentstriker]

If they could have flown in Saha, surely they could have flown in Ganguly?

Should have just asked Sunil Gavaskar to suit up for one match.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Respect the Saha. I know Mumbai produces 99.999% of Test players. But that's why India has sucked most of their history .

Eden Gardens is still the home of Indian cricket. It's not about the players produced.

Nah, Mumbai still is. A grey concrete stadium you can fit 90,000 in doesn't entitle you to that status. Being the crucible and nursery of Indian cricket certainly does.

 

[silentstriker]

A gray concrete stadium that constantly has the best support of fans does though. What you're saying is that Lord's is not the home of cricket if Middlesex doesn't provide the majority of English players.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Saha was already at the ground.

Can see him telling his grandchildren the story of how he made his debut.

 

[G.I.Joe]

A gray concrete stadium that constantly has the best support of fans does though. What you're saying is that Lord's is not the home of cricket if Middlesex doesn't provide the majority of English players.

I'm pretty sure Middlesex has provided more than 3 players in its entire history.

 

[silentstriker]

That's because Mumbai are dire and only select their own. Also, Mumbai has always been the richest and most cosmopolitan city and thus has had the most facilities and resources. That doesn't imply more passion.

 

[silentstriker]

I'm pretty sure Middlesex has provided more than 3 players in its entire history.

If they provided zero, it still wouldn't change the status of Lord's.

 

[silentstriker]

100 up for SA, not a good sign. India need wickets fast, or these two could pull away. With the batting lineup India have this Test, giving up 400+ first innings could be a huge disaster.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I have to end it here, SS. To me its such an absurd argument ignoring Mumbai's contribution to cricket in India. It dwarfs everything else. I can't think of any other place being the home of Indian cricket, but Mumbai.