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*Official* SriLanka in India 2022
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ankitj
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Axar Patel returns to India squad for second Test in Bengaluru
The left-arm spinner, who has recovered from a shin injury and a bout of Covid-19, has replaced Kuldeep Yadav
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So are we really going to unleash Bumrah-Shami-Ashwin-Jadeja-Axar on SL in next game? It's so unfair.
CricAddict
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One more great part about it is the depth that India will have with Axar at 9.Axar Patel returns to India squad for second Test in Bengaluru
The left-arm spinner, who has recovered from a shin injury and a bout of Covid-19, has replaced Kuldeep Yadav
So are we really going to unleash Bumrah-Shami-Ashwin-Jadeja-Axar on SL in next game? It's so unfair.
Apex Predator
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Lol as if I care... Don't think too high of yourself pal
Apex Predator
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Jadeja at 19 years of age was absolute joke. Abhishek is actually an amazing prospect & highly rated since U19 level.
CricAddict
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Abhishek surely is not. We have seen him in IPL for so many seasons and he hasn`t done anything special.
cnerd123
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Jadeja was part of the best U19 generation India has ever had. He was central to RR winning the first ever IPL, and was earmarked from early on for great things. His ODI performances early on weren't great, but he was good enough to get into the squad. Sharma is a loooonnnggg way from that.
Apex Predator
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Not really Abhishek was part of U19 WC winning side in 2018. His IPl debut inns was amazing for DD at 17. Didn't get a lot of opportunities as he was traded to SRH & then again didn't get many opportunities or a consistent run bit like Priyam Garg last year.
He is a top order bat who can bowl decent left arm spin.
This season he will open for SRH his natural position so let's see. He opens for Punjab in domestic cricket as well
cnerd123
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one 98 in 5 innings (158 runs total) and 6 wickets @ 26 in 3 games for Punjab this season, he's hardly setting domestic cricket alight. Scored 169* in the VH trophy in Dec which is nice but also has a List A bowling average of 59.55. He may have all the talent in the world, but that means nothing until he can actually put up some real numbers. Atm he's still a 21 year old rookie and a long way away from even India A contention.
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He would have got an opportunity if he was really good, isn`t it?
Apex Predator
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Agree with everything he desperately needs 1 good IPl to be in with a chance. A tours these days have become very rare. I suppose it will be the case for a while now. So IPl & domestic cricket will have to do.
Just saying that multi dimensional players are rare breed in India & numbers don't always tell the whole story.
Raj Bawa has been decent in his first few FC games. He is batting too low for Chandigarh though. But he has shown promise as well. He has decent pace & does extracts good bounce. He is also one to watch out for in IPl. There's some hype about him now.
cnerd123
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Bawa has 3 wickets in 2 games this season at 49, and he can't touch 140k like Stokes can. Probably touching 130s at his quickest during the U19 WC, I suspect he's bowling 120s in FC cricket with longer spells. Had 1 big innings vs Uganda in the U19 WC, hasn't crossed 50 in any other game since.
A lot of these U19 prospects end up going nowhere, having a solid Ranji career would be a big accomplishment. Way too early to expect anything from Bawa. I hope he comes good, but it's way too early to say.
For context - the U19 skipper Yash Dhull has scores of 113, 113* and 200* in his first 6 FC innings. Three 50s and a 100 (vs Aus in the SF) in the U19 WC. Now that's a kid worth hyping. Any allrounder who can put up those kind of numbers is worth paying attention too.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
He is not really an allrounder though, is Dhull. Best we can hope for is a Sehwag level part timer.
cnerd123
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Yea I know, I mean if a kid comes out of the U19 WC and starts lighting up Ranji then we know we've got a real Indian prospect on our hands. Jadeja hit 3 FC triple tons and took tons of wickets before he got a serious run at the Test side. Unfortunately no young allrounder in India is putting up numbers like that atm.
_00_deathscar
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"Drop Jadeja and let's play a totally random youngster who hasn't even really proven it at youth/domestic level" is quite a take.
Apex Predator
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First of all speed Guns were faulty in recent U19 WC... Pakistani pacer Zeeshan Zameer is clocking 145 kph in PSL but wasn't able to push to 140 in U19 WC.. Same goes for Hangargekar. Both were bowling rapidly in WC. I think someone also said that in official thread.
Secondly bowling 135 ish & extracting good bounce is as good as any. Also guy is U19 crickecter. He will get more quick with time.
Also Stokes was barely 130 kph at U19 level too.
You are also forgetting Bawa got covid in the tourney & played a clutch inns with Sindhu in the finals & a 4 wicket haul vs Saffers early in the tourney.
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Apex Predator
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Yeah Dhull is a proper batsman. He is gun with nice range of strokes. His square cut is much like Shubman Gill. Likes to play with a straight bat.
Apex Predator
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Bro no one said drop Jadeja lol.. We are talking about backups. Jadeja is right now best All round option in India.