Indian Test team from here on…

[asterix]

1) KL Rahul

2) Rohit Dharma (C)

3) Shubhman Gill 

4) Virat Kohli (VC)

5) Shreyas Iyer

6) Rishabh Pant

7) Ravi Jadeja / Washington Sundar

8) Shardul Thakur

9) Mohd Shami

10) Mohd Siraj

11) Bhumrah

 

[Majestic]

Rahul

Rohit

Gill

Kohli

Vihari

Pant(wkt)

Jadeja

Ashwin/ Shardul ( home/away)

Shami( Axar at home for one of pacers on alternate basis)

Bumrah

Siraj

 

Then the backups:-

 

Mayank as third opener

Shreyas as middle order backup

W Sundar as batting A/R( they won't play him till Jadeja is there)

Umesh and Prasidh as pace bowling backups 

 

How many is the count now? That's 18. So, Chepu and AR don't deserve to be even in 18 let alone 11.

[asterix]

^^^ Not convinced with Vihari. He’s just mediocre. A decent player but just mediocre. No x-factor.

 

I was supporting Ashwin n big time when he was benched in England. Not any more. He’s a finger spinner and a Scientist. He should spend most of his time in his Laboratory.

[R!TTER]

3 minutes ago, asterix said:

A decent player but just mediocre. No x-factor.

X/Y/Z factor is overrated, I'd happily take Pujara/Rahane's best years vs BRat because these guys won us tough games & arguably in tougher situations than the false king!

[vayuu1]

See people including Rohit and umesh just want to answer one thing how much time do we have with them,i mean both are well over 30 ,why not invest in new bloke and groom them.

[vayuu1]

We need to rotate fast bowlers, groom young guys identify bowlers who are willing to bend their backs

[asterix]

Domestic cricket watchers, do we have any left arm seamer who could be future prospect. Need left arm pacer & also a middle order lefty batsman.

[Vijy]

42 minutes ago, asterix said:

Domestic cricket watchers, do we have any left arm seamer who could be future prospect. Need left arm pacer & also a middle order lefty batsman.

Yash Dayal bowls in mid-to-late 130s as per slower domestic speed guns and swings the ball both ways, good prospect. Nagwaswalla would also be good if he was 5 kpf faster and hit the deck harder.

 

We have Sundar as a middle order left-hand batting AR

[The Realist]

1 hour ago, asterix said:

Domestic cricket watchers, do we have any left arm seamer who could be future prospect. Need left arm pacer & also a middle order lefty batsman.

 

Jaydev Unadkat is ready to break speed barriers for his country.

 

Could always drag back Yuvraj Singh & Suresh Raina?

[rkt.india]

4 hours ago, R!TTER said:

X/Y/Z factor is overrated, I'd happily take Pujara/Rahane's best years vs BRat because these guys won us tough games & arguably in tougher situations than the false king!

True. At 3-4, you need technically strong batsmen. Aa alrounder, I would like Sundar, a batting spin alrounder at 6. I am not comfortable with just 5 batsmen. We need a spin bowling alrounder to bat at 6 or 7. Specialist spinner isn't useful if we are playing 4 seamers.

[rkt.india]

4 hours ago, asterix said:

Domestic cricket watchers, do we have any left arm seamer who could be future prospect. Need left arm pacer & also a middle order lefty batsman.

Yaah Dayal surprised me with his bowling in VH trophy, bowled at pace and moves the ball. Bit of work on his fitness and he can be a great test prospect.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Yaah Dayal surprised me with his bowling in VH trophy, bowled at pace and moves the ball. Bit of work on his fitness and he can be a great test prospect.

 

Yash Dayal is on the taller side too. Gets decent bounce.

[Sandeep99]

Jokes on you. Purane are going no where. At max Rahane will be dropped from the first eleven. 

[express bowling]

Tests Outside Asia ....

 

1. Rahul

2. Rohit

3. Gill

4. Washington

5. Kohli / Shreyas

6. Pant

7. Jadeja

8. Shardul 

9. Bumrah

10. Shami / Siraj  (  rotate )

11. Prasidh

 

 

Tests in Asia ....

 

1. Rahul

2. Rohit

3. Gill

4. Washington

5. Shreyas

6. Pant

7. Jadeja

8. Ashwin

9. Axar

10. Siraj

11. Bumrah / Prasidh  (  rotate )

 

....  Try Kohli only in tests outside Asia to see if he has resurrected himself as a batsman after giving up captaincy ... groom young batters in Asia

....  Washington must be tried as a specialist batsman

....  It's high time we groomed a tall, quick, bounce bowler like Prasidh 

.... Play old man Shami only in away tests, that too by rotation with Siraj, so that he can fire on all cylinders. 

.... Young pacers should be groomed in home tests as spinners do the bulk of the job at home

.... Remove Rahane and Pujara from the squad.

.... Remove Ishant and Umesh from the squad.

 

Edited January 16, 2022 by express bowling

[Vijy]

play shaw at home, then ease him in abroad. dude got 3 tests and was summarily dismissed, whereas trimurthi got a long rope. shaw does have weaknesses, but it's not like the cupboard is bursting with talent. he did decently in my opinion in NZ, where pitches were very hard to bat on. Admittedly looked clueless in Oz, but he seems to have made some adjustments.

[SRT100]

2 hours ago, express bowling said:

Tests Outside Asia ....

 

1. Rahul

2. Rohit

3. Gill

4. Washington

5. Kohli / Shreyas

6. Pant

7. Jadeja

8. Shardul 

9. Bumrah

10. Shami / Siraj  (  rotate )

11. Prasidh

 

 

Tests in Asia ....

 

1. Rahul

2. Rohit

3. Gill

4. Washington

5. Shreyas

6. Pant

7. Jadeja

8. Ashwin

9. Axar

10. Siraj

11. Bumrah / Prasidh  (  rotate )

 

....  Try Kohli only in tests outside Asia to see if he has resurrected himself as a batsman after giving up captaincy ... groom young batters in Asia

....  Washington must be tried as a specialist batsman

....  It's high time we groomed a tall, quick, bounce bowler like Prasidh 

.... Play old man Shami only in away tests, that too by rotation with Siraj, so that he can fire at all cylinders. 

.... Young pacers should be groomed in home tests as spinners do the bulk of the job at home

.... Remove Rahane and Pujara from the squad.

.... Remove Ishant and Umesh from the squad.

 

 

Logical, accurate and the right approach.

The batting alone just looks so much stronger and the bigger the score the more pressure the bowlers can place on the opposition batsmen.

 

Its been so long since I have seen Sundar play?? Is he due back soon?

[express bowling]

8 minutes ago, SRT100 said:

 

Logical, accurate and the right approach.

The batting alone just looks so much stronger and the bigger the score the more pressure the bowlers can place on the opposition batsmen.

 

Its been so long since I have seen Sundar play?? Is he due back soon?

 

Sundar broke his finger ... was returning in this ODI series but got Covid.

 

Hope to see him back soon.

[express bowling]

2 hours ago, Vijy said:

play shaw at home, then ease him in abroad. dude got 3 tests and was summarily dismissed, whereas trimurthi got a long rope. shaw does have weaknesses, but it's not like the cupboard is bursting with talent. he did decently in my opinion in NZ, where pitches were very hard to bat on. Admittedly looked clueless in Oz, but he seems to have made some adjustments.

 

Want Shaw in the mix too.

 

But with Rahul and Rohit in form, he may have to bat at 3 ... maybe in place of Gill at home.

[SRT100]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

Want Shaw in the mix too.

 

But with Rahul and Rohit in form, he may have to bat at 3 ... maybe in place of Gill at home.

 

Good. Lets open up some spots now that the King is dead.

 

I think the positions of Pujara, Kohli and Rahane are all vacant.

 

Gill, Iyer, and Shaw at least will allow India to develop their test team next time in SENA.

[SRT100]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

Sundar broke his finger ... was returning in this ODI series but got Covid.

 

Hope to see him back soon.

 

As long as its not serious he should play v Sri Lanka.