***Official*** India in South Africa 2013/14

[Jono]

I am pretty confident Dhoni and Gambhir don't get along, but I'm not too fussed in Gambhir missing out. He **** me too much in Australia a couple of years ago, I'm still not over it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I am pretty confident Dhoni and Gambhir don't get along, but I'm not too fussed in Gambhir missing out. He **** me too much in Australia a couple of years ago, I'm still not over it.

Yeah but he's done well on previous overseas tour. Was excellent last time against a peak Steyn and showed fight. I love that about him... Even when he had a mediocre hone series in India against England he fought superbly for a couple of gritty innings. Need something like that in SA.
Dhawan and Vijay are going to be ripped apart by Steyn and Philander... Gambhir is doing ok in domestic too recently isn't he? Hopefully one of Dhawan or Vijay get a pair of pairs to pave the way for my boy's recall

 

[Daemon]

The guy's a gun. He's produced the goods in both formats before and he'll do it again. Did well in his short stint in the CC and now he's doing making runs in the Ranji, he'll be back.

 

[smash84]

Gambhir being ignored is quite rubbish tbh. Dhoni backs a few players(for e.g. Ishant) no matter what but doesn't show the same support to every one.

how the **** can Dhoni, or anyone for that matter, support Ishant?

 

[Jono]

Yeah but he's done well on previous overseas tour. Was excellent last time against a peak Steyn and showed fight. I love that about him... Even when he had a mediocre hone series in India against England he fought superbly for a couple of gritty innings. Need something like that in SA.
Dhawan and Vijay are going to be ripped apart by Steyn and Philander... Gambhir is doing ok in domestic too recently isn't he? Hopefully one of Dhawan or Vijay get a pair of pairs to pave the way for my boy's recall

Yeah Gambhir's a fighter, but when you are there at the ground live seeing Gambhir guide balls to slip, its rough. That **** haunts you man, it haunts you.

 

[harsh.ag]

Jadeja is a good selection. Just have a feeling he'll do well with the ball in SA. Every test in the last few years where SA have been pushed hard /beaten has for some invariably involved a big contribution from an opposition spinner. Harbhajan, Swann, Herath, Ajmal... So it wouldn't hurt to have a guy who can bowl and bat a bit as well. Ashwin + Jadeja to give us a win imo

Jadeja will be such a bunny if he plays. Amla and AB to tonk him out of the game (and I am not even going to mention his "batting"). Play one of Ojha and Ashwin. Four bowlers should be enough. Rohit and Kohli can fill in a bit.

 

[hendrix]

Jadeja won't even be pretending to be a batsman in SA. He will be a proper tailender.

 

[Shri]

Jadeja won't even be pretending to be a batsman in SA. He will be a proper tailender.

Thats ridiculous. He will fail but you can' call a **** with 2 300s a tailender.

 

[JontyPanesar]

Yeah but he's done well on previous overseas tour. Was excellent last time against a peak Steyn and showed fight. I love that about him... Even when he had a mediocre hone series in India against England he fought superbly for a couple of gritty innings. Need something like that in SA.
Dhawan and Vijay are going to be ripped apart by Steyn and Philander... Gambhir is doing ok in domestic too recently isn't he? Hopefully one of Dhawan or Vijay get a pair of pairs to pave the way for my boy's recall

By fought superbly, you mean fought selfishly in Mumbai to preserve his not out instead of going for broke or farming the strike? That was unforgivable. I don't mind dhoni and the selectors passing up on Gambhir if that is a reason.

I'm pretty happy with the squad, maybe another bat or ishwar pandey in for Ishant would be better, but no genuine complaints

 

[hendrix]

Thats ridiculous. He will fail but you can' call a **** with 2 300s a tailender.

my hyperbole with regards to Jadeja is...well, hyperbolic.

 

[Spark]

Jadeja is a good selection. Just have a feeling he'll do well with the ball in SA. Every test in the last few years where SA have been pushed hard /beaten has for some invariably involved a big contribution from an opposition spinner. Harbhajan, Swann, Herath, Ajmal... So it wouldn't hurt to have a guy who can bowl and bat a bit as well. Ashwin + Jadeja to give us a win imo

Jo'burg 2011.

 

[ganeshran]

Thats ridiculous. He will fail but you can' call a **** with 2 300s a tailender.

Actually he's got three.

 

[Ray.]

Well, it will be a close series. I'd say 1-1.

They should go with this-

Dhawan
Vijay
Pujara
Kohli
Rohit
Rahane
Dhoni
Ashwin
B.Kumar
M.Shami
Z.Khan

 

[nsniks]

So what should be our bowling combination? I think Ashwin is a certainty as he is a good lower order batsmen also, so that leaves us with 3 spots for pace bowlers. I would personally go for what Ray selected Kumar/Shami/Khan

 

[harsh.ag]

I would prefer Umesh with Shami and Bhuvi. Let's see how the warm-up match goes.

 

[Esperance]

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bring back gambhir

 

[Jono]

nah until the **** gets a time machine and fixes up Melbourne and Sydney 2011/12 he's not welcome back into the team.

 

[benchmark00]

No matter what anyone does, Melbourne can not be fixed.

 

[Jono]

No matter what anyone does, North Melbourne Football Club can not be fixed.

no doubt.

 

[Maximas]

Tough decision regarding the three seamers, you probably want someone in there with a lot of experience, and ZAK is probably the only real candidate there, but I wouldn't be too keen on having both him and Bhuvi Kumar in the same team, I mean, what if the ball doesn't swing much?