Your 11 for 3rd odi?

[Cricketics]

Our line up for the 2nd odi which India won was this SC Ganguly SR Tendulkar R Dravid Yuvraj Singh MS Dhoni KD Karthik Piyush Chawla RR Powar Z Khan RP Singh I Sharma now we have a do or die game pending.... what will be ur final 11 for this game?? i wll keep Gambhir out again just like odi 2, and would play all same batsmans.. would just replace Ishant Sharma with Sreesanth.. SC Ganguly SR Tendulkar R Dravid Yuvraj Singh MS Dhoni KD Karthik Piyush Chawla RR Powar Z Khan RP Singh Sreesanth whatz ur final x1??

[Ram]

I would actually play Gambhir if he is fully fit and ask him to open , with either Ganguly or Dravid moving down the order. I feel our lower order is a tad too weak. The`conditions arent flat-belters, so the part-timers ( Yuvi , Sachin , Ganguly )could hold their own for the 5th bowlers spot. My eleven Sachin Gambhir Ganguly Yuvraj Dravid Karthik Dhoni Chawla Zaheer Sreesanth RP Singh.

[yoda]

Drop Ganguly and play Gambhir or Uthappa. Drop Ishant and play whoever is fit.

[Ram]

Drop Ganguly .

aaaaahhhh.. that would be a very bad move actually, trust me...

[Deleted_User_1]

Drop Ganguly and play Gambhir or Uthappa. Drop Ishant and play whoever is fit.

Excuse me.....on what basis? Ganguly is our strong points now. He has been consistent.............Gambhir/Uthappa...give me a f**king break!

[SightForTheGods]

My 11: Dravid Tendulkar Ganguly Yuvraj Dhoni Karthik Chawla Powar Zaheer Sreesanth Agarkar 7batsmen including Agarkar (decent all-rounder??). 3 pacers. 3 spinners including Yuvraj cuz of his perfomance in the last game. That's a killer squad. What do you guys say ?

[Ram]

That's a killer squad. What do you guys say ?

Just a couple of issues. 1) Classifying Agarkar as an all-rounder - when was the last time you saw him playing a worthwhile innings with the bat ? 2) The top-order is too loaded , the lower middle order is too weak. If there is a situation where we became 10/2 or 30/3 ( with either two of the top 3 or even worse all of the top 3 out) , i am not sure we have the batting to touch 180 even.

[SightForTheGods]

Now, how great it would be if Agarkar perfomed as he did in 2002/03 at Jamshedpur [1893] or in Aus 2003/04 at Melbourne (d/n) [2097]. And how about if Powar did his job too as an all-rounder. Eng in Ind 2005/06 at Jamshedpur [2361] If only this could happen consistently...

[SightForTheGods]

Just a couple of issues. 1) Classifying Agarkar as an all-rounder - when was the last time you saw him playing a worthwhile innings with the bat ? 2) The top-order is too loaded , the lower middle order is too weak. If there is a situation where we became 10/2 or 30/3 ( with either two of the top 3 or even worse all of the top 3 out) , i am not sure we have the batting to touch 180 even.

1) check out the link above. 2) I understand what you are saying. It can be solved by mixing the order and balancing it.

[SightForTheGods]

Agarkar was actually sent in as a 3rd oder batsmen. wow.

[Ram]

Agarkar was actually sent in as a 3rd oder batsmen. wow.

that was more of an one-off attempt.. a gamble.. not a genuine relfection of his capabilities as a top order batsman.

[SightForTheGods]

Definitely, but a score of 95 definitely shows a potential...But after looking at his averege from all the games he has played. I have no hope :haha:

[SightForTheGods]

I wonder what was going through the captain's mind...he saw something in him that day ? Didn't matter though they still lost.

[Predator_05]

My 11: Dravid Tendulkar Ganguly Yuvraj Dhoni Karthik Chawla Powar Zaheer Sreesanth Agarkar 7batsmen including Agarkar (decent all-rounder??). 3 pacers. 3 spinners including Yuvraj cuz of his perfomance in the last game. That's a killer squad. What do you guys say ?

I wouldn't say it's killer, but yes - it's the best possible XI India can put out at this point in time. I'd have Ganguly opening though. I never thought of Agarkar as an all-rounder. He is more of a bowler who can bat, ie; a Chaminda Vaas