India A squad for SA announced

[neel roy]

1 minute ago, Suhaan said:

Yes,selectors have basically become statsguru operators they push some keys ,see results and head towards making decision of including/dropping players fom scheme of things

They barely make themselves available for domestic games,thay have no clue about primary role of a player,skills etc

Then appoint us atleast we won't disappoint

Apparently Mike Hesson has covered more domestic matches than any of the selectors as the star sports domestic commentator 

[AKane]

Just now, nitinbwj said:

Umran Malik showed his raw potential in IPL but he will eventually turn to trundling under the able guidance of Morons ruling our cricket. I have no hope. 

 

Extreme pace has a very short shelf life.

Jeff Thomson was incredible speed wise from 1974-76. Even before the Alan Turner collision - he had declined from that peak. That collision buried him.

Dennis Lillee was an intimidating raw speedster from 1970-72 before the back injury. He came back and was still fast but nothing like 70-72.

 

If you groom most fast bowlers for 3 years - you will be basically left holding a fast-medium product. That is just the way it is. Have to hope for the jackpot in the first few years. It won't come later.

[Suhaan]

8 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Problem is our quick pacers lack skills.

They lack limited overs skills, absolutely

Yet to see them in longer formats

But Bhuvi or even Sakaria type bowlers are also not answrs to our problems

They don't evem swing to compensate on lack of pace

Edited November 9, 2021 by Suhaan

[rkt.india]

South Africa me 3 spinners kyu? Unme se ek Gowtam.

[Mesky99]

Lol and we were discussing how the next set of India  A games will be important for the likes of prasidh, tyagi, mavi and co, the selectors only follow stats, non have eye for talent, sarfaraz will be a utter flop with his horrible technique, eventhough he has scored tons of runs in ranji trophy but he will be found out, happy for aparajith, consistent showings in ranji trophy, well deserved India A call up and panchal should bat at three, solid player at the peak of his game, lack of quality middle order batsmen is a worry, once we had the likes of Rohit, pujara, rahane, Manoj tiwary, Abhinav mukund all playing India a cricket together, now this.

 

[AKane]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

South Africa me 3 spinners kyu? Unme se ek Gowtam.

Speaking of Saffies.... man in 2007 ODI WC, they left out a fiery young Dale Steyn from the team. Not enough skills and experience in ODIs they said. They picked a bunch of trundlers instead. Hayden was walking down the pitch to tonk them - esp Pollock. And they had Steyn back home  watching on telly!

[Lone Wolf]

Instead of Gowtham should have picked Abhishek Sharma.  He has solid batting plus bowls decent left arm spin than Gowtham's fraud off spin.  Batting ability is a different universe.  But of course our selectors have no eye for Talent n potential. 

Actually surprised how they picked Umran

[QuarantineTormentino]

Why are we taking Rahul Chahar for this A tour? I thought it was common knowledge by now that leggies usually don’t do well in SENA lol. I can’t remember the last time any test team played a leg spinner in tests other than Pakistan, and Yasir has been terrible in SENA countries

[Mesky99]

The best left arm spinner in the country is Siddharth Desai from Gujarat and then sai Kishore, can't fault Saurabh thou he has done well for some time but he is just a roller, a inferior version of Nadeem, Desai is a big turner and consistently picks up 5 wicket hauls thou he has a suspect action, dhruv shorey could have got a look in and upendra again well deserved, him and jagadeeshan are on par in first class cricket. Chahar lucky to be there.

[rkt.india]

9 minutes ago, Mesky99 said:

Lol and we were discussing how the next set of India  A games will be important for the likes of prasidh, tyagi, mavi and co, the selectors only follow stats, non have eye for talent, sarfaraz will be a utter flop with his horrible technique, eventhough he has scored tons of runs in ranji trophy but he will be found out, happy for aparajith, consistent showings in ranji trophy, well deserved India A call up and panchal should bat at three, solid player at the peak of his game, lack of quality middle order batsmen is a worry, once we had the likes of Rohit, pujara, rahane, Manoj tiwary, Abhinav mukund all playing India a cricket together, now this.

 

Sarfaraz has a very good technique. He was our best batter on bowling friendly pitches in u19 WC. Aparajit is no India material, has struggled in domestic cricket. Should have picked anmolpreet.

[rkt.india]

Just now, Mesky99 said:

The best left arm spinner in the country is Siddharth Desai from Gujarat and then sai Kishore, can't fault Saurabh thou he has done well for some time but he is just a roller, a inferior version of Nadeem, Desai is a big turner and consistently picks up 5 wicket hauls thou he has a suspect action, dhruv shorey could have got a look in and upendra again well deserved, him and jagadeeshan are on par in first class cricket. Chahar lucky to be there.

Saurabh is very crafty. He reminds of Herath. 

[Suhaan]

4 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

Our quick bowlers don't get movement,look at saini, it's easy to line him up.Great pacers have both movement and pace.This is why we get stuck with trundlers ,we need guys with bumrah type release and pace.

Which format you are talking here?

Even an Umesh who basically has an outswing bowls well in tests thesedays

Saini is done,his start was delayed,much tough to stage a comeback after a mauling at this age

Bumrah is exception,not many bowlers have started like him

If we start comparing every other newcomers early years with him we will definitely find no one better than trundlers ie they look safe bets

Prasidh,Mavi should have been there

[rkt.india]

Bengalis are hell bent on forcing Ishan porel on us. I would rather have aakash deep from Bengal.

[rkt.india]

Just now, Suhaan said:

Which format you are talking here?

Even an Umesh who basically has an outswing bowls well in tests thesedays

Saini is done,his start was delayed,much tough to stage a comeback after a mauling at this age

Bumrah is exception,not many bowlers have started like him

If we start comparing every other newcomers early years with him we will definitely find no one better than trundlers ie they look safe bets

Prasidh,Mavi should have been there

Mavi gets good movement

[Vickydev]

56 minutes ago, Mosher said:

India ‘A’ squad for South Africa tour: Priyank Panchal (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Upendra Yadav (wicket-keeper), K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel, Arzan Nagwaswalla

They have really rewarded the domestic performer from prev Ranji cycle, likes of Upendra Yadav already preferred over Bharath..Aparajith and Sarfaraz getting their chances finally, hope they can pull off, classy players

[Suhaan]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

Mavi gets good movement

Yes

[Mesky99]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Instead of Gowtham should have picked Abhishek Sharma.  He has solid batting plus bowls decent left arm spin than Gowtham's fraud off spin.  Batting ability is a different universe.  But of course our selectors have no eye for Talent n potential. 

Actually surprised how they picked Umran

Abhishek has to do something of note in first class cricket, slogging a few in Syed mushtaq Ali does not warrant a place in the India A team, a first class batting average of 25 and bowling average of 62 does not even warrant a place in the Nagaland ranji team, sai Kishore ahead of gowtham would made sense.

[Mesky99]

2 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Sarfaraz has a very good technique. He was our best batter on bowling friendly pitches in u19 WC. Aparajit is no India material, has struggled in domestic cricket. Should have picked anmolpreet.

Sarfaraz has no technique, plays with low hands, a walking wicket against any half decent pacer, technique built to score runs on flat beds against 120kph pacers and left arm rollers, aparajith has great temperament and probably the third best player of spin in domestic cricket, I actually feel the selectors have  mixed him up for inderajith, his brother who averages 50 in Fc.

[Mesky99]

7 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Saurabh is very crafty. He reminds of Herath. 

Even Mulani, d jadeja and sarvate are very crafty, but none of these can spin the bowl, the only left armer who gives it some revs is Desai. https://www.bcci.tv/videos/146316/ranji-trophy-2019-20-gujarat-vs-goa-qf1-siddharth-desai-s-five-wicket-haul

 

[ShoonyaSifar]

As if 4 openers were not enough, we now have 5 FC openers in the squad! Sarfaraz and Aparajith are the only two middle order bats. Saini has another shot at resurrecting his career.

 

Gill, Mayank, Bharat, Prasidh, Tyagi should all be there in the main test squad.