Quote from: Bitcoin Smith on Today at 01:40:20 PM

Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 12:50:52 PM

Australia and the cricketing world should remember that it wasn't some useless ICC event like the WTC finals or the ODI World Cup final.

It was the prestigious Paytm series and it's a pinnacle of the game of cricket. Hence the inspiring effort from The ICT team against the 2nd string opponents because they always bring their best in high-pressure and tough encounters.

Congrats team India! Undecided

That's quite some insult. Wink

Yeah, I understand that, but let's move on from that defeat and now focus on the T20 WC. As I said, India need to look out their bowling strategy a lot, especially grooming part-time bowlers.

Even in this series Jaiswal and Tilak Varma could have been tested with few overs, but they didn't do that is what become questionable and stuck with only bowling options when needed.

It was just for lols and giggles Grin

Quote from: Shishir99 on Today at 02:55:15 PM

Quote from: JSRAW on November 29, 2023, 01:26:06 PM

Quote from: Shishir99 on November 29, 2023, 12:30:25 PM

~snip~

I know there are Politics in Indian cricket too. It's big mystery for me to understand why some of Indian star crickets was never included in the national team after a period of time.

Not following the context, do you mean former cricketer inclusion with the team selection committee or BCCI setup or what?

Actually, it was without any context. I never noticed if Mahi had retired from any format of cricket yet. I didn't see him in any squad for a while but he was performing in IPL. The same thing applies to Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, and Sehwag too. Was they out of form when they were kicked out of the squad? Or does BCCI just want to try younger players?

These things do not get noticed because India has a big line of talented players which is the reason people do not miss experienced campaigners like Mahi! But, Bangladeshi fans still miss Tamim Iqbal.

Normally Indian players don't announce their retirements publicly or early despite getting clear mszs from the selectors due to their deals with ad agencies as it could hurt brands a bit. One of the reasons many cricketers delay their official retirements. Management does move on and reasons could vary from case to case but it's up to players if they want to announce or not. Even the likes of Kaif, Raina publicly announced their retirement quite late.

If I am not wrong then Dhoni did announce his retirement from tests in 2014-15 and In white ball cricket official retirement came around 2020.