India Starting XI for tri series in Ban - batting order?

[swami1984]

My guess: Sehwag Gambhir Rohit Sharma (wow, I just saw that he started out batting at #8 in List A domestic cricket) Yuvraj Singh Dhoni Uthappa Irfan Pathan Chawla Praveen Kumar RP Singh (two left armers + two right-arm pace bowlers) Ishant Sharma (need variety - rest are swing bowlers whereas he can hit the deck) I think Yusuf Pathan, Sreesanth and Raina may push for a spot in starting XI, but may not get a game until one of the above underperforms/gets injured. And no, I don't think Uthappa will be removed from his spot just because he underperformed in IPL (as if Raina scored one 50 after another). He will be persisted with

[amits]

yusuf pathan gambhir dhawan rohit sharma raina badrinath dhoni chawla pravin kumar ishant sharma rp singh

[manoj_admlab]

Yusuf Pathan Sehwag Gambhir Rohit Sharma Yuvraj Singh Dhoni Dhawan Irfan Pathan Chawla Praveen Kumar Ishant Sharma

[msb1991]

1. Virender Sehwag 2. Gautam Gambhir 3. Rohit Sharma 4. Yuvraj Singh (capt.) 5. Suresh Raina 6. Dinesh Karthik (wk) 7. Yusuf Pathan 8. Irfan Pathan 9. Piyush Chawla 10. Praveen Kumar 11. Ishant Sharma 12. Sreesanth 13. S. Badrinath 14. Shikhar Dhawan Medium pace/spin based bowling attack due to the hot Bangladeshi conditions and flat tracks. Karthik playing to rest Dhoni who is suffering from a finger injury. Tendulkar is injured too.

[veer]

waste of time..

[fineleg]

Rohit Sharma is injured too

[Rohan495]

1. Yusuf Pathan 2. Virender Sehwag 3. Gautam Gambhir 4. Rohit Sharma 5. Yuvraj Singh 6. MS Dhoni 7. Irfan Pathan 8. Praveen Kumar 9. Piyush Chawla 10. Pragyan Ohja 11. Ishant Sharma

[Predator_05]

The team will line-up as; Gambhir, Sehwag, Rohit, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Yusuf, Irfan, Praveen, Chawla, RPS, and Ishant ...but at the beginning, they will probably start with Uthappa ahead of Yusuf

[flamy]

I thought Rohit was injured? Sehwag Gambhir Raina Dhoni Yuvraj Uthappa I. Pathan Chawla Ojha Ishant R.P. Singh

[amits]

@rohan495 & predator_05, y r u picking 6 bowlers????????? sehwag gambhir yuvraj rohit sharma raina dhoni yusuf pathan irfan pathan piyush chawla pravin kumar ishant sharma

[diegovegaz]

sehwag gambhir uthappa/yusuf pathan/raina rohit yuvraj dhoni piyush irfan pathan praveen rp/sreesanth ishant i belive that piyush, ojha n yusuf can't b 2gdr in playing 11, with yuvi n sehwag always there for their part time spin ojha must be dropped, in fact he isn't ready 4 d international stage yet

[zubinpepsi]

My XI : Yusuf Shewag Gambhir Rohit Yuvi Dhoni Raina Irfan Piyush Praveen/RP/Sreesanth Ishant I wud use Yusuf as a floater.. if in case Yusuf not opening , Gambhir opens with Shewag

[manoj_admlab]

My XI : Yusuf Shewag Gambhir Rohit Yuvi Dhoni Raina Irfan Piyush Praveen/RP/Sreesanth Ishant I wud use Yusuf as a floater.. if in case Yusuf not opening , Gambhir opens with Shewag

+1

[Predator_05]

Come to think of it, it would be criminal to leave out Raina considering how good he has been lately.

[fineleg]

MSD may have been impressed with Raina in CSK, and Raina may feature in the playing 11

[kooljatt]

MSD may have been impressed with Raina in CSK' date=' and Raina may feature in the playing 11[/quote'] yeap, he certainly deserve a chace. i rate him higher than rohit...wat a graceful player....!

[flamy]

yeap' date=' he certainly deserve a chace[b']. i rate him higher than rohit...wat a graceful player....!

:omg::omg::omg: Raina is good, but if u r bringing Rohit into the eq'n, ... I'm torn!

[kooljatt]

:omg::omg::omg: Raina is good, but if u r bringing Rohit into the eq'n, ... I'm torn!

si, i like rohit as well but Raina is more graceful..the punching backfoot drive, the pull and the hook, and did u see him sweeping warnie ? it makes him look like the indian version of Haydos..Rohit on the other side looks bit tentive against a quality spinner like warne or murli...But both of them are the future of indian cricket and hope they will take the places of the "majestic 4"

[Rohan495]

lol Raina more graceful than Sharma, your nuts my friend.

[gult]

Sehwag Gambhir Rohit Raina Dhawan/Venu/Nayar Dhoni Yusuf Irfan Piyush Sreesanth Ishant No Yuvraj. This guy needs to go back to domestic cricket and learn how to play quality spinners.