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Australia A vs India A games

Daemon

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I don’t think any of these guys will feature in the BGT unless we have another round of injuries. Great idea to have a shadow tour and it’s good of CA to know their place and oblige.
 

Qlder

International Debutant
Not going to happen but this is what I consider to be the best Aussie A side to play.

1. Harris
2. Konstas
3. McSweeney (c)
4. Philippe
5. Davies
6. Peirson (+)
7. Webster
8. Neser
9. McAndrew
10. Rocchiccioli
11. Boland

That's one deep batting line-up. O'Neill, Connolly and Murphy next in line. Bancroft permanent drinks waiter along with Steketee and Buckingham
 
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Spark

Global Moderator
Not going to happen but this is what I consider to be the best Aussie A side to play.

1. Harris
2. Konstas
3. McSweeney (c)
4. Philippe
5. Davies
6. Peirson (+)
7. Webster
8. Neser
9. McAndrew
10. Rocchiccioli
11. Boland

That's one deep batting line-up. O'Neill, Connolly and Murphy next in line. Bancroft permanent drinks waiter along with Steketee and Buckingham
Connolly will play in stead of Phillippe IMO. The bloke has already gotten picked in national colours, he's definitely getting picked in this team.
 

Qlder

International Debutant
Connolly will play in stead of Phillippe IMO. The bloke has already gotten picked in national colours, he's definitely getting picked in this team.
Well if we're talking actual then Bancroft will play instead of Philippe and will open with Harris, so who is missing out to fit Connolly in?

Konstas, McSweeney, Davies or Webster?
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Well if we're talking actual then Bancroft will play instead of Philippe and will open with Harris, so who is missing out to fit Connolly in?

Konstas, McSweeney, Davies or Webster?
If I had to guess out of those four - Webster. Konstas will bat 3, McSweeney is an absolute lock at 4 (he's captain) and Davies at 5. But it could be that Connolly bats like 8 or something silly like that.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
I would go with this for India A:

Easwaran
Ruturaj
Sudarshan
Padikkal
Indrajith
Reddy
Porel+
Suthur
Khaleel
Saini
Dayal
would probably swap Rutu and Sai coz I like left-right combos, and I think Kishan will pllay ahead of Porel for sure. Otherwise, that would likely be the side.
 

Qlder

International Debutant
If I had to guess out of those four - Webster. Konstas will bat 3, McSweeney is an absolute lock at 4 (he's captain) and Davies at 5. But it could be that Connolly bats like 8 or something silly like that.
I agree, but pretty strange dropping Webster, the 2023/24 Shield player of the year for Connolly.
 

Spark

Global Moderator
I agree, but pretty strange dropping the 2023/24 Shield player of the year for Connolly
Oh yeah I'm not making assessments of merit here. But I'm reasonably convinced they'll find a way. Tbf to the bloke he has had a ripping start to his FC career (albeit with ungodly amounts of luck IMO).

In fact I'll go as far to say that I would not be remotely surprised to see him picked in the Sri Lanka touring squad next year. I have no idea why they rate his bowling so highly but they clearly, obviously do.
 

Qlder

International Debutant
So with Rahul and Siraj dropped from the Test team maybe they should fly them in for the A games 😉
 
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CodeOfWisden

U19 Cricketer
Rutiraj Gaekwad acerages around 43 in fc with str rate of 55.

Shaw averages 48 at str rate 83 and has more centuries per innings and is not even in the team.

How is this low level class C third grade cricketer even in contention for a slot.

Hopefully Easwaran outscores him otherwise we will see yet another humiliation.

I an quite sure Gaekwad won’t even be able to spot the ball in Perth. He is such a talentless hack.
 

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Rutiraj Gaekwad acerages around 43 in fc with str rate of 55.

Shaw averages 48 at str rate 83 and has more centuries per innings and is not even in the team.

How is this low level class C third grade cricketer even in contention for a slot.

Hopefully Easwaran outscores him otherwise we will see yet another humiliation.

I an quite sure Gaekwad won’t even be able to spot the ball in Perth. He is such a talentless hack.
Lol. Shaw is out there getting dropped from Mumbai Ranji team.
 

CodeOfWisden

U19 Cricketer
Sundar is a pretty solid player, he can easily bat at 5 and bowl tidy overs.

I would have him over Jadeja in the Perth test.
 

govinda indian fan

First Class Debutant
Rutiraj Gaekwad acerages around 43 in fc with str rate of 55.

Shaw averages 48 at str rate 83 and has more centuries per innings and is not even in the team.

How is this low level class C third grade cricketer even in contention for a slot.

Hopefully Easwaran outscores him otherwise we will see yet another humiliation.

I an quite sure Gaekwad won’t even be able to spot the ball in Perth. He is such a talentless hack.
Ruturaj is hack but team management made its mind that he will be rohits successor 🤦‍♂️
 

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