**Official** India in Bangladesh

[Turbinator]

I completely agree with Akhi... (oops, don't want this to turn into a replica of the CW awards thread), adharcric over here.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I know it's off-topic but it doesn't deserve a thread on its own...

I'm curious to know what are the chances that India will be playing in Mumbai on around 9-12 November this year.

 

[Turbinator]

Well the 20/20 WC ends late September, no tours are planned for Oct and Nov, and the tour to Australia starts late December... IIRC.

 

[Raghav]

Two matches cannot be the basis for judgment. Let's talk after the test series at the very least. The seniors received a wake-up call and Chawla got an opportunity ... not bad.

You will comeup saying the same even after test series...you will say two tests cant be basis of judgement..

Lets see how far Indians can perform...

 

[Dasa]

I know it's off-topic but it doesn't deserve a thread on its own...

I'm curious to know what are the chances that India will be playing in Mumbai on around 9-12 November this year.

Yeah, no cricket planned around then...but you never know, they might schedule another ODI series or something in that break before India go to Australia.

 

[jeevan]

Is Dinesh Mongia a better part time bowler than Yuvraj or even Sehwag, both of whom are better batting prospects (though wouldnt know that from this series). He had a good bowl in the first ODI, but not sure that over multiple series and playing conditions, he was or will be better than these two.

India missing a medium pacer type allrounder in the ODI side. Does not appear to be abundance of young blood in that department domestically, Pathan is still iffy and Joginder Sharma fail to impress the couple of times he was given a chance.

Any recent news on Irfan?

 

[Anil]

Two matches cannot be the basis for judgment. Let's talk after the test series at the very least. The seniors received a wake-up call and Chawla got an opportunity ... not bad.

not talking on the basis of the matches played so far....what i am saying is if we win convincingly, well we are expected to, if we don't play well but somehow sneak through, it just looks bad for reputations already taking some serious bashing, if we somehow manage to screw up enough to lose a test, it will be another disastrous chapter in our cricketing history....so everything put together, nothing much to gain, a fair lot to lose....

 

[shankar]

RP Singh can get some surprising, steepling bounce at times though and he has pace that hasn't been on display in international cricket too often. Let's hope he gets a shot in the tests.

Not very hopeful of RP Singh. Actually, I think he's crap. It's a sad state of affairs if he's the next best pace option in the country.

 

[adharcric]

Is Dinesh Mongia a better part time bowler than Yuvraj or even Sehwag, both of whom are better batting prospects (though wouldnt know that from this series). He had a good bowl in the first ODI, but not sure that over multiple series and playing conditions, he was or will be better than these two.

India missing a medium pacer type allrounder in the ODI side. Does not appear to be abundance of young blood in that department domestically, Pathan is still iffy and Joginder Sharma fail to impress the couple of times he was given a chance.

Any recent news on Irfan?

Yuvraj, in my opinion, can be just as good as Mongia as a part-time option and generally does a solid job when he gets a chance. Mongia just has so much more experience (county, domestic, etc) with the ball and that's why he's preferred.

 

[adharcric]

not talking on the basis of the matches played so far....what i am saying is if we win convincingly, well we are expected to, if we don't play well but somehow sneak through, it just looks bad for reputations already taking some serious bashing, if we somehow manage to screw up enough to lose a test, it will be another disastrous chapter in our cricketing history....so everything put together, nothing much to gain, a fair lot to lose....

True. Even though Bangladesh are a genuinely competitive side these days, anything less than domination will be disappointing.

 

[adharcric]

Not very hopeful of RP Singh. Actually, I think he's crap. It's a sad state of affairs if he's the next best pace option in the country.

Crap? Yes, he can bowl crap at times - in his second international stint, he bowled rubbish and was clearly striving for too much pace (in fact, I noticed this problem in a few A-level matches soon after he was dropped for "quick" bowlers ala Munaf, VRV, Sreesanth). He has pace, swing, bounce and control but he needs to focus on the last of these attributes; that's why he was impressive in his early days for the national side.

 

[jeevan]

India, the test team, has been less of a disaster. (perhaps by not playing that many) even in South Africa. If they cant clean up with a line up of Wasim-Ganguly-Dravid-Laxman-Sachin-Yuvraj-Dhoni-Kumble-Powar-Zaheer-Munaf , would be a mighty shame.

Fielding could be atrocious though, with that bunch.

 

[adharcric]

India, the test team, has been less of a disaster. (perhaps by not playing that many) even in South Africa. If they cant clean up with a line up of Wasim-Ganguly-Dravid-Laxman-Sachin-Yuvraj-Dhoni-Kumble-Powar-Zaheer-Munaf , would be a mighty shame.

Fielding could be atrocious though, with that bunch.

Ehh whatever, as long as Jaffer or Karthik (who will make the side over Yuvraj IMO) takes his share at short-leg ... there's only so much damage Munaf can do at third-man.

 

[Nishant]

Ehh whatever, as long as Jaffer or Karthik (who will make the side over Yuvraj IMO) takes his share at short-leg ... there's only so much damage Munaf can do at third-man.

surely we cant drop yuvraj!

 

[adharcric]

surely we cant drop yuvraj!

Do you plan to drop Ganguly/Laxman/Tendulkar or ask Karthik to keep? Really don't want Dravid opening again and the others aren't very likely to get promoted for that job.

 

[Prince EWS]

surely we cant drop yuvraj!

Nah, you can't drop Yuvraj. For that'd be impossible - he didn't play in India's last test match.

 

[TT Boy]

Ehh whatever, as long as Jaffer or Karthik (who will make the side over Yuvraj IMO) takes his share at short-leg ... there's only so much damage Munaf can do at third-man.

Is that your defence mechanism in regard to valid criticism?

 

[adharcric]

Is that your defence mechanism in regard to valid criticism?

Defence mechanism? I'm not an idiot - can't see how anyone could deny that we have fielding issues. Nevertheless, my point stands: taking close-in catches is what it will boil down to. People can whine about Munaf's jogging at third man but I really couldn't give a **** (relatively speaking) if we take the catches.

 

[Nishant]

Do you plan to drop Ganguly/Laxman/Tendulkar or ask Karthik to keep? Really don't want Dravid opening again and the others aren't very likely to get promoted for that job.

i dont want dravid opening again either TBH...but i would rather drop Laxman and keep yuvraj. Youvraj is the future of indian cricket and can field well. laxman, im sorry to say, is no where near the indian future and its not like he is better than yuvraj ATM, TBH.

 

[Pup Clarke]

I imagine the Indian X1 will be...

Wasim Jaffer
Dinesh Karthik
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
VVS Laxman
MS Dhoni
Ramesh Powar/RP Singh
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Munaf Patel