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I think bhuvi will be super in South africa. That is one place where the new ball does do something extra. Look at Praveen kumar. Averaged 25 with the ball in england when India were beaten 4-0
actually PK avged 29.5 in england with a mediocre S/R of 63 saf wont have overcast conditions which we found in england,the pitches might be more greener with more bounce and lateral movement ,so yes he`ll get good zip and bounce off the pitch but not too much of swing
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he bowled so well for us in the aus series picking crucial wickets with the new ball indian fans have poor memory
Well... BK managed to take 6 wickets from 4 tests. Average 39.8, SR - 64 for that series. 3 of those were in Mohali, having perhaps the most pacer friendly pitch among test venues in India. Now, he has 8 wickets from 5 tests overall. Shami already has 9 wickets from 1 test. I would not exactly call BK a wicket taker in the tests he has played so far.
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Well... BK managed to take 6 wickets from 4 tests. Average 39.8, SR - 64 for that series. 3 of those were in Mohali, having perhaps the most pacer friendly pitch among test venues in India. Now, he has 8 wickets from 5 tests overall. Shami already has 9 wickets from 1 test. I would not exactly call BK a wicket taker in the tests he has played so far.
pace friendly wickets do we even have them in this country ? all the four test match were played on turner no help for the fast bowler otherwise aus would have managed to draw at least one test match bhuvi is our best bowler i dont think shami will buy this many wickets in other matches he wont get reverse swing in other ground i fear
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pace friendly wickets do we even have them in this country ? all the four test match were played on turner no help for the fast bowler otherwise aus would have managed to draw at least one test match bhuvi is our best bowler i dont think shami will buy this many wickets in other matches he wont get reverse swing in other ground i fear
Shami is good swing bowler too Just because he is good at reverse does not means he is bad at normal swing Infact against Australia he for more wickets with new ball than bhuvi Again yesterday he got passed the edge of Gayle atleast 5 times and his domestic performance in conditions which help quick bowlers have been epic he should have got 13 or more wickets in duleep trophy last year if it was not for dropped catches and I am not exaggerating here..
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In fairness to BK its not very often that a bowler takes 3 wickets in the first 15 overs of an innings and he did it twice already. That does put huge pressure on the batting line up if they loose 3 top order wickets early. And in foreign pitches you need the new ball to count. So you can make the case for BK to be in the playing 11 almost as a new ball specialist. But, another problem on foreign pitches is that India might not play 5 bowlers, and won't have 2 specialist spinners in the playing 11 so he would have to bowl 20+ overs unlike on Indian pitches where he bowls almost exclusively with the new ball. Thats why if its between A fit z khan or BK in south africa I would pick Z khan. But BK can be effective too but can also easily be a liability if the new ball doesn't work out for him. Its an obvious for BK to be in the line up if Ashwin plays as an all rounder.

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pace friendly wickets do we even have them in this country ? all the four test match were played on turner no help for the fast bowler otherwise aus would have managed to draw at least one test match bhuvi is our best bowler i dont think shami will buy this many wickets in other matches he wont get reverse swing in other ground i fear
Even if you think that Mohali is not more pacer friendly than other Indian grounds, 8 wickets in 5 matches is not wicket taking performance by any standard. That BK is our best bowler in tests is a figment of your imagination, not supported by facts. Shami would get reverse swing on many Indian grounds. Even when he does not , he has weapons like sharp movement off the seam which he has used in this test match also. He can conventionally swing the ball both ways too. Has pace . So, he has many tools to get wickets.
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Even if you think that Mohali is not more pacer friendly than other Indian grounds, 8 wickets in 5 matches is not wicket taking performance by any standard. That BK is our best bowler in tests is a figment of your imagination, not supported by facts. Shami would get reverse swing on many Indian grounds. Even when he does not , he has weapons like sharp movement off the seam which he has used in this test match also. He can conventionally swing the ball both ways too. Has pace . So, he has many tools to get wickets.
8 wickets in 5 matches is due to dhoni using him less some times he has not bowled more than 6 overs in a innings i think we need to wait and watch some more matches before coming to any conclusion about shami no doubt he is good but he needs to do it consistently
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Even if you think that Mohali is not more pacer friendly than other Indian grounds, 8 wickets in 5 matches is not wicket taking performance by any standard. That BK is our best bowler in tests is a figment of your imagination, not supported by facts. Shami would get reverse swing on many Indian grounds. Even when he does not , he has weapons like sharp movement off the seam which he has used in this test match also. He can conventionally swing the ball both ways too. Has pace . So, he has many tools to get wickets.
Lol one guy has 9 wickets in one game and other 8 in 5 Its not even fair comparison
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