I see your point,
by giving the team performance record , i just wanted to show what you are saying that if india lost the second match in Aus, it will not make india a bad team ,

what is important is that it should be good cricket, bad umpires always leave a bad taste in mouth and spoil the contests

india is unofficially the best team in the world right now, and they did it by hard work,

PS.

I also love test cricket, i hardly follow ODIs and 20/20 is a blot on cricket

First of all, I am not at all discrediting Murali or Mendis. Murali is the highest wicket taker and he shall remain to be so forever. The point is neither of them can win matches outside the sub-continent. Moreover Murali has been their strength and pillar for over a decade now. Vaas is a work-horse. But he needs support something tht was only briefly provided by Malinga. And I am talking of a period of over 3 months that the Lankans have been struggling. Now that is a long time. Surely there is something wrong. And don’t be surprised if they perform reasonably well against India. Sri Lanka barely have 2-3 international grounds and those guys play their entire lives on them. Unlike India where there are 27 grounds. I wud really b interested how they perform against Pakistan in Test. One-dayers r just for fun while T20’s r a joke.

The politics in selection in India is almost out now with independent and paid selectors as opposed to an honorary job.

SL lost in Australia(2-0), India lost in Aus,(2-1) - The second match that India lost was lost in the second last over of the fifth day, and had lots of bad umpiring decisions.

SL lost in S Africa Ind Lost in SA(2-1) - Again India did win the first match and competitive in the other two.

The point that I am trying to drive is that a good team is one that is competitive on all five days. If it losses, then its another matter. Look at Bangladesh, West Indies and New Zealand. Those r hardly competitive against top teams. Unfortunately for Test Cricket, Sri Lanka seems to be going that way. Pakistan, since it hasn’t played much, it cannot be said which way it will go. But surely, ur batting lineup is extremely weak. If for eg, Younis or Misbah is injured, it will become even weaker.

As regards to ur last comment, I never intended to ridicule ur country. As far as the word mahaan goes, i wud only say that India was mahaan in the past, and we as a country are working so that it returns to its original glory.

ever heard……..

batsmen save matches
bowlers win matches

then why discredit murli and mendis as pair of one man army, untill recently indian victories came from tendulkar’s bat and then dravid’s bat, would you rubbish the indian victories also?

india’s victory over Aus in india was a comprehensive victory, it would be unfair to take the credit away from the indian team, by saying that the victory came in home conditions, then why belittle the the SL victory over Ind in SL?

where’s the sportsmen’s sprit?

give the credit where its due

every team has its ups and downs,

SL lost in Australia, India lsot in Aus,

SL lost in S Africa Ind Lost in SA,

SL drew the series in Eng, Ind won the series in Eng 1-0 (an advantage of 1 match deciding the fate of the series, score line you called “marginally”),

just because india lost to SL it does not make it a bad team, like wise if SL are struggling aganist BD it will not make them a bad team

what i tried to highlight was that do not try to devalue the tour, where there is no cricket at all everymatch will be a welcome move,

as far as merit and selection are concerned ,banning players will only give birth to controversies, and selection is not on merit but on other factors,

just like in BCCI the regional plolitics plays an important role in selection of players who are not an automatic selection, other factors play a role in selection of new players in pak

the high headedness of BCCI cannot be ignored

everything Pak does is not Bad and i know “Aap ka bharat mahan hai” but everything India does is not perfect,

please accept this reality

Now as far that defeat goes, India lost 2-1, and it wasn’t a whitewash, and it was under home conditions that Sri Lanka actually won. Lankas have hardly performed in places like Australia, England or South Africa while India over the last decade continued to improve in these conditions.

Lankans have played 5 match series in Zimbabwe and then a tri-angular series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Thats about 10 matches. And their performance was dismal in all of them. Moreover this performance is more recent. Its upto u and ur intellect whether u want to compare this performance or their previous performance in Aug-September. Just to add to it, India defeated Sri Lanka in the one-day series and lost the Test series marginally.

As regards to ur point on ICL players, if u n ur realy feel so strongly abt it, then why do u follow BCCI’s instructions. Go ahead n allow ICL players. And btw since when did Pakistan start selecting its players on merit.

######## Pakistan has been a spoiler in thsi ######

that has to be the understatement of the year!

pak has been following BCCI like a pet dog, baned some of its finest players, on BCCI’s call, your Govnt bans the tour to pak and you say Pakistan has been a spoiler in this

what exactly pak will do to satisfy you Indians?????

oh yes! its your favorite song “Do More Do More!”

BCCI got BD the test status , 10 years ago, while BCCI is yet to invite BD for a tour to India, which is in the FTP, india has been ignoring it

BCCI only allowed Pak players in IPL to defeat the ICL, it was only of vested interests not out of goodwill,

and everybody in cricket world knows what a cry baby BCCI is

this is the same Sri Lanka , that beat india in Asia Cup Final, and the same team which beat india in test series 2-1 in Sri Lanka,

SL beats india
SL struggles against Zim and BD
this means Zim and BD are better than india

i guess that means that india ranks lower than sri lanka Zim, and BD, unofficially of course, and india’s tour to pakistan would have been a waste of time, for pak,

Please change your thinking!
you indians try to degrade Pak every time you can,
it only shows how desprate and pathatic you indians as a nation are !
have pity on your selves