England tour of India (5 Tests)

[wasteyouryouth]

Visa issues leave England without Shoaib Bashir on arrival in India

ECB escalate delay to BCCI and Indian government with 20-year-old stuck in UAE

www.espncricinfo.com

India fears this man

Heard about his release point

 

[Bigby Wolf]

 

[CerealKiller]

Visa issues leave England without Shoaib Bashir on arrival in India

ECB escalate delay to BCCI and Indian government with 20-year-old stuck in UAE

www.espncricinfo.com

India fears this man

Again

 

[icyman]

No Virat for the first 2 tests. Guess, something is amiss with him. Missed the last few T20s as well. Hope nothing seriously wrong on the personal front though. Speculation rife that his wife is pregnant again.

 

[Till Valhalla]

No Virat for the first 2 tests. Guess, something is amiss with him. Missed the last few T20s as well. Hope nothing seriously wrong on the personal front though. Speculation rife that his wife is pregnant again.

Need to give the next superstar to the country.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

So Bashir definitely won't be playing the first test

India v England: Shoaib Bashir returns to UK to resolve visa issues

Spinner Shoaib Bashir returns to the UK in order to sort the visa delay which is preventing him from joining the England squad in India.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[CerealKiller]

So Bashir definitely won't be playing the first test

India v England: Shoaib Bashir returns to UK to resolve visa issues

Spinner Shoaib Bashir returns to the UK in order to sort the visa delay which is preventing him from joining the England squad in India.

www.bbc.co.uk

Reminder that Jay Shah's dad runs the interior/home ministry, this situation could have been easily resolved.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Reminder that Jay Shah's dad runs the interior/home ministry, this situation could have been easily resolved.

Complete bullshit. I agree to Ben's sentiments that the squad was announced in mid December, had plenty of time to work through things but apparently like to give the toughest time to Pakistani origin players (in this case his Parents). Its not far that teams will stop selecting their best XI who may have players originating from Pakistan because they know how notorious BCCI is mixing politics and sports.

Also since most of the revenue is through BCCI, nobody dares to touch them which is a shame as they should equally be stripped of status as Sri Lanka.

 

[CerealKiller]

Complete bullshit. I agree to Ben's sentiments that the squad was announced in mid December, had plenty of time to work through things but apparently like to give the toughest time to Pakistani origin players (in this case his Parents). Its not far that teams will stop selecting their best XI who may have players originating from Pakistan because they know how notorious BCCI is mixing politics and sports.

Also since most of the revenue is through BCCI, nobody dares to touch them which is a shame as they should equally be stripped of status as Sri Lanka.

Yeah probably the poor guy has not even been to Pakistan

 

[Aislabie]

I expect England to pick Tom Hartley ahead of Rehan Ahmed for the first Test, and if Rehan plays it's as the third spinner.

Tom Hartley to debut as England name three spinners; one quick bowler in Wood

Expectation of turning surface in Hyderabad leads England to name spin-heavy line-up

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[icyman]

Funny how the BCCI has only started acting this way of late. Earlier BCCI top honchos were at least benevolent dictators. Didn't ear this stupidity taking centre stage pre-2019.

 

[pillowprocter]

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[wasteyouryouth]

 

[Aislabie]

Yeah, this is the XI I was expecting once Cherrington went home.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Yeah, this is the XI I was expecting once Cherrington went home.

Wonder how close it would have been between Bashir/Hartley had Bashir been allowed into the country.

A little surprised they've gone Wood as the only seamer but I do think he offers a more dimensions than Robinson and Anderson.