tweaker Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 India 'A' will play a three-day warm-up game against Australia from February 16-18 at the Braboune stadium in Mumbai. All-rounder Hardik Pandya will be leading an India A side in a three-day warm-up game against Australia at the Brabourne Stadium from February 16-18. The team has a lot of promising youngsters who have performed in the Ranji Trophy which includes top-scorer Priyank Panchal of Gujarat, Services batsman G Rahul Singh, who has had a phenomenal season in the Plate Group scoring 945 runs at an average of 72 plus. Selectors for the second time made it clear that Ishan Kishan is being groomed as glovesman for future longer format while Rishabh Pant is being looked purely as a batsman in this category. The lesser known of the Baba twins — Baba Indrajith has also got rewarded for his consistency. Maharashtra’s Ankit Bawne also got his chance for scoring an unbeaten 351 not out against Delhi and a total of 687 runs. Some of the players have been picked up purely on the basis of potential like young Delhi speedster Navdeep Saini, who is being spoken highly in Delhi cricket circuit. The wiry fast medium bowler works up a brisk pace. Pacer Mohammed Siraj, who recently played for Rest of India has also been named. Ditto for Mumbai opener Akhil Herwadkar. The highly rated Shreyas Iyer is also in the squad. Karnataka off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav are also in the squad with Ranji Trophy’s highest wicket-taker Shahbaz Nadeem also in the squad. The only above 30 player in the team is veteran Bengal speedster Ashok Dinda, who defied age to get 39 wickets. India A: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Akhil Herwadkar, Priyank Kirit Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Ankit Bawne, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Nadeem, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Ashok Dinda, Mohammed Siraj, Rahul Singh, Baba Indrajith Australia squad: Steve Smith (Capt), David Warner, Matthew Renshaw, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (WK), Steve O'Keefe, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar, Usman Khawaja, Jackson Bird, Mitchell Swepson, Glenn Maxwell. express bowling 1 Link to comment
express bowling Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Shardul Thakur, Aniket Chaudhari and Varun Aaron could have been our 3 quicks in this match ....as they have the most realistic chances to be back-up pacers in case of any further injury to our main pacers. ( the batsmen and spinners have been chosen on this basis but not the quicks ) It could have been a good comparative study to see who is the best pacer against a good international team. tweaker, King Tendulkar and Mosher 3 Link to comment
Pollack Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Navdeep Saini has lovely action and isn't too slow either. Kuldeep should perform this game and increase his chances to get picked in playing eleven against Aussie in the test series. Link to comment
fineleg Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1082280.html Kuldeep, who was named in the India A squad to play the tour game against the Australians, is likely to be withdrawn from the fixture, which starts from February 17 Why? Link to comment
Bleed-Blue Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 33 minutes ago, fineleg said: http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1082280.html Kuldeep, who was named in the India A squad to play the tour game against the Australians, is likely to be withdrawn from the fixture, which starts from February 17 Why? Beacuse he is the actual test squad now and probably dont want the aussies getting practice against him incase he plays one of the tests. express bowling, Masquerade and WeStMiDz 3 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) I dont see Yadav as a real Test option for us,his stats dont look great and his economy rate is bad too.He looks like a guy who will do well in LOI cricket.leg spinners have trouble with their control and i dont want to give free runs for the aussies. Edited February 16, 2017 by cowboysfan Link to comment
renjith Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Kuldeep last season fc record is pretty good compared to overall record (35 wickets). So he might have improved as a long version bowler. Same is the case with chahal (33 wickets). sandeep 1 Link to comment
gakgupta Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Beacuse he is the actual test squad now and probably dont want the aussies getting practice against him incase he plays one of the tests. If this is true...it will be a lame excuse... On the flip side, it will give lot of confidence to kuldeep , if he performs well. Also, it will push his case stronger and might get into playing LX. Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk Link to comment
gakgupta Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Is this match being telecasted Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk Link to comment
msplash9 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Match is tomorrow right ? Link to comment
Cricketics Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, msplash9 said: Match is tomorrow right ? Yeah and no telecast. Link to comment
gakgupta Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Yeah and no telecast. Really wanted to see Shardul, ankeit and Aaron bowl together Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk Link to comment
Cricketics Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, gakgupta said: Really wanted to see Shardul, ankeit and Aaron bowl together Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk None of them are playing this game.. This is the squad with Kuldeep also out now. India A: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Akhil Herwadkar, Priyank Kirit Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Ankit Bawne, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Nadeem, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Ashok Dinda, Mohammed Siraj, Rahul Singh, Baba Indrajith Link to comment
Cricketics Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Pandya won the toss and put Australians in to bat. Link to comment
tweaker Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Australia 12/0 Link to comment
tweaker Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Pandya gave 11 runs in his 1st over Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I still can't put my finger on why hardik is playing international cricket, he can't bowl and he defintely can't bat.is he here because of ipl success? Link to comment
tweaker Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Warner 22 from 23 balls Link to comment
bihutoli Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 First of all Pandya is the captain.... then he puts Australia to bowl despite winning the toss.... then he bowls himself first up..... the mind boggles... sandeep and Mosher 2 Link to comment
Pollack Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Why bowl first? Why would you give Australian team batting practise when its a two days match. Mosher 1 Link to comment
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