***Official*** Indian Domestic Thread 2012/13

[Daemon]

Saurashtra in complete shambles, desperately needed Pujara.

 

[Cevno]

Some extremely dodgy batting on display.

Lol @ Jaydev Shah who first hides himself lower down the order and then gets out for a duck.

 

[Daemon]

Wish I had an ESPN stream, this is so dire.

 

[Daemon]

Just realised Vishal Joshi isn't playing despite taking 9 wickets in the semis for Saurashtra :\

 

[Cevno]

9 wickets and a 50 too in the first innings. Guess they wanted to play a extra seamer and Jadeja was preferred to him.

 

[Cevno]

Abhishek Nayar 940 runs @ 100 and 18 wickets @ 23 this season.

Could be a decent batting all rounder option in ODI's. (Maybe in tests too, if his bowling can hold up at that level).

 

[Cevno]

Venkat Ananth ‏@venkatananth

Crszy, but Mumbai are in line to sweep domestic cricket across all levels - junior and senior. Won U25, Ranji, U16* and U19 finalists.

 

[Daemon]

Mumbai

 

[Cevno]

Jaffer first runs Sachin out and then nearly runs himself out.

From Cricinfo commentary -

Jaffer's feline innings goes on: this is the third life he has received. Six more, and he will have had a cat's full quota

 

[Arjun]

Abhishek Nayar 940 runs @ 100 and 18 wickets @ 23 this season.

Could be a decent batting all rounder option in ODI's. (Maybe in tests too, if his bowling can hold up at that level).

I feel Laxmi Ratan Shukla (20 wickets in 9 matches, 340 runs in Bengal's failed campaign) is a better option because he's a better bowler. Why, even Bhuvneshwar Kumar has done well with the bat so far and is good in domestic FC, and is also a strike bowler. Not that there's much wrong with Nayar, but a strike bowler all-rounder would be a better choice. He should, however, have been preferred over Jadeja, but was subjected to that embarassing towel-boy treatment in his second ODI.

Venkat Ananth ‏@venkatananth

Crszy, but Mumbai are in line to sweep domestic cricket across all levels - junior and senior. Won U25, Ranji, U16* and U19 finalists.

I know him slightly. He was a member here and used to chat with me on Yahoo. Now hard to reach.

 

[Cevno]

He was a member here ? What was the username ?

You can reach him via twitter, btw.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Bombay victorious At least something is right with Indian cricket.

 

[Arjun]

Venkat Ananth, a.k.a. venx86. Long, long time ago, it seems.

Left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan started off in his first season as a batsman, and now plays as a bowler, but it's a stretch to think of him as a strike bowler. Dhawal Kulkarni bowled a ripper to take out Niranjan Shah Jr and another good one to get out the prolific Sheldon Jackson.

 

[Daemon]

What a disappointing final. Great result though

 

[Cevno]

Mumbai is the most successful domestic team in any sport now, i think.

 

[Cevno]

Bowler camp. Pretty decent list that except Pankaj.

BCCI top brass meets at NCA, chalks out plan

It might be a bit too late, but as they say, it’s better late than never. The top brass of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally woken up to the fact that Indian cricket needs a roadmap.

Since India’s pathetic performances in England and Australia, where
they were thrashed 0-4, there have been calls, loud and clear, for the administration to address the problems plaguing the system immediately.

But, what should have been done a year ago — it’s exactly 12 months since India's away misery was complete in Australia — the BCCI is trying to rectify now.

On Tuesday, the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore was the venue for the decision-makers of Indian cricket to assemble.

BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale, chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty, NCA chairman Ranjib Biswal, NCA staff, selectors and the entire support staff of the various Indian teams — senior, A and junior — was present to discuss the road ahead.

Winds of change

While no path-breaking decisions are expected to come out of the meeting, but, at least, there are signs of intent. It is learnt that the discussions revolved around improving the bench strength and also create a bigger talent pool — mainly bowlers.

On Tuesday, 18 bowlers — 12 pacers and 8 spinners — completed a three-day camp with India coach Duncan Fletcher and bowling coach Joe Dawes.

Sources said the duo wasn’t impressed much with what they saw, though they have been given the job of pruning the list to 10, who will be assessed quarterly.

Chance at top level

They will also be get a chance at the India team nets so that they stay motivated and get exposure. A camp for promising batsmen will also be held soon.

“At times, the coaches and support staff are not in a position to see those who have done well (in domestic cricket). Basically, we are trying to create a pool of cricketers, so we had some selected players who the support staff and coaches could see,” said Jagdale.

Another important agenda was to find a way for better co-ordination between the NCA and support staff of the various Indian teams, with injury management being the main issue.

Often, the Indian support staff has found it tough to get the status of injury-prone players. Jagdale agreed that frequent injuries to bowlers were an area of concern.

“This meeting is basically to have a better co-ordination between the NCA, the (Indian team) support staff and the ‘A’ team support staff so that there is uniformity in fitness levels and skill management. Also, we need to monitor the fitness and skill levels of upcoming cricketers,” the secretary said.

Meanwhile, there was a lengthy discussion on the appointment of a spin coach for the India team.

Jagdale also said that no name had been finalised for the post of NCA director. The seat has been lying vacant ever since Sandeep Patil became the chief selector.

 

[Cevno]

Dear selectors, what

Good article.

 

[Cevno]

Three teams selected.

REST OF INDIA

Virender Sehwag (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Manoj Tiwary, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Harbhajan Singh, S. Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Ishwar Pandey, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Jalaj Saxena.

BOARD PRESIDENT’S XI

Abhinav Mukund (Captain), Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Parthiv Patel, Stuart Binny, Sarabjit Ladda, Parvez Rassol, Mohammed Shami, Parvinder Awana, Kamlesh Makwana

INDIA ‘A’

Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Jiwanjyot Singh, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Ajinkya Rahane, C. Gautam, Rakesh Dhruv, Jalaj Saxena, Manpreet Gony, Vinay Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ashok Menaria.


****. So many baffling selections.

 

[Daemon]

This is bull****. I'd be close to tears if I were Pankaj.

 

[Cevno]

Harneet Bajwa: "Seems like all the non performers of Ranji trophy have been given a chance for Rest of India team this year. Harbhajan, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Mithun, Dawan... Pathetic selection... No foresight, Keep giving chances to these non performers."

Irani Trophy today and such a **** selection for the ROI team. Stupid dumb selectors.

Go Mumbai!!!!!!!