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Burgey
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nope......we have Rohit Sharma..
Hands on hearts guys - would you rather either of them or Sachin?why . we have badrinath
Seems a non-issue anyway as he seems to be fit enough to play.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
This is the perfect time for Badrinath. He should definitely play, in my opinion.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
not at all, mate.. juz a bit of messing around.. The way media is building up Rohit Sharma and the way CW is building up Badrinath..Hands on hearts guys - would you rather either of them or Sachin?
Seems a non-issue anyway as he seems to be fit enough to play.
Obviously, neither of them can even dream to match Sachin at the moment....
biased indian
International Coach
and OR or ????
we can not have 2 in place of 1 even though in term of ability it might be still equal
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
not at all, mate.. juz a bit of messing around.. The way media is building up Rohit Sharma and the way CW is building up Badrinath..
Obviously, neither of them can even dream to match Sachin at the moment....
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
LOL. What a standard.
In my mind, if he does it, he is right after Bradman, in the world all-time list.
vic_orthdox
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Interesting to see Greg Chappell travelling with the Australian side.
adharcric
International Coach
Hmm, I'm not sure I like the idea of two newcomers (Kaif and Badrinath) in the middle-order in the same match either. Ganguly also adds some variety and another bowling option apart from Sehwag and Badrinath. The selectors seem to have preferred both the new guys to Ganguly - is there any chance they would bring him back now?
pasag
RTDAS
Great news I reckon - to have someone there with an great knowledge of Indian conditions and the players, especially some of the new guys like Badri that Australia hasn't played before. A bit of a coup you'd think.
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
The official line was that he was rested for the Duleep Trophy game if I am not mistaken. So he has not exactly been dropped from the test team. This is Indian cricket. Any thing can happen.
adharcric
International Coach
The other line from a selector was that it was a "signal to the team". Ganguly also had no real reason to be rested given that he doesn't play ODIs any more and he didn't exert himself any more than Dravid and Laxman did in Sri Lanka. You're right though, this is Indian cricket.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Spot the bloke who knows absolutely nothing about pitch preparation.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
Indian Board Presidents side to face AUstralia
BCCI President XI: Yuvraj Singh (captain), S. Badrinath (vice-captain), Wasim Jaffer, Akash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kholi, Parthiv Patel (wk), Irfan Pathan [Images], S. Sreesanth , Piyush Chawla , Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Yogesh Takawale, Rakesh Dhruve
INdia A team to face New Zealand A
Suresh Raina (captain), Jaydev Shah (vice-captain), M. Vijay, Shikhar Dhavan, Sahil Kukreja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Dhaval Kulkarni, S. Tyagi, Amit Mishra, Pradip Sangwan, Mohnish Parmar.
Yuvraj as captain is a bit of a joke. The bowling of the Board X1 looks decent though.
BCCI President XI: Yuvraj Singh (captain), S. Badrinath (vice-captain), Wasim Jaffer, Akash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kholi, Parthiv Patel (wk), Irfan Pathan [Images], S. Sreesanth , Piyush Chawla , Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Yogesh Takawale, Rakesh Dhruve
INdia A team to face New Zealand A
Suresh Raina (captain), Jaydev Shah (vice-captain), M. Vijay, Shikhar Dhavan, Sahil Kukreja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Dhaval Kulkarni, S. Tyagi, Amit Mishra, Pradip Sangwan, Mohnish Parmar.
Yuvraj as captain is a bit of a joke. The bowling of the Board X1 looks decent though.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I was making a point, not suggesting a reasonable course of action. I do not want to play Lee with crazy bounce.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
World all time? That's tough for me to grant, I'd definitely put Sobers and Hobbs ahead, and probably 5-6 others. If he does well, he'd definitely be in the top ten all time world. Maybe the top seven. I think he'll be very close to Chappell, and if he keeps going for another year or two, will pass him.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yea, that's a good point, I am not sure if I want two newcomers either, especially if one of them is Kaif. However, if you ask me, I'd take Badrinath and Chopra over Ganguly, even if we play both of them (Gambhir moves down into the middle order). But obviously its a risky move, and one new middle order batsman might be best.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
But your not.