India vs West Indies 2018: Ishant, Ashwin fitness test on Sep 29, selectors meet for ‘informal’ discussion

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Injured senior speedster Ishant Sharma and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will undergo a fitness test on Saturday before the selectors take a final call on their availability for the upcoming two-Test series against the West Indies starting October 4.

“Ashwin is already doing his rehabilitation at the NCA for groin injury. Even Ishant is expected to join him there. As of now, there is a fitness test scheduled on Saturday, September 29. The selectors may announce the team a day earlier if NCA physios and trainers rule the duo out even before fitness tests,” a senior BCCI said on Wednesday.

Selection committee chairman MSK Prasad and his colleague Devang Gandhi met at a Delhi hotel on Wednesday to draw up an initial list for the Test series after the scheduled selection meeting was cancelled.

As per documents available, the BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary had issued a notice about West Indies Test series squad selection being on the agenda for Wednesday but the meeting was later cancelled.

“It was scheduled earlier but the five selectors’ itinerary was clashing as one (Sarandeep Singh) is in Dubai while two others (Jatin Paranjpe and Gagan Khoda) are watching Hazare Trophy at different venues. So it was decided that this will be an informal meeting where the selectors will take a stock of the situation,” the official added.

There are still a few grey areas that selectors are dealing with especially the opening slot and the specialist spinners in the squad of 15.

“The selection committee’s aim is to have a team for the series that will be a mirror image of the squad that will travel to Australia. May be two more players to the 15 for the Tests will be added when the team travels Down Under,” said the official.

As of now, Shikhar Dhawan despite his poor returns from England Tests, remains team management’s favourite to continue. It will be a challenge for the selectors to push Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal’s case.

The second bone of contention where the team management might differ from the selection committee is the choice of spinners.

In case Ashwin is ruled out, team management’s preferred choice is Yuzvendra Chahal. The wiry Haryana leg-spinner is someone who still needs a lot of games to be ready for top flight red ball cricket, India A coach Rahul Dravid had said a few days back.

A source close to the team management said that the West Indies can be a good launch pad in Test cricket for Chahal and a good performance will enhance his case for his selection for Australia tour. However if Ashwin is declared fit, Chahal might have to wait.

 

[saik]

The Team mangament wants Chahal and Dhawan  for tests.

Why do we need to play Ishant? He can be rested and we could try out new bowlers like Siraj and Saini.

[GolGappe]

Project Dhawan has got another 10 years to go.

[vayuu1]

Man I so want to punch the current selectors and coa along with management, Madars are not selecting new bies 

[R.D forever]

Poor Ashwin could miss 20 wickets and a man of the series award 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Itni kya fatt rhi hai WI se ke bina Ashwin, ishant ke khelne ka wait kr rhe ho ...naye players ko chance de doge kya problem ho jayega

Siraj kab debut karega???

Edited September 26, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03

[zen]

Just rest Ishant and Ashwin .... TM = Shastri and Kohli, who like Dhawan. I thought this would be a good opportunity to groom new players as a prep for the test series in Aus 

[Franco Vazquez]

Chahal could be a good selection for Tests

[Singh bling]

BCCI still lives in past , thinking that Windies is coming with Marshall ,  Holding, Ambrose , Walsh

[express bowling]

If the contents of this article are correct then it looks like the Team management want to continue with their stubborn and not so bright approach regarding team selections ... and the selectors are there just to oblige them.

 

Why not try young pacers like Siraj and Saini  ?    How can Dhawan continue in test matches  ?  Why not introduce Shaw   ?    And what has Chahal done in 4 day games  ?   

 

I hope Bumrah is rested atleast and Shardul dropped.

[Yoda-esque]

Informal discussion..matlab Chai mein Parle-G doobana aur uske baad garam garam samose khana

[Yoda-esque]

14 minutes ago, Singh bling said:

BCCI still lives in past , thinking that Windies is coming with Marshall ,  Holding, Ambrose , Walsh

[UrmiSinhaRay]

I feel like Kuldeep would've been the better bet as the other spinner

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[kohli]

Lol chahal & dhawan.need to give chance shaw & mayank.

[wanted_desi]

Ofcourse playing on dead pitches against C class teams in ODI will get Gabbar right back into the squad. 

Edited September 27, 2018 by wanted_desi

[Kaleroko]

Googled MSK Prasad and read this interview he gave post-Eng tour. 

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-england/if-players-dont-deliver-we-need-to-look-at-new-faces-msk-prasad/articleshow/65826332.cms

 

Looks he has faith in the openers and even says

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(Toi)The openers have disappointed. The No. 3 and No. 5 batsmen have struggled...

(Prasad)When we pick players for particular slots, they should be given enough opportunities before we move on and look at youngsters. Yes, our openers could have done better. Having said that, the England openers also failed miserably. The conditions were tough and the openers of both the teams failed. Over the last few years, Pujara and Rahane have done well in those No. 3 & No. 5 slots. They have enough experience behind them to be the mainstay of our middle order. They did well here too but they could have been a bit more consistent.

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They did well here too

He also said some prepared horse**** about Agarwal.

[SK_IH]

lol Dhawan will be selected again,cant move forward with brain dead selectors and TM, hopefully there is no Rahane

 

[Lannister]

This is sickening to hear. They might select Dhawan and Chahal? It's clear Kohli is pushing for his RCB teammate's inclusion. 

And the most glaring thing is there is no mention of Siraj. Incompetent bunch.