Who are the long term TEST cricket replacements for Rahane - Pujara - Rohit - Kohli ?

[rangeelaraja]

Shaw

Vihari 

Sarfraz Khan 

 

Vihari is not particularly young.

 

Should SKY be selected for test cricket based on IPL performances ? 

[Majestic]

Sarfaraz Khan? lol.

 

When you have Gill, KL, Vihari, Iyer, why even think about Sarfaraz?

 

The replacements are more or less ready barring a few who will be ready in a year or two.

 

KL

Shaw

Vihari

Gill

Shreyas

Pant(wkt)

 

Then you have Washington Sundar and hopefully a couple among Ruturaj, Devdutt or Jasiwal might join too.

 

 

[Vijy]

7 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Sarfaraz Khan? lol.

 

When you have Gill, KL, Vihari, Iyer, why even think about Sarfaraz?

 

The replacements are more or less ready barring a few who will be ready in a year or two.

 

KL

Shaw

Vihari

Gill

Shreyas

Pant(wkt)

 

Then you have Washington Sundar and hopefully a couple among Ruturaj, Devdutt or Jasiwal might join too.

 

 

Sarfaraz should be in the 15, even if not in the XI. His style of play is ungainly and he is rather unfit, but he finds ways to manufacture runs - reminds me of a cross between ranatunga and de silva.

[Adamant]

Sarfaraz is a talented lad, basically the Umar Akmal of India, he definitely has the ability to play international cricket. 

[neel roy]

with bcci and ganguly who always said age doesnt matter.. respect seniority..the replacements will be
 

Rahane

Pujara

Rohit

Kohli

[Majestic]

Don't think Sarfaraz has mentality for international level. This talent thing is more of a Pakistani level talent.

[Lone Wolf]

I think Gaikwad is most improved young Indian batsman atm.  He overcame his struggle vs left arm Pacers wonderfully this IPl & his power game was at another level.  Has the gift of timing like Shaw but a better player of spin imo. 

Gaikwad should get a look in next year or so. 

[bowl_out]

19 hours ago, Majestic said:

Sarfaraz Khan? lol.

 

When you have Gill, KL, Vihari, Iyer, why even think about Sarfaraz?

 

The replacements are more or less ready barring a few who will be ready in a year or two.

 

KL

Shaw

Vihari

Gill

Shreyas

Pant(wkt)

 

Then you have Washington Sundar and hopefully a couple among Ruturaj, Devdutt or Jasiwal might join too.

 

 

Exactly.. and Mayank as well

 

Mayank is a direct replacement for pujara..Ruturaj for Rahne

 

and when Rohit and Kohli are gone in a few years, the likes of Jaiswal and Padikkal should be ready.

 

Sarfaraz looks comical to me. I even rate Vijay Shankar and Easwaran higher than him

[Jay]

14 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

I think Gaikwad is most improved young Indian batsman atm.  He overcame his struggle vs left arm Pacers wonderfully this IPl & his power game was at another level.  Has the gift of timing like Shaw but a better player of spin imo. 

Gaikwad should get a look in next year or so. 

can gaiks play test?

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, bowl_out said:

Exactly.. and Mayank as well

 

Mayank is a direct replacement for pujara..Ruturaj for Rahne

 

and when Rohit and Kohli are gone in a few years, the likes of Jaiswal and Padikkal should be ready.

 

Sarfaraz looks comical to me. I even rate Vijay Shankar and Easwaran higher than him

yes, he looks ungainly. and so does fawad alam. but some (not all) players like that still find ways to score runs. Sarfaraz should be given more opportunities in Ind A. If he does well, he can fill that no. 5 position since he scores at a good SR, bats well against spin, and can play with the tail

[goose]

Rahane - Pujara - Kohli

[Vijy]

6 minutes ago, goose said:

Rahane - Pujara - Kohli

it does seem like the selectors and TM will persist with this trinity, come hell or high water.

[cricketfan28]

gill for sarma, KL for kohli and anyone for rahane and chetheshwar.

[Majestic]

1 hour ago, Vijy said:

yes, he looks ungainly. and so does fawad alam. but some (not all) players like that still find ways to score runs. Sarfaraz should be given more opportunities in Ind A. If he does well, he can fill that no. 5 position since he scores at a good SR, bats well against spin, and can play with the tail

The players who look ungainly and limited but find ways to score runs..  

 

I would say that is Shreyas Iyer. Not the most pleasing or technically solid vs all types of bowling but he finds ways to perform in pressure situation.

[The Realist]

Kohli doesn't even plan for the short term, long term is an illusion.

 

It's a damning indictment of the Kohli era that neither him or the management have blooded younger players in or given them a chance.

 

Retirement home.

[Sgattick10]

Gaekwad, Gill, Sundar

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Top 6

 

Shaw

Mayank

KL

Gill

S Iyer

Pant

[Vijy]

Shaw/Agarwal

defensive opener (currently missing)

KL/Vihari

Gill/Iyer

Sundar/Sarfaraz

Pant

 

Edited December 5, 2021 by Vijy

[Jay]

3 hours ago, Vijy said:

Shaw/Agarwal

defensive opener (currently missing)

KL/Vihari

Gill/Iyer

Sundar/Sarfaraz

Pant

 

If we don't pick this sort of lineup^ we will lose to saffers. They are bloody good now. Olivier is tearing through domestics with his bounce. Our bowling attack is the best in the world but I have no faith in deadwood batters of our team. We need to make proper selections. 

 

Gill Shaw sunfar pant KL rohit are all key. They can play bounce. Add sarfraz. Sceptical of iyer vs bounce. He is mentally tough though. 

 

If we go with kohli pujara rahane we are finished. Only one liability can play. Rather have kohli even though he is useless himself. 

[rkt.india]

On 12/5/2021 at 12:10 AM, Majestic said:

Sarfaraz Khan? lol.

 

When you have Gill, KL, Vihari, Iyer, why even think about Sarfaraz?

 

The replacements are more or less ready barring a few who will be ready in a year or two.

 

KL

Shaw

Vihari

Gill

Shreyas

Pant(wkt)

 

Then you have Washington Sundar and hopefully a couple among Ruturaj, Devdutt or Jasiwal might join too.

 

 

Sarfaraz will be the best test batsman among these