Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been declared fit & will be a part of the India A squad in the ongoing Quadrangular series

[sarcastic]

5 hours ago, putrevus said:

The main problem is players and management . They have ground Bumrah and Bhuvi to ground by playing them in all sorts of meaningless matches.  BCCI should  have paid both Bumrah and Bhuvi their IPL money and asked to rest and get ready for this tour.They were that important to this team and useless moron blew it.

 

I blame Shastri the most ,what is his job moron should have insisted in saving both these players.

  

Not in any world will BCCI do that...> That is too too idealistic to think of!!!

[rkt.india]

7 hours ago, putrevus said:

What the hell is this why is he playing for India A and not Indian team in England. unless they feel he can breakdown during middle of the match, I would have played in in 4th test.

How would he survive 5 day game? He needs to show his fitness first. Back issue linger longer than expected and can surface again.

[rkt.india]

6 hours ago, putrevus said:

They ruined him by playing all those meaning less odis again Ireland , they should have known he was the bowler for this series and taken precatutions to preserve him after SA's tour.

No, they did right by playing him in ODIs. Imagine if he had broken down during a test match that would have been embarrassing.

[rkt.india]

33 minutes ago, Lannister said:

Just wait and watch for BCCI to select full squad for meaningless Asia cup. There's no planning and accountability. 

How is Asia cup meaningless?

[Lannister]

2 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

How is Asia cup meaningless?

A tournament full of minnows. Nobody even cares how many tournaments you have won. Rather we should utilise this opportunity to test the youngsters who are more likely to win the world cup than the losers we keep playing. 

[Pollack]

7 hours ago, putrevus said:

The main problem is players and management . They have ground Bumrah and Bhuvi to ground by playing them in all sorts of meaningless matches.  BCCI should  have paid both Bumrah and Bhuvi their IPL money and asked to rest and get ready for this tour.They were that important to this team and useless moron blew it.

 

I blame Shastri the most ,what is his job moron should have insisted in saving both these players.

 

Even in an idealistic world, Why would bcci pay IPL money to safeguard  a bowler who still averages damn average in ODIs and cannot play a complete 5 match test series without serious threat of breaking down mid series? Bumrah is fine and they should manage his work load by not playing him in pointless home /away series depending on his fitness against Zim, Afghanistan,bang,SL,WI etc. 

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

How is Asia cup meaningless?

If Afghanistan and Nepal become strong enough to beat the big boys in subcontinent (not necessarily consistently though) , Asia cup would be very interesting. Now it's average.

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, Lannister said:

A tournament full of minnows. Nobody even cares how many tournaments you have won. Rather we should utilise this opportunity to test the youngsters who are more likely to win the world cup than the losers we keep playing. 

Every game matters.  If they lose, you will be first one to jump on them and asking to be dropped.  Also very loss means loss of points and and rankings.  It may be meaningless for you but not for players.

[rkt.india]

11 minutes ago, Pollack said:

If Afghanistan and Nepal become strong enough to beat the big boys in subcontinent (not necessarily consistently though) , Asia cup would be very interesting. Now it's average.

only an exhibition match can be called meaningless.  No international game is meaningless. 

[Lannister]

47 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Every game matters.  If they lose, you will be first one to jump on them and asking to be dropped.  Also very loss means loss of points and and rankings.  It may be meaningless for you but not for players.

No, the reason they play all these meaningless LOI series is to get ready for the World cups. That's why you have the concept of managing workloads, so that we can able to field full-strength squad for important series. If Asia cup was any important, we would've had a decent amount of rest days between England test series and the tournament. 

The fact that we are playing back-to-back games shows how serious this tournament is considered. 

[Moochad]

IF BK is fit then replace Shami with BK for these upcoming conditions. If we get overcast conditons as predicted, BK will be lethal and his batting will be a huge plus

[beetle]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24511753/bhuvneshwar-kumar-returns-match-winning-three-for

 

The scorecard at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur would say India A trounced South Africa A by 124 runs but much more than the result, every eyeball in attendance was focused on Bhuvneshwar Kumar, tracing his every step on the field. And the pacer - the sole reason for interest in an inconsequential third-place match - didn't disappoint on his return from a lower-back injury.

After half-centuries from Shreyas Iyerand Ambati Rayudu helped India to a formidable 275 for 7, and Deepak Chahar drew first blood, uprooting Cloete's middle stump, Bhuvneshwar found his groove almost immediately. First ball he bowled a juicy half-volley that was smashed for four, but the next delivery was right on the money, pitching on a length and swinging back in to rap the batsman on the pads.

He struck off the last ball of his third over, having Theunis de Bruyn caught behind with one that pitched on a length and moved just enough off the seam to take the outside edge. Then, he trapped Khaya Zondo lbw on the first ball of his next over, reducing South Africa to 22 for 3. Although Senuran Muthusamy prevented the hat-trick, it didn't look like anyone on the field was aware of it in any case.

Bhuvneshwar finished his first spell of six overs with figures of 2 for 15 - bowling at full tilt, bending in the follow-through to field the ball, and, more importantly, without showing any signs of discomfort

 

Bhuvneshwar was reintroduced into the attack in the 28th over. Bowling from the far end this time around, he dismissed Sisanda Magala lbw off his first ball and finished with figures of 3 for 33 from his nine overs, as South Africa were bundled out for 151 in 37.1 overs.

 

Yayyyy

Edited August 30, 2018 by beetle