India A tour of South Africa, 2013

[rkt.india]

What about Tiwary or Bist? Its been unfair towards both tbh

Bist is technical better than all these 4 guys.

[King Tendulkar]

What about Tiwary or Bist? Its been unfair towards both tbh

Well pick them on A tour as well then. Play them. Like I said winner takes all:--D

[G_B_]

we are not playing any international cricket during this tour right? we should play Pujara

[FischerTal]

Bist is technical better than all these 4 guys.

plus he is 25. perfect age to get him in. good FC average too

[King Tendulkar]

Pujara should not be on this tour.

[King Tendulkar]

Pujara , Kohli etc etc should not be on A tour. If BCCI organise themselves properly. Then we should arrive 1 month before 1st test and play 4 warm up games. Thats how establised stars should prepare, not going on A tours. A tours are for fringe players who need experince and have something to prove. Trial for fringe players

[G_B_]

Pujara , Kohli etc etc should not be on A tour. If BCCI organise themselves properly. Then we should arrive 1 month before 1st test and play 4 warm up games. Thats how establised stars should prepare, not going on A tours. A tours are for fringe players who need experince and have something to prove. Trial for fringe players

but i do believe we are playing Australia in some odis then (just before the SA tour)

[Sooda]

^ Thats right yes because the BCCI are idiots and have learnt nothing from the fiasco in England, still giving our players no time to get used to the conditions at all

[deathmonger]

but i do believe we are playing Australia in some odis then (just before the SA tour)

ODIs are in October. Tests start mid Nov. Ppl in test squad (but not ODIs) should be sent early. Heck even send some ODI regulars (like last SA tour when we experimented with a new team just before NZ tear consisting of debutants). Can give Chand, Mandeep, some other IPL heroes a shot.

[philcric]

2 tour games before the 1st test and 1 more after 2nd test should be a norm for all high profile series of 4 or more tests.

[Sooda]

^ 2 three days games AT LEAST. Yes. 3 three day games maybe ideal ... it would staying there for a long time though

[G_B_]

ODIs are in October. Tests start mid Nov. Ppl in test squad (but not ODIs) should be sent early. Heck even send some ODI regulars (like last SA tour when we experimented with a new team just before NZ tear consisting of debutants). Can give Chand, Mandeep, some other IPL heroes a shot.

somebody like Kohli will surely play the ODIs. You can potentially send Sachin (if he is still around) Pujara Vijay etc to South africa. Speaking of tight schedules. SA are playing Pakistan in the UAE just before they play India at home. I think even their players will be potentially extremely tired after a grueling tour. India appear to have two weeks in early November before the tests start. They will probably schedule two warm ups in those weeks.

[deathmonger]

^ 2 three days games AT LEAST. Yes. 3 three day games maybe ideal ... it would staying there for a long time though

Come a month in advance and do 3 3-day/4-day games. ODI team for Oz should be a rookie one with only some of the members of the main test side - Mostly the ones who will prolly not start (Rahane,GG,Jadeja etc)

[FischerTal]

i just want to see Steyn get smacked around for one over.

[deathmonger]

somebody like Kohli will surely play the ODIs. You can potentially send Sachin (if he is still around) Pujara Vijay etc to South africa. Speaking of tight schedules. SA are playing Pakistan in the UAE just before they play India at home. I think even their players will be potentially extremely tired after a grueling tour. India appear to have two weeks in early November before the tests start. They will probably schedule two warm ups in those weeks.

When are the Aus ODIs. If early Oct Ind can go in late Oct. Also like you said SRT Vijay Pujara Umesh etc can anyway go in mid Oct.

[Sooda]

They could have had a two week or so camp at home instead of those ODIs

[saneindian]

They could have had a two week or so camp at home instead of those ODIs

lol you mean we should have had no home season at all? Would be great if the BCCI converts the bi lateral series into a tri series..7 ODIs against the same opposition will get monotonous but then we haven't exactly beaten the Aussies in a home ODI series for a long long time. Looking at the schedule CLT20 is likely to start around 15th Sept and adding 3 weeks will end around 1st week of Oct. Similarly the ODIs vs Aus could start by around 15th Oct and end in another 3 weeks, say Nov 1st week. The SA Tour would probably start a week after the Aus ODIs end, say around 15th Nov . If the tours get scheduled as above, we should target to be in SA by 5th Nov, add another couple of practice matches there. If it means a weakened ODI squad facing Aus in the last few ODIs, so be it.

[rkt.india]

lol you mean we should have had no home season at all? Would be great if the BCCI converts the bi lateral series into a tri series..7 ODIs against the same opposition will get monotonous but then we haven't exactly beaten the Aussies in a home ODI series for a long long time. .

1-0 in 2010..2 matches washed out:winky:

[carnish]

My team for A-Tour: 1.Mandeep Singh 2.Abhinav Mukund 3.Shikhar Dhawan 4.Rohit Sharma 5.Ajinkya Rahane 6.Robin Bist 7.Stuart Binny 8.Murali Vijay 9.C M Gautam 10.Naman Ojha 11.Pankaj Singh 12.Sid Kaul 13.Sreesanth 14.Umesh Yadav 15.Shami Ahmed 16.Pragyan Ojha 17.Parvez Rasool

[The Dark Horse]

Playing 11: 1. Vijay 2. Dhawan 3. Mukund 4. Jiwanjot 5. Rohit 6. Dinesh Karthik 7. Jaddu 8. Shami 9. Pankaj 10. Kaul 11. Ishant 12th man: Rahane.. Wouldn't pick Ishant in any team again if he fails here. 13. Rasool 14. Aaron (If fit) 15. M. Tiwary Can't risk Umesh Yadav or Bhuvneshwar as we need at least two fit fast bowlers.