I don't think anyone was suggesting differently. Indian fans were saying that India are only still in this because they've had a few players perform and England haven't been very good, and as such the half of the Indian side that haven't performed need to have their places looked at. It wasn't meant to be a comparison between England and India; just a selection discussion.
Yeah thats fair. I don't really think its true though. Ishant + Jadeja maybe but Binny got runs first test and Dhawan got 98 and century in NZ series.
Binny wasn't selected just to make runs though; he's batting eight below Jadeja. They definitely have better batsmen available and he's not offering anything with the ball.
He is a better bat than Jadeja though for me, and I hate picking blokes for a couple of tests then sodding them off unless they go full Kerrigan.
His bowling is simply not worth the drop off in Batting from a Gambhir/Rohit to him. Might as well give those overs to Kohli and his dibbly dobblers. Not convinced he would be upto that much with the bat on non flat surfaces either.
Yeah, getting rid of Jadeja doesn't make that much sense. Can't see Ashwin doing better and Ojha isn't on tour. Given BK's batting is it worth ****ing off Binny for another bowler (e.g. Pankaj?)
That's irrespective of the result. There is room for improvement even if India win this test.
He'll return to type soon enough IMO. Never has been a Test class opener, never will be. He's had the benefit of being played into form by an absolutely appalling Australian side, and I'll admit he's capitalised on that well -- but I don't see him fighting when the bad times come, as they undoubtedly will (everybody loses form at some point).
) -- decent technique, good enough temperament; all the skills to be a Test-class, if not world class, opener -- but once it stopped being all too easy for him, he ****ed off to the IPL and spent years belting terri-bad Indian seamers and flash-in-the-pan Australian domestic blokes all over the place to make big bucks, while quite clearly not giving two ****s about his red ball game. He's the Indian Shaun Marsh.
you sound like blockyHe'll return to type soon enough IMO. Never has been a Test class opener, never will be. He's had the benefit of being played into form by an absolutely appalling Australian side, and I'll admit he's capitalised on that well -- but I don't see him fighting when the bad times come, as they undoubtedly will (everybody loses form at some point).
That was (and still is) my biggest problem with the guy. I thought he was pretty decent early on (mostly because I was 14 and he'd made runs against Australia
Then, like Marsh, he got reselected because he looks pretty when in full flow during T20s and immediately cashed in. Marsh is even softer than Vijay, so it's no surprise that Vijay's kept it going for longer. Yeah, he's performed pretty well since his recall. I just don't think it's representative of much.
Don't get me wrong, he should be selected for home series against Australia until the end of time; a greying version of Murali Vijay would undoubtedly ton up against the Aussies while collecting his pension, but at the end of the day I don't see any fight in him when batting stops being so easy. He'll just piss off back to the IPL and collect a big paycheck for cricketing mediocrity. That's why I flat-out don't rate the guy, and why no amount of hundreds is enough to change my mind.
Wonder how long before this becomes the next great conspiracy.
