T Natarajan could make his debut at the SCG - TOI

[kubrickian]

Actually Shardul wont be a bad option. Honestly, none of Shardul, Natarajan or Saini are quality test match bowlers. Saini is still too wayward, Shardul or  Natarajan dont have the quality pace or skills to be effective against a side like Australia. Because all of them are third choice with the absence of main bowlers, what you are looking is for them to support the attack which is Bumrah, Siraj, Ashwin and Jaddu. So you need a bowler who can bowl wicket to wicket, keep it tight for others to attack. If they can build pressure, might get a couple of wickets if batsmen look to play shots against them.

 

Shardul could be the best choice given his first class experience, success in A tours and reasonable success in bowling tight lines in limited overs and also can bat a bit. Saini could be the worst option because he could be wayward and give away lot of runs which would also relieve the pressure.

Edited December 31, 2020 by kubrickian

[Ankit_sharma03]

1 minute ago, kubrickian said:

Actually Shardul wont be a bad option. Honestly, none of Shardul, Natarajan or Saini are quality test match bowlers. Saini is still too wayward, Shardul or  Natarajan dont have the quality pace or skills to be effective against a side like Australia. Because all of them are third choice with the absence of main bowlers, what you are looking is for them to support the attack which is Bumrah, Siraj, Ashwin and Jaddu. So you need a bowler who can bowl wicket to wicket, keep it tight for others to attack. If they can build pressure, might get a couple of wickets if batsmen look to play shots against them.

 

Saini not a test match quality bowler 

 

1 minute ago, kubrickian said:

Shardul could be the best choice given his first class experience, success in A tours and reasonable success in bowling tight lines in limited overs and also can bat a bit.

 

his eco in ODI is 6.8 means almost 7.....reasonable success 

[urbestfriend]

54 minutes ago, mani sha said:

There are faster bowlers in india then shardul . Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan have them . Could have picked any .. but they chose shardul as backup 

Thats because he is already there in Australia and with this strict quarantine rule, it is impossible to fly someone back from India. 

Thats where they had selected few bowlers as backup/netbowlers like nagarkoti,porel etc, too bad they are also injured.

[kubrickian]

7 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Saini not a test match quality bowler 

 

 

his eco in ODI is 6.8 means almost 7.....reasonable success 

Have you seen Saini get butchered in limited overs games in Australia ? Even Nattu outbowled him. He didnt impress in the practice games also. Yes, Shardul's overall economy rate could be high but he has bowled well in some games as well. In an ideal world, none of these guys should be playing tests for India unless they improve drastically. 

Edited December 31, 2020 by kubrickian

[Ankit_sharma03]

9 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

Have you seen Saini get butchered in limited overs games in Australia ? Even Nattu outbowled him. He didnt impress in the practice games also. Yes, Shardul's overall economy rate could be high but he has bowled well in some games as well. In an ideal world, none of these guys should be playing tests for India unless they improve drastically. 

 

have u seen LOI any and every bowler gets butchered and days will come even nattu will be butchered.....that is LOI

Do u knw he was bowling with back spazms 

 

And saini hasnt bowled well ever ? So ur judgements of red ball is based on LOI............Zordaar taaliyan 

 

 

[kubrickian]

5 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

have u seen LOI any and every bowler gets butchered and days will come even nattu will be butchered.....that is LOI

Do u knw he was bowling with back spazms 

 

And saini hasnt bowled well ever ? So ur judgements of red ball is based on LOI............Zordaar taaliyan 

 

 

 

Congrats on not even reading the whole message before replying. Saini didnt do much in practice games against first class cricketers. Is he going to suddenly turn and up and become a match winning test bowler. He looks still very raw to me, like Umesh Yadav or Ishant in his early days.

[sandeep]

2 hours ago, G_B_ said:

anybody has pictures of SCG pitch?

 

too early i think, lot of changes will happen in the last week to the playing square.  Right now it will probably have a lot of grass on it.  

 

Wonder why the gap between T2 and T3 is so long, and no tour game either.  Not ideal.  Normally I thought Aus series has a New Years test after Boxing day no? 

[Stan AF]

Umesh Yadav ruled out of the test series due to calf injury.

 

ESPN Cricinfo

[Gollum]

6 minutes ago, sandeep said:

too early i think, lot of changes will happen in the last week to the playing square.  Right now it will probably have a lot of grass on it.  

 

Wonder why the gap between T2 and T3 is so long, and no tour game either.  Not ideal.  Normally I thought Aus series has a New Years test after Boxing day no? 

BCCI request. CA wanted Jan 3rd start, then obliged. Don't remember the reason.

[Ankit_sharma03]

13 minutes ago, kubrickian said:

 

Congrats on not even reading the whole message before replying. Saini didnt do much in practice games against first class cricketers. Is he going to suddenly turn and up and become a match winning test bowler. He looks still very raw to me, like Umesh Yadav or Ishant in his early days.

 

Ishant was terrific in his early days 

Who takes practice games srsly, they are just meant to try few things. Siraj was going costly there as well. 

[Suhaan]

6 minutes ago, Gollum said:

BCCI request. CA wanted Jan 3rd start, then obliged. Don't remember the reason.

Dadu will be drowned with New Year hangover till then

[SanjuManju]

This Mumbai lobby is a disgrace. Shardul is not good enough for test cricket. 
 

yet they push mediocre players like Shardul and Dube etc. 

 

thankfully Gill performed or else the lobby would have torn him apart asking why Shaw was dropped even though Gill is 10x the player

[maniac]

Bad idea. Saini needs to play. Like Natarajan but as a T20 specialist.

[OpeningBatsman]

Lol just saw a piece on sports keeda that as per sources close to bcci, shardul will b picked ahead of Natarajan.. 

Edited December 31, 2020 by OpeningBatsman

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, maniac said:

Bad idea. Saini needs to play. Like Natarajan but as a T20 specialist.

You aren't up to date buddy, latest talk is Shardul Thakur will play instead of Saini/Nattu/Kuldeep. 

[Forever Indian]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

You aren't up to date buddy, latest talk is Shardul Thakur will play instead of Saini/Nattu/Kuldeep. 

All these seem like speculation by media, let us get the Team news from official source.

[Norman]

What the hell! Two shockers in 2 minutes...

Sydney test will start on Jan 7? All this time I thought it was the usual Jan 3 start? What happened there?

Shardul playing?

[DeepSpace]

Can't B Arun roll up his sleeves and bowl a few with that nice toNd?

[maniac]

Shardul  expect 2 wickets of the tail in the first innings , 1-2 smooth skiers held safely and 40(28) type knock in the first innings.

 

If he lasts through the test will let you know how the 2nd innings goes. Our very own bowling allrounder Cameron green 

[Suhaan]

15 minutes ago, Norman said:

What the hell! Two shockers in 2 minutes...

Sydney test will start on Jan 7? All this time I thought it was the usual Jan 3 start? What happened there?

Shardul playing?
 

Stars are aligning for DemiTitan Thakur to hurl red cherry at the Aussies in Aussie land ,sight to behold, won't happen in next 2 billion years