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I would've been very interested to see Jayden Lennox as a horses for courses pick
I wouldn't take Sundar. If it's a turner play Kuldeep/Axar.Rohit
Jaiswal
Gill
Kohli
Pant
Sarfraz
Jadeja
Sundar
Ashwin
Akashdeep
Bumrah
Gill in, Rahul out
Sundar in, Kuldeep out
Akash in, Siraj out
But team management is looking to play Sundar in place of Kuldeep as the latter didn't provide any control in the last game and was most expensive. Plus they feel Sundar can add with the bat as well, which can be important, given India's lower order contributed absolutely nothing last test. Was blown away twice.I wouldn't take Sundar. If it's a turner play Kuldeep/Axar.
Mostly agree with this, the batting has been pretty flaky but the onus is on them to get more consistent. In these conditions at least don’t think Blundell will be that big a loss if he sits out. If Sodhi had a bit more to offer with the bat he’d be a good pick.Should New Zealand try a horses for courses approach? I think we make Latham Keep, that way we can drop the keeper and play 3 seamers and 3 spinners, maybe bring in Santner for the WK?
edit, without Williamson its a risk playing 1 less batter, but we need to be creative to try win.
This isn't a bad shout. Normal logic would dictate that making your captain keep and open the batting would be too much, but he's not scoring runs so it really wouldn't lose a lot of output for us. I wouldn't go Santner, however, I'd back Blundell to cover him in runs and you already have two LAers in the side, plus may play Sodhi for Southee as well who turns it that way. Chapman would be a dark horse to play, pretty solid player of spin and his nemesis - short bowling - wouldn't be as much of a factor.Should New Zealand try a horses for courses approach? I think we make Latham Keep, that way we can drop the keeper and play 3 seamers and 3 spinners, maybe bring in Santner for the WK?
edit, without Williamson its a risk playing 1 less batter, but we need to be creative to try win.
Really bad call this. Sundar is a batter who can bowl, not a 3rd spinner.Sundar in, Kuldeep out
Fair enough too. I'm a KD fan but if it's a turner, the two guys with 800 wkts between them should suffice with Sunder to pick up the scraps. We need his batting more this time around.But team management is looking to play Sundar in place of Kuldeep as the latter didn't provide any control in the last game and was most expensive. Plus they feel Sundar can add with the bat as well, which can be important, given India's lower order contributed absolutely nothing last test. Was blown away twice.
Akash over Siraj is still not certain, neither is Sarfraz over Rahul. But Sundar over Kuldeep is all set to happen based on everything said and done by TM so far.
Chennai 2021 the last one I remember like that.Not like the old days when pitch used to be flat for 2 days before breaking up. It gave all the advantage to the team batting 1st.