Melbourne 11 - Unfortunate, but Pujara has to open in Melbourne

[Real McCoy]

Mayank

Vijay/Rahul

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Vihari

Pant

Ashwin/Kuldeep

Ishant

Shami

Bumrah

 

Pandya cant bat cant bowl in a test match situation. Kuldeep can be a surprise option as wrist spinners thrive in Aus.

[rkt.india]

On 12/17/2018 at 11:51 PM, Austin 3:!6 said:

Terrific team except Ashwin. It don't matter if he is fit or not but he is no longer the bowler he was couple of years ago. I will play Kuldeep Yadav instead who troubled Aussies when we last played tests with them in India.

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ashwin took 6 wickets in the first test. there is no evidence that kuldeep will do better.  kuldeep also lacks control and will leak runs as well.

[rkt.india]

2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Melbourne to be Perth standard too. No more flat pitches. 3-1 on the cards for this series, Media will also confuse our pappu/Phupha pair and mess up the selection once again..

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25564044/mcg-drop-pitch-upgraded-perth-standard'

only in march, they will change the pitch, not this test.

[R!TTER]

11 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

Why on earth would we want the only batsman in the team that can actually bat against the new ball and drop anchor, to open and further expose him ?!?

If anything, Pujara > Kohli this series so far and if anyone has to step up to the plate, it should be Captain Kool and leading by example. 

 

You think someone who doesn't want to drop Dhoni for his "experience" will do right by the team? The same person who prefers batting at 3, instead of 4 to strengthen our middle order in LO!

[express bowling]

1.  Mayank

2.  Vihari  /   Parthiv

3.  Pujara

4.  Kohli

5.  Rahane

6.  Pant  ( wk )

 

7.  Pandya

8.  Ashwin  /  Jadeja  (  if Ash unfit )

 

9.  Ishant

10. Shami

11. Bumrah

 

--   Pant has done better as a batsman than Vihari and Rohit in this series and in his career so far.   He would not be a worse No.6 than them.

 

--  This team has 4 pacers and a spinner

 

--  Would not disturb the reasonably successful in this series, No.3 to No.5, of Pujara, Kohli and Rahane 

 

--  Decent batting till 8

 

--  It is easy to bat against the Kookabura ball after 10 overs.  Need the better batsmen later on.

 

All bases reasonsbly covered.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2018 by express bowling

[Wristy flick]

Parthiv

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Vihari

Ashwin

Pandya

Jadeja

Bhuvi

Shami

Bumrah

[Real McCoy]

Lots of overreactions because of our opening troubles . You cant drop both the openers and get another pair of openers in the middle of the series. Keep one and play Mayank. Otherwise we will be setback to the 90s where we had a revolving door of openers. This is also considering how bad and long our tail is. Some guys suggested we play Pant or Pandya at 6. We dont want someone who can hit blistering sixes like T20. Its a test match. Vihari is my No.6 for the rest of the series. He seemed composed at the crease and didn't play stupid shots . He got good balls in both the innings.