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***Official*** India in Sri Lanka 2015

harsh.ag

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Occurred to me that Shastri and Kohli have kinda institutionalized prejudice and/or privilege as a legitimate form of selection
 

cnerd123

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>TFW your number 8 is capable of Ranji 200s and playing perfect reverse sweeps, yet your team only has 366 runs on the board.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
That ICC test all rounders ranking list always gets a laugh from me. Throws up some of the most absurd names.
Haha the best thing is the fact that they actually refuse to list more than ten just because of how absurd it gets after that. They used to actually admit that was the reason on the site and everything.
 

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
I'm sure it's possible to improve the formula, but it's also just that in the end it comes down to valuable contributions. I don't have a problem with Dale Steyn being on the list.

I guess it just proves how difficult it is to get team selections right. There's always going to be that trade off between bowling and batting.
 

spit

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
I agree - but what's the best selection to get 20 wickets in away tests?
I'm not of the opinion that India have a capable 5th bowler likely to improve their chances of taking 20 wickets. Certainly not an all-rounder. I'd prefer then to bat with the above and play Ashwin/Yadav/Mishra/Ishant.
 

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
I'm not of the opinion that India have a capable 5th bowler likely to improve their chances of taking 20 wickets. Certainly not an all-rounder. I'd prefer then to bat with the above and play Ashwin/Yadav/Mishra/Ishant.
Yeah the main difference being that Ishant is better than Ishant, Ashwin is just better than Jadeja was, and 2 of Umesh/Mishra/Bhuvi is better than old, fat Zaheer and the crap that Shami has bowled lately.

I do have hopes that Shami will rediscover his mojo and take over from Ishant.
 

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