India vs westindies series update squad announced

[diga]

9 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Hooda is a hack who isn't successful even in IPL. 

Hooda vs Krunal Pandya.. I would rather go with Ashwin

[ShoonyaSifar]

35 minutes ago, raki05 said:

This hooda type of selection would be complete failure... They are not touching the root cause of all problem all they are doing since 2017 is changing few player here and there in lower middle order or playing marry go round there. This is such a bs process rins and repeat even a little knowledgeable person will know who are the main culprit of icc debacle but they don't have balls to touch them. Why no ask these seniors to sit ask them to enjoy holiday rather than having them for stats padding. They do stats padding through out the year and then fail right at the moment when you need them to pad stats. Problem is they are not ready to change top 3 even in t20. We are going to loose t20 wc with kohli and hahul as top3 you heard it first.

Thankfully the stats padding is now about hitting a slow selfish 50 and getting out soon after. It gives the middle and lower order at least some opportunity to bat longer. Pant, despite his inconsistencies, grabbed the chance in one innings, Shadrul and Chahar did well in the chances we got, SKY showed glimpses of what he can do in the middle order. Iyer and V. Iyer were the ones who missed out.

 

Even if these selfish oldies continue to bat like this, the middle order will get 20-25 overs to bat (and not 8-10 overs like earlier). In at best a series or two once they have the clarity, they will start performing consistently.

[rollingstoned]

Natarajan is another one who has been unfairly overlooked because of injuries. The guy is a t20 specialist and is the only format he should play with his use of variations and the left arm angle, making him an ideal Bhuvi replacement.

[ShoonyaSifar]

1 minute ago, diga said:

Hooda vs Krunal Pandya.. I would rather go with Ashwin

Thats exactly the thinking selectors have and keep sticking with the seniors. Hooda has done well in Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Hasn't yet stepped up in IPL, but not bad to reward domestic performers. Better than giving a run to the oldies.

 

I hope they discussed Shahrukh and Samad as well.

[anish2tweet]

We don't need proper openers in the power play. Try Shardul with Dhawan/Rohit as opener as we can maximize pp.
Then by dropping Ruturaj, we get 6th bowling option.

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[anish2tweet]

Six bowlers would be Kulcha, Siraj, Shardul, Prasidh and Deepak

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[ShoonyaSifar]

19 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Natarajan is another one who has been unfairly overlooked because of injuries. The guy is a t20 specialist and is the only format he should play with his use of variations and the left arm angle, making him an ideal Bhuvi replacement.

In the domestic T20 tournament back in November, post his injury comeback, he looked to be struggling, perhaps was not fully fit.

 

Should target the IPL to be fully fit. A few good performances and he'll be back in the team.

[Adamant]

Let's see if the middle order can finally perform or not. 

[Adamant]

Hooda? Really! 

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, anish2tweet said:

We don't need proper openers in the power play. Try Shardul with Dhawan/Rohit as opener as we can maximize pp.
Then by dropping Ruturaj, we get 6th bowling option.

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Bro you are really over estimating Shardul batting. Yes he can bat but trust me he isn't going to help when it matters. 

[IndianRenegade]

1 hour ago, anish2tweet said:

No experienced fast bowler in the team? Combined experience of


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Siraj lead the attack in Australia, we can’t burn out Bumrah & Shami in every bilateral. Let’s see how our bench strength plays out, would have preferred Umran Malik though. 

[jf1gp_1]

Is Gill injured ?

[Cricket_Hacker]

1 minute ago, sarchasm said:

Axar missing from ODI squad. Shaw overlooked in the most vindictive fashion. Gill no longer being looked as an ODI prospect who could possibly slot in for Kohli.

 

Deepak Chahar keeps getting undue chances. Same for Chahal.

 

What's the BCCI plan for Mavi, Nagarkoti, Tyagi with no domestic cricket for 2nd year running? Are they going to get a look in at all in any of the formats?

Axar has mostly dissapointed with this batting...and don't think he can be a pinch hitter like Chahar or Thakur

[Mesky99]

19 hours ago, The Realist said:

 

Dravid loves his trundlers even more than Dhoni who at least wanted to protect his fingers.

 

Unadkat

Kulkarni

H Patel

B Kumar

 

Should all be in the mix

Rush kalaria, Chintan gaja, sakariya, basant mohanty, Anupam sanklecha are all around 120-125 kph level trundelrs, the names which you have mentioned are probably 5-6 kph to quick for dravids liking

[Lone Wolf]

Hooda is 25 years old...  Not a bad selection at all considering he can bowl as well.  Did well SMAT.  Although looks more suited for T20 format but let's see. 

[Lone Wolf]

Also if BCCI cannot organize Ranji trophy they can manage Duleep trophy for sure.  No domestic cricket for 2 years has taken its toll on Indian cricket with seniors continuously playing despite zero performances..  Youngsters sitting on sidelines or on bench with no cricket under their belt. 

Shah & Ganguly need to be held accountable here. 

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[Suhaan]

3 hours ago, rollingstoned said:

Natarajan is another one who has been unfairly overlooked because of injuries. The guy is a t20 specialist and is the only format he should play with his use of variations and the left arm angle, making him an ideal Bhuvi replacement.

Natrajan is head and shoulders above fraud boobi,is he still injured?

[rkt.india]

4 hours ago, nitinbwj said:

Hooda is a hack who isn't successful even in IPL. 

He isn't a hack that's why not successful in T20. He is a proper batsman.

[ShoonyaSifar]

3 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Also if BCCI cannot organize Ranji trophy they can manage Duleep trophy for sure.  No domestic cricket for 2 years has taken its toll on Indian cricket with seniors continuously playing despite zero performances..  Youngsters sitting on sidelines or on bench with no cricket under their belt. 

Shah & Ganguly need to be held accountable here. 

That argument is valid for longer format. 

 

But we have had short format tournaments and the performers in those tournaments have been discarded after 2 performances each (Shaw last year Venky Iyer this year). They have not picked Hooda who most likely will not even get a chance. Dhawan, Chahal, Bhuvi all sucked in VHT, yet have the continued support from the TM. Imagine if Venky Iyer got to bat higher in the 2 matches, who knows how he would have performed. He's already been dropped from ODIs after the coach publicly disowned him. Obviously it'll have no effect on his confidence like the benching of Iyer in SA while Pujara-Kohli-Rahane got gazillion chances did not affect his confidence at all. Surya bats at 5 in one ODI match, at 6 next match, 3/4 in T20Is. Zero stability

 

The bigger issue is the team environment first under Kohli-Shastri and now under Dravid seems to be absolutely anti-youngsters/new players. Remains to be seen if Rohit can bring some change to the sorry state of affairs. I'm not having very high hopes.

[anish2tweet]

That argument is valid for longer format. 
 
But we have had short format tournaments and the performers in those tournaments have been discarded after 2 performances each (Shaw last year Venky Iyer this year). They have not picked Hooda who most likely will not even get a chance. Dhawan, Chahal, Bhuvi all sucked in VHT, yet have the continued support from the TM. Imagine if Venky Iyer got to bat higher in the 2 matches, who knows how he would have performed. He's already been dropped from ODIs after the coach publicly disowned him. Obviously it'll have no effect on his confidence like the benching of Iyer in SA while Pujara-Kohli-Rahane got gazillion chances did not affect his confidence at all. Surya bats at 5 in one ODI match, at 6 next match, 3/4 in T20Is. Zero stability
 
The bigger issue is the team environment first under Kohli-Shastri and now under Dravid seems to be absolutely anti-youngsters/new players. Remains to be seen if Rohit can bring some change to the sorry state of affairs. I'm not having very high hopes.

What is VHT if Dhawan can hit 2 50s in International ODIs in SA? If any senior is not scoring runs, then you can say. Just because he 36, you cannot aask for his removal.

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