Not true brother. I like IPL but a SENA test series is wayyyyyy more valuable.
It may not be true for you. For Indians, particularly in India, this is a laughable suggestion. IPL has 10 times more following.
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Not true brother. I like IPL but a SENA test series is wayyyyyy more valuable.
Not true brother. I like IPL but a SENA test series is wayyyyyy more valuable.
So the supposedly great Indian team has a managed to lose THREE Tests in an English summer for the third tour in a row.
If all the players tested negative , there was no reason not to play. Just like they did at the oval..
It's evident that the players don't want to risk getting somehow infected during the course of the match and mi$$ the IPL which is 10 days away.
Greedy bunch of clowns!!
No forfeit happened
You can’t reschedule, winter is coming.Forfeit not happened,it will be rescheduled, besides india is 2-1 ahead
So the supposedly great Indian team has a managed to lose THREE Tests in an English summer for the third tour in a row.
If India is forteting this match due to IPL, then I am officially no longer going to support this team anymore... **** EM... ENG should also be awarded the win for this forfeit..
[MENTION=147527]MP2011[/MENTION], Bhag Viru Bhaag, Cricketjoshilla, Rajdeep and all Indian fans you should do the same...
**** YOUR IPL, AS*HO*S
So the supposedly great Indian team has a managed to lose THREE Tests in an English summer for the third tour in a row.
In converse situation BCCI wouldn't bully the English players/board or extort a forfeit. We wouldn't care about results, we'd actually have some concern and empathy for the affected squad members. When WI players had a full blown contract related war against their board in 2014, BCCI actually stood for the WI players and allowed them to leave with no bad blood. No strings pulled, no emotional blackmail. In a crisis like this basic human decency entails showing support to the players caught in the mess.
So the supposedly great Indian team has a managed to lose THREE Tests in an English summer for the third tour in a row.
)Poor from players then. Therein lies the problem of a player becoming way too powerful.Fault lies only and only on players. Ganguly/Shah has personally emailed everyone to not attend any public events without BCCIs permission. Even then Shastri/Kohli attended the book launch without notifying BCCU. Its actually ban worthy offence what Kohli has done. Srilankan players were banned due to similar offence. But we all know Kohli cant be even touched.
What affected squad members? All Indian players passed a PCR test last night.
This is not about player welfare, it’s about big money back home.
You can’t reschedule, winter is coming.
Face it, India forfeited. They lost.
If the reports are true that BCCI avoided this match to ensure the team travels safely to UAE for IPL then its pure disgust. Its a money greedy move which would now harm relations between big 3. Had anyone else other than Big 3 been on receiving end no one would even bat eyelids but its ECB who are stabbed in the back there is noise around this news
What does Shane Warne know about cricket?Shane Warne said on SKY that India is the best test team in the world at present after what they have done in Sydney, Brisbane and Oval.
There's being desperate.
There's being petty..
And then comes this..
Extremely poor from us, if true.If India is forteting this match due to IPL, then I am officially no longer going to support this team anymore... **** EM... ENG should also be awarded the win for this forfeit..
[MENTION=147527]MP2011[/MENTION], Bhag Viru Bhaag, Cricketjoshilla, Rajdeep and all Indian fans you should do the same...
**** YOUR IPL, AS*HO*S
You can’t reschedule, winter is coming.
Face it, India forfeited. They lost.

What affected squad members? All Indian players passed a PCR test last night.
This is not about player welfare, it’s about big money back home.
When you lie, at least lie properly. It'll be 4th time in a row, 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2021. However 2021 has been entirely invented by you.So the supposedly great Indian team has a managed to lose THREE Tests in an English summer for the third tour in a row.
No its not I am quoting boria Majumder a reputed journo not some random dude he was amongst the first to break the news regarding match being called off ,the match might be rescheduled around the 3 odis and 3 t20's period when india visit england,so Stop living in ur lala land
If all the players tested negative , there was no reason not to play. Just like they did at the oval..
It's evident that the players don't want to risk getting somehow infected during the course of the match and mi$$ the IPL which is 10 days away.
Greedy bunch of clowns!!
It is Indians who deny their 2-1 home defeat by Pakistan in 98-99 by claiming that one match was the Asian Test Championship and didn’t count. And those matches were just a week apart.Lol I remember reading similar posts from you before the Gabba covid drama. We all know how that ended.
Won't be surprised if we come back next year and win the series 3-1. Of course you'd have cry-crawled back to your cave by then but that's a different matter altogether.![]()
What affected squad members? All Indian players passed a PCR test last night.
This is not about player welfare, it’s about big money back home.
What affected squad members? All Indian players passed a PCR test last night.
This is not about player welfare, it’s about big money back home.
Why are you crying now? You and others have always advocated for this:
IPL>>International cricket
But the match is not forfeited2-2, a fair reflection forvthe series, England with all their guns missing have done well .
2-2, a fair reflection forvthe series, England with all their guns missing have done well .
Advocated for what exactly? Can you point to one post where I implied that IPL should take precedent over Test cricket? Don't just come up with some random assertions just to make yourselves look like a fool every time.
But the match is not forfeited
Why let facts get in the way of a good rant?But the match is not forfeited
It is Indians who deny their 2-1 home defeat by Pakistan in 98-99 by claiming that one match was the Asian Test Championship and didn’t count. And those matches were just a week apart.
They can hardly now claim that a match next year is part of this series.
Anything that helps you sleep better at night!True, Plus even the losing games, England won most sessions only to have a brain fade at crucial moments. It's been one of the most closely fought and entertaining Tests series in recent times. Brilliant cricket all round.
Sincerely hope they put up a fight in Australia. Test cricket needs such rivalries, been too many meek boring surrenders of late.
India did this to ensure they get their players intact for the IPL with sufficient rest, a week off now. Plus after a two months of cricket in England their bowlers like Bumrah look tired, the opener Sharma is injured.... and now they do not have a physio or doctor. Most of these players after such a long series are literally held together by tablets, injections and duct tape.
A final England-India should play the test again during the bilateral limited overs scheduled next year.
Folk on this thread should calm down as well and stop calling each other names.
Anderson has played 4 tests in a row, Robinson is tired and down on pace, Wood is still not fully mended, apart from Woakes's return; the English bowling unit isn't battle ready either.
If all the players tested negative , there was no reason not to play. Just like they did at the oval..
It's evident that the players don't want to risk getting somehow infected during the course of the match and mi$$ the IPL which is 10 days away.
Greedy bunch of clowns!!
Yes your are right about money that's why your country members came here in 1900 to looted india.
Anything that helps you sleep better at night!
As for boring surrenders, yeah I too hope you guys give a better account of yourself in Australia this time. Last time it was total surrender from your lot.
No question of forfeiting 5th Test, negotiations taking place on future course, says BCCI VP Shukla.
ECB offered BCCI to play the 5th Test match in 2022 when IND will visit ENG for limited over series.
Not surrender. The wrong team picked. Four medium pacers because all the quicks were injured. Doesn’t work in Australia.

Unconfirmed reports say that this Test will be rescheduled in Australia right before the Ashes. Hobart or Canberra likely to be the venues.
Interesting!
Don’t deny it now. You have always rode along Mamoon’s agenda here. Only Bhaag viru bhaag has been honourable enough to call a spade a spade.
You deserve this humiliation today
) ECB, BCCI, and ICC will have discussions to confirm the actual scoreline of the Test series in due course. As of now, the series stands 2-1.
What is it with BCCI tours. They are visiting England every year? Looks like they pretty much do the same with Aus.
Unconfirmed reports say that this Test will be rescheduled in Australia right before the Ashes. Hobart or Canberra likely to be the venues.
Interesting!
Really your behaviour is like sour grapes. India would have won this series 3-1 already if not rained .still 5th test is not forfeit ,will be played next year when india tour to England for white ball series.
Hobart is going to lose the Afghan Test.
And reportedly India are already en route to the airport. Who’d have thunk it?
A one month break is fine but 9 months is unacceptable. It should just be a separate one off test then
Unconfirmed reports say that this Test will be rescheduled in Australia right before the Ashes. Hobart or Canberra likely to be the venues.
Interesting!
India were desperate to somehow evade that 5th Test
India were desperate to somehow evade that 5th Test

Is this official? Also, why is the ICC getting involved? Aren't these tests up to individual boards to schedule and coordinate?