BCCI refuse to allow rohit and pujara to play in Ranji Final.

[Magneto]

IPL run should count for nothing. You are up against some of the crappiest bowlers and crappiest fielders in a friendly slogfest.

Some of those crappiest bowlers and fielders are 5 times better than some of the domestic attacks we have. So if domestic scores, IPL etc nothing would be taken into account, how on earth would a youngster get an entry into the Indian team. On the basis of the 2 A-tours that happen in 3 years? No one's saying that IPL is a great benchmark, but it's silly to completely rule out the tournament. You'll have to select people on the basis of whatever has been played in the country, and we play very few limited over matches in this country the whole domestic season.

[Lord]

good decision,let Rohit do waterboy duties:hehe:

[King Tendulkar]

IPL run should count for nothing. You are up against some of the crappiest bowlers and crappiest fielders in a friendly slogfest.

And crazily batsaman friendly tracks with tiny boundaries

[vvvslaxman]

Some of those crappiest bowlers and fielders are 5 times better than some of the domestic attacks we have. So if domestic scores, IPL etc nothing would be taken into account, how on earth would a youngster get an entry into the Indian team. On the basis of the 2 A-tours that happen in 3 years? No one's saying that IPL is a great benchmark, but it's silly to completely rule out the tournament. You'll have to select people on the basis of whatever has been played in the country, and we play very few limited over matches in this country the whole domestic season.

But it is a slogfest where even best bowlers can be demolished by a nobody. They are played on flat tracks. At most they will face a two over spell from the best bowlers of the opposition. Under-19, Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy, Deodar trophy used to be our bench mark. We have produced the likes of Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly with those formats.. Let us stick to that.