Jadeja or Bhuvi for Perth?

[sandeep]

I'd rather play both and bench Vihari, but assuming we are playing 6+4, who do you want to see in the playing XI tonight?

[CSK Fan]

Vihari plus bhuvi

[Forever Indian]

13 minutes ago, CSK Fan said:

Vihari plus bhuvi

+1

[beetle]

Bk.

[Sgattick10]

Green pitch it's a no brainer.. Bhuvi. 

[Jamadagni]

Just now, Forever Indian said:

+1

+2

[sandeep]

Just now, Sgattick10 said:

Green pitch it's a no brainer.. Bhuvi. 

1. Its not a Dukes ball.  
2. They are likely to shave off most of the grass before the toss.

 

Its a tough call.  Could go either way.  

[CSK Fan]

49 minutes ago, sandeep said:

1. Its not a Dukes ball.  
2. They are likely to shave off most of the grass before the toss.

 

Its a tough call.  Could go either way.  

Meh, he showed in SA he can bowl well on wickets with bounce even when it doesnt swing a lot. He even bounced out batsmen and reversed plus seamed the ball

[Samcric]

Both. Umesh & Shami to miss out in the 13 announced.

[kruiser]

Whomever we select, the person sitting out would have done better! 

[Nikola]

I would want Jadeja & Vihari as first choice but Jadeja & Bhuvi isn't bad choice. You can't go with Bhuvi + Vihari as you need one specialist spinner in team.

[rtmohanlal]

would go with both. It is almost  certain by the last 2 years trend that  'Jadeja+Bhuvi'  can be at the least batting equivalent of Rahul for these 2 inns.

[sandeep]

If Pant was a more reliable batsman, we would feel more confident playing 5+5.  Is there a case to be made for Party Patel?  Guy has always been quite reliable with the bat, and is proven against pace and bounce.  Plays spin like a boss as well.  

[coffee_rules]

Vihari Bhuvi. Drop a batsman KLR or Vijay. open with talent..he can't do worse thanthe openers. 

[sandeep]

15 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Vihari Bhuvi. Drop a batsman KLR or Vijay. open with talent..he can't do worse thanthe openers. 

Talent is ruled out due to injury.  How about - 

 

KL Rahul

Parthiv Patel

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Vihari

Jadeja

Bhuvi

Ishant

Shami

Bumrah.

 

Patel has proven himself to be a more reliable batsman than Pant.  And he can slot in at the top, allowing us to pay Vihari at #6 as well.  

 

Obviously with the declared 13, Patel is out of the question, but I think this would be India's best XI for Perth, all things considered.

Edited December 13, 2018 by sandeep

[vvvslaxman]

I would go with Umesh. He sucked balls in the limited overs. But his last test match return was 10 wicket haul on a not so fast bowler friendly pitch. Bhuvi is a different bowler than others. He doesn't use much of shoulder as others. He is like fast bowling version of Ashwin. He just floats on a good length hoping the ball to catch the edge. If you camp on the backfoot you can negotiate him all day.

[coffee_rules]

Bhuvi gets in for Ashwin or Umesh  to balance out the lower order batting. Jadeja can't twirl his bat on this Perth pitch.

[Jimmy Cliff]

11 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Talent is ruled out due to injury.  How about - 

 

KL Rahul

Parthiv Patel

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Vihari

Jadeja

Bhuvi

Ishant

Shami

Bumrah.

 

Patel has proven himself to be a more reliable batsman than Pant.  And he can slot in at the top, allowing us to pay Vihari at #6 as well.  

 

Obviously with the declared 13, Patel is out of the question, but I think this would be India's best XI for Perth, all things considered.

I'd rather have Rahul keep wickets than Patel. Not even joking.

[sandeep]

4 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

I'd rather have Rahul keep wickets than Patel. Not even joking.

Rahul's made of glass, asking him to keep means he'll get injured in the 5th over.

[sandeep]

12 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

I would go with Umesh. He sucked balls in the limited overs. But his last test match return was 10 wicket haul on a not so fast bowler friendly pitch. Bhuvi is a different bowler than others. He doesn't use much of shoulder as others. He is like fast bowling version of Ashwin. He just floats on a good length hoping the ball to catch the edge. If you camp on the backfoot you can negotiate him all day.

Umesh has a strong case.  Bit of risk due to his lack of bowling nous, and occasional tendency to leak runs, but he has shown a lot of improvement over the last few years.  The fact that the team announced 13 instead of 12, with Umesh in it, tells me that they are not confident of Bhuvi's fitness and rhythm.  As much as I love Bhuvi, if he isn't 100% fit and in rhythm, then he rides the bench.