Your preferred squads for the WI test series and the test series in Australia

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, zen said:

post karo tentative 11  .... it not like we are selecting the real 11 

Kya tentative 11 post kru , Aadhi team ka beda-garg hai . 

[zen]

3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

Kya tentative 11 post kru , Aadhi team ka beda-garg hai . 

toh kar do beda-garg

[Lannister]

This will be my pace attack for Australian tour; Bumrah, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, Siraj and Kumar / Saini / Rajpoot

Spinners: Ashwin and Jadeja

WK: Pant and Saha

Openers: KL, Agarwal and Shaw

Middle-order: Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Vihari, Nair

 

This could be the last tour for some of the players here depending on their performance. Namely; Ishant, Shami, Umesh, Ashwin, Saha, Pujara, Rahane. 

 

I would drop Dhawan, Karthik and Thakur permanently from the squad and send Pandya to play proper domestic cricket before choosing him again for the Test squad. 

[saik]

Team against WI

Shaw

Agarwal

Pujara

Kohli

Vihari

Rahul

Pant

Ashwin

Jadeja

Shami

Siraj

 

Kuldeep

KS Bharat

Umesh

Gurbani

 

[Temujin Khaghan]

Is Siraj on selector's radar?

[saik]

6 minutes ago, Temujin Khaghan said:

Is Siraj on selector's radar?

He should be. He has taken a truckload of wickets for India A.

[Nikhil_cric]

Shaw

Mayank

Pujara

Rahul

Nair

Vihari

Pant

Kuldeep 

Jadeja

Umesh

Siraj

Saini

Rajpoot

Bharat

Gill maybe?

 

I think Rahul deserves one last chance in the middle order. Between him and Nair whoever performs better can be our number 5 in Australia. Hopefully vihari performs with both bat and ball and can nail the no.6 spot . Pant at 7. Mayank deserves a go considering his Ranji performance last year and for the A team. 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Nikhil_cric

[vayuu1]

Mayank 

Shaw 

Kohli 

Pujara 

Gill 

Vihari 

Bharat 

Pant 

Nair 

Bhuvi 

Saini 

Siraj 

Rajpoot 

Kuldeep 

Jadeja 

Umesh 

[SK_IH]

i wont dwell toop much into permutation and combination but Kuldeep has to play all tests for Ind from now on till the end of Aus tour.This TM has to invest in a leggie for long term planning.

[SecondSlip]

Most likely test squad for WI series: 

 

1. KL Rahul 

2. Prithvi Shaw 

3. Cheteshwar Pujara 

4. Virat Kohli (C) 

5. Karun Nair

6. Hanuma Vihari 

7. Rishabh Pant (WK) 

8. Ravichandran Ashwin 

9. Ravindra Jadeja 

10. Mohammad Shami 

11. Ishant Sharma  

 

12. Mohammad Siraj

13. Ajinkya Rahane 

14. Kuldeep Yadav 

15. Mayank Agarwal

[SecondSlip]

Most likely test squad for Australia series: 

 

1. KL Rahul 

2. Prithvi Shaw

3. Cheteshwar Pujara 

4. Virat Kohli (C) 

5. Karun Nair 

6. Hanuma Vihari 

7. Rishabh Pant (WK) 

8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

9. Ishant Sharma 

10. Mohammad Shami 

11. Jasprit Bumrah 

 

12. Mohammad Siraj 

13. Navdeep Saini 

14. Ravindra Jadeja 

15. Ajinkya Rahane 

16. Mayank Agarwal 

17. Ishan Kishan (WK) 

[Ankit_sharma03]

3 minutes ago, SecondSlip said:

Most likely test squad for Australia series: 

 

1. KL Rahul 

2. Prithvi Shaw

3. Cheteshwar Pujara 

4. Virat Kohli (C) 

5. Karun Nair 

6. Hanuma Vihari 

7. Rishabh Pant (WK) 

8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

9. Ishant Sharma 

10. Mohammad Shami 

11. Jasprit Bumrah 

 

12. Mohammad Siraj 

13. Navdeep Saini 

14. Ravindra Jadeja 

15. Ajinkya Rahane 

16. Mayank Agarwal 

17. Ishan Kishan (WK) 

It wud be KS bharat not ishan kishen ( his keeping hasnt been gr8 neither he is on radar when it comes to test cricket)

We wnt take only one spinner specialy when 2 test are in Adelaide n Sydney 

 

Going with only four fast bowlers in 1st 11 - means they ll all have to bowl 20-25 overs a day , Nair n vihari are part timers spinner who wnt be of much use . U certainely dnt want that kind of workload on Bhuvi n bumrah who plays every format 

 

Also after a point it affects ur over rate which is not good for ur captain who is also our best batsman

[express bowling]

Main thing is to identify gritty young batsmen with good off stump game and short ball game ... and play them against the WI.

 

Not the highest run scored in Ranji or A-team games ...  but the type batsmen above. Batsmen who are known for their grittiness and fighting ability.

Edited September 11, 2018 by express bowling

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, SK_IH said:

i wont dwell toop much into permutation and combination but Kuldeep has to play all tests for Ind from now on till the end of Aus tour.This TM has to invest in a leggie for long term planning.

Are Lyon and Moeen leggies? What's this fascination with leggies!  

[express bowling]

5 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Are Lyon and Moeen leggies?

 

What have Moeen and Lyon done as test bowlers  ?

[rkt.india]

15 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

What have Moeen and Lyon done as test bowlers  ?

they have won their team tests against us which is what matters the most.  test cricket needs accuracy and inaccurate bowlers whether a leg spinner or fast bowler has no place there.  

[SK_IH]

32 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Are Lyon and Moeen leggies? What's this fascination with leggies!  

Moeen Ali is not a frontline spinner, infact laughable you write his name in same sentence as Lyon. If Aus dont have a quality leggie , its their problem.Ind have a potential match winner in Kuldeep its high time he is played consistently.

 

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, SK_IH said:

Moeen Ali is not a frontline spinner, infact laughable you write his name in same sentence as Lyon. If Aus dont have a quality leggie , its their problem.Ind have a potential match winner in Kuldeep its high time he is played consistently.

 

that is the point. Moeen is not frontline still wins his team games with the ball.

[express bowling]

2 hours ago, rkt.india said:

they have won their team tests against us which is what matters the most.  test cricket needs accuracy and inaccurate bowlers whether a leg spinner or fast bowler has no place there.  

 

 

Lyon has played 78 tests and Moeen  52 tests.  How many times have they contributed to winning causes with the ball  ... especially Moeen  ?

 

And how can you compare a rookie like Kuldeep ... who has played just 3 tests ... with veterans like Lyon and Moeen  ?

 

In 3 tests, Kuldeep has taken 4 fers  twice ... against Australia in Dharsmsala and in SL to help his team win. That Dharamsala innings was special as it was in the first innings on a green track.

 

And he is not an inaccurate bowler ... inaccurate bowlers don't have ERs of 4.8 in ODIs and 7.3 in T20Is.

 

Kuldeep will do much much better as a test bowler than Moeen Ali.

 

Your theory ...  of low in other skills but reasonably accurate simple spinners doing well in test cricket, is not correct.  Has never happened.

 

We need spinners who are both skilled and sufficiently accurate.

Edited September 11, 2018 by express bowling

[express bowling]

Both Rahul and Pant look good on the backfoot and are fluent cutters and pullers. Both have handled bouncer barrage by Stokes with confidence.

 

And Rahul is very good at defending well directed bouncers, making the ball drop to a stop near his feet by playing with a soft bottom hand.

 

And both Rahul and Pant will get confidence from playing a big innings each ... out of Asia in the 5th test in England.

 

This bodes well for the Australian tour, where tracks maybe flat but bouncy.  And the kookabura ball does not move a lot.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2018 by express bowling