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Australia in India 2013-14


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Yuvraj back in limited-overs squad Yuvraj Singh has made a comeback to India's limited-overs squad for the Twenty20 and first three ODIs of the home series against Australia. There were four changes made to India's last first-choice ODI squad, the one that won the Champions Trophy in England. Yuvraj replaced opener M Vijay, Dinesh Karthik lost out to his Mumbai Indians team-mate Ambati Rayudu, the injured Irfan Pathan made way for Mohammed Shami, and Jaydev Unadkat's left-arm seam was preferred to Umesh Yadav's erratic-at-times pace. Yuvraj's last ODI was against England in Dharamsala in January 2013. He was dropped from the squad for the Champions Trophy and did not feature in the Zimbabwe series either, when India had rested several first-choice players. However, following a fitness programme in France, he has shown a return to top form in List A cricket. He was the leading run-getter for India A in the limited-overs series against the touring West Indies A, with 224 runs from three matches, including one hundred and a fifty at an average of 74.66. He also scored a half-century for India Blue in the Challenger Trophy, a domestic 50-overs tournament. A fit Yuvraj is seen as a bigger asset than Karthik. Karthik had a decent run in England and in Zimbabwe, but he failed to reach 50 in the tri-series in the West Indies. In effect, Karthik has lost out to Rayudu, who scored 101 runs off 163 balls at an average of 50.5 against Zimbabwe. Two other changes from the Champions Trophy squad mostly explain themselves. Vijay struggled in Zimbabwe, and Irfan is injured. Yadav, though, remains a curious case. He cannot have been considered unfit because he played the Challenger Trophy last week. He cannot have been rested because he is just coming out of a break. The selectors have either begun to look at him as a Test-only prospect or it was his performance in the Champions Trophy that has got him the axe: four wickets and an economy rate of 5.55 in a mostly low-scoring tournament. His economy rate in the West Indies tri-series hovered around the same mark. His career economy rate also stands at over six, and an average of 41.58 doesn't do him any favours. The seam-bowling replacements, Shami and Unadkat, played all the five ODIs in Zimbabwe, and have been retained. Mohit, who played two of them and was Man of the Match in the first of them, was expected to replace Vinay Kumar, but the Karnataka quick has retained his place. Vinay went at 6.03 in the recently concluded Challenger Trophy, although he did pick up eight wickets in three matches. Batsmen Karthik, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, seamer Mohit and spinner Parvez Rasool missed out from the team that played Zimbabwe. MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ambati Rayudu, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat Out from Champions Trophy: Umesh Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, M Vijay, Irfan Pathan In from Champions Trophy: Yuvraj Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013-14/content/current/story/675727.html
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No' date=' Yadav. So, I was right about him as he was poor in challenger. No Mohit, but Vinay selected based on Challenger trophy where he picked up 8 wickets but went for over 6 per over, defies any wisdom. His previous failure in international matches have been completely forgotten.[/quote'] I think Yadav's exclusion was probably right but Mohit should have been playing ahead of Vinay.
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Umesh is a must...not sure why he is dropped :headshake:
I agree, talentless trundler picked ahead of him. Reason is Umesh's poor ODI and List A averages, he's done poorly in domestics and Internationals so not much to pick him off. Hope he can improve and return, he will obviously be preferred to these trundlers in tests though. He was starting to show improvement and performing well in Tri-Series though :((
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Have you seen his performance last couple of years' date=' look at his ave and S/r, Pankaj Singh, Suyal, Shami, Kaul have performed very well[/quote'] I've seen him bowl mate. He looks like a decent talent but I'm not sure if he's deserving of a squad spot right now. His strike rate is indeed very good, but he's relatively inexperienced as of now and have only played 7 List A matches so far. His strike rate in those List A matches is also lower then that of Vinay Kumar(who's pretty average) and Unadkat.
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Glad we have stuck with Shami, Rayudu and Unadkat and dropped DK. Yadav i would have liked to have seen but can understand his ommission even in CT he was having trouble with his line. UV, Ishant and Vinay are poor choices imo, UV is still living on past performances and his attitude and fitness are not in line with the new India, Ishant doesnt need to be playing in india as he is a certainty outside and Vinay is a poorer version of PK.

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Glad we have stuck with Shami, Rayudu and Unadkat and dropped DK. Yadav i would have liked to have seen but can understand his ommission even in CT he was having trouble with his line. UV, Ishant and Vinay are poor choices imo, UV is still living on past performances and his attitude and fitness are not in line with the new India, Ishant doesnt need to be playing in india as he is a certainty outside and Vinay is a poorer version of PK.
Not true that bolded part. Yuvi went to France especially to make his come back for the India. He's looked lean and fit in the ODI series against WI A and this NK Salve Cup and has looked in glorious nick. A fully fit Yuvi offers much, much more than any other middle order batsman in India right now.
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