India v Sri Lanka is going to kill Indian cricket

[G_B_]

just saw highlights of Pak v SL in the T20

 

Not joking you will bury Indian cricket in terms of fan involvement if Sri lanka are going to tour in December which is the peak time of our home season. The quality in ranji is much better.

 

A tip for the BCCI. Think long term. I realize SL voted for you and i guess the politics has to take care of itself. But seriously a series v Bangladesh would be better.

 

Dont kill the golden goose. Sometimes no cricket also works.

 

I am not trolling but I really feel Zimbabwe with Taylor and Jarvis back in their ranks are better tourists. Lets call them.

[maniac]

I was just about to open a similar thread...this Srilankan team is pathetic, The recent Ind-WI series,The Srilankan tour and now another Srilankan tour just pathetic scheduling

  

[Laaloo]

It's also going to keep hasbeens in the team.

Edited October 26, 2017 by Laaloo

[Rasgulla]

1 hour ago, G_B_ said:

seriously a series v Bangladesh would be better.

They should be shown their place.. After all we did to those minnows they decide to vote against us. No mercy boycott them like pak till they fall in place. 

[wanted_desi]

Last India-Lanka series,  i didn't even feel like watching single game. Unless, they introduce new players, it will be painful to see Rahanes, Dhawans, Dhonis, and Sharmas against Lanka.

Edited October 26, 2017 by wanted_desi

[goose]

it's like watching the same porn scene 100 times over. 

[goose]

porn induced erectile dysfunction 

 

India needs a period of nofap

[Jimmy Cliff]

Understand the sentiment but they haven't had a full tour here since 2009.

[Khota]

Should not entertain BD at any cost. They are back stabbers. rather see SL million times before watching BD.

[BeautifulGame]

Srilanka won the test series in Pakistan

[jf1gp_1]

34 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

I call that a Fluke.

2-0 test lose is fluke but 4-0 odi win is quality ? We just cleaned them up in all formats at their home. 

 

Fluke is you you winning an important game against us.

Edited October 27, 2017 by jf1gp_1

[maniac]

1 hour ago, Shaz1 said:

India will lose to Sri-Lanka. 

 

 

Usually this is my cue to come up with a smart*** comment but not worth it....shoo just go away!!!

[Lannister]

What's killing more is their selection policy. Anyway we play large number of games, and it gets tedious to watch the same old faces irrespective of the strength of the opponents. I didn't watch a singe game against Aus let alone SL.

[BeautifulGame]

Just play the A team in the ODIs and T20s to make it more competitive.

 

But they deserve their test series.They last toured us in 2009 and India must have a home test season than should be non negotiable.Considering all of Aus/Eng/Eng/WI/Nzl/SA have visited us twice since Srl last visited us ,it makes complete sense.

 

Their test seam isn't that bad per day.They whitewashed Australia 3-0 at home and became the first team to win series in UAE in a decade.

 

It's just that we are so strong in Asian conditions, we breezed past them in Lanka.Probably how Aussie fans felt in 2000s 

 

Aslo the more Lanka play against stronger opposition they improve.They already looked millions bucks improved since their last series against us.

 

So no it's bit of an overreaction.If anything the ODIs and T20S gives us great chance to test our bench strength as well as resting our senior players before demaing SA tour.

 

Heck we could have used even the test series to test our bench strength but our selectors can't look past Ishant Sharma.

Edited October 27, 2017 by BeautifulGame

[lanka-girln]

Could not agree more. But Sri Lanka has never been better than India and never will be . 

 

We are extremely grateful for the opportunities given to us financially not just in cricket. 

[lanka-girln]

7 hours ago, Rasgulla said:

They should be shown their place.. After all we did to those minnows they decide to vote against us. No mercy boycott them like pak till they fall in place. 

We are minnows but we never back stab India. We have always voted for you and will continue to support you no matter what you ask us to do!

[Gollum]

Lanka is a decent test unit, they deserve a full 3 test series, I am pretty confused as to why we didn't invite them in the 2012-14 period (our last series at home against them was way back in 2009) because that Lankan team was quite good and had peak Sanga, greatest modern day (post 2005) test batsman IMO. Moreover we were distinctly mediocre and our home invincibility aura had been shattered by England in 2012, we missed a great series and peak Sanga vs peak Ashwin would have been a clash for the ages. 

 

In ODIs/T20s it will be terrific if we can try out our youngsters like Pant, Iyer, Washington, Shaw, Siraj etc....how else are we ever going to test our bench strength under the current dispensation? Besides contrary to OP I feel this is terrific scheduling by BCCI, we can't afford a grueling series before the all important SA tour. As such guys like Vijay, Rahul, Shami, Umesh are injury prone....I want our core team with 100% fitness before the New Year's day test !!! I believe our only chance to compete there will be to fly out our test team to SA 2 days after the end of the Lanka test series and not on December 31st. 

[Nonbeliever]

Whether it kills indian cricket or not, it will definitely revive the careers of dhoni,Karthik,jhadhav,rahane in shorter format.

[Turning_track]

38 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Sri-Lanka is our baby. This beating will make em even more pumped. Good luck surving the assault of a lion.

 

Dude we creamed you hard in our last game. It would have been a fluke if it was not so one sided. Just admit you suck.

 

If what I say happens only you will look like a fool.

Just like this baby whitewashed you in your fortress 2-0 a few weeks back? Where teams like NZ, WI have been also beating you. The SL team has not even won a single test in India and I don't think this will change.

In upcoming limited overs, I hope they try youngsters and show some faith on them.

The Indian team in the CT final sucked because they didn't turn up on the day which mattered. And great performance by Pak team of course. (it was destiny, written that Pak will lift the CT )

We Indian fans just want transparent selection and giving ample chances to youngsters just like Inzi has done for Pak.

Even with this frustration, our team has been beating teams because we all know how great this team could become by building a solid batting order and a potent bowling lineup.

There are too many passengers or misfits in the team which Kohli and the optimist Shastri refuse to see/admit.

Edited October 27, 2017 by Turning_track

[speedheat]

More than that series its sheltered oldies and 90 year old grandpa dhoni will kill our cricket, heck even pakistan are giving caps to youngsters left right and center, and we are struck with has been.