Sachin, Viru, Dhoni, Zaheer, Nehra all misses WI tour, Is it DUE to IPL?????????

bcci must create some guidelines about ipl.otherwise it will happen in every year.wvery country is on their way of making newer ipls.i dont know,but,may be big game is behind everything.its the game of money...

The Sad Indian story continues. Money is the most important factor to our cricketers nowadays. Country comes a distant second. This is pathetic.

Well, its obvious that the players who are missing out on the squad for the West Indies tour were either playing continuous cricket or injured. Nehra and Sehwag are injured and they Sehwag is out of the IPL in the half way through while the latter didn't took part. Tendulkar is aging and he has every reason to ask rest for. And then Zaheer Khan is the only strike bowler for India and he has to be rested too... And about the players wanting to play IPL for money and then skipping the tour, well, we all will be doing the same thing if we were them... Money is everything in life and we would be lying if we say the opposite.

Hi Ramaswamyvtkv, True IPL is one reason. And other reason is continuous matches, say World Cup and few weeks IPL and next the other one. I feel they all must need some rest to relax and stay up with family spending time. These continuous matches make them tired and sick as well. I wish decision is good for their powerful come back.

This was bound to happen.Viru was struggling throughout the WC wit his shoulder injury and it likely that he aggravated his injury by playing IPL instead of resting. Sachin has come to the stage where he will pick and choose his matches to prolong his career.Zahir has been unfit for a long time now and is playing because of the money that he may not make otherwise.Dhoni has been playing non stop for many a season now and he was bound to break down but he preferred to play the IPL rather than the WI for obvious reasons. Nehra has never been the fittest player and he has worked hard to get back to the Indian team only so that he can earn some big money. He too would like to take some rest after the IPL and if that means missing the WI tour so be it. Who is to blame? The BCCI of course.

I think that players should be given rest. For it's profit, BCCI keeps on organising tournaments without giving time for rest to the players. After world cup, players could hardly get time of 2 days then IPL started and before world cup new zealand, south africa, sri lanka series, and now what do they do if they don't take rest? I think BCCI must change it's schdules and players must be given some rest. Dhoni also keeps insisting on that and I think he is right. It is none of the mistakes of the players.

Sorry to say but when our grandkids reads the history of cricket,there will a before IPL and after IPL. to be simple,saying i play for the passion of the game before IPL is from heart but saying it now its nothing more than a punchline. you can blame the guys who made sure the cricketers got more money over the years when you can get more money for playing 15 3 hour matches ,why waste your time and energy playing a 9 hour matches and 5 day cricket matches? i wonder what actualy go through the mind of the cricketers. lets assume due to some stupid reason,the world cup was to be played on april 2nd and IPl 4 starts at feb 18,would the players missed the IPL? i bet my own life that they would have played IPL instead of being bone tired and call IPL as a good preparation for world cup. no more use in ranting.people want money.cricket gives money for work.IPL gives even more money for lesser work.they play IPL,create city moment of sucesses,hit DLF maximums and take Karbonn kamal catches. end of a beautiful cricket era. great news coming. there will be srilankan IPL and bangladesh IPL tournaments soon if you dont count the JPL,KPL and all other T20 tournaments in India. seems only ICL had the right idea when it came to T20. it gave retired people and players who were not given chances a chance to play infront of a big crowd. too bad its gone

yes definitely i agree with this they miss WI tour because of this money game IPL because of money they are not caring for their country they must give importance for their country first then other they are telling that they left them foor rest but i dont agree with this....

yes. IPL pays huge amounts. BCCI may not be paying this much. Of course we have to depend on these three or four people only for good game.

Everyone want money and BCCI also wants money so there is nothing to worry about its part our indian cricket so why should we worry, will win without them. Good luck for indian team.

Hi, Most of the senior players are out of WI tour. As you said, Sachin, MSD & Zaheer have been rested & Nehra & Viru is out due to injuries. Praveen Kumar comes into team with Rohit Sharma, Badrinath & Parthiv Patel who performed well in the domestic circuits. As expected, selectors haven't picked up the players based on thir IPL performances. Gambir has been given the captaincy for One dayers against WI. Lets see how it goes for Gambir. I wish him all the best.