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***Official*** Sri Lanka in India
- Thread starter James
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adharcric
International Coach
Let's start thinking about the Indian squad for the ODI series against South Africa.
The guarantees (in my opinion):
Virender Sehwag - vice-captain, getting starts but not going on, safe for now
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammad Kaif
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir - secured spot as reserve opener/batsman after his blistering ton
Suresh Raina - as good as kaif and yuvi in the field, averaging 50 in the SL series
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar - average of 21 with the ball in the SL series
Rudra Pratap Singh - brilliant in the 6th odi, good fielder
Harbhajan Singh - average of 25 in SL series, very economical (~ 3.4 rpo)
4 more players can be picked.
1. Middle-Order Batsman
-Venugopal Rao - averaged 30 in SL series, but batted well, should be high in the stakes
for a test berth
-Yuvraj Singh - out of form right now but brilliant in the field, if he can make a big one at
rajkot or baroda, he will most probably be retained
-VVS Laxman - if this 'youth movement' wasnt in progress, he might deserve a place
-Sourav Ganguly - NO ... enough said
2. Spinner
-Murali Kartik - decent performance in SL series with average of 32, should be retained
-Piyush Chawla - highly regarded by selectors, even practicing with the national team
-Ramesh Powar - he's been taking wickets for a while, might not get a chance yet
3. Seamer
-Zaheer Khan - 17 wickets in 2 duleep trophy matches, should be selected if fit in the field
-Sree Santh - averaging near 50 so far, talented but bowling too many boundary balls right now, maybe someone else should be evaluated now
-VRV Singh - ideally, should be selected ... but he might still be unfit
4. Batsman/All-Rounder/Bowler
-JP Yadav - was decent against SL, but should be given an extended run
-any of the above, especially a 5th seamer or an extra basman (rao & yuvi)
am i missing something?
The guarantees (in my opinion):
Virender Sehwag - vice-captain, getting starts but not going on, safe for now
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammad Kaif
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir - secured spot as reserve opener/batsman after his blistering ton
Suresh Raina - as good as kaif and yuvi in the field, averaging 50 in the SL series
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar - average of 21 with the ball in the SL series
Rudra Pratap Singh - brilliant in the 6th odi, good fielder
Harbhajan Singh - average of 25 in SL series, very economical (~ 3.4 rpo)
4 more players can be picked.
1. Middle-Order Batsman
-Venugopal Rao - averaged 30 in SL series, but batted well, should be high in the stakes
for a test berth
-Yuvraj Singh - out of form right now but brilliant in the field, if he can make a big one at
rajkot or baroda, he will most probably be retained
-VVS Laxman - if this 'youth movement' wasnt in progress, he might deserve a place
-Sourav Ganguly - NO ... enough said
2. Spinner
-Murali Kartik - decent performance in SL series with average of 32, should be retained
-Piyush Chawla - highly regarded by selectors, even practicing with the national team
-Ramesh Powar - he's been taking wickets for a while, might not get a chance yet
3. Seamer
-Zaheer Khan - 17 wickets in 2 duleep trophy matches, should be selected if fit in the field
-Sree Santh - averaging near 50 so far, talented but bowling too many boundary balls right now, maybe someone else should be evaluated now
-VRV Singh - ideally, should be selected ... but he might still be unfit
4. Batsman/All-Rounder/Bowler
-JP Yadav - was decent against SL, but should be given an extended run
-any of the above, especially a 5th seamer or an extra basman (rao & yuvi)
am i missing something?
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Yeah I strongly believe that you choose a player only if you think he is good enough. Else you dont choose a player. And if you choose him, you give him a fair run.Sanz said:
Which is why I have expressed my discontent over the 'trying out as many players as possible' policy and the two exclusions made before this one dayer.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Sri Lankans must be kicking themselves really. They were 30 odd and Ranjit Fernando said that Lanka should aim at making 350!
It is a very small ground and the pitch is flat. Historically very high totals have been made. A bit of patience and just staying on the wicket could have got the Lankans at least 280-290. The Indians apart from R.P.Singh and Karthik werent accurate enough. There were runs which could have been milked if there was more patience shown.
Really the shot Sangakarra played (agreed it was a well disguised slower ball by Pathan) was not required.
It is a very small ground and the pitch is flat. Historically very high totals have been made. A bit of patience and just staying on the wicket could have got the Lankans at least 280-290. The Indians apart from R.P.Singh and Karthik werent accurate enough. There were runs which could have been milked if there was more patience shown.
Really the shot Sangakarra played (agreed it was a well disguised slower ball by Pathan) was not required.
ramkumar_gr
U19 Vice-Captain
Kaif as usual trying to put pressure on the batsman at the other end.Sanz said:Okay 19 in 30 balls, 28 in 27 balls. Take your pick. (all in harmless fun)
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Thats a new one I have heard. But Sehwag - Mr. Carefree wouldnt be effected you would think. Not when he can play a captain's inning!ramkumar_gr said:
I dont want Sehwag to captain India regularly but I was impressed by his field placements : 'out of the box' as Ravi Shastri described it.
ramkumar_gr
U19 Vice-Captain
how about 20 of 37 then. There are batsmen like M Waugh, Azhar, D Martyn who makeSanz said:
the batting look easy and there can be others too. Kaif is the only one who can
look any surface or any mediocre bowling attack look great