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India’s Test squad: Virat (Capt), Mayank, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman, Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), R. Ashwin, R. Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma (subject to fitness clearance).

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NEWS : Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI and the Test series against New Zealand. Mayank Agarwal has been named as his replacement in the ODI squad.

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ishant has been ridiculously consistent past few years and it will be impossible to fill his shoes. If the wickets are gonna be flat then two fast bowlers, two spinners and some part timers like vihari will be needed.

 

Why is kuldeep yadav not in the squad? I didn’t hear anything about an injury. A leg spinner would add variety. I would’ve had him in place of umesh 

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This is closest to the best possible squad based on meritocracy.  If I have to mention one thing then I will pick rahul over saha.
There is slot for 2 spinners and ash jaddu are best.  Kuldeep has to improve his speed and zip of the pitch and his fitness too.
Hope nobody gets injured and Ishant recovers. We are in for a cracker of test matches :cheer:

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Would have picked Kuldeep instead of Ashwin. 

Starting 11 should be

Shaw 

Mayank

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Gill

Pant

Jadeja

Bumrah

Shami

Saini / Ishant (if fit)

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10 minutes ago, Norman said:

Would have picked Kuldeep instead of Ashwin. 

Starting 11 should be

Shaw 

Mayank

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Gill

Pant

Jadeja

Bumrah

Shami

Saini / Ishant (if fit)

India have picked Gill as the third opener, there is no way he is playing ahead of Vihari in the middle order. Remember Hanuma Vihari scored a 51 and 100* in the A game as well and was brilliant in the chances he got in West Indies. He also gives India additional bowling option. It will be unfair to drop him and play Gill ahead of him if India did decide to play 6 batters. I think the Indian fans are extremely thrilled about addition of Gill in the Test squad but that does not mean we start dropping deserving candidates from the X1 to accommodate him. Also having just one spinner in the X1 with three fast men will be a disaster if the pitch turns out to be flat, there needs to be at least a part-timer like Vihari in the X1 to give rest to the main bowlers.

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42 minutes ago, SUMO said:

This is closest to the best possible squad based on meritocracy.  If I have to mention one thing then I will pick rahul over saha.
There is slot for 2 spinners and ash jaddu are best.  Kuldeep has to improve his speed and zip of the pitch and his fitness too.
Hope nobody gets injured and Ishant recovers. We are in for a cracker of test matches :cheer:

you really expect finger spinners to have more zip than wrist spinner outside subcontinent?

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34 minutes ago, The Dark Horse said:

For the first time in years, the selectors have not confused formats.

It's a pleasant surprise. I thought they'll pick Rahul based on his recent form and worse even Thakur for Ishant.  :nervous:

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1 hour ago, SUMO said:

This is closest to the best possible squad based on meritocracy.  If I have to mention one thing then I will pick rahul over saha.
There is slot for 2 spinners and ash jaddu are best.  Kuldeep has to improve his speed and zip of the pitch and his fitness too.
Hope nobody gets injured and Ishant recovers. We are in for a cracker of test matches :cheer:

Rahul over Saha? Lol. You need a specialist keeper for Test cricket and Pant struggles to keep even in LOIs.

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