India :
among the batsmen , gambhir, sehwag, sachin need some serious introspection .....
I'd prefer if rahane came in place of gambhir, but if he stays, gambhir needs to stop dabbing at balls outside the off-stump and get some big scores ...
sehwag needs to improve his concentration by quite a bit ...
as far as sachin goes, he needs to go out there and bat freely, counter-attack , like his innings @ mumbai vs Aus in 2004 or his 93 vs SA in an ODI in 2007 ( that IMO was the innings that turned it around after his slump in that period ) ...
there is no point in him playing in the Indian domestic season ...even in bad form, he'll cart those bowlers around ... a short stint in England/Australia could help though ...
pujara has been batting well ..... kohli and dhoni showed grit in the final test ...
as far as the bowling goes,
ashwin needs to focus on his stock ball, the off-spinner and on improving his accuracy ....his batting has been more than handy, but his bowling is the reason he's been selected and he needs a lot of improvement there ...
ojha has been pretty decent with the ball
need praveen kumar back in the side and umesh to be fitter. These two should form a good bowling pair ....
or if zaheer could improve his fitness ...... if only ... he didn't bowl as badly in the series as his figures suggest ...
still not sure why chawla was selected ...... ditto for harbhajan ....
finally dhoni needs to go as a captain , he can stay as batsman-keeper .... his keeping has slipped a bit ... needs to improve ...
make kohli as the captain for tests ...
England
Cook has been in brilliant form, leading from the front .... compton looks to be a decent opener .... trott has regained his form in the last 2 tests ....
KP was pretty good in the series, his knock in the 2nd test was the knock that probably had the most impact on the series ....
still not convinced about bell in the SC against the spinners ...
prior has improved his keeping quite a bit and is easily the best batsman amongst the keepers ATM ...
as far as the bowling goes
anderson was excellent ....
swann and panesar were pretty good as well ...... though they were helped quite a bit by the poor form of the India batsmen ...they both should play in the SC ... would select swann only outside of the SC though, unless the pitch offers some real help for the spinners ( maybe a venue like Sydney )
broad , if fit , is still the 2nd best seamer by a fair distance ...
bresnan was unimpressive .......but he should be a good option whenever the pitches offer some help for the seamers ...
finn, though a bit raw, can be very good when in form ....
where is tremlett these days btw ?
among the batsmen , gambhir, sehwag, sachin need some serious introspection .....
I'd prefer if rahane came in place of gambhir, but if he stays, gambhir needs to stop dabbing at balls outside the off-stump and get some big scores ...
sehwag needs to improve his concentration by quite a bit ...
as far as sachin goes, he needs to go out there and bat freely, counter-attack , like his innings @ mumbai vs Aus in 2004 or his 93 vs SA in an ODI in 2007 ( that IMO was the innings that turned it around after his slump in that period ) ...
there is no point in him playing in the Indian domestic season ...even in bad form, he'll cart those bowlers around ... a short stint in England/Australia could help though ...
pujara has been batting well ..... kohli and dhoni showed grit in the final test ...
as far as the bowling goes,
ashwin needs to focus on his stock ball, the off-spinner and on improving his accuracy ....his batting has been more than handy, but his bowling is the reason he's been selected and he needs a lot of improvement there ...
ojha has been pretty decent with the ball
need praveen kumar back in the side and umesh to be fitter. These two should form a good bowling pair ....
or if zaheer could improve his fitness ...... if only ... he didn't bowl as badly in the series as his figures suggest ...
still not sure why chawla was selected ...... ditto for harbhajan ....
finally dhoni needs to go as a captain , he can stay as batsman-keeper .... his keeping has slipped a bit ... needs to improve ...
make kohli as the captain for tests ...
England
Cook has been in brilliant form, leading from the front .... compton looks to be a decent opener .... trott has regained his form in the last 2 tests ....
KP was pretty good in the series, his knock in the 2nd test was the knock that probably had the most impact on the series ....
still not convinced about bell in the SC against the spinners ...
prior has improved his keeping quite a bit and is easily the best batsman amongst the keepers ATM ...
as far as the bowling goes
anderson was excellent ....
swann and panesar were pretty good as well ...... though they were helped quite a bit by the poor form of the India batsmen ...they both should play in the SC ... would select swann only outside of the SC though, unless the pitch offers some real help for the spinners ( maybe a venue like Sydney )
broad , if fit , is still the 2nd best seamer by a fair distance ...
bresnan was unimpressive .......but he should be a good option whenever the pitches offer some help for the seamers ...
finn, though a bit raw, can be very good when in form ....
where is tremlett these days btw ?
