De villiers to quit tests ? Focus on odi and money making in ipl leagues?

[kosingh]

On 1/15/2017 at 7:44 AM, Sajid_Rana said:

BCCI and India are responsible for decline of test cricket by promoting IPL. Shame on them.

PCB and Pakistan are responsible for shooting cricketers. 

[Laaloo]

Now he rules him out of England series which is 6 months away!!!

 

Say what?

[BeautifulGame]

He clearly doesn't want to play tests anymore ,whatever the reason that may be injuries/IPL/family/quota/focusing on Odis .

Seems like he doesn't want to announce that now as may receive unnecessary criticism just after quiting captaincy as well

Can see him announcing retirement close to the India series .

[Vilander]

Unfortunate...he is such a phenomenal player. Loss for test cricket, but yeah atleast we get to see him in LOI's and IPL

[sandeep]

While this decision is clearly to extend his career - ABDV's earlier choices in the past have repeatedly demonstrated that he is a I, before team, player.  Great batting genius, bit of an underperformer in pressure situations, and extremely poor captain.  

[Sajid_Rana]

Thank you BCCI for destroying test cricket.

[kosingh]

Some of the criticisms against AB are a bit unfair IMO. He has played 100+ tests. He could have quit tests 5 years ago. He's nearly 33 now. 

 

Was Tendulkar's decision to quit ODIs inconsiderate towards the team ?

 

Players in their 30s quit one format all the time. 

[kosingh]

2 minutes ago, Sajid_Rana said:

Thank you BCCI for destroying test cricket.

Trying to get banned with these kind of repeated off topic posts ?

[Sajid_Rana]

On 1/14/2017 at 10:15 PM, MultiB48 said:

i guess pcb started psl to promote test cricute

PCB didnt force ICC to not arrange series during PSL and 2 months period for IPL in international calender. PCB allows its players to play all leagues unlike BCCI. 

[Laaloo]

15 minutes ago, Sajid_Rana said:

PCB didnt force ICC to not arrange series during PSL and 2 months period for IPL in international calender. PCB allows its players to play all leagues unlike BCCI. 

Indian players do not have to play all leagues. One season of IPL and they are set for  a couple of years. Can't say the same for your bhikhari players and your bhikari board who beg and beg to play in the IPL.

Edited January 18, 2017 by laaloo

[kosingh]

4 minutes ago, laaloo said:

Indian players do not have to play all leagues. One season of IPL and they are set for  a couple of years. Can't say the same for you bhikhari players and bhikari boards who beg and beg to play in the IPL.

But ... but....wouldn't Virat Kohli love to play for the Lahori Bahshahs?!!!!

 

Damn BCCI.

[sandeep]

26 minutes ago, Sajid_Rana said:

PCB didnt force ICC to not arrange series during PSL and 2 months period for IPL in international calender. PCB allows its players to play all leagues unlike BCCI. 

I should probably not waste my time responding to trolls but whatever.  BCCI doesn't force ICC into anything - Each board except the arrogant pommies realize that depriving their players of the biggest gravy train isn't going to work.  And PCB doesn't "allow" jack.  Beggars can't be choosers.  Even that reality didn't stop the PCB from trying to strong-arm players into playing PSL games in terrorist-central. 

 

All boards are grateful to IPL for not only paying their players top $$ to reduce pressure on the board to increase direct compensation to the players - Not only that, the IPL actually pays the respective Cricket Boards fees for each foreign player that plays in the IPL.  

 

 

[LordPrabhzy]

On 15/01/2017 at 2:14 AM, Sajid_Rana said:

BCCI and India are responsible for decline of test cricket by promoting IPL. Shame on them.

SOMEONE GET SOME BURNOL JALDI!!!

[veer]

Reasons could be Race Quota + Injuries...

 

Dont blame him. .

 

[diga]

1 hour ago, veer said:

Reasons could be Race Quota + Injuries...

 

Dont blame him. .

 

I dont think AB has forgotten the semifinal loss to NZ...AB was helpless when selectors opted for Vilander over Abott

[diga]

On 1/15/2017 at 6:06 AM, moniker said:

 

Temba Bavuma avgs a brillant 30 in test matches after 16 tests.He isnt some 19-20 year old but 27 almost.It will be a travesty if this racial quota will force retirement of ABDV.

 

I can't understand. Even with the quota, is it so difficult to find someone in the middle order who can be replaced? Who are those other white players in the squad that can't be replaced?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1078212.html

Firdose's article on AB sans any racial quota references... How blind can cricinfo editors be?

[mancalledsting]

pathetic, he should not be considered for test selection at all with an attitude like this. Watch his career slide down hill from here on in. Sachin, Gambhir and Sehwag skipped windies test series in 2011 and all three of them were never the same again. They went from worlds best to losing their spot in the team. 

 

skipping New Zealand's and England test series (against good bowling attacks to preserve average) but coming back for India to boost average and promote himself in Indian market.