Chepu is just one innings away from getting kicked out of the test team by Kohli !!!

[velu]

If he fails again in the next innings , Dhwan to repalce chepu  

@FischerTal

 

[Rightarmfast]

What about ROhit?

[Forever Indian]

2 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said:

What about ROhit?

Kohli will say both have failed, but with Rohit we have got 'Flair' in team. 

 

We need to find where in the  dressing room Kohli hides the 'Flair' that Rohit brings.

Edited January 14, 2018 by Forever Indian

[Nonbeliever]

Pujara will get injured. Rahul will have a slight niggle.  Shami will also get injured. Rahane will get back into the form sitting into the dressing room.  Gabbar will be there again and Saha will be fit again. Pitch will have swing so Bhuvi will be back.

[FischerTal]

overseas no impact sadly.

[Shunya]

Agreed. Surely as per Captain Genius's rotation policy- one of Vijay or Pujara is going out next match.

[zen]

If Ind loses the 2nd test, might as well continue with the LOI players to give them more practise

 

 

 

[bowl_out]

Rahane will come in for Chepu next match. Rohit will bat at 3.

[jusarrived]

 

[zen]

11 for using tests to practise of LOIs if Ind loses 2nd test 

 

Dhawan (ODI)

Rahul (forced choice)

Rahane (ODI)

Kohli (ODI)

Rohit (ODIs) 

Pandya (ODI)

Saha (forced choice)

Ashwin (ODI)

Bhuvi (ODI)

Shami (ODI)

Bumrah (ODI)

[Gollum]

If he fails again he deserves to be dropped, sorry. I am a  huge Chepu fanboy and I love him but love Team India more. Please make amends Che, I pray you get some luck going your way in the 4th innings. 

[zen]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

If he fails again he deserves to be dropped, sorry. I am a  huge Chepu fanboy and I love him but love Team India more. Please make amends Che, I pray you get some luck going your way in the 4th innings. 

Batsmen are picked based on class. Che has tons of it .... a failure here or there does not change things. First test was hard on top 5. Here he got run out .... Let's not create unnecessary do or die scenarios .... SA is the better team in these conditions, andInd has made too many mistakes 

[Gollum]

Just now, zen said:

Batsmen are picked based on class. Che has tons of it .... a failure here or there does not change things. First test was hard on top 5. Here he got run out .... Let's not create unnecessary do or die scenarios .... SA is the better team in these conditions, andInd has made too many mistakes 

@zen bhai, I haven't made this post based on this series alone. He had a bad run in the 2013-15 overseas cycle, hence his failures shine more. Vijay hasn't exactly set the world on fire this series but he has a decent record in these conditions. For a no 3 batsman to average 27 odd in SA/Eng/Aus/NZ is an alarming situation because no 3 is a vital position. 

[zen]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

@zen bhai, I haven't made this post based on this series alone. He had a bad run in the 2013-15 overseas cycle, hence his failures shine more. Vijay hasn't exactly set the world on fire this series but he has a decent record in these conditions. For a no 3 batsman to average 27 odd in SA/Eng/Aus/NZ is an alarming situation because no 3 is a vital position. 

In 18-19 season, he could do well. He needs to be given confidence 

[maniac]

As I said bias...Chepu has been mediocre overseas and played a lot of games in comparison with some other players who get the hate.

 

Having said that I will pick him over a couple of names in the team...won’t mention the names 

[velu]

10 minutes ago, maniac said:

As I said bias...Chepu has been mediocre overseas and played a lot of games in comparison with some other players who get the hate.

 

Having said that I will pick him over a couple of names in the team...won’t mention the names 

 

hitman ?  

[Trichromatic]

How long can India afford a no 3 batsman who can't score overseas?

 

Can Kohli move to no 3 and Rahane to 4? 

 

Vijay

Rahul

Kohli

Rahane

Rohit (Not my preference, but Kohli will pick him)

 

 

[jusarrived]

On a serious note , if not for the mess created by Virat and Shastri Pujara's spot should be questioned .

Pujara at this point would be below these 4 batsmen imo .

1. Virat - Overall best bat . 

2. Rahane - inspite of his bad run at home , second best bat overall .

3. VJ - Lately inconsistent , but no questions about his ability . 

4. KL - Needs to be consistent and start converting those 50s into 100s , but still early in his career . 

 

Pujara though needs to score runs away , but hes not your typical FTB . Hes been a match winner for us and played some great knocks where everyone else has failed and still puts a price on his wicket even away, so its not the same as Dhawan or Rohit cashing in in SL bowling on flat tracks . Also finding a good no 3 as a replacement is easier said than done , so need to be careful how hes handled . 

 

All this makes little sense now , cos in our Captains head Rohit > Dhawan >>>>>Pujara > VJ > KL , so he may be pretty close to being dropped . 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rasgulla]

Last time he was kicked out to be replaced by joker Rohit.. He got a 200 on return 

 

Hoping Mr.aggresive doesn't do that again.. 

[Shunya]

Pujara deserves more than this. He was our highest run scorer last year. 2nd highest in the world. Which team would drop their best player from an year ago after 1 series failure. And the stupid strategy of chop and change is surely going to demoralize your players at some point of time or it has already started doing harm. Even worse is being dropped after great performances like Bhuvi and Rahul.