T Natarajan could make his debut at the SCG - TOI

[Stan AF]

"The selectors had added Shardul Thakur (Mumbai paceman) as  ..
 

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Looks like ICF is not getting its way again with the team selection. Cue the outrage in 3, 2 and ......

[Stan AF]

The broad idea is to replicate what Starc does for Lyon in via Natarajan for ashwin and jadeja.

[rkt.india]

15 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

The broad idea is to replicate what Starc does for Lyon in via Natarajan for ashwin and jadeja.

What Starc does won't just help Lyon.

[raki05]

They should play Saini as I don't think Natrajan has stamina to bowl in 5 day test. Hopefully they play Saini and Not Thakur as that would be worst selection ever.

[Lone Wolf]

WTF..  A trundler should never play a test in Australia.  There  was this Pakistani one Imran khan( dusra wala)  dude was smashed around by Warner & co. 

Saini may not be world class but he can at least take wickets.  Bowl him for 5 over spells of short pitch stuff.  That may work. 

[express bowling]

Play Saini.

 

He has been groomed as a test match pacer and has bowled over after over in FC cricket and Unofficial tests for the A team.

 

He knows how to sustain intensity and pace while bowling 20 + overs a day. Natarajan is not good at this 

 

Choosing a pacer ... just because he is a left armer ... is a big folly.

 

 

[Lannister]

Since the pitch is going to be on the slower side, it doesn't matter who they are going to pick. Might as well play one more spinner. Saini was erratic and expensive during LOI leg. He knows he didn't use the opportunity well to make his case. 

[PunterLog]

He was very good in LOI's but he'll be carted around in the Sydney test.

 

I'm not sold on Saini either as he's way too erratic. Still, I'd go with Saini or a 3rd spinner instead of Natarajan.

[MechEng]

5 minutes ago, Lannister said:

Since the pitch is going to be on the slower side, it doesn't matter who they are going to pick. Might as well play one more spinner. Saini was erratic and expensive during LOI leg. He knows he didn't use the opportunity well to make his case. 

 

Bumrah, Siraj, Ashwin, Jadeja and Kuldeep 

 

It looks like an ideal bowling attack for pitches like in Sri Lanka, but let's hope SCG turns out to be spin friendly and Rahane or Pujara score 170-180 in an innings.

 

 

 

 

 

[MechEng]

Ian Chappell specifically mentioned Kuldeep's name because he thought Aussies don't handle wrist spin well.

 

Kuldeep - left arm wrist spin bringing ball into right hand batsman 

 

Ashwin - Traditional off spin bowler 

 

Jadeja - left arm spin bringing ball away from right hand batsman 

 

And Kuldeep got 5 wickets in SCG last time.

 

 

[NameGoesHere]

Not only is Natarajan the wrong choice because he is not likely to have the stamina, incisiveness or pace for a Test match.  But also, it will be unfair on him, what a great story he has had so far. 

 

Now I would go with Saini, and then also saw this forecast for the game:

 

https://www.myweather2.com/Cricket/Australia/Sydney-Cricket-Ground/14-Day-Forecast.aspx

 

Looks like showers and cloudy conditions for long periods.

 

Surely that will impact the bowler selection. 

 

And batsmen too come to think of it.

 

1 hour ago, Stan AF said:

"The selectors had added Shardul Thakur (Mumbai paceman) as  ..
 

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Looks like ICF is not getting its way again with the team selection. Cue the outrage in 3, 2 and ......

 

Is the weather the reason Thakur is in there?  Can bowl his dibbly dobs, can bat a little (presumably)

Edited December 30, 2020 by NameGoesHere

[Lone Wolf]

18 minutes ago, MechEng said:

Ian Chappell specifically mentioned Kuldeep's name because he thought Aussies don't handle wrist spin well.

 

Kuldeep - left arm wrist spin bringing ball into right hand batsman 

 

Ashwin - Traditional off spin bowler 

 

Jadeja - left arm spin bringing ball away from right hand batsman 

 

And Kuldeep got 5 wickets in SCG last time.

 

 

Don't know man we don't play even 3 spinners in India mostly.  If Ashwin was bowling badly then perhaps Kuly could've been tried but it hasn't happened.  Need a 3rd pacer especially when It is expected to rain at Sydney.  Overcast skies may help pacers.  That's why we all wanted Prasidh to tour as well.  Prasidh >> Saini & Shardul

[Bigg Brother]

Picking dibly doobly pacer over proven A tour bowler would be disaster. Lets get real people, Natarajan should be 3rd priority with Saini and Shardul in squad.

 

 

We should not mix format as well, Both Shami and Bumrah were also bashed in ODIs. Same was said about Siraj also after his white ball antics that he isnt ready for this level. As erratic as Saini is, he definitely should be preferred over Natu-Shardul. Has toiled hard in A tours and domestics to earn the test call.

[MechEng]

5 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Don't know man we don't play even 3 spinners in India mostly.  If Ashwin was bowling badly then perhaps Kuly could've been tried but it hasn't happened.  Need a 3rd pacer especially when It is expected to rain at Sydney.  Overcast skies may help pacers.  That's why we all wanted Prasidh to tour as well.  Prasidh >> Saini & Shardul

 

If the pitch turns out be slow in Sydney, then Saini will get hit for fours. I have seen that Warner, Smith and Labuschagne are comfortable against pace, while they can have problems against quality spin bowling.

 

Also the red kookaburra doesn't swing even under overcast skies, only medium pacers like Philander and Abbas can do that.

 

Injuries to Umesh and Shami have created confusions to select the best team for Sydney, but if had to pick one from Natarajan, Saini and Kuldeep, I would probably be more inclined to pick Kuldeep even though playing 3 spinners in Australia is as risky as playing Vinay Kumar in Perth.

 

For Gabba, I would definitely go for Saini because Gabba is the most bouncy pitch in Australia.

 

 

[poyzzplaidwell]

Fake news. No he won't. I like the selection policy now. He has not played on any "A" tour.. So Saini and Shardul are before him.

Only if all of them go down due to injury he will be the last choice.

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 hours ago, Stan AF said:

The broad idea is to replicate what Starc does for Lyon in via Natarajan for ashwin and jadeja.

 

If the idea is to create a rough patch well that patch will also stay there for Lyon, creating rough patch cannot alone be the criteria 

[Ankit_sharma03]

the idea to create variation works well in t20 but test cricket is about something else

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 hour ago, Lannister said:

Since the pitch is going to be on the slower side, it doesn't matter who they are going to pick. Might as well play one more spinner. Saini was erratic and expensive during LOI leg. He knows he didn't use the opportunity well to make his case. 

 

It wont be on slower side at-least for 3 days.....sydney is a patta

[Gollum]

Will be a terrible decision. Don't think Rahane is capable of this level of stupidity. 

[R!TTER]

2 hours ago, Lannister said:

Might as well play one more spinner.

Tada, play the guy who picked a fifer last time FFS - we can't afford leaking runs at that venue with Warner back