vvvslaxman Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 High time Kohli builds a nucleus. It was there. He managed to disintegrate it . Now he has another opportunity rebuild it. There are certain players who have to be integral part of the team. Kohli should not be messing with their selection In my view following 3 should be a must Rahane Bhuvaneswar Pujara M Vijay (atleast for now) That is like 5 Seamer/spin combination should be based on pitches. Pandya's bowling is bit of a worry. If he becomes a bowler like Stokes then he is worth being persisted with. Otherwise his place should not be a dead cert as his batting is inconsistent. Dhawan / Rahul - Ideally i want to give Rahul a long rope. But i can go with either on a flat pitch. sandeep and Gollum 2
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: High time Kohli builds a nucleus. It was there. He managed to disintegrate it . Now he has another opportunity rebuild it. There are certain players who have to be integral part of the team. Kohli should not be messing with their selection In my view following 3 should be a must Rahane Bhuvaneswar Pujara M Vijay (atleast for now) That is like 5 Seamer/spin combination should be based on pitches. Pandya's bowling is bit of a worry. If he becomes a bowler like Stokes then he is worth being persisted with. Otherwise his place should not be a dead cert as his batting is inconsistent. Dhawan / Rahul - Ideally i want to give Rahul a long rope. But i can go with either on a flat pitch. Rahul , shami, ashwin shud also be a part of this nuclues A lot of faith has to be shown in rahul , in terms of ability their arent many like him in India. U have to build crickters and it cant be done by giving chances to others on flat Let him play on every surface, the more he plays the betetr he gets . Dhawan shudnt be in part of scheme. Runs on flat pitches will only help rahuls confidence. Ultimately we need rahul not dhawan in test
Khota Posted January 27, 2018 Posted January 27, 2018 batting: Kohli, Rohit, rahane, Dhawan Bowling: Bhuv, Bhumrah Other 5 spots are up for grab. Ankit_sharma03 1
Vilander Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 Kohli Bhuv Puj Vijay Rahane Shami Ashwin Rahul Saha
eternalhope Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Vilander said: Kohli Bhuv Puj Vijay Rahane Shami Ashwin Rahul Saha Good list. I would add Bumrah to the list and rotate the pacers as needed.
Vilander Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, eternalhope said: Good list. I would add Bumrah to the list and rotate the pacers as needed. I also left out Jaddu he has been India's best bowler in last 12 months; but because it's all overseas tours now he is less relevant. Bumrah is second most effective behind Bhuv now for sure. Shami has been the best fast bowler and third behind Ash and Jaddu
SK_IH Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 Please no Dhawan and we should move on from Saha as well ,my list will be : Rahul Vijay Another opener Pujara Kohli Rahane Bhuvi Shami Another keeper
BeautifulGame Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Sorry still not fully convinced by Pujara.This was a tough series for batsmen so giving him a pass but he must score in England .The role of non3 can't just be about seeing off new ball.He has 1 hundred outside Asia after nearly 10 years of international cricket .That's an aweful record. Yes Pujara is an absolute must in Asia but have to look for some one else at no.3 for Australia and New Zealand tours unless he succeeds in England .By succeed I mean by atleast averaging 50 for the series. The nucleus should be build around our pace attack of Bhuvi Shami and Bumrah and batting of Kohli and Rahane. Bhuvi Kohli Rahane Bumrah Shami Saha. Vijay , Rahul and Pujara should play the England series but their place for future should be based on success there.Otherwise need to move on to other promising youngsters for Australia tour. Edited January 28, 2018 by BeautifulGame Gollum 1
Cricketics Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said: Vijay , Rahul and Pujara should play the England series but their place for future should be based on success there.Otherwise need to move on to other promising youngsters for Australia tour. If all 3 of Pujara, Vijay and Rahul fail in England, then we still can’t discard all three for Australia. We will have to keep 2 of them at least since we can’t expect to do well with 3 new youngsters in Australia. We will have to give either of the two opener and Pujara till end of the year. You can’t win overseas if you keep changing the team, like we did here in the series. Yes, Pujara has to do better than what he has done so far overseas.
Vilander Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 22 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said: Sorry still not fully convinced by Pujara.This was a tough series for batsmen so giving him a pass but he must score in England .The role of non3 can't just be about seeing off new ball.He has 1 hundred outside Asia after nearly 10 years of international cricket .That's an aweful record. Yes Pujara is an absolute must in Asia but have to look for some one else at no.3 for Australia and New Zealand tours unless he succeeds in England .By succeed I mean by atleast averaging 50 for the series. The nucleus should be build around our pace attack of Bhuvi Shami and Bumrah and batting of Kohli and Rahane. Bhuvi Kohli Rahane Bumrah Shami Saha. Vijay , Rahul and Pujara should play the England series but their place for future should be based on success there.Otherwise need to move on to other promising youngsters for Australia tour. Not enough time. Time for replacements or rejoicing is next home season.
BeautifulGame Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Cricketics said: If all 3 of Pujara, Vijay and Rahul fail in England, then we still can’t discard all three for Australia. We will have to keep 2 of them at least since we can’t expect to do well with 3 new youngsters in Australia. We will have to give either of the two opener and Pujara till end of the year. You can’t win overseas if you keep changing the team, like we did here in the series. Yes, Pujara has to do better than what he has done so far overseas. Then Vijay and Rahul should kept based on their record in Australia.Atleast Vijay has phenomenal record in Australia. Pujara record sucks in Australia too so should be dropped if he fails in England.
Cricketics Posted January 28, 2018 Posted January 28, 2018 Just now, BeautifulGame said: Then Vijay and Rahul should kept based on their record in Australia.Atleast Vijay has phenomenal record in Australia. Pujara record sucks in Australia too so should be dropped if he fails in England. Time will decide, I feel Pujara will deliver. Hopefilly all of them score. India winning anyways in England so we migh well retain the squad for Australia the one which will play in England.
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