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Fab Five Replacements
- Thread starter irfan
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ret
International Debutant
sure just like you have a spinner take a 5-er on a turning wkt in a series in India and then you play him on a seaming wkt at Durban *rolleyes*
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Ah, my fault. Mishra then.
It's a different game. If you're going to dismiss someone with a fantastic history of performance, at least do it after giving them a shot.
irfan
State Captain
Badrinath. Misspell any other Indian players name and I wouldn't bat an eyelid, but not Badrinath - Subramaniam Badrinath.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Ideally, assuming all of the fab five are gone.. this is the Indian side I would like to see..
Gambhir
Sehwag
Kaif
Rohit Sharma
Badrinath
Raina
Dhoni
Harbhajan
Mishra
Zaheer
Ishant
If we are playing 3 seamers, get in Munaf instead of one of the spinners.
If Irfan gets some kind of bowling form going again, though...
Gambhir
Sehwag
Kaif
Rohit Sharma
Badrinath
Dhoni
Pathan
Harbhajan
Mishra
Zaheer
Ishant
Gambhir
Sehwag
Kaif
Rohit Sharma
Badrinath
Raina
Dhoni
Harbhajan
Mishra
Zaheer
Ishant
If we are playing 3 seamers, get in Munaf instead of one of the spinners.
If Irfan gets some kind of bowling form going again, though...
Gambhir
Sehwag
Kaif
Rohit Sharma
Badrinath
Dhoni
Pathan
Harbhajan
Mishra
Zaheer
Ishant
ret
International Debutant
typical reply .... so you agree that you won't pick an ordinary spinner who did well on a spin friendly pitch in India on a tour to SA or Aus .... thanks
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Detail was never one of your strong points.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Not where complicated Indian forenames which begin with S are concerned, no.
S Sriram, S Badrinath and S Sreesanth will do me fine.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Whoosh.
Precambrian
Banned
Tendulkar - will retire at his option, not possibly before 2011, unless plagued by injuries.
Laxman - Only 33 and contributing in crises, so will be around for a while in tests, and his value in the slips is underrated.
Dravid - Second to Kumble in the "endangered" category. Needs to prove himself every series. My guess is he is certain till England series. After that?
Ganguly - Goners, unless he does the "Elvis reborn" blasting two hundreds in this series. In that case he won't go till 2010.
Kumble - Most endangered. Terrible stats this year, most unimpressive in SL and Bangalore. His fielding is a joke due to age. Likely to be goners after the Australian series, unless he does a Ganguly picking fifers, and in that case becomes eligible for Voluntary Retirement Scheme, which in all likelihood, he will exercise post the England series.
So, post England series I will not be surprised to see the following squad:
V Sehwag
G Gambhir
V V S Laxman (How I wish him to be at No.3)
S Tendulkar
S Badrinath
R Sharma / Yusuf Pathan (we badly need a Symmo, and he appears the best bet)
M S Dhoni
H Singh
P Chawla/ A Mishra / S Sreesanth
Z Khan
I Sharma
Laxman - Only 33 and contributing in crises, so will be around for a while in tests, and his value in the slips is underrated.
Dravid - Second to Kumble in the "endangered" category. Needs to prove himself every series. My guess is he is certain till England series. After that?
Ganguly - Goners, unless he does the "Elvis reborn" blasting two hundreds in this series. In that case he won't go till 2010.
Kumble - Most endangered. Terrible stats this year, most unimpressive in SL and Bangalore. His fielding is a joke due to age. Likely to be goners after the Australian series, unless he does a Ganguly picking fifers, and in that case becomes eligible for Voluntary Retirement Scheme, which in all likelihood, he will exercise post the England series.
So, post England series I will not be surprised to see the following squad:
V Sehwag
G Gambhir
V V S Laxman (How I wish him to be at No.3)
S Tendulkar
S Badrinath
R Sharma / Yusuf Pathan (we badly need a Symmo, and he appears the best bet)
M S Dhoni
H Singh
P Chawla/ A Mishra / S Sreesanth
Z Khan
I Sharma
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Ganguly since his comeback into the Indian team has ........
.... yet we are looking at his leaving the Indian team at the end of this series.
I tried to see how the other members of the Indian famous/notorious "Fab Five" were faring during the same period. Have a look.
This covers the period from 15th December 2006 till date. Almost two years and eight Test series (including the incomplete current one.
They havent been a disaster (Dravid has been mediocre), have they. Wonder how many Indians baying for their blood realise how tough an act this is to follow and how much are we asking from the youngsters. Besides, how much damage it would do to the Indian team in the immediate future if all of them were to leave.
So forget about retiring, voluntary or forced. Just drop any one (or more) of them if his/their current form so warrants and bring in the youngster/s who seems most deserving as replacement. Allow the youngster to prove his worth in the side and cement his place while allowing the dropped senior to try and fight his way back into the side if he so desires.
This is the way to do things. It is sensible and it is professional.
- scored 1842 test runs (more than any other Indian batsman),
- at an average of 47.23 (only Sehwag amongst the batsmen is better at 51.17 for 1177
- has scored 4 Test hundreds (only Sachin has as many)
- has 13 scores over 50 (only Sachin has as many
- has enjoyed his finest year in over 12 years of Test cricket when he scored 1106 runs in 2007 (his previous best being 945 in 2002.
- he was the only Indian to cross a 1000 Test runs in 2007
- at an average of 47.23 (only Sehwag amongst the batsmen is better at 51.17 for 1177
- has scored 4 Test hundreds (only Sachin has as many)
- has 13 scores over 50 (only Sachin has as many
- has enjoyed his finest year in over 12 years of Test cricket when he scored 1106 runs in 2007 (his previous best being 945 in 2002.
- he was the only Indian to cross a 1000 Test runs in 2007
.... yet we are looking at his leaving the Indian team at the end of this series.
I tried to see how the other members of the Indian famous/notorious "Fab Five" were faring during the same period. Have a look.
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[B]Player Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avg[/B]
Sehwag 24 1 2 3 319 1177 51.17
Ganguly 43 4 9 4 239 1842 47.23
Sachin 36 3 9 4 *154 1558 47.21
Laxman 37 8 10 2 *112 1356 46.76
Dravid 43 4 7 2 129 1292 33.13They havent been a disaster (Dravid has been mediocre), have they. Wonder how many Indians baying for their blood realise how tough an act this is to follow and how much are we asking from the youngsters. Besides, how much damage it would do to the Indian team in the immediate future if all of them were to leave.
So forget about retiring, voluntary or forced. Just drop any one (or more) of them if his/their current form so warrants and bring in the youngster/s who seems most deserving as replacement. Allow the youngster to prove his worth in the side and cement his place while allowing the dropped senior to try and fight his way back into the side if he so desires.
This is the way to do things. It is sensible and it is professional.
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