Narain should play for IPL final.In today's cricket world there is no value for a test series between 2 second division teams like WI and NZ.Who would like to spend 5 days for watching a boring test match between these 2 under achievers.Test matches create interest if playing teams are AUS,SA and even ENG some months ago.
Re: Narain should play IPL final
by Zakir Hussain on Jun 02, 2014 05:58 PM
The point to be considered here is the players commitment towards his country.
WICB is most responsible in deterioration of west indian cricket, it never understand player's priorities if sunil narain join them on 3rd what is their problem. they must now act according 2 situation & allow him 2 play final
For Heaven Sake, when we see a bowler like Narine, we see a West Indian Foreign Player recruited to play for KKR. It must be a metter of great pride for the West Indians to have another player from their country to be so sought after. If the deadline has been extended for gayle and Narine before , a couple of days would not matter. Guys( West Indian Board), think practically and dont mess with Narine's mind. It is absurd you question his patriotism if he fails to meet deadline by a day....Grow up
ipl vs country or however you spin it, that's not the issue. in my opinion, narine should skip ipl final if he has to and take a rational decision to join squad for NZ series. he has played very few tests ,barely six (incl. a rain marred vs eng) , and incidentally has success against nz (even as many spinners from diff teams have had successes against nz, and narine no exception he should take this opportunity ) . more importantly, the nz series is the start of the test season for wi this year , they are slated to play among others , SA too later this year..and narine has to be in the mix of things, let alone the 'wi team' ..but for himself , at least to better that '40' bowl. average in tests if nothing else. wi also play bangladesh this year, before they take on sa and narine can only better his figures against ban since he was extremely poor against them in bdesh. having said all that, the dilemma is he know he's a 'celebrated' bowler in t20 for wi and for ipl, playing a vital role in this format..but he also would know after the routing in b'desh he was dropped from the wi squad for zim and ind series..
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by dreamer formerlytaklu on May 30, 2014 01:41 PM
talking about the rain marred game vs eng, we here on rediff were quite excited about narine's test debut..interesting going about the messages between wcpak and me on that game #101023 on rediff scoreboard..with me wanting tino best to continue while wcpak wanting wi to declare..prolly to watch narine asap.
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by wcpak on May 30, 2014 01:55 PM
he he he he,TakluBhai your RAM is too good,I mean,elephantine memory. BTW,by asking Narine to join the test squad,you are indirectly wanting KKR to lose,he he he he. Good one,I like it bcas I also want KKR bowling to be weakened 80% by Narine's absence.
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by dreamer formerlytaklu on May 30, 2014 02:02 PM
looking back at them messages, wcpak i don't think we've ever disagreed so much..you should check out our messages on that thread (open any rediff scoreboard and replace the number with 101023 ) ..needless to say looking at the game and where we are today , i was right he he he ..well abt kkr, yeah they would miss him too much..let's see what happens
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by wcpak on May 30, 2014 02:21 PM
Re: Re: Re: taklu by taklu (View MyPage) on Jun 10, 2012 05:49 PM btw, you will get to see ur narine bowl with full 5 sessions left. (yes we cant agree always , but never before you were so obnoxious ;) he he he he,I think you really got annoyed :)
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by dreamer formerlytaklu on May 30, 2014 03:06 PM
cuz you were really being annoying, basically expecting a miracle from narine.