Indian Team Discussion Thread

[honestbharani]

Squad is pretty much along expected lines. We have all been talking about the test XIs but what about the LO games, especially the ODIs as that seems to be the format which is ripe for experimentation.

T20I squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.

ODI squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur.

Test squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohammad Siraj, Rohit Sharma.

Net bowlers: Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel.

 

[honestbharani]

Would you feel better if I named it the Selection thread, seeing as it is clearly intended to discuss the selections and the final XIs for each game and so on?

And I dunno know why you think fans of the other team will not participate in such threads. If you see the Ashes subforums, there are always enough threads for fans of both teams to interact. And nothing stops you from giving your two cents here on the probable XIs India should play for the games during this tour.

 

[honestbharani]

Anyways, seeing that we begin with ODIs, my XI for the first game would be:


Shikhar Dhawan
Mayank Agarwal
Virat Kohli (c)
Shreyas Iyer
KL Rahul (wk) (vc)
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Navdeep Saini/Shardul Thakur
Kuldeep Yadav
Mohammed Shami
Jasprit Bumrah

 

[the big bambino]

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Ishant? I hear he'll be available for the tests - some say even Adelaide but I can't see that happening if he isn't in Australia already. Anyone know if he'll come to Australia assuming he isn't already here?

 

[honestbharani]

He is supposed to have started bowling this week. He is currently at the NCA in Bangalore. If he is doing ok I believe he will be flown out in time to be able to play the first warm up game.

 

[OverratedSanity]

On the one hand Ishant being half fit is a massive blow but if it means we get to see Siraj/Saini at some point in the series, it could be fun to watch. Hopefully they dont go full Vinay Kumar from 2012.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah but you just know Virat is gonna go with nostrils at Adelaide. Hopefully saner heads prevail once he leaves.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nostrils is entertaining too tbf. Even when he's not bowling well.

 

[honestbharani]

We dont win with him in Australia though. So hopefully he does not play.

 

[Dan]

I know he's only a net bowler but I kinda rate Porel

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah, Kings XI should have played him more in the IPL, given how much they struggled for the 3rd seamer.

 

[harsh.ag]

Umesh > Siraj/Saini, by a decent margin

 

[honestbharani]

Not in red ball stuff outside the SC, no. Umesh is just a 100 free runs for the opposition in an innings really.

 

[duffer]

Shardul and Deepak in Indian colours lmfao.

Gill in the Test squad is gun though.

 

[Daemon]

Umesh > Siraj/Saini, by a decent margin

8 games in Australia averaging 46..

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Umesh > Siraj/Saini, by a decent margin

No he's not.
Away from home Umesh is useless.
Siraj ahead of him anyday of the week.
With the pink ball i think Siraj will be handy.

 

[Flem274*]

yadav is gun.

 

[Nintendo]

Assuming rohit won't play the odi's or t20's

ODI:
Dhawan
Shaw
Kohli (C)
Iyer
Rahul (+)
H. Pandya
Jadeja
Saini
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Shami

T20:
Rahul
Dhawan
Kohli (C)
Iyer
Samson +
H. Pandya
Sundar
Saini
Chahal
Bumrah/Natarajan depending on how bumrah is managed
Shami

Test
Rohit/Shaw once rohit fails in the first two tests
Agarwal
Pujara
Kohli (C)/ Gill once kohli leaves
Rahane / (C) once kohli leaves
Viharu
Pant +
Jadeja
Ishant/Saini pending Ishant's fitness
Shami
Bumrah.

 

[Daemon]

Quietly optimistic about this. I think we'll smash them.

 

[honestbharani]

I think we'll smash them.

That is the opposite of "quiet".