India tour of Srilanka, July 2012

[adi B]

This Gives A Chance For Kohli To Add To His Long List Of Centuries .. Hopefully He Gets A Few In This Series

he will do well this time..but he has a terrible record in lnka :nervous:

[JaFanatic]

ma pick for the odi's is dhoni© gambhir(vc) sehwag kohli manoj raina jadeja ashwin praveen aaron zaheer vinay irfan parthiv rohit rahul ojha

[maniac]

ma pick for the odi's is dhoni© gambhir(vc) sehwag kohli manoj raina jadeja ashwin praveen aaron zaheer vinay irfan parthiv rohit rahul ojha

[Number]

Dhoni, Sehwag, Zaheer should be rested.

[Pagalpanti]

^Sehwag and Zaheer didn't even play in Asia cup. If they are gonna be rested for half the year, might as well retire. :P They need some match practice ahead of NZ series. Although they might not play all 5 ODI's but its important they play a few games. Hopefully even Yadav, Aaron and Dinda make it.

[Sachin=GOD]

phir se Sri Lanka se match :facepalm:

[Feed]

Rare full-strength squad likely for India For the first time India have had a significant break between the IPL and their subsequent international series, and all their first-choice players are expected to be available for the Sri Lanka trip when the selectors meets in Mumbai More... Rare full-strength squad likely for India Abhishek Purohit July 3, 2012 Both Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan are likely to play in Sri Lanka © AFP For the first time since the IPL was inaugurated, India have had a significant break between the tournament and their subsequent international series. They will have had a break exactly as long as IPL 2012 before they play the first of five ODIs against Sri Lanka on July 21, and this has ensured players like Zaheer Khan and Virender Sehwag, who are prone to injury, have had sufficient time to rest and recover. All India's first-choice players are expected to be available for the Sri Lanka trip when the selection committee meets in Mumbai on Wednesday. Member of Parliament Sachin Tendulkar's case has become different from those of the rest in recent years, and having played only two ODI series since 2011 World Cup, he could decide to skip this one as well. Till Tuesday evening though, reports said he hadn't ruled himself out. If Tendulkar does opt out, it would do away with the controversial rotation policy followed in the CB Series in Australia, when only two of Tendulkar, Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were chosen in the XI. Sehwag's absence had taken care of the same during the Asia Cup. If Tendulkar makes the trip, Manoj Tiwary, who has travelled half the world with the side without getting a game, could miss out after a lukewarm A team tour of the West Indies. The India quicks had a disappointing Asia Cup, but the availability of Zaheer and Umesh Yadav makes the weakest link appear far less so. Ashok Dinda could keep his place after a decent show in the West Indies with the A team and in the IPL. Whether the selectors persist with Rahul Sharma as the second specialist spinner, alongside R Ashwin, remains to be seen, given his unspectacular returns in the West Indies and the presence of an army of part-timers. Whether the selectors bring back Harbhajan Singh, who has been sidelined for almost a year and has just signed with England county Essex, also remains to be seen. The county contract, though, sends out a signal that they might have already made up their mind. The contest for the No. 7 spot began afresh in the Asia Cup, with Yusuf Pathan returning even as Ravindra Jadeja continued to retain his place in the squad after a poor CB Series. Yusuf featured in only one game in the series and didn't get a chance to bat, so it is fair to assume that this round of the battle has only started. Yusuf, though, did have a woeful IPL, even more so than Jadeja. There is also the case for Irfan Pathan, who is nowhere near the bowler he once was, but did better than Jadeja both in the CB Series and in the Asia Cup. Team combinations apart, another thing to watch out for is the choice of vice-captain for this series, after the position was taken from Gambhir and given to Virat Kohli for the Asia Cup. A little over a month separates the Sri Lanka tour and the World Twenty20, which will be played in the same country. Given the disasters the last two editions of that tournament held for India, this series and the experience the combination that is picked gets could prove useful come September.

[Number]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2012/content/story/570957.html so if Zak, Umesh and Dinda get selected then either Vinay or PK will go out. :winky: I hope both of them are not there and Aaron gets a chance. He has been decent in the ODIs he has played so far.

[Old guy]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2012/content/story/570957.html so if Zak, Umesh and Dinda get selected then either Vinay or PK will go out. :winky: I hope both of them are not there and Aaron gets a chance. He has been decent in the ODIs he has played so far.

zack should retire from odis.. he wont play next world cup and its not like he is gonna do wonders in these odis with his current form just let guys like aaron get experience so when will squad be announced ?

[Number]

It'll be announced today. Agree, Zak shouldn't play these random ODIs. :giggle:

[Needforspeed]

Hope they have a week long camp before the tour. Most of the Indian players haven't played after IPL and they must have been gorging Biriyanis and Ghee Parathas in plenty since then.:cantstop:

[Pagalpanti]

Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Dinda, MS Dhoni (capt), Suresh Raina, Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma

No Jaddu :yay:

[deathmonger]

No Jaddu :yay:

vinay? decent squad but pathan/aaron would have been better

[Pagalpanti]

I think Aaron might still not be fully fit otherwise he wouldn't have been dropped. Surprised they went for VK over PK though.

[Number]

lol Vinay will always be there. :haha:

[vayuu1]

No Jaddu :yay:

jaddu is there it's a 15 member squad.:((

[Sidhoni]

India squad: Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Dinda, MS Dhoni (capt), Suresh Raina, Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma No Aaron? no jadeja :aha:

[vayuu1]

lol Vinay will always be there. :haha:

He is dhoni's boyfriend,so has to be there.

[Needforspeed]

Only Vinay availabe for servicing Dhoni. No Jaddu and no RP. Surprised to see them persisting with Rahul Sharma. Should have picked Shami Ahmed instead of VK. Aaron looked quite fit in the IPL matches. 3 pacers-Dinda, VK, UY & 3 spinners Ojha, Rahul Sharma, Ashwin. Without Jaddu or any of the Pathans, wonder who will be the 5th bowler in the playing XI? Zak and Tendulkar rested.

[zaheer]

Only Vinay availabe for servicing Dhoni. No Jaddu and no RP. Surprised to see them persisting with Rahul Sharma. Should have picked Shami Ahmed instead of VK. Aaron looked quite fit in the IPL matches. 3 pacers-Dinda, VK, UY & 3 spinners Ojha, Rahul Sharma, Ashwin. Without Jaddu or any of the Pathans, wonder who will be the 5th bowler in the playing XI? Zak and Tendulkar rested.

Cricinfo says Zak is in the team