Irani Trophy , 2012

[Sarkar]

Fuc@#$^% idi@# ' date=' final nail in the coffin, re@#rds have done enough damage.[/quote'] Its due to Idly selector India won the world cup in 2011 after 28 years i repeat no selector achieved that.

[Old guy]

Its due to Idly selector India won the world cup in 2011 after 28 years i repeat no selector achieved that.

we won despite selectors remember chawla? :hysterical::hysterical:

[rkt.india]

Yusuf Pathan, Stuart Binny :facepalm: and no Manish Pandey

[msb1991]

Rest of India: Cheteshwar Pujara (capt), M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, S Badrinath, Dinesh Karthik, Wriddhiman Saha, Yusuf Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, Parvinder Awana, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny, Abhimanyu Mithun, Harmeet Singh. 1. A Rahane 2. M Vijay 3. C Pujara 4. S Badrinath 5. D Karthik 6. Y Pathan 7. W Saha 8. P Ojha 9. U Yadav 10. P Awana 11. I Sharma That is a pretty damn strong team. Long tail but the bowling line up makes up for it.

[Sooda]

Binny to be fair had a good domestic season in Ranji ..but Jadeja would have been a better bet, not lilkely to be in final XI anyway... I dont know why Srivastava dosent get a look in for challengers, good List A record and was in form last season...Im sure he scored a ton in last years tourno...should be there instead of Anirudha Id say... The Challengers are normally like a 'red, blue and green' team right...not played by the Domestic champs normally…is that a new amendment

[Raghav_12]

I don't know if selectors plan anything while selecting any of these squads. What point is there in selecting people like vijay, Pathan, Dhawan and Mithun? They are not gonna represent india in long term, why waste irani trophy spots for these?

[jind]

India A squad for the tour of NZ Abhinav Mukund (capt.), Naman Ojha (wk), Mandeep Singh, Anustup Majumdar, Unmukt Chand, Ashok Menaria, Ambati Rayudu, Suryakumar Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akshay Darekar, Vinay Kumar, Shami Ahmed, Jalaj Saxena, Rahul Sharma, Rituraj Singh and Jaydev Unadkat

[jind]

I don't see Tendulkar playing in these domestic matches at this age.

[rkt.india]

I don't know if selectors plan anything while selecting any of these squads. What point is there in selecting people like vijay' date=' Pathan, Dhawan and Mithun? They are not gonna represent india in long term, why waste irani trophy spots for these?[/quote'] I can still take Vijay because he has done well at some point in the past but Yusuf, Binny, Mithun are poor selections. They should have selected a new left arm pacer instead from the likes of Suyal, Anwar, etc.

[maniac]

The bright side is no Siddharth Arvind in the scheme of things by the looks of it :(( Glad to see selectors not giving up on Karthik but how come no Saha or Bisla?

[GautiMaan]

Who is ahead in the pecking order,players in the "A" squad touring nz or the ROI squad?

[rkt.india]

BCCI declares Sawai Mansingh Stadium unfit for Irani Trophy match

Caught between the Congress-ruled government, the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and the Rajasthan State Sports Council (RSSC), the Sawai Mansingh Stadium stadium, which was till recently rated among the top four cricket grounds in India, now lies in a shambles. Adding to the ignominy is the fact that now the ground will not host the Irani Trophy match scheduled to take place between September 21 and 25. BCCI Grounds and Pitches Committee chairman V. Sundaram inspected the ground on September 8 and declared the stadium unfit for the match. The ruling has deprived the home team - which had won the Ranji Trophy twice in a row and were to face the Rest of India in the match - of the benefit of playing on home turf. Last month, the RSSC had taken over the ground and had barred the RCA from carrying out any maintenance work at the stadium. The council is headed by Shiv Charan Mali who enjoys the status and facilities of a minister of state thanks to his proximity to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Ever since Mali took over two years ago, the council's questionable decisions, such as locking the gates for cricketers prior to crucial practice sessions, denying entry to trucks bringing repair material etc, have led to the once internationally known stadium to become the laughing stock of the cricketing fraternity. Even though the local media and the RCA had warned that preventing routine repair works from being carried out at the stadium would result in the ground being declared unfit for the Irani Trophy match cut no ice with Gehlot's men. Incessant rains necessitated that the ground be taken care of in a professional manner. However, that didn't happen. The ground was handed to the RCA a little before the inspection was to be carried out. By then the "unfit" verdict for the stadium was a foregone conclusion. Though Mali is being blamed for this fiasco, the RCA, headed by CP Joshi, the union surface transport minister, is not doing any wonders either. Joshi has been unable to decide if he wants to run it professionally or just remain a figurehead. A non-entity, KK Sharma, a junior officer with the state government, is the RCA secretary. Like Mali, he isn't also known for his vision or professionalism either. While Joshi and Gehlot remain at loggerheads due to state politics, Mali is busy queering the pitch for Joshi. In turn, Joshi's indecisiveness has added to the RCA and thus cricket's misfortune. Amid all this, cricket lovers are recalling the times when BJP's Vasundhara Raje was chief minister and under her patronage Lalit Modi had helped bring the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on par with international standards. With the Irani Trophy cancelled, the biggest losers amid all this is the Rajasthan home team and the cricket lovers. Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bcci-declares-sawai-mansingh-stadium-unfit-for-irani-trophy-match/1/216772.html

[maniac]

Rest of India,Challenger squad,India A to NZ-No Saha-Wow the guy has fallen of the radar looks like....Is he injured though :hmmm:

[GautiMaan]

The bright side is no Siddharth Arvind in the scheme of things by the looks of it :(( Glad to see selectors not giving up on Karthik but how come no Saha or Bisla?

Its Sreenath Aravind,how could u forget such a talented bowler?

[Crookbond]

:WTF:

[Cricket Tragic]

Title :fail:

[1983-2011]

we dont want to read more

[Lord]

Title :fail:

yeah lol

[Magneto]

As I'd guessed :giggle:

[Magneto]

Someone needs to ask Cheeka and co if Saha' date=' Awana and Bist are fit to play Irani Trophy, why are they not in the India A squad for NZ?[/quote'] I guess when they selected the Team for India A, at that point they were not 100 per cent fit.