South Africa in India

[manee]

Well how much I hate him I think dadaji is better than RP and Sree.

That is all I am trying to argue. He should play in the next Test either, instead of Sreesanth or as a third pacer along with Sreesanth and Irfan Pathan. Although I am unsure about Pathan's bowling in Test matches (always have, even when he swung the ball a mile), his batting is necessary if India play five bowlers.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

No actually in 80s WI bowlers had great command on their bowling..Although They did not dive but they were aggressive in bowling...
Munaf first of all looks like Someone has forced him to bowl..He every time lets the momentum down...

My only point is We have thousand of Bowlers in Domestic then why only Dadaji??

Someday I will suicide If India won't get rid of him...

 

[manee]

No actually in 80s WI bowlers had great command on their bowling..Although They did not dive but they were aggressive in bowling...
Munaf first of all looks like Someone has forced him to bowl..He every time lets the momentum down...

My only point is We have thousand of Bowlers in Domestic then why only Dadaji??

Someday I will suicide If India won't get rid of him...

The bowlers in domestic are, by in large too slow, to succeed at international level and succeed through attrition on incredibly flat, slow, low pitches. Case and point is Joginder Sharma. There are options, such as Ranadeb Bose or Gagandeep Singh, who both have good records in domestic cricket and are said to bowl in the 130kph area, but I have not seen any of the latter nor enough of the former to make a judgement.

 

[SciD]

VRV and Bose are same. Though VRV could crack it up when young dont know curret status. From what I saw in Australia hes in low 130s now. Same as Bose.

 

[manee]

VRV and Bose are same. Though VRV could crack it up when young dont know curret status. From what I saw in Australia hes in low 130s now. Same as Bose.

In the Duleep Trophy final, VRV Singh was only 130kph, it would seem that he has shelved pace for accuracy - a poor move, imo.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

I have hearted lot about Bose...And Why is he not getting chance???
People who say its all about zones(Stat) then He is from West Bengal..

 

[RoboRocks]

I'm surprised Pathan was left out. On his day he can be a real threat. India will also be happy to have Itshant Sharma back, who does have bace and bounce. The plan must be to play 5 bowlers and get 20 wickets, the top 7 are good enough to get the runs required on these flat Indian pitches.

If Kumble isn't fit for the next test then India have a problem. They would like to play the 2 spinners as well the three seamers. If that is the case then they'll have to choose Chawla.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Well Same here..
Without Sachin India might struggle in batting..In that Case Irfan Pathan would be handy as He can bat a Bit...
I still don't get it,If Kumble will be fit then India will go with three spinners..
Well on that Green Pitch You need at least of two seamers..Ganguy is good but that not his job to open the Bowling..

 

[Leggie]

Yeah, I reckon if Jumbo is fit then these will be the bottom half:

7) Irfan Pathan
8) Anil Kumble
9) Harbhajan Singh
10) Piyush Chawla
11) Shantakumaran Shreesanth

Whereas if Jumbo is not fit then this will be the bottom half with Yuvraj or Kaif fitting in at the top order:

8) Irfan Pathan
9) Harbhajan Singh
10) Piyush Chawla
11) Shantakumaran Shreesanth

Source: http://in.sports.yahoo.com/080401/48/6sant.html

Focus on Pathan

Ishant's possible absence from the second Test against South Africa has shifted the focus firmly on Irfan Pathan. The think-tank has some serious permutations to work out to derive the final XI even though the wicket on Thursday morning is expected to be different from the grassy-cover-on-red-mud look of today. After the Chennai draw, the buzz is that Anil Kumble & Co are having a rethink about the overdose-of-spin philosophy and may revert back to their swing theory. And, as if to press home the point, Pathan got the ball to shape away from the left-hander and curl into the right-hander in the nets.
The all-rounder is strongly in contention - as an extra bowler replacing the injured Tendulkar - with India looking to get some flexibility into the team. Pathan showed, once again, that he can bat well enough even though Yuvraj, the man he might pip to the post, was hitting the orange plastic balls with precise timing on the other side.

Ultimately though - despite all these talks of seven specialist batsmen or six batsmen and an all-rounder - experts still feel the key will be how skipper Anil Kumble and his spin partner Harbhajan Singh do in this game.

Kumble reiterated that he's fit again and evoked enough confidence despite the ice-pack on the thighs.

That is very pleasing to hear.

 

[SciD]

I have feeling Yuvi will score 200 if he gets picked. I say drop RP and Sree. Get in Irfan and Piyush. Dada can open bowling. He is not going to score anything its better he contributes somewhere.

 

[manee]

Shape won't get batsman out though. I can 'shape' it into the right hander, but still would not say that I have a wicket taking inswinger.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Lol...Contribute something???..lol..

Thanks God Kumble is fit...In any case I want to see Piyush..
Better Idea Get Pathan in...

RP Singh
Pathan
Kumble
Harbhajan
Piyush...

 

[.Mob]

VRV Singh-I belive he has been given enough chances to prove himself.

He is completely mediocre.

 

[sohum]

RP Singh
Pathan
Kumble
Harbhajan
Piyush...

Gotta fix the batting line-up though:

Pathan
Piyush
Kumble
Harbhajan
RP

Dang.... that would be one hell of a powerful tail.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Lol..Thanks Shoum for setting the Batting line up..

I strongly feel that without Sachin India might need this tail...