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*Official* India in West indies 2023

Silver Silva

International Regular
Not sure what to think about the Indian batting as there is a mix of out of form experience, some random in forms and a bunch of new guys. But then the #9 has four test 50s in nine games...so it's certainly pretty good depth.

The Indian fast bowling sucks though, so definitely the right call to go with two spinners (IMO they should be doing that basically all the time given all the injuries and inconsistency with the fast bowling).
With all due respect, do you think the Indian Selectors have double standards in selection policy? ..
Ishan Kishan is not a proper keeper , he didn't even keep wicket in his last FC game yet he gets a game but for others they are excluded for apparent cricketing reasons like Sarfraz Khan for example.
 

SillyCowCorner1

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Not thrilled at Jamal Warrican being in our test side against India.......

If the pitch requires 2 spinners, we are in serious trouble unless we score big first innings runs.
No one is thrilled with Warrican in the side, besides His Majestry...Sir Doctor Senator Desmond Haynes.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
With all due respect, do you think the Indian Selectors have double standards in selection policy? ..
Ishan Kishan is not a proper keeper , he didn't even keep wicket in his last FC game yet he gets a game but for others they are excluded for apparent cricketing reasons like Sarfraz Khan for example.
Sarfraz Khan doesn't seem to be fit enough to play international professional cricket in this day and age so I understand his exclusion.


This Ishan Kishan thing is just a stupid idea, and I think shows how undervalued pure keeping skills are these days amongst selectors. They're trying to replace Pant, just like everyone was trying to replace a Gilchrist. But Gilchrist was a very good keeper. And with the depth India have in batting, plus their inexperienced fast bowling attack, they need a keeper who will hold on to catches and save runs way more than the 10 extra runs he may get over his replacement.

It's the baseball concept of VORP (value over replacement player). Kishan is negative if you factor his keeping.
 

G. S. Kohli

International Vice-Captain
Highest avg in FCC at the time of India Test debut❤
88.37 - Vinod Kambli (27 matches)
81.23 - Praveen Amre (23)
80.21 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (15)
71.28 - Rusi Modi (38)
70.18 - Sachin Tendulkar (9)
68.78 - Shubman Gill (23)

Alice Athanaze / Ishan Kishan & Yasaswi Jaiswal debut

Westindies have won toss & bats
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
LOL I saw Chanderpaul on screen and I was like is this a replay from an old Test match? Before I remembered.

jesus christ I'm getting old. Jimmy Anderson is the only active Test player older than me now. Please never retire Jimmy.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Like no seriously, there is no commentary. Not necessarily a bad thing given the quality of some of the commentators, but it's hilariously unprofessional by ESPN.
 

SillyCowCorner1

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Dominica's tourism ministry went out of their way to sponsor our team for this test match. That's the state of our cricket team in 2023.
 

Socerer 01

International Captain
With all due respect, do you think the Indian Selectors have double standards in selection policy? ..
Ishan Kishan is not a proper keeper , he didn't even keep wicket in his last FC game yet he gets a game but for others they are excluded for apparent cricketing reasons like Sarfraz Khan for example.
the previous incumbent Bharat didn’t keep in his last domestic fc match for Andhra either because these two are some of their best players for their domestic sides its not an unusual thing here
 

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