Are India’s selectors undervaluing domestic cricket?



The Run Order crew discuss at the back of the India’s Test squad that was announced for West Indies.

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34 comments

  1. Ask the duffer George Benoy if Hanuma Vihari can play test cricket without doing jack shit in IPL, Why not sarfaraz. Sarfaraz was a bona fide IPL star when he came on scene, so much so that RCB retained him. He has struggled but that's a lot to do with the buffoon ponting at Delhi IPL. The loudmouth Aussie bugger is specialist at destroying Indian domestic talent. Ask Chetan Sakaria. Hw will tell u all about Ponting and his Aussie employment Guarantee scheme he's running at Delhi Capitals

  2. Honestly, with flat and docile pitches at play, runs in ranji will not matter. You have to present difficult conditions for the batters to really test their skills. But the irony here is that the very selection committee for whom it doesnt matter, is under the bcci who is the one that conducts ranji. I mean, how about looking beneath yourself before you start criticizing others.

  3. All the ipl superstars could not bring us the final award " icc trophy" in a decade by an innings when it matters when facing good attack. If the tournament is that good.. strange..contrary the recent brilliant success (series win in Australia) were provided by non- ipl stars at that time like siraj, vihari, Ashwin, pant, Sundar..

  4. Abhimanyu Easwaran perfect example of bias…..bjp does not like Bengal and Tamils… he is a Tamil playing for Bengal…. no chance. Shame on Indian cricket

  5. To be selected to Indian cricket team, a good start is being born in North or West India.
    Poor Sai Sudarshan did the mistake of being born in the wrong state.

  6. Sarfaraz is fat so he isn't fit to play at international level!I guess Rohit Sharma is trying to emulate Sarfaraz in terms of his fitness😂😂😂

  7. What is the point of talking all this with us? You should talk about this to the selectors na.

  8. You are saying is like if steve smith or joe root doesn't perform in ipl, they are not good for test? Wow what a pathetic explanation

  9. Btw if IPL is so magnificent, why the F do they capitulate in ICC events ?

  10. And whatever happened to hanuma vihari??? He scored the hard runs in overseas tests! We have all heard dravid and rohit go to lengths trying to explain how batting averages should not be considered as a metric of quality as this is a "hard era" for batting yet vihari was pushed out w/o even being given a chance to play in Indian conditions.
    Guess different rules apply for everyone!

  11. Love your work Raunak, nothing against you man, but I'm sorry who the fuck are the others exactly?

  12. The Ranji Trophy Format has diluted the performances in the tournament. The best has to face each other and than only the best cricketers will come out on top. Format like 3 divisions, where 1st division has 10 best teams, than next division has next best 10 teams and rest in 3rd division, with promotion and relegation involved. This was the older format, but was very effective as every year there was a great tussle to be the best among the best. Hence, best players were visible through their performances.

  13. IPLwale T20 world cup main thar thar kaampte q hain.

  14. Who are these guys..who are on Cricinfo having zero Knowledge on Cricket

  15. I even liked the thought of shashank that why not the bcci clarify the selections whether a player is being dropped or rested or injured.it just confuses everyone.

  16. You all have a progressive propaganda against Sarfraz, no worries InshaAllah he will come good if he get opportunities, how many India A games did he play 2 or 3,you will judge on those numbers shame on you all 😂

  17. Are you crazy do you? do you know the real cricket, do have any sense, you just talk bull shit, how do you compare red ball cricket with T20 league, a bowler can maximum bowl only 4 overs, and lots of field restrictions, wickets are batting paradise, it’s ideally made for batsmen favor, overseas players or bowlers also limited, some time you have one or 2 overseas bowlers only if you can see the stats, whereas 4 day games or 5 day games theirs no restrictions for bowlers or fielders and wickets also very tricky not a easy batting wicket 2:11 , so please don’t compare red ball with white ball cricket and don’t misguide the public because 90% are not played any cricket, so don’t confuse them, if you don’t like Sarfraz no issues, coming time will tell, whenever he get opportunities, so don’t prematurely judge anyone unless and until he really play😅

  18. Jaiswal averages 80 on first class cricket the debate about domestic cricket not mattering isn't applicable to him. It applies to gaikwad

  19. It is first class + ipl, first clsss used for talent, ipl used for temperament

  20. Drop Kohli enough of him very arrongant and not a good person.

  21. Typical Raunak simping for BCCI

  22. Drop Rahane for gods sake. He is just playing because he got out off a No ball in the WTC.

  23. Off course they are selecting on the basis of ipl an that too for test….not poor but begger selectors not at all eligible to be selector bad players of their time and worst selectors now doing no good for Indian cricket….!!!!

  24. TBH Sarfaraz khan looked completely clueless against quality overseas fast bowlers in this ipl 💀
    I think Eshwaran and Panchal are the deserving ones and feel bad for both 🛐

  25. that last suggestion was great, too bad it will never happen

  26. What Sharfaraz Khan did wrong! Does he send naughty messages to Anushka!!
    S Yadav dropped just after one match, maybe he should've score 400 runs in his debut.
    Why A Shing's name is missing! Is Gajni's Amir Khan became the new selector!
    The legend Ashwin can't be the captain because world cricket gonna be confused to see Ashwin's name in the team sheet, world cricket gonna think like 'is it R Ashwin or M Ashwin!'.

  27. We need to understand performances in IPL can be misleading with wickets favoring batsmen, fielding restrictions and short boundaries. Even a IPL super star like Surya was found wanting in ODIs.

  28. BCCI must strengthen the domestic circuit, so that the players who score big runs there can be considered complete package before getting their international debuts… For that Zonal cricket should be played throughout the years. My proposal:
    October: Vijay Hazare trophy
    November-January: Ranji trophy
    February: SMAT
    March: Rest
    April-May: IPL
    June – September : Zonal cricket with 5 zones (75 top players selected format wise from VHT, RT and SMAT) playing against each other spending one month(2 tests, 4 One day, 4 T20s per month per side) each in every region of India

  29. I really think the discussion about Ranji quality should be a separate one. Clearly the BCCI is accountable to the players that are working so hard to perform well in the structure that they have been asked to perform in.

  30. That last idea was great.

    I had thought of it too.. those players who are dropped or are in consideration should get chance to compete with the best.
    Just a month and 5 tests.
    4 teams playing simultaneously. It can also be streamed. Some of us would like to watch the best players competing amongst themselves.

  31. Why can't the selectors interact with the media anymore? Why can't they directly communicate to a player why they aren't picking him instead of floating anonymous rumors to the media?

  32. Guys . Cheteshwar pujara and vvs laxman were terrible in ipl, but class apart in test. Thses are very diffrent format. Selecters are screwing India