afan Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1. Rohit 2. Rahul 3. Mayank(Will Kohli bite the Chepu Bullet?) Chepu will play, but I hope not 4. Kohli 5. Shreyas 6. Pant 7. Ashwin 8. Shardul 9. Shami 10. Bumrah 11. Siraj Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I don't see much of spin from SA against us. Few overs from Maharaja. That's about it. Link to comment
Sgattick10 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Looking at the squad this could be the playing 11 Rohit Rahul Chepu Kohli Rahane Vihari Pant Shardul/Ashwin Bumrah Shami Ishant Link to comment
SRT100 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 6:03 PM, express bowling said: 1. Rohit 2. Rahul 3. Gill 4. Kohli 5. Shreyas 6. Pant 7. Jadeja / Ashwin 8. Shardul 9. Saini 10. Bumrah 11. Siraj The biggest problem with the team you picked is that its most likely to win the series. It appears that is the least concern to the BCCI. All jokes aside, you have a batsmen at every post (bar Kohli) capable of delivering a match winning knock and importantly at a healthy Test match SR and has done so in the last two years. Early wicket lost, ensures that Gill at 3 can accelerate the score without playing like Tuk tuk Pujara. Iyer and Pant can take a par score to a match winning total. Love Jaddu/Ash with Shardul here. Potentially a useful contribution from this partnership. Not sure who to open the bowling with I like Bumrah and Siraj, then over to Saini and Shardul with Ash/Jaddu. If I was Gill or Iyer I would learn the art of how to part time bowl to ensure my place in the side. express bowling and Vijy 2 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 2:33 AM, express bowling said: 1. Rohit 2. Rahul 3. Gill 4. Kohli 5. Shreyas 6. Pant 7. Jadeja / Ashwin 8. Shardul 9. Saini 10. Bumrah 11. Siraj this would be the best XI we can field, except that in an ideal world, sundar should replace Rat. better batter and bowler on current form. if and when Rat arrives at the crease, maharaj + olivier/sturman will be unleashed on him. SRT100 and express bowling 1 1 Link to comment
afan Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Sgattick10 said: Looking at the squad this could be the playing 11 Rohit Rahul Chepu Kohli Rahane Vihari Pant Shardul/Ashwin Bumrah Shami Ishant So why do you think they will play Pujara and Rahane together again? If form is an indicator, then they are definitely not in top form Link to comment
Sgattick10 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 40 minutes ago, afan said: So why do you think they will play Pujara and Rahane together again? If form is an indicator, then they are definitely not in top form Why would they select 2 senior blokes and not play them. And if they don't what's the point in picking them, could have gone with young players. Link to comment
SRT100 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, afan said: So why do you think they will play Pujara and Rahane together again? If form is an indicator, then they are definitely not in top form It makes sense to be fair. Its based on BCCI stupidity and Kohli's idiocy. Lets give the veterans another chance before retiring them. India will lose the first test and be 0-1 down then expect inexperienced players to perform well when the opposition has momentum in an SENA test match. You play the kids or at least rotate them when the team is winning so they are accustomed to playing in a positive and winning environment. Make no mistake, India would have won the 1st Test v NZ if Siraj played ahead of Ishant. Even if Siraj didnt take a wicket he would not have created a negative effect on the team via his bowling. Vijy and express bowling 2 Link to comment
Jay Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Rohit motu soan papadi Rahul shetty Puji chappatiwallah Kohli GOAT Gill Tendulkar ka beta in law Pant fatso Ashwini suryaputra Thakur thalapathy Siraj. Miyan bhai Bumrah. Chuckrah Shami sexting kar key ayaaaaaa This is likely and possible within the realms of kohli's intellect. I would swap pujara for someone like mayank or iyer And get rid of kphli for perhaps sarfraz who looks In good form now. Ideally sundar at 5 would be nice too. Bowling I would have prasidh instead of shami but it is what it is. Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 3 hours ago, SRT100 said: It makes sense to be fair. Its based on BCCI stupidity and Kohli's idiocy. Lets give the veterans another chance before retiring them. India will lose the first test and be 0-1 down then expect inexperienced players to perform well when the opposition has momentum in an SENA test match. You play the kids or at least rotate them when the team is winning so they are accustomed to playing in a positive and winning environment. Make no mistake, India would have won the 1st Test v NZ if Siraj played ahead of Ishant. Even if Siraj didnt take a wicket he would not have created a negative effect on the team via his bowling. These losers never learn their lessons do they? Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Openers set the tone in South Africa. You can score really fast if you want in places like capetown. Lightning fast outfields. Ball will nicely come on. Having had so much experiences batting overseas these guys shouldn't have too much problem. Let us keep our fingers crossed. Link to comment
putrevus Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Some really interesting choices.People want to replace a guy with 70 international 100s with a bits and pieces player who has scored a grand total of 1 FC and play him at number 4 spot. Link to comment
Mesky99 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 12:29 PM, Jay said: Rohit motu soan papadi Rahul shetty Puji chappatiwallah Kohli GOAT Gill Tendulkar ka beta in law Pant fatso Ashwini suryaputra Thakur thalapathy Siraj. Miyan bhai Bumrah. Chuckrah Shami sexting kar key ayaaaaaa This is likely and possible within the realms of kohli's intellect. I would swap pujara for someone like mayank or iyer And get rid of kphli for perhaps sarfraz who looks In good form now. Ideally sundar at 5 would be nice too. Bowling I would have prasidh instead of shami but it is what it is. Lol but mama thakur instead of thalapathy Jay 1 Link to comment
Jay Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 34 minutes ago, Mesky99 said: Lol but mama thakur instead of thalapathy from that 11 dude, we only have 4 good outfield fielders if jadeja isnt playing. 4 *ing fielders is pathetic. all subcontinent teams suffer due to such issues with fielding. We have 3 good slip fielders. kohli is our worst slip cordon fielder. Nakli goat is decent in the outfield. i will give him that. thakur mama cant field well from what iirc? most sena teams have 7 to 9 players who can field well in the outfield. pakistan too have a similar issue liked indians. believe it or not, toygers have better fielders than both india and pakistan. Link to comment
Mesky99 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 22 minutes ago, Jay said: from that 11 dude, we only have 4 good outfield fielders if jadeja isnt playing. 4 *ing fielders is pathetic. all subcontinent teams suffer due to such issues with fielding. We have 3 good slip fielders. kohli is our worst slip cordon fielder. Nakli goat is decent in the outfield. i will give him that. thakur mama cant field well from what iirc? most sena teams have 7 to 9 players who can field well in the outfield. pakistan too have a similar issue liked indians. believe it or not, toygers have better fielders than both india and pakistan. True we have regressed a lot in fielding, midfields, fumbles, missed runout chances is now very common in Indian cricket, iyer, Mayank, Surya, ruturaj are all pretty good in the outfield, Sundar, Ashwin, Shaw, gill all need improving. Vijy 1 Link to comment
kruiser Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 6:25 AM, urbestfriend said: I'm pretty sure this will be the team in starting test 1. Rahul 2. Rohit 3. Pujara 4. Kohli 5. Rahane 6. Pant 7. Ashwin 8. Thakur 9. Boom 10. Shami 11. Siraj Yep. Only ishant may come in place of thakur Link to comment
AKane Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 10:33 AM, Mesky99 said: Sundar, Ashwin, Shaw, gill all need improving. Sundar, Shaw and Gill ..... ok - maybe. Ashwin? Kind of late to improve now isn't it? Link to comment
AKane Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 12/10/2021 at 10:58 AM, kruiser said: Yep. Only ishant may come in place of thakur Definitely.Ishant will be preferred and Ishant has to be there... and maybe J Yadav/bowling or Vihari/batting in place of Siraj. I don't want this - but it is what it is. Vijy 1 Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now