***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

[ajdude]

Ganguly seems to think he is in contention. Since he has already made his debut and most other alternatives are injured, he is up the pecking order I guess.

Pathan has become really slow after his injury (mid 120s ), and doesnt possess that banana swing anymore. He might be in for a comeback in the ODI series though, or in tests if one of Yadav/zak gets injured.

pathan swung it heaps in his ODI comeback v WI last week, he actually looked really good, took a wicket off his first ball haha...as an australian supporter i would like to see a full strength indian attack, which would be zaheer, ishant, ashwin and one of yadav/vinay kumar, right?

You can't look up this on Cricinfo though:

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hahahahaha ****, quality call

 

[ganeshran]

You can't look up this on Cricinfo though:

I knew you would post this pic.

 

[Burgey]

Watching this History Channel documentary on the Bubonic Plague reminds me how bad the next few weeks on here will be.

 

[Burgey]

I knew you would post this pic.

Ho nomo.

 

[Burgey]

1348. Black death has reached England. Now it gets entertaining.

 

[ganeshran]

pathan swung it heaps in his ODI comeback v WI last week, he actually looked really good, took a wicket off his first ball haha...as an australian supporter i would like to see a full strength indian attack, which would be zaheer, ishant, ashwin and one of yadav/vinay kumar, right?

If all are fit, then that would be the top side. But Ishant is injured and Zak is always tentative.

So it will be Zaheer, Yadav and one of Mithun/Vinay/Dinda (or any other Ishant replacement). If Zaheer gets injured, I guess BCCI will have to call in Pathan. In the spinners Ashwin is ahead based on his performance in the tests vs Windies.

 

[ajdude]

If all are fit, then that would be the top side. But Ishant is injured and Zak is always tentative.

So it will be Zaheer, Yadav and one of Mithun/Vinay/Dinda (or any other Ishant replacement). If Zaheer gets injured, I guess BCCI will have to call in Pathan. In the spinners Ashwin is ahead based on his performance in the tests vs Windies.

yeah I saw ashwin, he's always looked a very clever bowler. in the case of mithun, was his FC debut just a one off? same goes with jaidev unadkat, were they just freakish debuts or have they just not lived up to their initial hype? i guess deepak chahar can be added to that list as of now as well.

 

[ganeshran]

Saw this on another cricket forum guess who is in charge of the BCCI media wing.

 

[Arjun]

yeah I saw ashwin, he's always looked a very clever bowler. in the case of mithun, was his FC debut just a one off? same goes with jaidev unadkat, were they just freakish debuts or have they just not lived up to their initial hype? i guess deepak chahar can be added to that list as of now as well.

All of them are just one season old. Hardly India material at that time. Picked only on youth.

Deepak Chahar has had only one good game in his career, against a crumbling Hyderabad setup. This season, someone else demolished them, but got no coverage.

 

[ganeshran]

yeah I saw ashwin, he's always looked a very clever bowler. in the case of mithun, was his FC debut just a one off? same goes with jaidev unadkat, were they just freakish debuts or have they just not lived up to their initial hype? i guess deepak chahar can be added to that list as of now as well.

Mithun just had one decent season and Chahar not even that. These seamers are being thrust into the limelight on the back of a handful of performances (like Aaron) and then failing miserably at the international level. Yadav looks to be the only good find in the last 4 years.

 

[honestbharani]

Haha, love that. Sure there's rain forecast, but during summer I'm not entirely sure what the weather will be like in ten minutes, let alone across three days.

Shows how worried the Indians are and what the effect of that tour to England has been, tbh, more than anything else.


This is a stupid thing but it is a better kind of stupid than the usual BCCI shenanigans, if you guys know what I mean...

 

[Agent Nationaux]

If Zak gets injured then it's 1 seamer and the rest spinners.

 

[Cruxdude]

Shows how worried the Indians are and what the effect of that tour to England has been, tbh, more than anything else.


This is a stupid thing but it is a better kind of stupid than the usual BCCI shenanigans, if you guys know what I mean...

Ya would rather we are this kind of stupid than the type where we go "We no need no practice match!!!".

 

[Midwinter]

Just saw grown men cooking on a cricket show.

Cooking!!!!!!

No wonder the joint has gone to the ****ter. The feminization of Australia is complete.

When WSC started the commentary was tailored for women who were at home doing the ironing.


***Note to self: only turn tele on when the game is actually on***

 

[howardj]

As I tipped yesterday, Christian is a lock for this Test.

 

[Jono]

Shows how worried the Indians are and what the effect of that tour to England has been, tbh, more than anything else.


This is a stupid thing but it is a better kind of stupid than the usual BCCI shenanigans, if you guys know what I mean...

Ya would rather we are this kind of stupid than the type where we go "We no need no practice match!!!".

Definitely. When I read they wanted to leave Canberra to get practice in Melbourne since it was going to rain, I was like "****, they actually realise how important preparation is "

 

[Cruxdude]

Think Kohli has pretty much locked in his place at No. 6 with this good knock. Read somewhere Ishant might bowl on day 3. Very important that he is handled properly and not rushed into the test match.

 

[Jono]

Ganguly really rates Dinda apparently.

As the tourists deal with a serious ankle injury to Sharma, Ganguly has questioned why uncapped Bengal paceman Ashok Dinda was not included in the original touring party to Australia.
Dinda is tipped to be drafted into the squad as cover for Sharma, who remains in doubt for the Boxing Day Test and could yet return home.
''Dinda is India's best pace bowler right now and should have been on that plane to Australia in the first place with rest of the squad,'' Ganguly said.


Read more: No point to Chappell's team talk - Ganguly

 

[howardj]

Ganguly has got so many hidden agendas/grudges/hang ups that, with his comments, it's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Burgey]

Definitely. When I read they wanted to leave Canberra to get practice in Melbourne since it was going to rain, I was like "****, they actually realise how important preparation is "

Yeah, can't help the weather of course, but given the scheduling they've set up the best preparation they could have really.