Things that SL series screwed up

[vvvslaxman]

1) It stopped India from having practice matches

2) Failure against Sri Lankas affected the selection of players in SA series

3) Success against Sri Lankas helped average overseas test batsman getting long rope

 

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just to name a few.

[maniac]

Cricket is cricket....we advise players to get better by by playing county cricket... jokes aside how many county teams are better than an international side like Srilanka to be honest?

 

You can’t keep playing England Australia and Newzealand all the time to prepare for South Africa.

 

As far as selection goes yes, against weaker teams we can afford to experiment or try new players which we failed horribly at.

 

we failed to get enough time to adapt to the conditions by refusing practice games which was our own doing.

 

so only thing Srilanka tour showed was our own weakness

 

1. Conservative approach

2.Lack of planning.

 

Physically playing them had no impact unless you account for Delhi smog. 

 

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

No. It did not allow us to prepare ahead of time for a tough series with SA. I would have preferred 3 practice matches in SA to this Test series. Guys like Rahane might have been in the starting XI. Usually practice matches would give you an idea who is likely to do well in alien conditions.  All data we had was Rahane's failure against Sri Lankas in India and Rohit sharma's 35 ball 100 against the same Sri Lankas. 

[maniac]

The T20 series was not a bad thing...playing the same old old farts in the series without trying for younger talent was wrong.

 

Playing Lakmal and Herath is a bigger challenge than playing a 3rd grade side on a purposefully laid out flat pitch in a practice game....having said that yes getting used to conditions is important...but not at the expense of skipping international games which are better practice anyways.

 

Only issue was the Lanka T20 series...tests was fine and even a 3 odi series.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, maniac said:

The T20 series was not a bad thing...playing the same old old farts in the series without trying for younger talent was wrong.

 

Playing Lakmal and Herath is a bigger challenge than playing a 3rd grade side on a purposefully laid out flat pitch in a practice game....having said that yes getting used to conditions is important...but not at the expense of skipping international games which are better practice anyways.

 

Only issue was the Lanka T20 series...tests was fine and even a 3 odi series.

Back to back to series with a low grade team like Srilanka is a very very poor preparation. That too after India destroyed them in their backyard winning every single game in every imaginable format playing them was a poor preparation. Even much better Srilankan team could not win in India. This poor team had no hope against current Indian team who take home dominance to another level. Such preparation is equal to no preparation at all.

[maniac]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Back to back to series with a low grade team like Srilanka is a very very poor preparation. That too after India destroyed them in their backyard winning every single game in every imaginable format playing them was a poor preparation. Even much better Srilankan team could not win in India. This poor team had no hope against current Indian team who take home dominance to another level. Such preparation is equal to no preparation at all.

So you are saying,the T20 series vs Srilanka or the odi series was not a good opportunity to try youngsters while the seniors especially test players could prepare for the tour?

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, maniac said:

So you are saying,the T20 series vs Srilanka or the odi series was not a good opportunity to try youngsters while the seniors especially test players could prepare for the tour?

That shortened the gap between SA series and SL series. Also India apparently didn't try many youngsters. Lot of main plays were involved. 

[maniac]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

That shortened the gap between SA series and SL series. Also India apparently didn't try many youngsters. Lot of main plays were involved. 

Yes,that’s what I am saying it was a lost opportunity....instead of totally cancelling the series they could have made it into a double winner...try youngsters and could have allocated that time for practice for seniors. One is not dependent on the other but they screwed both...however I still think the test series vs Lanka was ok if you look at it from a match practice perspective. 

[fineleg]

All said and done, Test class batsmen must show spine.
Spineless batting in SA or any tour cannot be compensated by any level of planning.

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, fineleg said:

All said and done, Test class batsmen must show spine.
Spineless batting in SA or any tour cannot be compensated by any level of planning.

But practice matches help you pick the right XI for given conditions. India had not data to choose the starting XI apart from stats from the useless series against Sri Lankas

[adi B]

Gave us a false sense of hope 

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, adi B said:

Gave us a false sense of hope 

Exactly.  One moment we faced Suranga Lakmal, Perera etc in india suddenly we are facing Rabada, Steyn, Morkel, Philander in SA. 

[LordPrabhzy]

18 minutes ago, maniac said:

Yes,that’s what I am saying it was a lost opportunity....instead of totally cancelling the series they could have made it into a double winner...try youngsters and could have allocated that time for practice for seniors. One is not dependent on the other but they screwed both...however I still think the test series vs Lanka was ok if you look at it from a match practice perspective. 

Mate.. all these guys had to attend Virat's reception so instead of flying out to SA after the test series ended, they shamelessly stayed on and partied like there is no tomorrow.

 

Mark my words India cricket will go the way of England football team. The country has given up on them to even make it past the group stage in the World cup. The brits are happy with the Premier League and indian janta is happy with IPL. Rest who cares.

[speedheat]

Plain and simple you don't practice Phil,morkl,rabada,nigdi by having surng,gamage,shanaka,thisira irrespective of pitch and conditions

[vvvslaxman]

Well Rahane got dropped because of this series 

[chewy]

So many brain fart selections, picking Rohit and Dhawan, dropping Rahane, dropping Bhuvi for 2nd Test, Lokesh comes in 2nd Test, Ishant picked

[chewy]

Backup keeper is Parthiv lol

[Khota]

SL series did not screw anything. It was for India to decide how to get practise before the matches. By deflecting the blame on SL Indian team will never improve.

[Pollack]

Cricket against Srilanka, screwing Indian fans since decades.