Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2018/19

[zen]

Schedule

 

Thu Dec 6 - Mon Dec 10 11:00 local | 00:30 GMT	Australia vs India, 1st Test  Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Fri Dec 14 - Tue Dec 18 10:30 local | 02:30 GMT	Australia vs India, 2nd Test  Optus Stadium, Perth
Wed Dec 26 - Sun Dec 30 10:30 local | 23:30 GMT (prev day)	Australia vs India, 3rd Test  Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Thu Jan 3 - Mon Jan 7 10:30 local | 23:30 GMT (prev day)	Australia vs India, 4th Test  Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

 

 

 

Planning ahead by drafting the right players against WI: 

 

Preferred Squad (16 members): 

 

Batsmen: Rahul, Shaw, Pujara, Kohli, Gill, and Vihari / Agarwal / .... 

WKs: Saha and Pant 

AR: Pandya

Pace Bowlers: Shami, Bumrah, Ishant, Siraj and Rajpoot/Nathu/Saini/.... 

Spinners: Kuldeep and Sunder / ....  

 

Discuss 

 

 

[saik]

Sundar is not test match material  yet.

[Sgattick10]

Perth  Bumrah will love it.

[zen]

Need to start planning for this tour and use the WI series to draft some youngsters  

[Switchblade]

On 9/2/2018 at 2:26 PM, Sgattick10 said:

Perth  Bumrah will love it.

They are playing in a brand new stadium I believe.

[kruiser]

On 9/2/2018 at 4:56 AM, Sgattick10 said:

Perth  Bumrah will love it.

If things go as planned, he will be injured by that time.. just like Bhuvi is now.

[Ankit_sharma03]

On 9/2/2018 at 1:25 AM, zen said:

Spinners: Kuldeep and Sunder / ....  

 

Discuss 

 

 

kuldeep was struggling to bowl in england and didnt much even in A games against Aus-A

As of now Ashwin is our best option

Kuldeep shud be taken once he shows some consistency with red ball or else he travel on those patttas

Sunar not a test match bowling option

[Ankit_sharma03]

On 9/2/2018 at 1:25 AM, zen said:

 

AR: Pandya

Carry shankar n pandya both

On 9/2/2018 at 1:25 AM, zen said:

Pace Bowlers: Shami, Bumrah, Ishant, Siraj and Rajpoot/Nathu/Saini/.... 

Nathu wnt be selected he is cming back from injury

it shud be bhuvi 

Among youngtsers apart from siraj ...ill take saini as he will enjoy aus tracks

[zen]

1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Sunar not a test match bowling option

Haven't watched Sunder much but liked his bowling below:

 

 

Can be developed

[Ankit_sharma03]

3 minutes ago, zen said:

Haven't watched Sunder much but liked his bowling below:

 

 

Can be developed

These are Indian pitches and u knw what ashwin and jadeja does in India 

[Ankit_sharma03]

@zen- India cud try gopal on NZ -A tour and can take him but they cnt get over the mediocrity of nadeem

[zen]

Vs WI

 

After seeing the work load on pacers due to the 5 test series and batsmen getting out soon to not provide the bowlers with enough rest b/w the innings, it would not be a bad idea to rest 1-2 of Shami, Bumrah (also in Asia Cup) and Ishant. 

 

Bring in Siraj and use one of the above or Yadav or Bhuvi if fit. Pandya will be the 3rd seamer. And then you have 2 spinners 

Edited September 8, 2018 by zen

[Hydra]

On 9/7/2018 at 11:08 PM, Switchblade said:

They are playing in a brand new stadium I believe.

 

Yes, Perth is a brand new stadium, a lot of our sporting infrastructure is getting an upgrade after the test series against India.

[Deleted_User_1]

It is series loss and a pathetic loss like the ones in England, even before it has started. How many times do you know the outcome before an event has taken place? Indian cricket overseas is one such novelty. 

[zen]

My tentative 11 for WI tests 

 

Shaw (run of 2 tests)

Rahul / Agarwal /.... (run of 2 tests) 

Pujara

Kohli

Vihari (run of 2 tests)

Pant (run of 2 tests) 

Pandya (run of 2 tests)

Jadeja / Ashwin 

Kuldeep / new spinner (run of 2 tests)

Yadav / Bhuvi / .... 

Siraj (run of two tests)

 

• resting Bumrah, Shami and Ishant 

 

 

Edited September 10, 2018 by zen

[Laaloo]

Rohit Sharma

[SRT100]

India would be better served playing VVS Laxman than Dhawan in this series.

 

Thats how bad Dhawan is.

[zen]

del

Edited October 6, 2018 by zen

[zen]

Australia are without five first-choice players for the two Tests in Pakistan, with Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are suspended, while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins have only just returned from injury. Five of the squad are yet to play a Test. So, who makes up the 15-man squad?

Link

 

I guess that Hazlewood and Cummins would be available for the series vs Ind. That means we could be facing the Starc-Cummins-Hazlewood attack 

Edited October 6, 2018 by zen

[Deleted_User_1]

On 10/6/2018 at 12:08 AM, zen said:

Australia are without five first-choice players for the two Tests in Pakistan, with Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft are suspended, while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins have only just returned from injury. Five of the squad are yet to play a Test. So, who makes up the 15-man squad?

Link

 

I guess that Hazlewood and Cummins would be available for the series vs Ind. That means we could be facing the Starc-Cummins-Hazlewood attack 

Even with their second string bowlers Bewda and his Poyzz are sitting ducks!!