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    • Yes. Next 2 years are the best time to blood youngsters
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    • They are legends.They know when to retire
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    • Should decide only on form
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    • Maybe Dravid and Laxman but Sachin is fit enough to play 4 more years of International cricket
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To be honest all teams have been poor away from home. Australia got whitewashed in India. SA haven't even won at home since 3 years.
Not so much to lose 6 straight and those too so one-sided. Aus were white-washed in India but they were lucky to lose one by 1 wkt. We, on the other hand, have been decimated and our performance has been so pathetic I am surprised the locals haven't asked for their money back.
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It is not losing' date=' but the manner of those losses.[/quote'] Honestly if I were an English or Aus fan at the stadium over the last 6 Tests I would have asked for my money back after feeling cheated. On top of this fiasco you have to bear these @$$holes in countless ads proclaiming they have "made it large" and "Dikha dega India". Dikhayega mera ghanta :mad:
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IPL has ruined India for the next 15 years. I won't be surprised if India is relegated to associate status in 2025.
:facepalm: whenever loose start bashing IPL
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ipl is destroying indian cricket, batsman who were technically solid are poking like pussies outside off like gambhir....test team is shitinf its pants, nor has ipl helped india in doing well in international t20...for me ipl=total waste

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:facepalm: whenever loose start bashing IPL
why not? its a priority for indian cricketers and gets treated with the same level of importance as international cricket. we routinely see players skipping international games but turning up for their IPL side. future generations will make nice money playing the IPL, why would they have any incentive to become solid test players? doing the twice the amount of work for a negligible amount of money? that doesn't happen in any field, including cricket. maybe academia. the IPL will produce plenty of yusuf pathans but never a tendulkar
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why not? its a priority for indian cricketers and gets treated with the same level of importance as international cricket. we routinely see players skipping international games but turning up for their IPL side. future generations will make nice money playing the IPL, why would they have any incentive to become solid test players? doing the twice the amount of work for a negligible amount of money? that doesn't happen in any field, including cricket. maybe academia. the IPL will produce plenty of yusuf pathans but never a tendulkar
We are such a big country with so many potential cricketers that we always have enough supply of good quality batsmen.It is only proper grooming and management from BCCI and state cricket boards that we need.
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We are such a big country with so many potential cricketers that we always have enough supply of good quality batsmen.It is only proper grooming and management from BCCI and state cricket boards that we need.
the good quality batsmen play for IPL contracts before they attempt to become test batsmen. you could be right about some of the current generation, i.e. rahane, pujara, etc. who grew up playing the four day game and have a technique and temperament made for test matches. but the generation that follows, the current group of 18 year olds, 20 year olds...these guys aren't going to be thinking about test cricket. why bother when you can play the IPL and ODIs instead?
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the good quality batsmen play for IPL contracts before they attempt to become test batsmen. you could be right about some of the current generation, i.e. rahane, pujara, etc. who grew up playing the four day game and have a technique and temperament made for test matches. but the generation that follows, the current group of 18 year olds, 20 year olds...these guys aren't going to be thinking about test cricket. why bother when you can play the IPL and ODIs instead?
I don't understand how good quality test players like Dravid or Laxman could do well in IPL or T 20 format .And why not good batsman opt for IPL when hardly chances are given to them in Indian team,for how long they keep on waiting to play for India in test format
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I don't understand how good quality test players like Dravid or Laxman could do well in IPL or T 20 format .And why not good batsman opt for IPL when hardly chances are given to them in Indian team' date='for how long they keep on waiting to play for India in test format[/quote'] dravid and laxman could do OK in t20 because they learned how to play in first class. the longer version of the game is the toughest as far as skills are concerned. once u play test cricket, everything else feels easier. think of it like taking a 100 level undergrad class after u have completed a masters degree. it doesnt work the other way
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ipl is destroying indian cricket' date=' batsman who were technically solid are poking like pussies outside off like gambhir....test team is shitinf its pants, nor has ipl helped india in doing well in international t20...for me ipl=total waste[/quote'] I am a big time IPL basher. But honestly this pathetic showing cannot be blamed on IPL (unless you are blaming IPL for the workload contributing to poor player fitness). The likes of Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, SRT, Laxman are established test players. These are the guys who are failing. They are not victims of IPL. Our #6 has been a weak link since Ganguly retired. May be IPL has hurt us here. Our stars are ageing and are on decline. Even at their peaks they depended heavily on openers. With even the openers failing, there is no hope in hell for this team that heavily depends on its batting gurus posting big totals.
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The likes of Gambhir, Sehwag, Dravid, SRT, Laxman are established test players. These are the guys who are failing. They are not victims of IPL. .
u sure about that? gambhir, sehwag postponing injury rehab because of IPL franchise commitments was huge. ..tendulkar skipping WI tour and lacking match practice going into the england series... dravid is just garbage. laxman has been worked out by the aussie bowlers. so the IPL excuse doesnt work for them. but there is an argument to back up the idea of the IPL harming the seniors.
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u sure about that? gambhir, sehwag postponing injury rehab because of IPL franchise commitments was huge. ..tendulkar skipping WI tour and lacking match practice going into the england series... dravid is just garbage. laxman has been worked out by the aussie bowlers. so the IPL excuse doesnt work for them. but there is an argument to back up the idea of the IPL harming the seniors.
Have you been watching Test cricket in last 10-15 years!? RD is amongst our best Test batsman of past decade or more. They are on decline now, but that does not mean they were garbage.
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Have you been watching Test cricket in last 10-15 years!? RD is amongst our best Test batsman of past decade or more. They are on decline now, but that does not mean they were garbage.
dravid is a worthless piece of **** now. what he did in the past is irrelevant. he has been an absolute disgrace on this tour, can't even score off straight deliveries. i dont like to admit this either, but i am realistic and i am not big into this 'hero worshipping' thing that a lot of indians do if u are good enuff to play, u play. otherwise u can piss off. dravid needs to piss off. he has been **** for a long time now.

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