Indian Squads announced for NZ & Aus test series

[Majestic]

ODI XI vs New Zealand:

 

Rohit

Kishan

Kohli

Shreyas

SKY

Pandya

Sundar

Kuldeep

Shami

Umran

Siraj

 

T20 XI vs New Zealand:

 

Shaw

Kishan

Tripathi

SKY

Pandya

Hooda

Sundar

Mavi

Kuldeep

Arshdeep

Umran

[rollingstoned]

No bhuvaneshwar Kumar is a pleasant surprise. Again. Sudhar rahe hai. 

[zen]

20 minutes ago, Majestic said:

If you are not interested in Test matches against Australia, you shouldn't be watching the game itself.

I have watched cricket long before you were probably born. 

[nitinbwj]

There is a lot of buzz in Bigfooty Forum regarding this Tour. Lots of divided opinion about Ashton Agar. Aus has a trump card in Boland. Not many are trusting Warner. They believe that Labu and Travis Head will ultimately decide the game along with Khwaja. 

Edited January 14, 2023 by nitinbwj

[SRT100]

This team will beat Australia on slow, low turning wicket.

 

Fatman (No choice, is captain)

Gill

Pujara

Iyer

SKY

Kishan

Jaddu

Ash

Axar

Umesh

Siraj

 

 

 

 

[jf1gp_1]

11 hours ago, rageaddict said:

Legund Jaydev included in Test Squad. 

mock as much as you want but he actually bowled well against bangladesh. Sure aussies are a different ball game but domestic performer on Indian trackers might do well. 

[Majestic]

24 minutes ago, zen said:

I have watched cricket long before you were probably born. 

Then you should be knowing that T20 is pyjama cricket and least relevant of the three series for which the squad is selected.

[zen]

17 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Then you should be knowing that T20 is pyjama cricket and least relevant of the three series for which the squad is selected.

What one watches, what one does not, depends upon interest, time, and other factors. 
 

In short, for me, the T20 series is the most interesting one!

 

 

[speedracer]

 

Whatever batting top 5

Ideally 

Shaw

Jaiswal

Rohitaa because fatty is captain I would have patidar in the future or dhull

Gill

Sarfraz

Bharat or ishu at 6

Sundar at 7

Ash at 8

Kuldeep at 9

Jaydev at 10

Siraj at 11

 

Should win 2 or 3-1 vs aus even if we lose tosses I would imagine. 

[rkt.india]

12 hours ago, gattaca said:

Jay shah put in the name. My god how long we are going to see this nepotistic interference in BCCI selections. 

unadkat plays for sausrashtra, not Gujarat. 

[Bigg Brother]

Rohit will playing tests after how many months?? I couldn't recall when did he play last. Didn't play Ban tour, didnt play 1-off test against England. Now directly picked to play for Australia tests, this is your captain.. Even Pant isn't there. Won't be surprised if we bottle this time. Indian cricket is at its all time low with Rohit -Dravid at helm.

[Number]

7 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said:

Rohit will playing tests after how many months?? I couldn't recall when did he play last. Didn't play Ban tour, didnt play 1-off test against England. Now directly picked to play for Australia tests, this is your captain.. Even Pant isn't there. Won't be surprised if we bottle this time. Indian cricket is at its all time low with Rohit -Dravid at helm.

 

They must organise a 4 day match against India-A, else we will lose first test just in rustyness. 

[Bigg Brother]

2 minutes ago, Number said:

 

They must organise a 4 day match against India-A, else we will lose first test just in rustyness. 

"Rustyness" should never be an excuse. Who is preventing them playing domestics , the Ranji season is on but they are busy stat padding against SL on the pretext of "WC Preparation" in which they are ultimately going to bottle. A top team is visiting you after 6 years, gave you real scare last time they toured (2017) and they have zero planning. Captain is playing after god knows how many months who himself wasnt serious about test format few years ago, The dummy captain is fattu and ex captain is dud against spin and just surviving on the reputation. They don't even know who is going to be their keeper and I'm sure we all will be speculating till last day about Kishan or Bharat.. Whatever people say,For all his limited abilities Pujara is atleast above all these superstars, saved our ass last time they toured (2017) and mostly plays Ranji,County and we had lost 0-3 last time if not for him . I really am not excited for this test series at all, even if we win, it will be due to regular performers (Ash,Pujara,Axar,Jaddu) while sooperstars contributing in 1-off innings to maintain that " Class is permenant" facade.

 

[R!TTER]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

mock as much as you want but he actually bowled well against bangladesh. Sure aussies are a different ball game but domestic performer on Indian trackers might do well. 

Those were Bangers, on a grassy/sticky surface, this is Oz not to mention had Kuldeep played that game it could well have been decided in the first innings itself! Though Undercutter can be applauded for his batting in the second dig.

[SRT100]

31 minutes ago, Bigg Brother said:

Rohit will playing tests after how many months?? I couldn't recall when did he play last. Didn't play Ban tour, didnt play 1-off test against England. Now directly picked to play for Australia tests, this is your captain.. Even Pant isn't there. Won't be surprised if we bottle this time. Indian cricket is at its all time low with Rohit -Dravid at helm.

Its more stupidity than any arrogance, thinking we can win this series with this pathetic preparation.

 

My only hope is that Ash, Jaddu, Axar and the pitch curator literally blow up the pitch before each match with grenades.

[SRT100]

23 minutes ago, Number said:

 

They must organise a 4 day match against India-A, else we will lose first test just in rustyness. 

A good India A side will beat our starting XI vs Australia.

 

No Fatman, Pujara, Kohli and KL, thats already a massive head start for any Indian A side.

[prudent_kreeda]

4 hours ago, Mosher said:

Kuldeep Sen should have been included in the odi squads.

All injured players need to play atleast  one 4 dayer before selecting, looking at the mess created by NCA of late. 

Pace bowling selection is fine as major contenders are injured - Prasidh,Sen , Mohsin, Tyagi  and the rest are very raw. 

 

[rollingstoned]

Rohit and Kohli left out of squad for T20Is against New Zealand

Prithvi Shaw is back in the T20I squad, while KS Bharat gets a maiden call-up to the ODI squad

 

ESPNCRICINFO STAFF15 hrs ago

Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav remain captain and vice-captain of India's T20I squad  BCCI

India have left Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli out of their T20I squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand. KL Rahul is also not in the squad, and while the BCCI put his absence - and that of Axar Patel, from both the ODI and T20I legs of the series - down to family commitments, it gave no specific reason for Rohit, India's regular all-format captain, and Kohli missing the series.

 

As a result, India's first-choice top three from their last two T20 World Cups are now missing successive T20I series.

This may not yet have a major bearing on India's long-term future in the format, however. Ahead of the recently concluded ODI series against Sri Lanka, Rohit said the selectors and team management had made it clear to a number of senior players that they would not be able to play all three formats over the next few months for workload-management reasons, with India building up towards the 50-overs World Cup later this year.

Hardik Pandya, who captained India in the three T20Is against Sri Lanka earlier this month, will continue to lead the side in the T20I series, which will be played in Ranchi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad from January 27 to February 1, with Suryakumar Yadav as his deputy.

Rohit and Kohli are part of the squad for the ODI series that will take place before the T20Is, from January 18 to 24 in Hyderabad, Raipur and Indore.

 ESPNcricinfo Ltd

 

Prithvi Shaw in, Harshal Patel out

 

The T20I squad is also notable for the return of opener Prithvi Shaw, who last played for India in July 2021, and whose absence from subsequent squads - particularly in the T20 format - has been a constant source of debate, given his rare ability to provide rapid starts in the powerplay. Shaw forced himself into the reckoning earlier this week by scoring 379 off 383 balls - the second-highest first-class score by an Indian batter - for Mumbai against Assam in the Ranji Trophy.

 

Left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav, who took a Player-of-the-Match-winning 3 for 51 in the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Thursday, is also back in the T20I squad, having last featured for India in that format in August 2022. He is one of two wristspinners in the squad along with Yuzvendra Chahal.

 

Sanju Samson, who was ruled out midway through the T20I series against Sri Lanka with a knee injury, remains out of the squad - the BCCI release did not provide an update on his fitness. Jitesh Sharma, who replaced him, remains in the squad as one of two wicketkeeping options alongside Ishan Kishan.

 

Fast bowler Harshal Patel, who played only the first T20I against Sri Lanka, has been left out of the squad.

 

 

KS Bharat called up to ODI squad

 

With Rahul sitting out the ODIs, India have called up the uncapped KS Bharat as a second wicketkeeper alongside Kishan. Bharat is also part of India's squad for the first two Tests against Australia in February - he is expected to contest the lead wicketkeeper role with Kishan in the absence of regular keeper Rishabh Pant, who has undergone knee ligament surgery after suffering a serious car crash in late December.

 

In Axar's absence, meanwhile, the selectors have called on a like-for-like replacement in Shahbaz Ahmed - both are allrounders who bat left-handed and bowl left-arm spin. Shahbaz has been part of the white-ball mix in recent months, and has played three ODIs, most recently in December on the tour of Bangladesh.

 

Also back in the squad is fast-bowling allrounder Shardul Thakur, who was left out of the series against Sri Lanka. Left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, who was part of the ODI squad against Sri Lanka but didn't get a chance in the starting XI, misses out - he remains part of the T20I squad, however.

 

Jasprit Bumrah, who was initially named in the ODI squad against Sri Lanka before pulling out before the start of the series - he is on the road to recovery from a long-term back injury - is not part of either white-ball squad or the squad for the first two Tests against Australia.

Edited January 14, 2023 by rollingstoned

[speedracer]

2 hours ago, SRT100 said:

A good India A side will beat our starting XI vs Australia.

 

No Fatman, Pujara, Kohli and KL, thats already a massive head start for any Indian A side.

100% they will not just beat they will crush india main 11 with those oldie *s

[Sooda]

17 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Nope not at all...  Sarfaraz looks like a clown whenever he plays for India A & in IPl. 

Smashing domestic trundlers is nothing. 

 

Is that actually true though? I recall a good knock in South Africa

 

He should have been in the squad instead of SKY