What India must do to fight back against England at Trent Bridge: Dileep Premachandran

[Midfielder]

gay ***ing article... neither should Yuvi be in the team, let alone OPEN... neither should Bhajji play the 2nd test...

I cant ask you as I am not the moral police and that is mods job but I can request you to delete the word "gay". I find it offensive. Thanks.

[Midfielder]

I think the writer is a good student of the game and I respect him but I do not agree with the changes. I think Mukund should play until and unless Tendulkar opens and then Yuvraj can come. Sree should definitely play.

[pinkfreud]

Rob F says: July 27, 2011 at 4:08 pm And for my final point, the headline refers to disrespect. Well, the people most guilty of disrespect are the BCCI in the way they have let down their team and cricketing public. And to prove this, you only have to look at Sehwag. Surely one of the greatest openers of all time, he was instructed to delay surgery so that he could play in the opening stages of the IPL, knowing this would prevent him playing in the first part of this series. This series, which will decide who the number one Test team in the world is. If your priority is 20/20, fine then tell us and your public and see what reaction you get. If it’s Test (IMHO the ultimate form of the game) then demonstrate it in actions. Prepare properly for the series (not one game in Taunton). If you sense I’m angry about this, you’re right. I want to see the best players in the world playing in the greatest arenas, 100% fit and raring to go. Not turning up half fit, underprepared and clearly knackered. We’ve seen too much of that for too long in cricket.

I completely concur with this guy. The BCCI is to blame for the Sehwag dilemma. They've totally f***ed us up by having the most skewed priorities.