I understand biases and partiality..But its all getting a little bit too much now...In the last three home series against Aus, SL and SA Nagpur has got to host two ODIs, one T20 and two tests? wtf??? Thats 13 days of action of 35 days of action in the three series combined. What about the rest of the country??? good pitch or not at the end of it Nagpurs just a pretty how small town. I think the sugar fed BCCI prez doesnt want to totter beyond his hometown to watch a match.
this test meant for delhi has been shifted to nagpur. same may happen for wc 2011 matches too. Nagpur has best stadium and pitch in country now. plus BCCI prez is from Nagpur.
Re: Nagpur to get standby matches..
by Ramandeep Judge on Jan 03, 2010 11:22 PM
Correction - Best wicket fo batting. I think the best wicket is Wankhede Stadium, follwed by Mohali
Let the Bangladesh series be a so-called swan song for the above-mentioned trio, out of which the first mentioned plays only with an eye on the record books. Lakshman should have been given VRS a long time time ago - he just rides piggyback on others and scores a useless 50 or so in dead rubbers just to keep his spot. Same with Rahul Dravid who was in horrific form for over 2 years until the last home series against England on dead pitches.
Re: Time to phase out Endulkar, Lakshman and Dravid
by Dire Straits on Jan 03, 2010 10:00 PM
I'd prefer any batsman who scores runs @ an average of 55 (approx) since it helps his team in putting up a big score, irrespective of whether he plays for records or not
Re: Time to phase out Endulkar, Lakshman and Dravid
by vinu manijose on Jan 04, 2010 01:31 AM
yea right...phase out the three from tests and whos gonna win you matches? face it, if Indias the number one team in tests today its largely (id say at least 90% credit is due) due to these three plus ganguly and kumble. I just want to see yuvraj, kohli, jadeja and the replacements stich together an innings like kolkata 2001 before starting to think of retiring sachin, dravid and laxman.
I fail to understand why why chennai is not alotted any matches inspite of having very sporting pitch and sporting crowd. This even after having person from tamilnadu has secretary as well as cheif selector !!!!. Even by rotaion policy chennai should have been alotted some matches by now but always see delhi or mumbai getting some matches alotted in every series.
Re: why chennai is not alotted any matches?
by Vijay ramanathan on Jan 03, 2010 10:48 PM
Bcos part of chepauk is being renovated in view of WC 2011...don worry, chennai has the best of matches for the WC...
