ICC World T20 Bangladesh 2014

[War]

Lack of facts !!

So that Bravo and Pollard have regularly in the past skipped WI duty in favor of playing in the IPL, and that too the names of the series' they have missed is not FACTS !!

Good one !! (or not !!)

Quite clear as day light that in the period I am talking about they DID prefer playing in the IPL to playing for WI.

Of course they did not play often for the windies during the noted period, however I'm saying its not for any it was not for the reasons you stated that they preferred IPL over the national team or as you said Bravo preferred to play for Trinidad, IPL then West Indies.

Where is the factual statement of this so called Bravo comment? That's nonsense, since you bassically calling the Windies ODI captain a mercenary, which he clearly isn't.

Further, I did read one of them saying that thet prefer playing in the IPL over the WI. Now if you think I am going to scour the internet looking for that one newpaper interview and that one line just to convince you either way, then you clearly need to calm down, and take a deep breath. I have said they said it, and it is backed by their conduct, in actually ditching WI for IPL.

Ha i'm very camn & I don't think finding those statements on the internet would be very hard at all. Such statements are readily available on cricinfo, I just found two on cricinfo to back up what I said.

Given the very dangerous and insulting accusations you are making about windies players - it is imperative you show some article to back it up.

Overall though, If you read that recent Gayle article I showed you, saying they "ditched" the west indies is a very insulting & degrading statement towards those windies players. And it shows you either don't understand or don't wish to understand the peculiar problems that the windies players, WIPA & WICB had in recent years.

Windies is one of the weaker financial boards in world cricket & their players especially after spending a large part of the early 2000s with regular players vs board issues with regards to money, which even say the entire team strike for the 2009 home series versus Bangladesh, they became very vulnerable to IPL contracts.

Now that things with the players, WICB & WIPA have eased, the WICB is now trying to schedule its home season so that it won't clash with IPL, so the players don't have to make the choice anymore between country or IPL.

 

[Champagnepapi]

21-3 and what a ball Mohit!

 

[Umair7]

Finch,Watson,Warner the big 3 all played stupid shots ! and they are all out White cant say much about him.Maxwell is the only player that has played well in this WC

 

[Samuels]

Hey @PokerAce, I think you have interpreted one of Bravo's interviews wrongly. There was a very tough period for WI cricket when the players and officials almost locked horns mainly due to various problems and I can believe he would prefer playing T20s but I cannot think of him or any other WI player saying he would put a cash rich tournament ahead of representing WI. We are very passionate about our cricket and I can safely say you have misinterpreted one of his statements. Chances are that he probably would have said that he would prefer to play T20s (I doubt he ever said that) in frustration because WI has not managed to have him regularly in the side for other formats with Sammy around. To Bravo's defence, I think he is very correct when he wished to bat a little higher up the order because I think the team is not making the full use of his ability making him bat that low but again, I just cannot believe he is not keen to represent WI as much he is some domestic cash rich T20 tournament. There has to be some misinterpretation.

 

[Champagnepapi]

There goes the Australia's hope. Maxwell gone Ashwin, they just don't know what Ashwin will do next.

 

[Umair7]

Yeah India Rules

 

[Karachi]

Australia of Steve Waugh & Ricky Ponting is long gone.

 

[SaiSrini]

Another MoM for Ashwin? Nope, probably Yuvraj has staked strong claim for it.

Well done India!! Top performance. And Mishra isn't even bowling yet. With Mohit doing well today, I think Dhoni will have a headache. But I strongly believe Shami needs to be back for the next one. Shami has been very good for India in recent times. He went for runs last game, but with his pace, he can cause damage.

 

[Champagnepapi]

This is another India v England I guess. It just go's to show we can also defend and stats don't lie.

 

[SWITCHHIT]

64/6

 

[Umair7]

Its like Afridi XI :/

 

[SWITCHHIT]

Or like tail enders XI

 

[Aalay]

fish these guys are not even giving us any fight. This is boring to watch. It's like they have just gifted us the match by playing the dumbest shots.

 

[SWITCHHIT]

I think till now they can't digest the ashes win.. #GoHomeAussies

 

[SaiSrini]

Clinical performance from India in this tournament. The spinners, especially Mishra and Ashwin have made us look superb.

P.s: Loved Dhoni's comments to Jadeja (the bowler) behind the stumps, "Zara Dheere Daal de.... Ek Chakka kaake dhika..." (bowl it a little slow. Try to show me that you can get hit for a six"). Dhoni wants to finish this quickly and asks Jadeja to give it air.