The mediocre players have been flushed down

[deepdynamo]

Apart from winning the series ( which we have been doing consistently for 12 years), this series has been refreshing in exposing the sub-standard players.

1) Axar has rightly been discarded from test team. He doesn't deserve a place in XI just because he is capable batter. He got exposed in his primary skill and glad the TM has finally understood it. 
2) Iyer has been exposed as a non serious test batsman. His heart is in white ball ( and IPL) so let him be there and nowhere near the test side going forward.
3. The legend of K S Bharath is finally buried.
4. Patidar is a Ranji level batsman and we found out that in just 3 games.
5. Akashdeep is a massive upgrade over Mukesh in just one inning. Though, Mukesh will still be in plans but he has been shown his place rightly. No longer the 4th best ( as per TM) in India. 

After this series, we will have a good squad overall minus these players.

 

[Serpico]

Hopefully this is also the end of KL as wicket keeper in test cricket. He should earn his place as a proper 45 averaging batsman in middle order or, someone deserving like Sarfraz should get it. Dhruv should be our test keeper both home and away

[gattaca]

A bit unfair to patidar. He did put in yards in ranji but unlucky with dismissals. He only played three tests. 

[tweaker]

One good IPL and Iyer,Axar,Kishan,Rahul will be back in squad 

[BacktoCricaddict]

2 minutes ago, tweaker said:

One good IPL and Iyer,Axar,Kishan,Rahul will be back in squad 

Yep. In the test squad!!

[G_B_]

19 minutes ago, Serpico said:

Hopefully this is also the end of KL as wicket keeper in test cricket. He should earn his place as a proper 45 averaging batsman in middle order or, someone deserving like Sarfraz should get it. Dhruv should be our test keeper both home and away

 

With pant back into playing its going lots of competition for kl.

 

Pant is a better test batter than him in terms of ability from what I have seen.

 

Plus kl seems to strike out injured regularly.

 

 

 

 

[Gollum]

Heard a lot about Patidar, even here on ICF. Most of his dismissals have been tame, and 4 of our guys including him got unlucky with umpire's call in 1st innings,a record,  first time ever in an international game with 4 umpire's call dismissals. 

 

If we win this test, I hope Patidar gets one more chance in Dharamsala. 

 

 

[R!TTER]

30 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

 

Pant is a better test batter than him in terms of ability from what I have seen.

 

Plus kl seems to strike out injured regularly.

 

Pant should not get an automatic spot in the 11 neither should KL, Jurel needs to play longer for his efforts in this series! If the other two want to make bank in IPL let them do it, keep Jurel for tests/ODI & like I said in another thread keep the test guys away from T20 

[Norman]

Agree. 

 

This series has only strengthened our team (which is a massive positive in every way) and weeded out some garbage from the squad. 

 

 

An extremely fortunate blessing in disguise with Kohli, Shami, KL, Iyer etc getting unavailable at the right time and also a courageous resting of Bumrah in the current test. We would have gained absolutely nothing by beating England with Kohli, Shami, pant etc. But now our player pool is very very healthy and it bodes well for the all important Australian tour.

[Lord]

55 minutes ago, gattaca said:

A bit unfair to patidar. He did put in yards in ranji but unlucky with dismissals. He only played three tests. 

 

Did nothing in Ranjis. Avg under 50 should not be considered for specialist bats

[Norman]

43 minutes ago, tweaker said:

One good IPL and Iyer,Axar,Kishan,Rahul will be back in squad 

 

Kishan is done I think. Arrival of Jitesh and Jurel has pretty much closed his chapter for now. 

[Gollum]

Has also reaffirmed the fact that Rohit and Ashwin should leave. And that Siraj shouldn't be an automatic selection. 

 

 

[Frustrated]

Bye Bye Gutkesh, Bharat and Iyer. 

[Trichromatic]

3 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Did nothing in Ranjis. Avg under 50 should not be considered for specialist bats

He is another good looking batsman in who plays nice shots but can't bat big and averages mid 40s in ranjis.

 

Played 9 years of FC cricket and 0 double 100s 

[Norman]

The biggest positive for me though is Akashdeep passing the 'visual test' with flying colors. He looked international quality from the word go...now I know some will say that the wicket assisted him on the first morning, but just way he put the ball consistently in those areas and the way he was hitting the deck hard at good pace was a treat to watch.

 

Looked like a taller version of Shami. Now our pace bowling stocks look much better with Shami's possible return. Hope we unearth one more pacer in Tests before the Australian tour.

[Vijy]

37 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Heard a lot about Patidar, even here on ICF. Most of his dismissals have been tame, and 4 of our guys including him got unlucky with umpire's call in 1st innings,a record,  first time ever in an international game with 4 umpire's call dismissals. 

 

If we win this test, I hope Patidar gets one more chance in Dharamsala. 

 

 

he had only a couple of seasons in ranjis, that too rather late. plenty of better ranji batters than him since 2017-18: sarfaraz, vihari, indrajit, bawne, etc.

Edited February 25 by Vijy

[cricspirit]

25 minutes ago, Norman said:

 

Kishan is done I think. Arrival of Jitesh and Jurel has pretty much closed his chapter for now. 

 

Kishan did not deserve test spot anyway. Glad he is along with the list here.

 

However Axar could easily be back if Jadeja is injured. 

[Serpico]

1 hour ago, tweaker said:

One good IPL and Iyer,Axar,Kishan,Rahul will be back in squad 

I don't think Iyer and Axar ever had 'good' IPLs

[Vijy]

5 minutes ago, Serpico said:

I don't think Iyer and Axar ever had 'good' IPLs

Iyer for sure had one good IPL in DC

[nevada]

34 minutes ago, Norman said:

The biggest positive for me though is Akashdeep passing the 'visual test' with flying colors. He looked international quality from the word go...now I know some will say that the wicket assisted him on the first morning, but just way he put the ball consistently in those areas and the way he was hitting the deck hard at good pace was a treat to watch.

 

Looked like a taller version of Shami. Now our pace bowling stocks look much better with Shami's possible return. Hope we unearth one more pacer in Tests before the Australian tour.

Yes, he was on target from the beginning. No straying down the leg side, no wide balls or half trackers. Hit the ground running. Need more such players.