Playing 11 for 1st Test - Adelaide

[New guy]

13 hours ago, Majestic said:

Saha will be prioritised by TM if he is fit.

No he won't and it doesnt make any sense. Pant was great as kepper too in that series,.his keeping against pace is pretty good

[Real McCoy]

16 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Kuldeep in a D/N test can be a double edged sword.  Either he will run through Aussies as variations are tougher to pick under lights or he'll go for plenty.  Don't know which Kuldeep will turn up.  Either way it'll be a bold call. 

We have to go for it. Either win or bust. That should be the attitude of Kohli. We will see if he is really aggressive in his team selection rather than be aggressive in talk alone. The first test is the most important test in an away series. Winning and losing a series is highly dependent on the first test. Hopefully we don't lay an egg on that one.

[Majestic]

28 minutes ago, New guy said:

No he won't and it doesnt make any sense. Pant was great as kepper too in that series,.his keeping against pace is pretty good

It doesn't need to make any sense for Kohli to prioritise Saha over Pant.

[New guy]

38 minutes ago, Majestic said:

It doesn't need to make any sense for Kohli to prioritise Saha over Pant.

Thats fair enough. However there is a 50% chance of Saha not being fit by first test

[coffee_rules]

Gill will not be selected for T2  unless we lose pretty badly in T1. Mayank is a certain. as opener, we have Rohit, Rahul, Shaw and Gill, which is one too many. If KL does well in LOIs and as VC nominated, he might get selected over others for T1

[ShoonyaSifar]

Gill, Mayank, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Pant, Jadeja, Kuldeep, Bumrah, Shami, Siraj

 

Enough of Ashwin in away series. Need to back Kuldeep who has a 5-er in his last test in Australia (though vs a weaker Australian batting)

[Serpico]

50 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Gill, Mayank, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Pant, Jadeja, Kuldeep, Bumrah, Shami, Siraj

 

Enough of Ashwin in away series. Need to back Kuldeep who has a 5-er in his last test in Australia (though vs a weaker Australian batting)

two spinners in australia, that too in a D/N match? are you expecting them to bat for 6 sessions?

[Ankit_sharma03]

Ishant out kohli will umesh, umesh will look to swing the ball from leg to off instead it ll stay on leg and be hit all day long

[Straight Drive]

2 hours ago, Serpico said:

two spinners in australia, that too in a D/N match? are you expecting them to bat for 6 sessions?

Except Sydney, I doubt we will see two spinners, in either Aussie or Indian squad. 

[putrevus]

Why is Vihari getting a raw deal. He should be sure fire starter for all tests.He can bowl few overs and adds length to this weak batting lineup.

[BacktoCricaddict]

19 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Why is Vihari getting a raw deal. He should be sure fire starter for all tests.He can bowl few overs and adds length to this weak batting lineup.

True.  He hasn't done anything to lose his place.  OTOH, he is on a bit of short leash and needs to play a daddy knock or two.  Hope there won't be a need for him to be a patchwork opener again.

[BacktoCricaddict]

Shaw

Agarwal

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Vihari

Pant

Jadeja

Shami

Bumrah

Siraj / Saini

 

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Shaw

Agarwal

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Vihari

Pant

Jadeja

Shami

Bumrah

Siraj / Saini

 

I would start Gill over Shaw given how bad Shaw looked in IPL. Siraj over Saini in first test.

[BacktoCricaddict]

8 minutes ago, putrevus said:

I would start Gill over Shaw given how bad Shaw looked in IPL. Siraj over Saini in first test.

I think it would be a mistake to let IPL performances affect test selections.  In his last test outing (C'Church), Shaw made a brisk 50+ score.  He needs to be backed. 

[putrevus]

2 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

I think it would be a mistake to let IPL performances affect test selections.  In his last test outing (C'Church), Shaw made a brisk 50+ score.  He needs to be backed. 

You may have a point. To me personally Gill looks more compact player who will succeed in tests than Shaw.

[Prabhdeep Singh]

With Indian Team in turmoil, element of surprise is required:

 

1st Test:

 

M Agarwal

P Shaw

S Gill

V Kohli

KL Rahul

S Iyer

R Pant

K Yadav

M Shami

J Bumrah

U Yadav

 

Only Change after 1st V Kohli for an extra spinner R Ashwin or R Jadeja bat no 7. Make KL Rahul captain.

 

A Rahane (Mediocre for years, a yes man)

C Pujara (The same tactics as last tour won't work, not very inspiring, a yes man)

H Vihari (Passenger, a yes man)

 

Much better if Rohit can make it for 3rd test but I doubt it will happen. A lot dirty politics going on. Indian requires a new captain and coach.

 

India is going to lose anyway, better to lose with young gifted stroke players like Gill, Shaw and Iyer.

 

[Straight Drive]

8 hours ago, Prabhdeep Singh said:

With Indian Team in turmoil, element of surprise is required:

 

1st Test:

 

M Agarwal

P Shaw

S Gill

V Kohli

KL Rahul

S Iyer

R Pant

K Yadav

M Shami

J Bumrah

U Yadav

 

Only Change after 1st V Kohli for an extra spinner R Ashwin or R Jadeja bat no 7. Make KL Rahul captain.

 

A Rahane (Mediocre for years, a yes man)

C Pujara (The same tactics as last tour won't work, not very inspiring, a yes man)

H Vihari (Passenger, a yes man)

 

Much better if Rohit can make it for 3rd test but I doubt it will happen. A lot dirty politics going on. Indian requires a new captain and coach.

 

India is going to lose anyway, better to lose with young gifted stroke players like Gill, Shaw and Iyer.

 

Rahul is not even a certain starter in playing 11 for first test. He was dropped from playing 11 in Australia for last few tests. He may make comeback if other players are unavailable or injured, but I  don't see him being given captaincy as he isn't a certianity in the test format yet.

[express bowling]

My preferred 11 for the first test

 

1. Mayank

2. Rohit / Shaw

3. Pujara

4. Kohli

5. Gill

6. Rahane ( only because he will be the next captain )

7. Pant

8. Jadeja

9. Saini

10. Shami

11. Bumrah 

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by express bowling

[Straight Drive]

On 11/24/2020 at 7:39 PM, BacktoCricaddict said:

I think it would be a mistake to let IPL performances affect test selections.  In his last test outing (C'Church), Shaw made a brisk 50+ score.  He needs to be backed. 

Yes, IPL should not be the criteria to select or drop a player from test , especially who has had a great start to test career. 

[New guy]

23 hours ago, express bowling said:

My preferred 11 for the first test

 

1. Mayank

2. Rohit / Shaw

3. Pujara

4. Kohli

5. Gill

6. Rahane ( only because he will be the next captain )

7. Pant

8. Jadeja

9. Saini

10. Shami

11. Bumrah 

 

Its been confirmed 100% that Rohit and Ishant will miss out the first two tests and 70% chance they will miss the entire series