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***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

OverratedSanity

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India 1 M Vijay, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara 4 Virat Kohli (capt). 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Rohit Sharma, 7 R Ashwin, 8 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 9 Ravindra Jadeja, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Mohammed Shami
Would've preferred Bhuvi but whatevs, that's close to ideal
 

Mike5181

International Captain
Wagner's never opened the bowling in test cricket, so this should be something a little different to watch.
 

Athlai

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1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Luke Ronchi, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Mark Craig, 9 Neil Wagner, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent Boult

Nicholls dropped
 

cnerd123

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Yadav over Bhuvi is strange.

Lol NZ 3 spinners. I actually don't mind this strategy tbh, but it's still a bit amusing. Guptill playing so presumably Ronchi doesn't open.

NZ going for 5 bowlers vs India's 4 is also interesting.
 

morgieb

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Nicholls getting dropped is pretty bizarre though, given he acquitted himself reasonably well over in South Africa.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Any confirmation if NZ are playing Guptill or Ronchi?

Oh wait it just came up. Looking forward to Guptill's bowling then.

Edit: Wait what, Nicholls left out?
 
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Zinzan

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1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Luke Ronchi, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Mark Craig, 9 Neil Wagner, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent Boult

Nicholls dropped
Well Nicholls did well in his last test match in the most difficult of conditions, so that makes sense.. #McLogic
 

Mike5181

International Captain
1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Luke Ronchi, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Mark Craig, 9 Neil Wagner, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent Boult

Nicholls dropped
Wonder what that means for Guptill if he continues to fail.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Nicholls getting dropped is pretty bizarre though, given he acquitted himself reasonably well over in South Africa.
Yes it is. Assume he looked terrible in the nets/warmup vs spin? Probably did, though it's still harsh.

All set for his promotion to opener in the next test series then.
 

Zinzan

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Sodhi can bat too, could argue the engine room runs until 10. Perfect chance for some troll innings here.
Not really even troll considering aside from KW, Taylor, Watling & Latham the rest of the batting line-up are all about the same except for Boult.
 

CricAddict

International Coach
Yadav over Bhuvi is strange.

Lol NZ 3 spinners. I actually don't mind this strategy tbh, but it's still a bit amusing. Guptill playing so presumably Ronchi doesn't open.

NZ going for 5 bowlers vs India's 4 is also interesting.
It should have been Bhuvi over Umesh. Better batsman, better bowler, it is his home pitch and he is in form. Doesn't make sense.
 

straw man

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Not really even troll considering aside from KW, Taylor, Watling & Latham the rest of the batting line-up are all about the same except for Boult.
Pretty much. On the positive side, those four named would amount to near enough to our best ever batting-against-spin side. This doesn't say much however.
 

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