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Basil Thampi has picked up 4 wickets from 2   A-team  List A matches.

 

Low ER  of 3.9  in the series.

 

He is a yorker specialist who bowls at good pace and gets late dip ..... and can be a great back-up for Bumrah

 

 

 

Posted (edited)

Md. Siraj has impressive stats in every format so far  and is a wicket taker.

 

Bowling averages
  Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 14 27 2451 1182 53 5/52 9/116 22.30 2.89 46.2 4 1 0
List A 12 12 566 459 18 3/24 3/24 25.50 4.86 31.4 0 0 0
T20s Insights on t20 16 16 372 487 26 4/24 4/24 18.73 7.85 14.3 2 0

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/940973.html

 

 

Bowls at good pace.

 

Can bowl at the beginning of the innings as well as the end overs in LOIs.

 

Can be tried in LOIs..... not ready for tests yet.

 

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So, we have no proper reserve players for

 

1)  Middle-order batters for outside-Asia test matches

2)  Pacer-all-rounder in tests

3)  High SR batters-allrounders/ finishers who will bat at No.6 and No.7 in ODIs.

 

K.Gowtham  has the potential to be 3)  above

 

Looks like a big hitter here

http://www.hotstar.com/sports/cricket/series/gowthams-quickfire-147-vs-assam/2001604248

 

And frontline spinner 

http://www.hotstar.com/sports/cricket/series/gowtham-shines-with-420/2001604174

 

He picked up 4 wickets in an unofficial test on our A tour to SA.

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Can Washington Sundar claim a place in LOI squads? He bowled pretty tightly against international batsmen in ipl. If he continues to do this well,I wouldn't mind slotting him at 4.. a left hander to start with.. contributes with the ball, probably a decent fielder.

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Some good quality back-ups have been introduced 

 

Vijay Shankar --  seamer- batting allrounder in test matches ..... should have been introduced in LOIs too.

 

Washington Sunder -- batting allrounder-spinner in ODIs.

 

Rohit Sharma has been designated as the backup middle order test batsman .... fair enough as of today.

 

Like Siraj and Thampi as backup LOI pacers 

 

Don't like Kaul and Unadkat as backup LOI seamers.

 

Is Krunal still injured  ?

 

 

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Shreyas Gopal scored 150 in Ranji quarter-final.

 

He is a frontline leg spinner and decent batsman. Another allrounder candidate.

 

Really liked his bowling in Duleep Trophy 2016.

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36 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Some good quality back-ups have been introduced 

 

Vijay Shankar --  seamer- batting allrounder in test matches ..... should have been introduced in LOIs too.

 

Washington Sunder -- batting allrounder-spinner in ODIs.

 

Rohit Sharma has been designated as the backup middle order test batsman .... fair enough as of today.

 

Like Siraj and Thampi as backup LOI pacers 

 

Don't like Kaul and Unadkat as backup LOI seamers.

 

Is Krunal still injured  ?

 

 

How is Sunder's batting? 

Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, Mosher said:

How is Sunder's batting? 

 

He has hit quite a few big 6s in the TNPL.  

 

Scored a 100 in the Deodhar Trophy and looks like a player with a cool head on his shoulders. Looks to build his innings in 4-day games.

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On 12/9/2017 at 9:44 AM, express bowling said:

Shreyas Gopal scored 150 in Ranji quarter-final.

 

He is a frontline leg spinner and decent batsman. Another allrounder candidate.

 

Really liked his bowling in Duleep Trophy 2016.

needs to bat higher for KN

Posted (edited)

Kedar Jadhav  is injured and is replaced by Iyer.

 

I like Iyer as an ODI prospect and am happy he is playing.

 

BUT

 

a batting all-rounder is being replaced by a pure batsman.

 

Hardik can't be depended upon to bowl 10 overs every match ... and Kedar chips in with a few overs too.

 

Why don't we have any batting all-rounders as backup to cover for Hardik and Kedar  ?

 

Need to bring in Vijay Shankar and Krunal Pandya in the LOI squads.

 

Nitish Rana and Deepak Hooda are the other 2 options.

 

 

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1 minute ago, express bowling said:

 

Shankar would be ideal in SA, Eng, Aus, NZ.

 

Nitish Rana could be another candidate.

Yes. Saini should have played in this ODI series as well.

Posted
6 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

I would like Vijay Shankar as he is a proper batsman who bowls seam up. 

 

Another solution needed is ... how do we play 3 front-line pacers outside Asia

 

while

 

Keeping 2 wist spinners

Keeping Pandya

Not lengthening tail

Posted
1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

Another solution needed is ... how do we play 3 front-line pacers outside Asia

 

while

 

Keeping 2 wist spinners

Keeping Pandya

Not lengthening tail

Not possible

Posted (edited)
29 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Not possible

 

Possible ...   if we get a front-line pacer who can bat at  7

 

Say, Nagarkoti or Mavi fits that role after 1 year or so

 

1. Dhawan 

2.  Rohit

3. Kohli

4. Rahul / Iyer / Rahane

5. Hardik

6. Dhoni / Pant

7. Nagarkoti / Mavi

8. Bhuvi

9. Kuldeep

10. Chahal

11. Bumrah

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Posted (edited)
45 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

Possible ...   if we get a front-line pacer who can bat at  7

 

Say, Nagarkoti or Mavi fits that role after 1 year or so

 

1. Dhawan 

2.  Rohit

3. Kohli

4. Rahul / Iyer / Rahane

5. Hardik

6. Dhoni / Pant

7. Nagarkoti / Mavi

8. Bhuvi

9. Kuldeep

10. Chahal

11. Bumrah

Batting at u19 level is different than international level. You need a very capable bat 7. It's quite far fetch fetched this point. No team will take this risk to put them at 7. We don't know whether they are even as good as BK with the bat.

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44 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Batting at u19 level is different than international level. You need a very capable bat 7. It's quite far fetch fetched this point. No team will take this risk to put them at 7. We don't know whether they are even as good as BK with the bat.

 

As I clearly said in my post ... grooming them for a future date.

 

Not talking about today.

 

Pandya is not working out as the 3rd seamer when playing outside Asia... and a solution needs to be found.

 

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