West Indies in India Nov 2011/12

[Rohit Doshi]

Completely agree. Unadkat needs two or three domestic seasons before he comes into Indian side. He aint a Patrick Cummins

For me this should be our test squad

Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Abhinav Mukund
Cheteshwar Pujara (if fit) / Virat Kohli
Ajinkya Rahane
VVS Laxman
Rahul Dravid
Parthiv Patel
R Ashwin
Pragyan Ojha
Amit Mishr/Chawla
Umesh Yadav
Abhimanyu Mithun
Ishant Sharma (If want to risk)
Praveen Kumar

I am seriously not getting any bowlers to draft in

 

[Aalay]

I would say the sqaud should be like this:

Openers:
Sehwag
Gambhir
Shikhar Dhwan

Middle Order:
Abhinav Mukund
Ajinkya Rahane/Pujara
Dravid
Laxman
Kohli/Badrinath
Rohit Sharma


Wicket Keppers:
Parthiv Patel/Wriddhiman Saha

Spinners:
Pragyan Ojha
Ashwin
Chawla

Fast Bowlers:
Umesh Yadav
Varun Aaron
Munaf Patel
RP Singh
Sreesanth
Mithun

 

[Rohit Doshi]

I would move on from the RP's and the Munaf's

Dont want to see them near Indian team they wont be playing the 2015 WC for sure so why not lose some matches and get in some young bloods

 

[Aalay]

I would move on from the RP's and the Munaf's

Dont want to see them near Indian team they wont be playing the 2015 WC for sure so why not lose some matches and get in some young bloods

RP Singh is 25 and Munaf Patel is 28. What do you mean they won't be playing in 2015 WC?

 

[SaiSrini]

RP Singh is 25 and Munaf Patel is 28. What do you mean they won't be playing in 2015 WC?

Its not about age. Its about ability and endurance. Both lack big time in it. Munaf is a one big lazy bottleneck that slows the entire team down. Shows attitude on others off his bowling but he himself fields so bad. And the last time his bowling was threatening was during his debut series. RP has also not learnt much from his mistakes, and we need to move over them. Same applies to Nehra and pretty soon with Sreesanth.

I wish the selectors bring back Irfan and test him for this series. I think Irfan will be very useful in Australia. With Zaheer most likely not to recover in time for Australia, it would be good if we can test Irfan against WI and see how he fares. We need a left armer in the absence of Zaheer (likely) in Australia, and wasting time on Nehra and RP Singh won't work. Our pace attack for Australia should be: Irfan Pathan/Zaheer, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma

 

[Aalay]

Its not about age. Its about ability and endurance. Both lack big time in it. Munaf is a one big lazy bottleneck that slows the entire team down. Shows attitude on others off his bowling but he himself fields so bad. And the last time his bowling was threatening was during his debut series. RP has also not learnt much from his mistakes, and we need to move over them. Same applies to Nehra and pretty soon with Sreesanth.

Why on earth you want to do that? These guys have so much experience, even though they are struggling but still you can't just throw them out like that. Nehra had a decent WC 2011. He still has at least 2 more years left in him. Sreesanth needs a proper guy who can control him and teach him how to control his swing. He has a perfect seam position with a deadly out swinger but just not able to control his line and length. Munaf is a very good line and length bowler. RP did look good in the end of that England tour as he was getting his rhythm back. So need to try and rotate all of them.

 

[aayush93]

Why on earth you want to do that? These guys have so much experience, even though they are struggling but still you can't just throw them out like that. Nehra had a decent WC 2011. He still has at least 2 more years left in him. Sreesanth needs a proper guy who can control him and teach him how to control his swing. He has a perfect seam position with a deadly out swinger but just not able to control his line and length. Munaf is a very good line and length bowler. RP did look good in the end of that England tour as he was getting his rhythm back. So need to try and rotate all of them.

i agree with you... Tomorrow if Ishant Sharma has a bad series, then they will say throw him also..

Munaf Patel is one of the best India Death bowler and he has proven this many time..

Sreesanth needs to learn to consistently bowl good line with his outswinger.

About Irfan Pathan, he can't become India Main Bowler if he keep playing in these conditions.. he should go to county cricket.

i hope in australia ODI Series, they select this Pace bowlers so they can have experience for 2015 WC

1. Praveen
2. Munaf
3. Ishant (they might give him rest) / Vinay
4. Varun
5. Umesh Yadav
6. Rp Singh / Nehra / Unadkat / Pathan

 

[icyman]

I just don't understand why should Gambhir be rested for this series. He has had a good deal of rest[WI, England], unless his well-wishers want him to enjoy his honeymoon.

In the bowling dept, you will be most liekly seeing Sree, Aaron, Yadav and Praveen. The spinners will be led by the Turbanator who will make a comeback,which means that Ashwin sits out again.

 

[Rohit Doshi]

On the pace front, three or four bowlers will be selected.Among them Praveen will be certain but I would personally rest him he is playing good amount of cricket but then again he missed the World Cup.

Yadav and Aaron will be in the test squad for sure or Yadav or Aaron will be in the squad with Sreesanth. Ashwin Ojha Harbhajan and Mishra fight out for the 2 spinners spot. I would love to see a surprise where we call in Rahul Sharma or Kartik

Our XI should look like this

Gambhir / Rahane / Mukund
Sehwag
Dravid
Laxman
Tendulkar
Rohit/Virat/Pujara (As all 3 are fit and have made some good contribution in International or Domestic currently)
Parthiv / Saha
Praveen / Sreesanth
Praveen / Sreesanth
Yadav / Aaron
One spinner

 

[SaiSrini]

Why on earth you want to do that? These guys have so much experience, even though they are struggling but still you can't just throw them out like that. Nehra had a decent WC 2011. He still has at least 2 more years left in him. Sreesanth needs a proper guy who can control him and teach him how to control his swing. He has a perfect seam position with a deadly out swinger but just not able to control his line and length. Munaf is a very good line and length bowler. RP did look good in the end of that England tour as he was getting his rhythm back. So need to try and rotate all of them.

They have been experienced for a long time now. But have they delivered? I am talking about test cricket. Nehra is finished for test cricket. Munaf's attitude is a huge huge problem and his bowling has never looked threatening in tests for long now. Same with RP Singh, though no problems with his attitude. RP neither has pace nor control (he lacks control big time in helpful conditions too). Sree?? With him, everything is a problem. Temperament, control, etc. He has one good innings followed by crappy others.

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i agree with you... Tomorrow if Ishant Sharma has a bad series, then they will say throw him also..

Munaf Patel is one of the best India Death bowler and he has proven this many time..

Sreesanth needs to learn to consistently bowl good line with his outswinger.

About Irfan Pathan, he can't become India Main Bowler if he keep playing in these conditions.. he should go to county cricket.

1. Praveen
2. Munaf
3. Ishant (they might give him rest) / Vinay
4. Varun
5. Umesh Yadav
6. Rp Singh / Nehra / Unadkat / Pathan

What is 'death bowling' in tests? Like trying to kill batsmen?

These guys have had far more bad series than others in tests. With Sreesanth, his attitude is frustrating and he is not picking bucketful of wickets. Right now, only Zaheer, Praveen and Ishant are reliable and good prospects. The rest are all passers by. We need to find a few raw pace bowlers and a replacement for Zaheer who is not going to last long.

 

[Aalay]

They have been experienced for a long time now. But have they delivered? I am talking about test cricket. Nehra is finished for test cricket. Munaf's attitude is a huge huge problem and his bowling has never looked threatening in tests for long now. Same with RP Singh, though no problems with his attitude. RP neither has pace nor control (he lacks control big time in helpful conditions too). Sree?? With him, everything is a problem. Temperament, control, etc. He has one good innings followed by crappy others.

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What is 'death bowling' in tests? Like trying to kill batsmen?

These guys have had far more bad series than others in tests. With Sreesanth, his attitude is frustrating and he is not picking bucketful of wickets. Right now, only Zaheer, Praveen and Ishant are reliable and good prospects. The rest are all passers by. We need to find a few raw pace bowlers and a replacement for Zaheer who is not going to last long.

Well I don't want to argue with you but they can not be thrown just like that and I am pretty sure selectors won't do that. Varun, Yadav does not have enough experiamce yet to get both of them in final 11. They need someone like Praveen in absence of Zaheer to guide them. They also do need experiance of Ishant and Sreesanth. RP has never been that pacy but he is effective. When they called him to play in England series, he was having a vacation in Miami. How can you expect him to be at his best? Anyways forget it, no point of arguing as selectors ain't gonna check this


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He is finally back

 

[icyman]

What is the great idea behind scheduling back-o-back return series ? First against England,now against West Indies ? Also, 3 Tests is a bit too much against WI. Instead we could have played 2 Tests only,ensure that our players are in prime form for Australia.

 

[swacker]

What is 'death bowling' in tests? Like trying to kill batsmen?

lol!

 

[aayush93]

They have been experienced for a long time now. But have they delivered? I am talking about test cricket. Nehra is finished for test cricket. Munaf's attitude is a huge huge problem and his bowling has never looked threatening in tests for long now. Same with RP Singh, though no problems with his attitude. RP neither has pace nor control (he lacks control big time in helpful conditions too). Sree?? With him, everything is a problem. Temperament, control, etc. He has one good innings followed by crappy others.

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What is 'death bowling' in tests? Like trying to kill batsmen?

These guys have had far more bad series than others in tests. With Sreesanth, his attitude is frustrating and he is not picking bucketful of wickets. Right now, only Zaheer, Praveen and Ishant are reliable and good prospects. The rest are all passers by. We need to find a few raw pace bowlers and a replacement for Zaheer who is not going to last long.

well i think you must be one of Indian Dirty Politician who tells only half thing to public..

this is my exact posts

i agree with you... Tomorrow if Ishant Sharma has a bad series, then they will say throw him also..

Munaf Patel is one of the best India Death bowler and he has proven this many time..

Sreesanth needs to learn to consistently bowl good line with his outswinger.

About Irfan Pathan, he can't become India Main Bowler if he keep playing in these conditions.. he should go to county cricket.

i hope in australia ODI Series, they select this Pace bowlers so they can have experience for 2015 WC

1. Praveen
2. Munaf
3. Ishant (they might give him rest) / Vinay
4. Varun
5. Umesh Yadav
6. Rp Singh / Nehra / Unadkat / Pathan

Anyway if u r talking about Tests..

Then india should play their BEST XI against WI in tests.. If sachin or zaheer are not fit for WI tests, then they should not be pick for Australia series also..

I never saw Gr8 australian Side Resting Hayden, Langer, Ponting, Mcgrath at same time just because opposition is weak..

 

[Rohit Doshi]

Why on earth you want to do that? These guys have so much experience, even though they are struggling but still you can't just throw them out like that. Nehra had a decent WC 2011. He still has at least 2 more years left in him. Sreesanth needs a proper guy who can control him and teach him how to control his swing. He has a perfect seam position with a deadly out swinger but just not able to control his line and length. Munaf is a very good line and length bowler. RP did look good in the end of that England tour as he was getting his rhythm back. So need to try and rotate all of them.

Cause on Earth if we play those stupid arrogant boys again India are losing another upcoming series 4-0.