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***Official*** India in England 2014
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Oh no
Shri
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We do. He is called Shami.
Shri
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That and his father. Like if Broad was a ****ty cricketer but got in because of his father.
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Anirudh SrikkanthRohan Gavaskar
harsh.ag
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I remember after just one decent ODI outing by Rohan, Sidhu saying in the post-match analysis "Bagal mein bachcha aur shaher mein dhindora" (The treasure you are searching for far and wide has always been right under your nose) w.r.t. India's limited overs all-rounder scarcities.Rohan Gavaskar
Sidhu, you wild mannered suck-up, you!
harsh.ag
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Yes.
ohnoitsyou
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England collapsing to Ishant and Binny is going to be sooo good.
ohnoitsyou
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Ishant Sharma is the Neil Wagner of Indian cricket.
karan316
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Does he deserve to be in the test side on his domestic perfomances?? Yes. And its a pretty good selection, India needs someone like him in tests. Our pace bowlers have not been able to finish games for us, there have been quite a few overseas games where India has been in a commanding position but our bowlers have been too exhausted or overbowled in crucial times. And picking one spinner hasn't worked either, since if the conditions do not assist spin bowling, the other three pacers have to bowl extra overs. So yes, Binny's inclusion in the test is a good one. Our best all rounder is still Irfan, but he is out of touch after that long break he had to take due to injury. Binny can share the workload of the pace bowlers and take an odd wicket or two. And most people who do not watch the Indian domestic games seem to underrate Binny's bowling ability, they judge him from his IPL performances. He's been very useful in the FC games as a bowler. And as an all rounder, he can make a cut in the test side for overseas game. Same can be said about Rishi Dhawan.
The real problem in the test side is MSD. He is wasting a batting slot, and because of his poor batting outside SC, he tries to fit in Jadeja or Ashwin who can contribute with the bat, leaving Ojha(who can't bat) completely out of the equation. If Ashwin is not doing well overseas as the lead spinner, the next person in line is Ojha, but he gets sidelined.
And India needs to go with 5 bowlers(2 ARs and 3 specialist bowlers or 3 ARs and 2 specialist bowlers), and its difficult to take that decision with MSD in the squad.
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I'll admit I haven't watched him bowl in the longer format, but in a competition where medium pacers pick up wickets for fun, his aren't returns that instill any sort of confidence that the bloke can get international quality batsmen out. I understand the need to take the burden off the rest of the attack but I just don't think he's the guy for it.
Rishi Dhawan was a much better option if they insisted on having a pace bowling AR, and I still wouldn't pick him.
Rishi Dhawan was a much better option if they insisted on having a pace bowling AR, and I still wouldn't pick him.