Exactly....
Well I think he should have at least been more aggressive when the third wicket went down.BTW Dhoni's getting absolutely slaughtered by the Indian media for not going for a win in the third test. Media
I also think he should have been more aggressive, but Dhoni doesn't deserve what he's getting from the media. He's just won us the biggest trophy in cricket FFS! And it isn't like we didn't win the series.
Tbh Taylor wasn't picked by the selectors nor was Bravo and Gayle's absence is not due to injury but his bout with the WICB
Jerome Taylor's absence is comparable to Sreesanth's. It is very unlikely that they would have bettered their replacements, with the exception that perhaps Taylor would not have 'got ill' as Rampaul did - but then you're getting into highly speculative territory.
but i thought that bravo's been dropped. and taylor hasn't been around for yonks. roach was dropped. so, barring gayle, it is a bit strange to say that the west indians were not playing their full strength team. i might be off on my facts here though.
Tbf as everyone likes to point out, '3 test match Pujara' was the incumbent, so Raina would be 2nd string, and he performed well, and so did Praveen although I'm not really sure what string he was regarded at the start of the series.
That's more of a reason for that talk tbh. If 5-6 regular first choice players performed to comfortably clinch the series in spite of the weather, imagine what 11 first choice players could have done, especially if there were no weather problem. Obviously, I am (or for that matter, anyone is) not suggesting that it's a fault of West Indies or whatever.
My point being that the second string performers didn't contribute that much, rather than imagining a full strength India touring and potential results.
GotSpin, if you're only talking about the batting then you're absolutely right (though Raina did okay TBF) as Laxman and Dravid did the bulk of the scoring. However, I'd say Praveen Kumar also contributed "meaningfully".
Yes I was mainly discussing the batting. Kumar did a very serviceable job indeed. Although, if he starts in England, I don't think he qualifies as a second string player then.
Nobody suggested that (at least I didn't)...
) suggested was that the Windies were beaten by India in spite of 6 first choice Indian players missing the tour (for various reasons). Neither did I suggest that the second string players clinched the series, nor that was the fault of West Indies that 6 Indian first choice players missed the series.
It's been mentioned before.Nobody suggested that (at least I didn't)...
All I ('dismissively'
Yes, true. I don't think he'll get picked though, TBH. I'm reasonably sure Zaheer, Ishant and Sreesanth - in that order after the latest series - are the three first choice pacers. If Sreesanth bowlers utter dross in game one (definitely possible), he may get a look in.
