From: sidi@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Sadiq Yusuf)
Subject: Re: SAARC Cricket
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:13:26 GMT

In article <1eeq5iINNm7f@nyquist.usc.edu> shivanan@nyquist.usc.edu (Mr. Shivanan Bhajekar) writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.221516.19752@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU> kumar@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (V.R.Kumar) writes:
>
>	Stuff deleted ......
>>>>The team was finalised on Sunday night.
>>>>Manindar Singh(Delhi-Captain), Navjot Sidhu(Punjab- Vice-Captain),
>>>                -------------                --------------------
>>>>S. Sugwekar(Maharashtra), Surendra Bhave (Maharashtra),
>>>              ------------                 ------------
>>>Vinod Kambli(Bombay),
>>>             -------
>>>>K.P.Bhaskar(Delhi), Saurav Ganguly(Bengal), Ajay Sharma(Delhi),
>>>             -----                  -----                -----
>>>>Nayan Mongia(Baroda), Rajesh Chauhan(MP), Prashant Vaidya(Vidarbha),
>>>              ------                  --                   ---------
>>>>Winston Zaidi(UP), Salil Ankola(Bombay) and Abhey Kuruvilla(Bombay).
>>>               --                ------                      ------
>>Hmmmm....... no players from South !!! That is Indian cricket !!
>
>	There should have been two players (from South India)
>	going to Bangladesh.
>
>	Venkat(oh what a pity) Raju and
>
>	W.V. Raman
>
>	Kambli and Maninder should have been playing in South Africa.
>
>	But the quota system.......
>

	Have been wanting to comment on this tour for a while now, never
got around to it. I was absolutely delighted with this team, and the
Bangladesh idea - I've long felt that we ought to take a page out of
England's book and start a few 'A' team tours. They'd give our future test
players the experience that so many of them so sorely lack - experience
that they have to gain while actually playing tests instead (witness
Srinath - he'd have been much better in his first test series with some
experience, specially experience of foreign conditions. Instead, while he's
a very promising bowler, he played 5 tests in Australia and did little
other than gain experience that will help him in the future ) 
	Other than that, I didn't even notice that there where no players
from the south, tho I did note ( with great surprise ) the fact that
Venkatesh Prasad was missing . I wonder why - maybe there is some Ranji
commitment ? I can't see any other reason, if he's on the verge of the test
team, at least lets see what he can do on an international level before he
actually makes it ! 
	Other than that, it's a damn good team ! For one thing, it gives us
some indication of what is in the minds of the selectors for the future,
which is always useful :-) . And this team has a fine balance - some
international experience, some raw talent ; some good young fast bowlers(IMHO,
better prospects all than those touring SA as backups :-), a good left arm
orthodox spinner, an offie one would like to see more of. Some (eg Bhaskar
and maybe Bhave) who were (maybe) unlucky not to have received recognition
earlier, and who time has possibly passed by. A sort of belated reward, as
well as the fact that their expereince may help the young ones, even in a
OD tournament. Heck, it's hard for me to say this, but the selectors may
have actually done a _good_ job this time ! :-)

		Sadiq [ will the 'B' side beat the 'A' side ? ] Yusuf    

>	Cheers
>
>	shivanand	
>
>	
>>
>>Cheers,.
>>
>>V R Kumar