India tour of South Africa - 2013/14

[greymatter776]

well this would probably be Sachin's last series.

 

[Cricket_god]

Sa has habbit of losing a test at home so 2-1 sa.

 

[isrararrafi]

Who in here lives in south africa? Me and some friends are planning to attend the boxing day test but have no idea where to get tickets and stuffs. Would appreciate if someone can help out with some infos

 

[Ohm]

My squad for SA tour -
1. M.S.Dhoni {Captain,Wicket keeper and batsman at 6th place (Thats overload, really)}
2. S.Tendulkar (Last time selection in test squads for national side and batsman at 4th place)
3. Shikhar Dhawan (As an opener)
4. Cheteshwar Pujara (As an opener )
5. Virender Sehwag (Reserve opener)
6. Virat Kohli {Batsman at 3rd place (Suitable place for him)}
7. Ajinkya Rahane (Batsman at 5th place)
8. Ravindra Jadeja (Batsman at 7th place)
9. Ambati Rayudu (Reserved wicket keeper)
10. Rohit Sharma (Reserved batsman)
11. Ravichandran Ashwin (At 8th place and main spin bowler)
12. Pragyan Ojha or Harbhajan Singh (Reserved spin bowler)
13. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (At 9th place)
14. Ishant Sharma (At 10th place)
15. Zaheer Khan {At 11th (This should be the final tournament for him )
16. Jaidev Unadkat (Reserved bowler and should make his debut in last test match)
17. Umesh Yadav (Reserved bowler)

India will win by 3-0......If BCCI miss at least 2 players from above mentioned squad then result may be changed.

BY AMAZING OCTOPUS

 

[rjgplmalolan]

My squad for SA tour -
1. M.S.Dhoni {Captain,Wicket keeper and batsman at 6th place (Thats overload, really)}
2. S.Tendulkar (Last time selection in test squads for national side and batsman at 4th place)
3. Shikhar Dhawan (As an opener)
4. Cheteshwar Pujara (As an opener )
5. Virender Sehwag (Reserve opener)
6. Virat Kohli {Batsman at 3rd place (Suitable place for him)}
7. Ajinkya Rahane (Batsman at 5th place)
8. Ravindra Jadeja (Batsman at 7th place)
9. Ambati Rayudu (Reserved wicket keeper)
10. Rohit Sharma (Reserved batsman)
11. Ravichandran Ashwin (At 8th place and main spin bowler)
12. Pragyan Ojha or Harbhajan Singh (Reserved spin bowler)
13. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (At 9th place)
14. Ishant Sharma (At 10th place)
15. Zaheer Khan {At 11th (This should be the final tournament for him )
16. Jaidev Unadkat (Reserved bowler and should make his debut in last test match)
17. Umesh Yadav (Reserved bowler)

India will win by 3-0......If BCCI miss at least 2 players from above mentioned squad then result may be changed.

BY AMAZING OCTOPUS

Mate , i dont think you picked Vijay who scored 2 centuries against the Aussies and Unadkat made his debut on the last tour to South Africa and dint have a debut which he'll sure want to forget and Rahane looks very susceptible to the shorter stuff so i'll go with Rohit for the number 5 spot
so my team will look like :
Dhawan
Vijay
Pujara
Sachin
Rohit
Kohli
Dhoni
Jaddu
Ash
Bhuvi
Yadav
you may wonder why i went with 2 spinners but South African are very susceptible to spin even in home conditions as Herath proved in 2011 . and everyone other than Umesh can hold a bat

 

[SaiSrini]

My squad for SA tour -
1. M.S.Dhoni {Captain,Wicket keeper and batsman at 6th place (Thats overload, really)}
2. S.Tendulkar (Last time selection in test squads for national side and batsman at 4th place)
3. Shikhar Dhawan (As an opener)
4. Cheteshwar Pujara (As an opener )
5. Virender Sehwag (Reserve opener)
6. Virat Kohli {Batsman at 3rd place (Suitable place for him)}
7. Ajinkya Rahane (Batsman at 5th place)
8. Ravindra Jadeja (Batsman at 7th place)
9. Ambati Rayudu (Reserved wicket keeper)
10. Rohit Sharma (Reserved batsman)
11. Ravichandran Ashwin (At 8th place and main spin bowler)
12. Pragyan Ojha or Harbhajan Singh (Reserved spin bowler)
13. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (At 9th place)
14. Ishant Sharma (At 10th place)
15. Zaheer Khan {At 11th (This should be the final tournament for him )
16. Jaidev Unadkat (Reserved bowler and should make his debut in last test match)
17. Umesh Yadav (Reserved bowler)

India will win by 3-0......If BCCI miss at least 2 players from above mentioned squad then result may be changed.

BY AMAZING OCTOPUS

To think that India will win 3-0 against the world's number one side in their own backyard (more so when our overseas record in recent times has been grossly pathetic) is a HUGE HUGE optimism, which can even be called "dreams in the realm of fantasy".

Sehwag as reserve opener and Pujara as regular opener? Are you outta your mind? Vijay has to be the 2nd opener after Dhawan. Vijay has scored two hundreds very recently against Australia, and we haven't played almost any tests after that series. Pujara can be makeshift opener in case any one of Dhawan or Vijay is injured. That way, Kohli can bat at No.3

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Our squad will most probably be like this:

M Vijay, S Dhawan, D Karthik, C Pujara, V Kohli, S Tendulkar, M Dhoni, R Sharma, A Rahane/A Rayudu, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, U Yadav, B Kumar, I Sharma, S Ahmed, J Unadkat/Zaheer

I definitely see Rohit Sharma in there after his good performances in recent times with the ODI side. Also the non-inclusion of Gambhir and the inclusion of Karthik in the India-A tour gives me the feeling that the selectors might not be looking at Gambhir as backup opener, but at Karthik both as backup opener and backup keeper. Karthik has opened for India before in tests in England, and can do it again.

If we go in with 16 players, I would add an extra batsman to the squad that I had posted above (sometime back in this thread). Most probably would be either Rahane or Rayudu.

And if Zaheer recovers well and gets good match fitness under his belt, then he can probably replace Unadkat. I don't see Aaron recover so quickly and also being given a chance so quickly without much experience. So Shami is the best option.

 

[zeustrojanstark]

I dont really see much surprises when the squad is announced.It is going be a very expected one.All i wish and hope is Virender Sehwag's comeback.I hope Viru raises as a Phoenix!

 

[Ohm]

.All i wish and hope is Virender Sehwag's comeback.I hope Viru raises as a Phoenix!

In my squad I have added him

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i dont think you picked Vijay who scored 2 centuries against the Aussies

Vijay fails to score in overseas countries.Mostly he can score on spin pitches.So I don't think Vijay is suitable for South African conditions

Rahane looks very susceptible to the shorter stuff so i'll go with Rohit for the number 5 spot

Rahane or Rohit is not an issue.Both has great first class records.But Rahane is waited since a long time to make his place in playing XI.

you may wonder why i went with 2 spinners but South African are very susceptible to spin even in home conditions as Herath proved in 2011 . and everyone other than Umesh can hold a bat

See my squad again.You will find there two specialist spinners.I already included two spinners there

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To think that India will win 3-0 against the world's number one side in their own backyard

Everything is possible on this earth.I know South Africans will play in there home conditions, so they have many chances.Now days India is in a great form.By resting some IMP players and by learning overseas situations the away conditions can be changed in home.So I think by working hard in South African situations for 1 or 2 months (We can send there some IMP players.....And BCCI has a lot of money so they can spend money for 2 months if they want to win it) its possible.

Vijay has to be the 2nd opener after Dhawan.

I have replied for a similar sentence above.

Sehwag as reserve opener and Pujara as regular opener? Are you outta your mind?

Pujara can handle swinging deliveries easily.But about Sehwag, now days he has problem with his eyes.I don't think with glasses will everything clear for Sehwag.If Sehwag want make his place in team then he need to play at least 5 first class matches.He should prove himself.I'm too a big fan of Sehwag but I'm telling truth.

 

[Excommunicado]

Tendulkar will play another series? Aren't you fed up of THE GOD. I mean I want to see someone new. Tendulkar has established his name in the world, he should give the youngsters a try.

 

[SaiSrini]

Tendulkar will play another series? Aren't you fed up of THE GOD. I mean I want to see someone new. Tendulkar has established his name in the world, he should give the youngsters a try.

He should play this one series and then retire. Nothing wrong in him playing this series. Let the transition be smooth.

 

[Satan666]

Tendulkar will play another series? Aren't you fed up of THE GOD. I mean I want to see someone new. Tendulkar has established his name in the world, he should give the youngsters a try.

I am fed up of 'The God', been fed up since he debuted actually!

Yes he should give youngsters a try, shouldve done this circa 5 years now, but he wont because he is the most selfish cricketer ever!

 

[Ohm]

Tendulkar will play another series? Aren't you fed up of THE GOD. I mean I want to see someone new. Tendulkar has established his name in the world, he should give the youngsters a try.

He about to play 200 matches in test cricket and he will try to make that tournament special.That will be memorable retirement for him.And I know the true reason of why you are thinking against Tendulkar

 

[Excommunicado]

He about to play 200 matches in test cricket and he will try to make that tournament special.That will be memorable retirement for him.And I know the true reason of why you are thinking against Tendulkar

He's a basic selfish cricketer. Never liked him and never would, I don't know how people have compared him against Brian Lara, he was just class Tendulkar is no where near.

 

[Satan666]

He's a basic selfish cricketer. Never liked him and never would, I don't know how people have compared him against Brian Lara, he was just class Tendulkar is no where near.

Agreed. The guy is obsessed with records, funny enough he has never scored a triple century, not even able to get past 250 and still people have the audacity to compare him against a great like Lara!

What he has achieved in cricket, any average batsman can, provided theyre as selfish as he is to keep on playing for xxx amount of years!

I hope he fails in SA, guys like Steyn and Morkel are going to rip him apart.

On a side note I dont think they should play Philander, too slow the Indian batsmen may feed off him.

 

[greymatter776]

I am fed up of 'The God', been fed up since he debuted actually!

Yes he should give youngsters a try, shouldve done this circa 5 years now, but he wont because he is the most selfish cricketer ever!

Sachin is selfish ????? He is the only cricketer to retire from International T20 after playing a single game to give opportunity to youngsters

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He's a basic selfish cricketer. Never liked him and never would, I don't know how people have compared him against Brian Lara, he was just class Tendulkar is no where near.

Lara is a great player . Agreed. But don't say that Sachin is no where near him.