govinda indian fan
First Class Debutant
Need to pick prasidh he is tall+ has pace would be handful on aussie pitches
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Road to India in Australia 2024-25
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Spark
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This is massively skewed by his first tour where he was terrible. Anyone who's actually watched or faced him since knows how good he is, including the Aus bats.
Thala_0710
State 12th Man
It is. Shami is a massive upgrade on both Siraj and Akashdeep. The last time he played a series in Aus he took 16 wkts @ 26.19 there. Facing Bumrah and Shami would be a much more scary proposition for the Aussie batters instead of Bumrah/Siraj or Bumrah/Akashdeep.
Sunil1z
International Regular
Guy is mentally weak . I don’t think mentally fragile cricketers do well in Aus . I fear for him against Marsh and Head .
Thala_0710
State 12th Man
I would prefer Dayal for the left handed variety and would also create some rough for Ashwin to work with
Ok, but Shami hasn't played a Test or FC match in 16 months so how does anyone know how good he'll still be coming back at 34 after such a long lay-off (and now it'll be longer as injured again)
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CodeOfWisden
U19 Cricketer
Although I don’t like Mukesh at all but there’s a big difference between him and Vinay Kunar.
Mukesh Kumar usually bowls above 135 and is way taller than Vinay, I would take him over Dayal who has no test experience yet.
If Shami is injured, these should be our picks -
Bumrah
Akashdeep
Siraj
Harshit Rana
Mukesh
Thala_0710
State 12th Man
Yeah we don't know that, but I'll still back him over our other options
CodeOfWisden
U19 Cricketer
His record is average bcoz of that series in 2014 on flatrons, othewise he had been good.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
No batsman relishes facing an on-song Shami. Instantly brings all.modes of dismissals into play against both RHBs and LHBs. Huge blow. Just have to hope Bumrah, Siraj, and Akash Deep can stay fit through the five games because Mukesh and Dayal will get carted at their floaty speeds.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Shami did not bowl that well even in the one innings he bowled last time, did he? He was really good in the 2018-19 series but that's all we are going by, right?
I think he is definitely a big miss but hopefully Akashdeep can stand up and do well.
I think he is definitely a big miss but hopefully Akashdeep can stand up and do well.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Well it's just the one innings. He has 31 wickets in Australia in 7 games prior to that, so he hasn't exactly been useless there. But just on potential and experience alone, not having him there opening the bowling alongside Bumrah puts a big dent in our chances. I like Akash Deep though and think he's the real deal; it's Siraj who can't afford to blow hot and cold like he usually does. The real problem with Shami's absence though is that it brings us one step closer to being forced to try out an untested/unpromising bench. Don't have much hope there, as lucky as no-name seamers have been for us in recent times.
GirthQuake
School Boy/Girl Captain
Shami's absence means India are presented with a conundrum. They have to win against NZ with WTC in mind but also ensure Bumrah is not run aground before BGT. Maybe consider debuting both H Rana and Dayal against NZ.
Thala_0710
State 12th Man
Prepare turners and let Ashwin Jadeja do the rest!
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Wrong time to give the Kiwis a three Test series.
OverratedSanity
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Because he's been a proven quality bowler over a sample size of 10 years and had an unreal WC where he bowled as well as he ever has.
Thala_0710
State 12th Man
Shami is a major miss for India only in SENA conditions, as in the SC we have our great spinners to cover for him and the other teams haven't been as strong recently. He needs a regular run in the test squad without injuries and he could deliver once again imo, as evidenced the ODI wc where he was in perfect rhythm. The major issue with losing Shami is our bench strength, which again isn't really tested unless it's a SENA series of which he has only missed the SA one (which had the most bowling friendly pitches in recent memory). Hence, it wasn't a major issue uptil now, but the upcoming 5 match BGT will highlight this issue much much more.
Ummm, last BGT in Aus Shami broke down in first innings he bowled. Bench strength seemed to be good enough to do alright without him
Sunil1z
International Regular
The major reason we rate highly is because him , Bumrah and Ishant Sharma are the only 3 fast bowlers who have won us matches . So, now we will have to rely on bench strength rather than proven match winner .Ummm, last BGT Shami broke down in first innings he bowled. Bench strength seemed to be good enough to do alright without him