puneet28
Club Captain
Nobody talks about Uday Kaul for Wicket Keeping spot, he has average of 53 in FC..plays mostly at fast track of Mohali.....Everybody goes back to Patel, Karthik, bisla, Uthappa, Saha 
Rebuilding Indian Team for Test cricket.
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So...has that 99 changed everyone's mind about Dhoni? 
I think he should step down as captain, but keep him in the side - he's still a better keeper/batsman than anyone else I've heard suggested.
I was checking out the ICC rankings today, did you know Tendulkar is still India's highest rated batsman? He shouldn't be - he's #19, but India's batsmen have been so awful of late that he's basically got that title by default. Sehwag is at #23, Pujara at #25 (working his way up obviously as he plays more Tests). Then it's Gambhir at 35, Dhoni at 38, Kohli at 41, Ashwin at 50!! Given that lack of batting performance of late, it seems a bit rich to say to Sachin should be turfed out - no one else is doing anything either! The great man deserves to go out on his own terms.
If Ashwin can bat well, Jadeja keeps bowling tidily and Dhoni does well batting higher (as he seems to across all formats), could the future India side be a 6-7-8 of Dhoni-Jadeja-Ashwin? Followed by Ojha, and a couple of pacemen. Would be different overseas though, you'd want 3 pace bowling options.
As for the rest of the team, Kohli and Gambhir are the guys who need to pull their fingers out IMHO. Kohli did well this Test with his century, and Gambhir has been getting consistent starts - but for the most part they've been disappointing I feel, considering their obvious talent. And given they are the 2 heirs apparent for the captaincy, it's difficult to give either one of them the captaincy when they have so much development to do on their own games.
I think he should step down as captain, but keep him in the side - he's still a better keeper/batsman than anyone else I've heard suggested.I was checking out the ICC rankings today, did you know Tendulkar is still India's highest rated batsman? He shouldn't be - he's #19, but India's batsmen have been so awful of late that he's basically got that title by default. Sehwag is at #23, Pujara at #25 (working his way up obviously as he plays more Tests). Then it's Gambhir at 35, Dhoni at 38, Kohli at 41, Ashwin at 50!! Given that lack of batting performance of late, it seems a bit rich to say to Sachin should be turfed out - no one else is doing anything either! The great man deserves to go out on his own terms.
If Ashwin can bat well, Jadeja keeps bowling tidily and Dhoni does well batting higher (as he seems to across all formats), could the future India side be a 6-7-8 of Dhoni-Jadeja-Ashwin? Followed by Ojha, and a couple of pacemen. Would be different overseas though, you'd want 3 pace bowling options.
As for the rest of the team, Kohli and Gambhir are the guys who need to pull their fingers out IMHO. Kohli did well this Test with his century, and Gambhir has been getting consistent starts - but for the most part they've been disappointing I feel, considering their obvious talent. And given they are the 2 heirs apparent for the captaincy, it's difficult to give either one of them the captaincy when they have so much development to do on their own games.
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Satan666
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This guy Abu Nechim is an impressive bowler, should be drafted in the team at the earliest!
This idea, I endorse. The coach being the chief selector of the team would serve us better. Anyways the coach doesn't have much of a say in the selection meetings whereas the chief selector has it. So why not merge them into one? This way, the coach also has a bigger responsibility to look into the affairs of India's domestic cricket and take a look at the performances. Some coaches do it, some don't. Being chief selector will most likely force you to.
The coach also needs to be more active in the affairs of the India A and India U-19 teams as well.
Btw, I just came across a statement from Kris Srikanth who claims that if he were the Chairman of Selectors ,he would do away with MSD as skipper. My question is-where were you, Mr Srikanth when the 8-0 drubbing took place ? Blaming Sandeep PAtil is simply not right seeing as Patil and Co. have been in power only for a couple of test series.
Btw, I just came across a statement from Kris Srikanth who claims that if he were the Chairman of Selectors ,he would do away with MSD as skipper. My question is-where were you, Mr Srikanth when the 8-0 drubbing took place ? Blaming Sandeep PAtil is simply not right seeing as Patil and Co. have been in power only for a couple of test series.
