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1st Test vs ENG-Choose your Batting Order


Batting Order for 1st Test vs ENG  

60 members have voted

  1. 1. Who should Open?

    • Dhawan-Vijay
      16
    • Dhawan-Rahul
      14
    • Vijay-Rahul
      30
  2. 2. Middle Order?

    • Pujara-Kohli-Rahane
      31
    • Nair-Kohli-Rahane
      11
    • Other(Includes-play Rahul as middle order batsmen)
      18
  3. 3. Keeper?

    • DK
      32
    • R.Pant
      28


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Posted

Dhawan deserves the place more than Pujara.

 

Vijay

Dhawan

Nair/Pujara

Kohli

Rahul

Rahane

Pant

Ashwin/Kuldeep

Yadav/Shami depending on fitness

Bumrah/Shami

Ishant

 

Won't play Pandya. If needed Ashwin will be AR as he is better test bat than Pandya. If Ishant and Yadav play then 4 bowlers are enough as both are very fit to bowl whole day.

 

Posted

Vijay (I will give him just one test to see how he performs)

Rahul

Rahane

Kohli

Nair (I would've liked someone like Gill or Vihari)

Ashwin

Pant

Ishant

Kuldeep

Umesh

Shami

 

* Bumrah will come back straight in for the second match. 

* Pujara is a backup option for middle order. 

 

 

Posted
14 minutes ago, Lannister said:

Vijay (I will give him just one test to see how he performs)

Rahul

Rahane

Kohli

Nair (I would've liked someone like Gill or Vihari)

Ashwin

Pant

Ishant

Kuldeep

Umesh

Shami

 

* Bumrah will come back straight in for the second match. 

* Pujara is a backup option for middle order. 

 

 

But Bumrah is said to be out for first three tests

Posted
2 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

But Bumrah is said to be out for first three tests

I think that's Kumar. Bumrah is expected to be match fit for the second test. 

Posted (edited)

Rahul

Vijay

Dhawan

Kohli (c)

Rahane

Pant (wk)

2 out of Pandya/Kuldeep/Ashwin/Jaddu depending on pitch/overhead conditions and form/fitness....Pandya will play if pitch has green tinge else not

Shami

Ishant

Umesh

 

 

Edited by Gollum
Posted
2 hours ago, Gollum said:

Rahul

Vijay

Dhawan

Kohli (c)

Rahane

Pant (wk)

2 out of Pandya/Kuldeep/Ashwin/Jaddu depending on pitch/overhead conditions and form/fitness....Pandya will play if pitch has green tinge else not

Shami

Ishant

Umesh

 

 

Dhawan at number 3?

Posted

Indian batting has never been this unsettled in the last 18 years. Part of it is their own undoing (wrong selections, unnecessary tinkering) and part of it is loss of form/fitness of a player or two.

 

I'd play my best players in the middle order and keep it constant. Rahul, Kohli and Rahane at 3,4,5. Won't tinker with it at least for 4 innings, if not more.

 

For the 1st test, if the pitch looks normal (not too green, too dry or too flat), I'd play 6 batsmen + WK + 1 spinner + 3 pacers, and make required changes from 2nd test.

 

From the selected squad,

 

Vijay (I'd have preferred P Shaw but he isn't in the squad)

Dhawan (Based on his current good form and bad form of few others)

Rahul

* Kohli

Rahane

Karthik

+ Pant

Kuldeep / Ashwin

Shami

Ishant

Umesh

 

That's a sorry looking team. Missing a few first choice players, don't know Shami's fitness and mental state. Most likely we would get a  phainty in the 1st test.

 

If everyone was fit and available for selection, this would have been my playing XI ..

 

P Shaw

S Dhawan

K Rahul

* V Kohli

A Rahane

+ D Karthik / R Pant

H Pandya / R Ashwin (based on pitch)

B Kumar

K Yadav

J Bumrah

U Yadav

 

 

Posted

Vijay cannot buy runs.

 

Pujara has a great potential. I am sick of it.

 

DK what more does he have to do?

Posted

Dhawan(i will give him one test ,he can score quickly if he gets in and thats a thing i like about him)

Vijay

Rahul

kohli

rahane

dk/pant(don't mind either)

Pandya/ashwin(based on pitch)

k yadav/ashwin/jadeja

shami

Ishant/bhuvi(only if bhuvi is fully fit)

Umesh/bumrah(if bumrah is available)

 

Posted
6 minutes ago, Khota said:

Vijay cannot buy runs.

 

Pujara has a great potential. I am sick of it.

 

DK what more does he have to do?

He has done well for himself in counties ,thats for sure

Posted

If Shaw was part of the team, would have been my no 3.

 

Anyway...

My 11

 

 

Dhawan

Rahul

Nair

Kohli

Rahane

Panth

Ashwin

Kuldeep

Ishant

Shami

Umesh

 

Nair would score more then Pujara right now.

Posted

Dhawan

Rahul

Kohli

rahane

Nair

DK

Ashwin

Jadeja

Kuldeep

Ishant

Umesh

 

Those 5 bats give India the best chance.

3 spinners is teh way to go

2 pace should be enough. english wkts are poor.

Shoot for batting practise and playing 4 sessions. Always bat first.

 

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