If you were the coach

[Rajeev]

What changes would you make

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Everyone likes to see change, in a jiffy

So; (hypothetically) if you were the coach or "Mohinder Amernath" for example..what can you do with this team

You only have certain amount of players to play with. Besides Strategy and bringing some oldies back..what next?

1) Bring Back Laxman

..continue

[gator]

after tht, send back laxman

[Gambit]

VVS, Ganguly, Jadeja should be recalled. :spin:

[gator]

i say, stage a drama like inzi and ulemah did in england... by undoing the ball's seam, staging a walkout, spend the entire GDP on 2 lawyers, walk scot free and save urself from humiliating scorecards...

[Zooter]

1. I'd play Harbhajan AND Kumble on a green wicket for ODIs

2. Sack Dhoni--and get Dravid to don the gloves

3. Build partnerships into the tens even twenties between Gangs and Laxman (built purely from boundaries--god forbid precious VVS actually run b/w the wickets)

4. Play two pace bowlers--Nehra and Zaheer--and hope to recall Srinath when one of the two gets injured in the space of 2 overs.

5. outlaw running and bending-over in the field

... you know ... the good 'ole days.

[yoda]

Just stick to the process all the way to the world cup baby!

[ravi]

1. I will definitely play Irfan Pathan in the team as an all rounder. I will not drop him in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

2. Raina seems to have lost it in the last few months. It may be the pressure that is getting to him. Rest him for few matches and play Karthik or any other batsman that hasn't had a hit.

3. Bring back Laxman particularly when touring South Africa or Australia. Accomadate him in the 15 even if you can't afford to play him every game.

[kabira]

I will go with 6 players instead of 11...

and always bat first..and than run away..

[Bumper]

1) Sehwag replaces Jaffer
2) Yuvraj when he comes in replaces Kaif
3) Gambhir replaces Raina
4) Mongia stays (need to give him a longer rope). If he falters bring back Ganguly.
5) Zaheer/Aggy, Sreesanth, Munaf + Bhajji or Kumble (prefer Kumble against SA)

World cup 11

Gambhir
Sachin
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Dravid
Mongia
Dhoni
Bhajji/Kumble
Zaheer/Aggy
Sreesanth
Munaf

[yoda]

Bumps, no place for Irfan? :chin:

[Bumper]

No Irfan in my team for now. Sreesanth, Munaf, Aggy, Zaheer all deserve more to be in the team ahead of Pathan.

[Sooda]

^Im not sure..IKP> SS in my book.

Aside from that Bumpers team is ace. Maybe Yuv at one down and Sehwag at 5, RD at 4.

Laxman should NOT be in the ODI team. Look at his latest big scores in tests, the guy has lost/cut out his stroke playing ability and become an attritional kinda player. He cant cut it in ODIs anymore. Like Gangs I think the hand-eye co ord isnt the same.

[Rohan495]

If i were the coach i would retire. Or coach a Fresbee team, where players can jump around and catch everything and forget bout anything else. What a pathetic coach, emphasizes so much on fielding but what about the scoreboard, in cricket doesnt it have to move, obviously keeping kaif, raina and mongia in the team doesnt help the cause at all. All they do is throw their body around but dont keep the scorecard moving. Killed Laxman and Gangulys career. Put Laxman to the side. Killed Gangulys great career.

One Day Team:in hopes of winning a single game, and even the world cup
1 Sourav Ganguly
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 VVS Laxman
4 Rahul Dravid
5 Virender Sehwag
6 Yuvraj singh
7. MS Dhoni
8. Irfan Pathan
9. Ajit Agarkar
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Anil Kumble

-I dont think any one can top that team. This is the best team India has, This was a similar team that led to success in Australia and even Pakistan, Im talkin about away from India games, they matter more.

[Rohan495]

Always stressin the need for all rounders what the use of bringin in dinesh mongia who is like a local club cricketer, and cant score runs. I thought Yuvraj, Sehwag, and Tendulkar can bowl? what about them, whats the point of bringing in players like mongia in the expense of class players who can win matches with their batting such as Laxman and Ganguly

[Gambit]

Or coach a Fresbee team, where players can jump around and catch everything and forget bout anything else.

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