Sri Lanka tour of India

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Sri Lanka is all set to play 3 T20's and 2 Test Matches

1. 24th Feb : 1st T20 - India vs Sri Lanka - Lucknow
2. 26th Feb : 2nd T20 - India vs Sri Lanka - Dharamshala
3. 27th Feb : 3rd T20 - India vs Sri Lanka - Dharamshala
4. 3rd March : 1st Test - India vs Sri Lanka - Mohali
5. 12th March - 2nd Test - India vs Sri Lanka - Bengaluru

T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Md Siraj, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan.

India Test squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin (subject to fitness), Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-capt), Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Saurabh Kumar.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Puji, Jinx, Saha and Ishant have been dropped from the test squad. Kohli and Pant have been rested from the T20 squad.

 

[Verified Enigma]

Sri Lanka is all set to play 3 T20's and 2 Test Matches

1. 24th Feb : 1st T20 - India vs Sri Lanka - Lucknow
2. 26th Feb : 2nd T20 - India vs Sri Lanka - Dharamshala
3. 27th Feb : 3rd T20 - India vs Sri Lanka - Dharamshala
4. 3rd March : 1st Test - India vs Sri Lanka - Mohali
5. 12th March - 2nd Test - India vs Sri Lanka - Bengaluru

T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Md Siraj, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan.

India Test squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin (subject to fitness), Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-capt), Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Saurabh Kumar.

Strange that BCCI has announced vice captain for Tests but not for T20s. It's like they are presumably expecting Rohit to be fit for T20s and get injured for the Tests.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Strange that BCCI has announced vice captain for Tests but not for T20s. It's like they are presumably expecting Rohit to be fit for T20s and get injured for the Tests.

I though Pant was vice for the test team and Bumrah for the T20s

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

I seriously do not have any idea why would we rest Pant and Kohli. I understand IPL is coming and they will get into the groove but I thought we were not experimenting cause of the World Cup.

Also KL still injured?

 

[Bevab]

I seriously do not have any idea why would we rest Pant and Kohli. I understand IPL is coming and they will get into the groove but I thought we were not experimenting cause of the World Cup.

Also KL still injured?

Pant absolutely deserves a rest. The man has been a constant fixture in all three formats over the last year and must be sick of bio-secure bubbles by now.

Our top seven pretty much seems to be set in stone for now. Experimenting works when you have a clear plan at the end unlike in the past where we suddenly had Kishan jump into the opening role from nowhere after Kohli's declaration of him opening with Rohit. This was of course blatantly ignoring the leading domestic run-scorer in recent IPLs.

If I were betting man, I'd say this is our likely pool of players that the selectors will be keenly seeing to pick.

Rohit
Rahul/Kishan
Kohli/Shreyas
Pant
SKY
Venky/Hardik(if he bowls)
Jadeja/Sundar
Chahar/Bhuvi
Deceptive seamer (Harshal, Lord, Prasidh and Shami are my contenders for now)
In-form leggie (could be Chahal, Bishnoi, R Chahar)
Bumrah

I don't think Chahar and Bhuvi will be of much use at the pace they currently bowl on a hard Australian deck. We certainly cannot afford to carry both of them in the 15 man squad let alone the playing XI.

 

[icyman]

I though Pant was vice for the test team and Bumrah for the T20s

Not yet fixed. The Chairman of Selectors mentioned that they were looking at grooming a few alternatives. Bumrah is the deputy against Sri Lanka. For the next series, you might see someone else.

The fundamental problem I see with Rishab Pant- inconsistency and stupid shots. If he keeps playing this way, Kishan and Sanju will most likely make the cut for the T20 2022 and CWC 2023.

 

[Verified Enigma]

I don't think Chahar and Bhuvi will be of much use at the pace they currently bowl on a hard Australian deck.

How about Navdeep Saini? One doesn't care about the type of pitch when all you got to do is bowl the beamers yeah.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Sanju

Are you really serious? Ironically you have problem with Rishabh Pant's shot selection when the former has done nothing but swing his bat to smack a couple of sixes and get out! I don't even understand on what basis Sanju Samson keeps making it to the Indian squad forget about making the playing XI.

 

[icyman]

As I mentioned previously, if Pant continues his inconsistent trend, the management will have to look beyond him. That's fair! He cannot simply be in the team on account of what transpired at the Gabba many moons ago.

Ishan Kishan seems a certainity as far as opening is concerned. The Dravid led team wants to attack from the top and that has been evident in the decisions taken so far. Sanju-I mentioned him as he has never gotten a decent run in the playing XI under Kohli. 3-4 matches isn't really the best way to judge someone. Given that he is in the scheme if things, goes to show that he has an outside chance of being a permanent member(provided he plays well)

 

[Verified Enigma]

Pant has been the best Keeper-Batsman for India across formats since that Gabba knock and that is why he is in the squad and in the final 11. He has done enough and better than other counterparts.

 

[icyman]

Since Gabba, they've hardly played anyone else for as long as Pant has.

On paper, he is definitely an attacking option. However, one needs to merge beauty with brains (in this case brute force +brains). Pant loses out there.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I don't think a player should only be judged based on the number of matches he/she won. It's a team game!

I don't see what wrong Pant has done in last few months. I mean he has been really consistent apart from few dismissals. I mean all this is just the part & parcel of the game.

Pant has 2 centuries in Australia, 1 in England & 1 in South Africa when it comes to Tests. ODIs he hasn't got a long run at a fixed position while he has just recently scored a half century in T20Is. So I don't see where the problem lies. Atleast he is trying to improve.

Pant averages 46, 31 & 33 in FC, List-A & T20s respectively compared to Sanju who averages 37, 30 & 28. Also Sanju has played almost double the games Pant has!

So the fact is Sanju never really proved himself enough in domestic circuit. Then what makes his case good for International Cricket? Just because he looked to be our best player 8 years ago in an U19 WC doesn't guarantee his success.

 

[icyman]

I don't see what wrong Pant has done in last few months. I mean he has been really consistent apart from few dismissals. I mean all this is just the part & parcel of the game.

A cricketer who has played all formats of the game for India, ia regarding as an upcoming talent needs to know better than to throw away his wicket.

Pant's reading of the game situation is awful. He tends to go for shots when it spikes up in his mind. He misreads the situation often. This is not part and parcel of the game. Mistakes happen, but with Pant, the mannerism of dismissal is a major concern. I'd at best liken him to a Shahid Afridi, someone who wins games out of the blue and then expects to be in the team for an eternity.

Sanju never really proved himself enough in domestic circuit. Then what makes his case good for International Cricket? Just because he looked to be our best player 8 years ago in an U19 WC doesn't guarantee his success.

Give me options, then. Kishan, yes, maybe the front runner. Sanju keeps well, lets not forget that.

That apart, there's no one. Bharat is being looked at as a Test specialist.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Pant's century in South Africa was one of the best I've seen. I'd love to have him for England as a batter, keeper or both.