England Tour of India November 9 2016 - Feb 1 2017: 5 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20s

[Bigg Brother]

Who is the "one session game changer" for us now???We are doomed..0-5 coming up.

[Unleashed]

My only minor qualm with the team is that maybe they could've picked Kuldeep instead of Jayant considering he is a better bowler other than that, given the injuries they've selected a solid squad. Rahul and Bhuvi should be back in XI when they return back from injury. Rohit seems to be out for a long time(needs surgery) and Dhawan hopefully doesn't get back in the team at all.

 

Gambhir

Vijay

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Ashwin
Saha

Jadeja

Pandya

Mishra/Jayant

Shami

 

is a pretty solid team with a very good lower order. 

[rkt.india]

49 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

 

Squad announced for the first two Tests against England.

 

Squad Virat Kohli (capt), R Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Mohammad Shami, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha, Karun Nair, M Vijay, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav

Can't understand the call up to Pandya in the test team unless the plan is to play him ahead of Rohit @ 6 and play 5 bowlers (3rd spinner in Mishra) and Pandya as 2nd seamer. Would make no sense really

yes, he might be played as 2nd seamer and bat at 6 or 7.

[mancalledsting]

Lol at including Pandya- needs to prove himself at the first class level first (has potential though) and gain more experience of the five day game. Test cricket is a format where every deficiency gets magnified to nth degree. 

 

Umesh and Shami both provide crucial breakthroughs- must stick with them.

 

Jadeja and Ashwin- givens 

 

If you wish to play 5 bowlers- can play Mishra. He can bat a bit  too.

 

if wish to play 6 pure batsmen- play karun Nair. Good as time as any to try him. 

[Lannister]

With Mishra as the third spinner, I don't see Yadav getting a chance here. Isn't he better off playing Ranji? 12/13 man squad would be sufficient, or is he selected as a net bowler to get ready to face Moeen's world class bowling? 

[WeStMiDz]

Pandya provides balance and options. Get the feeling he will be a better test bowler than limited overs as batsmen won't necessarily plonk a good length ball into the stands as they do to him in the shorter format. 

[Bigg Brother]

Everytime Selectors pick 3-4 players who are there to only fill the squad..

[Asim]

No 7 ODIs this time?

[rkt.india]

9 minutes ago, Asim said:

No 7 ODIs this time?

3 ODIs, 3 T20s

[sourab10forever]

GG

Vijay

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Saha

Ash

Jadeja

Mishy

Shami

Ishant/Umesh

 

Should be my starting 11.

 

17 minutes ago, Asim said:

No 7 ODIs this time?

Last time we had a 7 ODI series was against aus which eventually turned out to be a 5 match series with 2 matches washed out..

Edited November 2, 2016 by sourab10forever

[sourab10forever]

Strong batting lineup...

Ash at 6 and mishy at 9. Umesh the night watchman

[Forever Indian]

Shami would be first choice pacer. 2nd would be Ishant I think.

[WeStMiDz]

58 minutes ago, sourab10forever said:

Strong batting lineup...

Ash at 6 and mishy at 9. Umesh the night watchman

Opposition will be thinking Ashwin at 6 is a long tail. But hopefully he continues his good vain of form. England could be in for a shock.  

Edited November 2, 2016 by WeStMiDz

[Ankit_sharma03]

MSK prasad- Pandya is better and quicker than Binny

 

Finally some comman sense prevails. 

[vayuu1]

MSK prasad- Pandya is better and quicker than Binny

 

Finally some comman sense prevails. 

Mayanti might disagree with that .

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[tweaker]

I hope all our players remains fit for the full duration of test series .

[gakgupta]

2 hours ago, Unleashed said:

My only minor qualm with the team is that maybe they could've picked Kuldeep instead of Jayant considering he is a better bowler other than that, given the injuries they've selected a solid squad. Rahul and Bhuvi should be back in XI when they return back from injury. Rohit seems to be out for a long time(needs surgery) and Dhawan hopefully doesn't get back in the team at all.

 

Gambhir

Vijay

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Ashwin
Saha

Jadeja

Pandya

Mishra/Jayant

Shami

 

is a pretty solid team with a very good lower order. 

Rahul is not back-up player.....once he is fit, he will be in the final IX,......he earned his spot

[diga]

44 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

MSK prasad- Pandya is better and quicker than Binny

 

Finally some common sense prevails. 

Finally the selectors are realizing the value of pace ... was Shardul too dropped for the same reason?

[Temujin Khaghan]

super team... just missing rahul... nothing else to worry about

the fact that it is gambhir who replaces rahul and not dhawan is indeed sweet

 

gambhir
vijay
pujara
kohli
rahane
ashwin
saha
pandya
jadeja
mishra
bhuveneshwar

even if we play shami-bhuvi and 3 spinners with no spot for pandya, our batting is still very decent on home grounds...

pujara and vijay need to make it count.. they need daddy centuries.

[sandeep]

Pandya is a bold pick, a bit early, but worth a shot.