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ICC Greatest Test Team
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Good post
Prince EWS
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He was dropped from the playing eleven mid-series against South Africa, then he was left out of the entire squad for the tour of England, wasn't he?
Which series was this.. Seems a long time ago now..
weldone
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O yeah, forgot about the England tour...
Remember him being dropped from the playing eleven mid-series against South Africa. And was it Murali Karthik who came in as an opener in Sehwag's place? (if my memory serves me right)
Prince EWS
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Back in 2007. He was dropped for Dinesh Karthik, who was used as an opener pretty successfully throughout the end of tour of South Africa and the tour of England, along with opening partner Wasim Jaffer. He was recalled to the squad for the tour of Australia but wasn't even selected right away there - the Jaffer/Dravid opening partnership was preferred so Yuvraj could play.
It seems weird that he could climb from below the likes of Karthik, Jaffer and Yuvraj in the pecking order to All Time World XI candidate in just four years.
His original dropping was always pretty harsh though, even though I agreed with it at the time - he looked truly, truly clueless against SA.Dinesh Karthik? Not Murali Karthik
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Was he rightly dropped from the test team? - probably no.
Has that decision (to drop him from the test team) yielded good results in the long run? - definitely yes
Prince EWS
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Dinesh Karthik. Dropping him for Murali Kartik would've been pretty harsh...
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Oops yeah, I meant Dinesh...
Gotcha. Thanks. I believe this was the SA series before the 2007 WCBack in 2007. He was dropped for Dinesh Karthik, who was used as an opener pretty successfully throughout the end of tour of South Africa and the tour of England, along with opening partner Wasim Jaffer. He was recalled to the squad for the tour of Australia but wasn't even selected right away there - the Jaffer/Dravid opening partnership was preferred so Yuvraj could play.
It seems weird that he could climb from below the likes of Karthik, Jaffer and Yuvraj in the pecking order to All Time World XI candidate in just four years.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
lmfao on that typoDinesh Karthik. Dropping him for Murali Kartik would've been pretty harsh...
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Yep.
Both Sehwag and Harbhajan were dropped for that England tour. But in Sehwag's case it was more due to his ODI form weirdly than his test form.
He played all the 3 matches in South Africa though, was only shifted down the order for one match IIRC.
After that he then wasn't picked for the tour to Bangladesh, and also England. What's more is that stupidly they also decided not to play him against Pakistan at home .
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weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Dropping Sehwag for Jaffer, Karthik or Yuvraj really feels amusing when I think of it today.It seems weird that he could climb from below the likes of Karthik, Jaffer and Yuvraj in the pecking order to All Time World XI candidate in just four years.
But yeah, back in that time I too remember agreeing with that decision - not because he had a long off-form, but because he looked absolutely clueless for the short time he was out of form in test cricket....
Bun
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Prine EWS I cud use sum help here
Prince EWS
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Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
How?
It was a just by fluke he was selected for the Australia tour , because he had lost some confidence by then and started to have some troubles in his mind.
Remember his selection to the Australia tour coming as a shock, because Kumble had insisted on it after becoming captain for a few series till then but the selectors didn't approve until then(WAG!) .
Jaffer then failed there and Dravid looked really bad and the rest is history.....
Not only could have that move messed up Sehwag badly at the time ,dropping him and asking Dravid to open ruined him too(though he had started opening from before Under Chappell for a while on and off).
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weldone
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His legside game changed massively after getting dropped.
I still remember watching Sehwag play some legside flicks in the 2007 WC and after and I was so surprised that I had to see the scorecard to check if I was watching Tendulkar!
He was always suspect for LBW against the incoming ball before 2007. But nowadays bowl him in the legs and he'll flick it as if he's playing in his backyard.
Does anybody remember the Umar Gul over in the 2011 WC quarter final where he hit 5 boundaries each on the legside? That was completely unimaginable with Sehwag pre-2007.
I still remember watching Sehwag play some legside flicks in the 2007 WC and after and I was so surprised that I had to see the scorecard to check if I was watching Tendulkar!
He was always suspect for LBW against the incoming ball before 2007. But nowadays bowl him in the legs and he'll flick it as if he's playing in his backyard.
Does anybody remember the Umar Gul over in the 2011 WC quarter final where he hit 5 boundaries each on the legside? That was completely unimaginable with Sehwag pre-2007.
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Bun
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Sry am drunk...
poll result,personal opinion etc. u owned me on similar lines once.s, v