BCCI announces India squad for Champions Trophy 2017

[DDfan2017]

1 hour ago, mishra said:

Only player in batting order which will make us suffer is Yuvi. Replace him and squad will look way too stronger. Rest all are good enough.

I  he gets few runs

 

1 hour ago, kira said:

Fixed 

Thanks @kira, for reducing my workload

[gattaca]

6 minutes ago, Sidhoni said:

Rahane is backup in case someone is not able to do well. But in case of an injury Pant will come in to still have 3 openers in squad.

Lol these idiot selectors have back up for backups.

[kira]

1 minute ago, gattaca said:

Lol these idiot selectors have back up for backups.

We need to select better selectors 

Edited May 9, 2017 by kira

[Ankit_sharma03]

20 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Problem is that Nair has looked out of depth against fast bowlers even on Indian pitches and has shown a tendency to be highly inconsistent. It's not just about Tests as this trend has continued over domestic cricket. Take out that 300 and he hasn't done anything in domestic cricket as well. The way he has batted recently he would be a walking wkt outside the subcontinent and with us playing 5 bowlers, we simply can't afford someone like Nair. I would give Iyer a chance in SL and see if he's an improvement coz 6 Tests is still a decent enough run of games for a batsman.

Even kohli looked clueless against Fidel edwards in his debut series........we have to give some time to any youngsters. What makes u sure iyer wnt have the issue.......high chances he might to

[Ankit_sharma03]

13 minutes ago, DDfan2017 said:

It's not about the amount of runs Nair has scored in the remaining innings. It's the way he has got out and found difficulty in spending time in middle that makes him not eligible for a test berth.

He also got runs same way, thats y im saying give some more time. To early to judge. Yes he needs to tighten his game a bit but only failures taught u to do that 

[vvvslaxman]

Dinesh Karthik is a good fielder as well. They could have picked him given his form.

[Dirk_Diggler]

YES! The decision to play the Champions Trophy warms my heart, great decision and the correct decision was reached once the chest thumping and tempers had time to calm down and see the bigger picture.

 

Well done BCCI. 

 

Now, I can't wait for the tournament to kick off :)

[bleaf27]

7 hours ago, Unleashed said:

Alright so many things wrong in this post.

 

1) "Rohit Sharma is in such a horrible form that he can't even buy a run" - Has scored 3 fifties in the last 5 IPL innings. All three coming when rest of MI batting has failed and he has scored at a strike rate of 150's.

 

2) "Dhawan is an embarassment on international stage" = Top scorer overall in CT 2013 and Top scorer for India in WC 2015.

 

3) "Gambhir should be in the team cos he gets under the skin of Pakistan team and plays wonderfully against them" - Last played an ODI in 2013. If scoring against Pakistan is a criteria then we better get Sadagoppan Ramesh in the team too.

 

Last thing, to the morons who are quoting IPL performances as a yardstick for team selection. Then we should presumably also drop Kohli bring in Uthappa. Drop Shami bring in Unadkat. 

1.  Many people here agree and the selection committee stated that IPL performances do not matter.  If we are picking teams based on IPL performance then Gambhir has been doing better than Rohit.    Also,   Rohit is coming off an injury .  Isn't it protocol for anyone coming off an injury to prove themselves again rather than status quo to come in the team for a quota ?    and if IPL counts - then Gambhir has a stronger case.
2.  You are bringing performance of Dhawan from 2013 - 4 years ago ?  Really ?   Sachin scored in 2011 - let's bring him in the team as well.   Dhawan has been quite bad in 2016 throughout - In domestic and international circuit both.   
3.  Gambhir makes a case based on  Duleep Trophy performance in 2016 ,  his experience , his IPL performance and his ability to play big innings in important games.    It is multi factorial .

[someone]

4 hours ago, beetle said:

Current  form matters too.

IPL is a different format, style and teams. And then IPL success like Gony, Awana did not prove good at all in international stage. So let's not look too much into the IPL form. This is a good "experienced" team, so let's not criticize it too much.

[beetle]

2 minutes ago, someone said:

IPL is a different format, style and teams. And then IPL success like Gony, Awana did not prove good at all in international stage. So let's not look too much into the IPL form. This is a good "experienced" team, so let's not criticize it too much.

But it does indicate the current form of our regular team members.

[cric_fan]

When all is said & done..Kohli will be lifting the trophy.

[MechEng]

3 hours ago, kira said:

We need to select better selectors 

Selectorception.

[Lord]

1 hour ago, someone said:

IPL is a different format, style and teams. And then IPL success like Gony, Awana did not prove good at all in international stage. So let's not look too much into the IPL form. This is a good "experienced" team, so let's not criticize it too much.

 

[King Tendulkar]

Not that much wrong with squad . Ct is no place for debuts 

 

have to pick players part of last few series . Ipl can't be taken in to account 

 

after this ct and building to World Cup then some changes needed and new guns can start to come in

 

big tournaments not place to throw in new young guy . Yes can argue prior to ct young guns shoudl have been tried but they were not so can't play 

 

[King Tendulkar]

5 hours ago, someone said:

IPL is a different format, style and teams. And then IPL success like Gony, Awana did not prove good at all in international stage. So let's not look too much into the IPL form. This is a good "experienced" team, so let's not criticize it too much.

Agree 

 

many posters get caught up by ipl . Completely ignoring all other cricket previous year played by players 

[King Tendulkar]

5 hours ago, beetle said:

But it does indicate the current form of our regular team members.

Nope cos t20 in India is so different to 50 over tournament played in England 

[King Tendulkar]

Ps if posters going so much by ipl then bhaj comes back in 

 

which i would like as in my view indian legend 

[beetle]

8 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

Nope cos t20 in India is so different to 50 over tournament played in England 

Yeah but form is form.A player woefully out of form for thecentire tournament is unlikely to gain it just because format or place changes.

 

A big tournament is not a place wherevyou give them chance to get back to form.

[BCCI]

9 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

Not that much wrong with squad . Ct is no place for debuts 

 

have to pick players part of last few series . Ipl can't be taken in to account 

 

after this ct and building to World Cup then some changes needed and new guns can start to come in

 

big tournaments not place to throw in new young guy . Yes can argue prior to ct young guns shoudl have been tried but they were not so can't play 

 

Last CT,we had an absolutely new opening pair with Dhawan not very experienced,Karthik in the middle order,Bhuvi who made his debut earlier that year was our premier seamer.

 

If selectors had your line of thinking,they would have gone with Veeru -Gauti at the top,Yuvi in the middle and Zak spearheading the attack.

[StriKe]

18 hours ago, gattaca said:

Lol these idiot selectors have back up for backups.

Rahane is backup for Dhawan/Rohit

Pant is backup for Dhoni(But on standy-by with visa processing being done)