New Zealand Tour of India - 3 Tests 5 ODIs - Sep 22 to Oct 29

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With only 3 weeks or so left for the commencement of the 1st Ind-NZ test in Kanpur, it's never too early to start discussions!  Traditionally, the Kiwis have struggled in India, but they bring some great batting talent led by Williamson.  The ghost of Brendon McCullum and his 300+ rescue act still lurks in my mind and am ready for a home whitewash.  But am also eager to see the emergence of some solid, long-term prospects who can solidify the batting and spice up the bowling.  

 

What would your India squad of 16 look like for the first test?

 

My XI: Rahul, Vijay, Rahane, Kohli, R. Sharma, Ashwin, Saha, Kumar, K. Yadav, Shami, I. Sharma

Reserves: Pujara, K. Nair, U. Yadav, Nathu Singh

 

Fire away!

 

 

 

1st test - Sep 22 - Kanpur

2nd test - Sep 30 - Kolkata

3rd test - Oct 08 - Indore

 

1st ODI - Oct 16 - Dharamsala

2nd ODI - Oct 19 - Delhi

3rd ODI - Oct 23 - Chandigarh

4th ODI - Oct 26 - Ranchi

5th ODI - Oct 29 - Vishakapatnam

Edited August 31, 2016 by laaloo

[fineleg]

Whats the calendar/schedule for this series?

[fineleg]

m2f - only one frontline spinner in XI in Indian pitches??

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6 minutes ago, fineleg said:

m2f - only one frontline spinner in XI in Indian pitches??

Ashwin and K. Yadav (Kuldeep Yadav).  

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10 minutes ago, fineleg said:

Whats the calendar/schedule for this series?

1st test - Sep 22 - Kanpur

2nd test - Sep 30 - Kolkata

3rd test - Oct 08 - Indore

 

1st ODI - Oct 16 - Dharamsala

2nd ODI - Oct 19 - Delhi

3rd ODI - Oct 23 - Chandigarh

4th ODI - Oct 26 - Ranchi

5th ODI - Oct 29 - Vishakapatnam

 

[Vilander]

cant wait for it, must be a good well contested series this time. Ind have dimished a bit and NZ have raised a bit since the last series (was it a whitewash ?)

[beautifulgame]

Rohit Sharma against Southee , that would end well : cantstop:

[Sooda]

XI: Rahul, Vijay, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Ashwin, Saha, Jadeja, Mishra, Shami, Umesh

Bench : Kuldeep/Nadeem, Ishant, Rohit, Shikar

 

I hope they take care of Shami and do not play him in any Odis. he should not be playing T20I cricket at all

 

[tweaker]

The team for the 1st test

Rahul,Vijay,Rohit,Virat,Rahane,Saha,Ashwin,Jadeja,Mishra,Shami,Ishant.

Res : Shikhar,Pujara,Bhubaneshwar

[express bowling]

My  Test  Team  against NZ

 

Vijay

Rahul

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Mukund

Ashwin

Saha

Jadeja

Shami

Umesh

 

Reserves - 

 

Manish Pandey

Ishant 

Mishra

 

--    Vijay and Pujara are the best players of spin in our team and it is important that both are chosen.

 

--    In India, pacers who can reverse the ball at pace do well....hence Umesh and Shami. Umesh averages 23 in India and Shami 16.

 

--    Jadeja is a must in India. His darters are very effective on spinning tracks.

 

--     Mishra can replace Mukund based on the pitch and Ashwin will bat at no.6 then

 

Edited August 29, 2016 by express bowling

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2 minutes ago, express bowling said:

My  Test  Team  against NZ

 

Vijay

Rahul

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Mukund

Ashwin

Saha

Jadeja

Shami

Umesh

 

Reserves - 

 

Manish Pandey

Ishant 

Mishra

 

- -   Vijay and Pujara are the best players of spin in our team and it is important that both are chosen.

 

--    In India, pacers who can reverse the ball at pace do well....hence Umesh and Shami. Umesh averages 23 in India and Shami 16.

 

--    Jadeja is a must in India. His darters are very effective on spinning tracks.

 

All great points, but two things:

(1) Explain the Mukund pick more :-).  (2) If we are picking Pujara based on his ability to play spin, why not send him #5 and Rahane #3? 

[express bowling]

1 minute ago, Moth2Flame said:

All great points, but two things:

(1) Explain the Mukund pick more :-).  (2) If we are picking Pujara based on his ability to play spin, why not send him #5 and Rahane #3? 

 

Mukund has been playing really well off late.  What impressed me about him are  (a) Clear idea about where his off stump is  and leaving balls well when the ball is swinging  (b)  Playing with a straight bat  (c) He looks like a mature player now with a clear idea about his own game  (d) In the last Duleep Trophy match, he played very responsibly with his team under pressure on a tough pitch  (e) He played at a very high SR, with strokes all round the wicket, without slogging or taking risks.

 

Pujara batting at 5, so that he bats when the ball is spinning more, is a great point you have raised.  Can be done on a  rank turner.

[Bleed-Blue]

Vijay

Mukund

Rahul

Kohli

Rahane

Saha

Gopal (Mishra should stick to Loi's)

Ashwin

Jadeja

Shami

Umesh

Edited August 29, 2016 by Bleed-Blue

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5 hours ago, Vilander said:

cant wait for it, must be a good well contested series this time. Ind have dimished a bit and NZ have raised a bit since the last series (was it a whitewash ?)

have they? Look totally outclassed against a rebuilding SA outfit. I do believe they have lot B Mac since last touring India. Rain saved them in test 1, test 2 barring some miracle on course to lose.

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[Vilander]

5 hours ago, G_B_ said:

have they? Look totally outclassed against a rebuilding SA outfit. I do believe they have lot B Mac since last touring India. Rain saved them in test 1, test 2 barring some miracle on course to lose.

i saw the scorecard but i think SA are not very week,as probably their points suggest.

[Adi_91]

Kanpur and Indore have been our friendly pitches, hopefully a 2-0 result in our favor. 

[rkt.india]

Dhawan, Vijay, Rahul, Kohli, Rahane, Pujara, Saha, Ashwin, Jaddu, Umesh, Shami

[Bigg Brother]

Hope I can see Dhawan carrying drinks throughout this series.

[TheWall]

9 hours ago, Viper said:

Is our Captain getting back his Extreme Doctored Turners and gonna make this series One sided ? 

 

Or we are playing on Decent Turners which will make series Interesting...

No, flat pitches for Maggie to score some 100s...

[Bigg Brother]

SA series pitches weren't doctored as some are saying..Banglore was not turning track so as Delhi which slowed down as the game progressed.In both the innings of Delhi test,Indian bowlers bowled well to bowl SA out..It was mixture of India's great bowling,SA batsman's psyche against spin and 2 turning tracks.

Experts tend start complaining about turning tracks when Host team's batsmen cant pile up the runs which was the case in SA series.