India Squad for BAN series announced

[Frustrated]

3 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Shreyas Iyer is dropped, good decision. We have Australia tour coming.

Hope he NEVER returns to any of our squads in all 3 formats.  Good riddance.  

[Lord]

1 minute ago, cowboysfan said:

you have to look at the Tests he played recently,only reason he was replaced was because he got injured.I still think there is no need for them to play Bumrah,lets see what they do.

 

Even recently he hasn't done anything big. When was the last time he scored 2 tons in a series or averaged above 50 playing more than 2 Tests? Is highly inconsistent and fails in Aus everytime.

[Lord]

2 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

Is his highness Kohli playing this series?

 

Yes one overseas player allowed.

[Suhaan]

1 minute ago, Majestic said:

Right decision.

 

KL is better than Sarfaraz for Australia tour. Sarfaraz is not a long term test batsman material especially overseas where India play a lot. KL is better than his stats, nobody faced tough conditions and tough away tours as much as KL in Tests.

Test is being played in India and they won't offer Ban pure seaming conditions either

I don't think TM is thinking this one to be a preparatory match for Aus,they are taking BD quite seriously now

Sarfaraz on current form is better than him in home conditions

[lemsip]

2 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

Middle order is unbelievably weak

That's been the case for many years. Nothing has changed but sarfaraz,Pant and jurel give more options than in the recent past

[Lord]

4 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Right decision.

 

KL is better than Sarfaraz for Australia tour. Sarfaraz is not a long term test batsman material especially overseas where India play a lot. KL is better than his stats, nobody faced tough conditions and tough away tours as much as KL in Tests.

 

KL averages mighty 20 in Aus

 

Sarfaraz is quite good and needs to be backed.

[Lord]

Just now, Suhaan said:

Test is being played in India and they won't offer Ban pure seaming conditions either

I don't think TM is thinking this one to be a preparatory match for Aus,they are taking BD quite seriously now

Sarfaraz on current form is better than him in home conditions

 

Even in Aus Kela has failed big time.

[Mosher]

No medium pacer Mukesh

 

Harshit should have been selected and groomed for Australian tour.

Edited September 8, 2024 by Mosher

[cowboysfan]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

 

Even recently he hasn't done anything big. When was the last time he scored 2 tons in a series or averaged above 50 playing more than 2 Tests? Is highly inconsistent and fails in Aus everytime.

cmon ,he score in the first test against England and got injured,if you just drop a guy on feels then the selectors job is in jeopardy.I do feel that his ob security is on thin ice though because we have a replacement for him.

[Nikhil_cric]

Said it in that Duleep Trophy match thread, they have clearly seen that Yash Dayal bowls that good length consistently. Around 70 % iirc. 

 

However, he is a left armer and he is just short of the pace needed in Australia. Hopefully , it's just for this series. 

 

[Suhaan]

2 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Even recently he hasn't done anything big. When was the last time he scored 2 tons in a series or averaged above 50 playing more than 2 Tests? Is highly inconsistent and fails in Aus everytime.

Yes,once he reaches his quota he hibernates

Infact they should even try to accommodate Jurel

I'm worried about even Gill,he's actually become 'the other kela'

[Lord]

1 minute ago, cowboysfan said:

cmon ,he score in the first test against England and got injured,if you just drop a guy on feels then the selectors job is in jeopardy.I do feel that his ob security is on thin ice though because we have a replacement for him.

One match isnt everything. He averages 34 in 50 Tests and 38 in 2024,28 and 17 two years before that. How are these great numbers?

Edited September 8, 2024 by Lord

[Nikhil_cric]

2 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Yes,once he reaches his quota he hibernates

Infact they should even try to accommodate Jurel

I'm worried about even Gill,he's actually become 'the other kela'

Gill was the 2nd highest scorer for us in series vs England. 

[Suhaan]

Just now, Nikhil_cric said:

Gill was the 2nd highest scorer for us in series vs England. 

Yes,that why I didn't say drop him

But his problem keeps popping up,hard hands bat pad gap

Sideways triggers

[Lord]

Just now, Suhaan said:

Yes,that why I didn't say drop him

But his problem keeps popping up,hard hands bat pad gap

Sideways triggers

 

He's still young so can be backed. Not the case with Kela

[Majestic]

5 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Test is being played in India and they won't offer Ban pure seaming conditions either

I don't think TM is thinking this one to be a preparatory match for Aus,they are taking BD quite seriously now

Sarfaraz on current form is better than him in home conditions

Rahul is an integral player of the team with multiple test tons in South Africa and England. He has been invested enough, time to get the output as he is at peak and there is a high chance you will get that, particularly in pacy and bouncy conditions. In India also vs England ,he got a 90 odd in first test before he got injured.

[Suhaan]

Just now, Lord said:

 

He's still young so can be backed. Not the case with Kela

Yes,but needs to be treated like that

He should be backed and be told to not become timid and stat obsessed

[cowboysfan]

4 minutes ago, Lord said:

One match isnt everything. He averages 34 in 50 Tests and 38 in 2024,28 and 17 two years before that. How are these great numbers?

thats why he is on thin ice,previously he got selected even if was not in form because we didnt have anybody else.

[Nikhil_cric]

2 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

Yes,that why I didn't say drop him

But his problem keeps popping up,hard hands bat pad gap

Sideways triggers

For me, the issue is his weight not moving towards the ball.  It's an ugly awkward technique where he relies simply on his hands. 

 

Only time where I saw him consciously trying to get his full weight through the ball was Asia Cup when he smashed Shaheen 

[Majestic]

8 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

KL averages mighty 20 in Aus

 

Sarfaraz is quite good and needs to be backed.

He was going through bad patch then. Rohit also has poor record in Aus by the way. KL has much better game vs pace and bounce than Sarfaraz who will most likely not stand a chance against tall bouncy aggressive on the face Australian fast bowlers in their conditions. Sarfaraz needs to observe for one tour and be with the team before he ultimately gets to know what it takes to succeed overseas