Squad discussion for England tour

[cowboysfan]

so Arshdeep is not in the A team,i really hope they pick him for the Tests and it would have been better if he was in the A tour

[bowl_out]

21 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

so Arshdeep is not in the A team,i really hope they pick him for the Tests and it would have been better if he was in the A tour

He will likely be picked to play the 2nd and 3rd game after the IPL playoffs.. Same with Sai Sudarshan, Prasidh, Washington etc

[Lord]

48 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

 

All these are players whose IPL teams won't be in playoffs - Jaiswal (RR), Kishan, Nitish (SRH), Kamboj, Ruturaj (CSK), Thakur, Akashdeep (LSG), Harshit (KKR).

 

Karun, Mukesh (DC) are the only exceptions. Maybe it is a sign that DC won't make playoffs.. Lol

 

The rest are not in any IPL team.

 

Maybe Sai Sudarshan, Prasidh, Washington will join the A team after the IPL ends.

 

Jaiswal should be in main team like Jadeja (CSK) and Pant (LSG)

[bowl_out]

9 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Jaiswal should be in main team like Jadeja (CSK) and Pant (LSG)

 

He's probably sent ahead of time to get acclimatized to the English conditions considering that it is his first tour to England for India. I don't see why it is a bad thing.

 

Pant and Jadeja have played in England before. 

[crictime]

Squad likely to be named after IPL?

[vishalvirsingh]

On 5/12/2025 at 9:27 PM, Lord said:

With RoKo gone who do you want to be there on the tour

 

I'm  inclined to give another chance to Iyer at no. 5. His game is improved v bounce and is a fast scorer at no. 5

 

My team for the tour

 

Jaiswal

Sai

Gill

KL

Iyer

Pant

Jadeja

NKR

Bumrah

Harshit

Siraj

 

Backups 

 

Jurel

Thakur

Arshdeep

Sundar

 

 

 

We have a player who can score a 50 in 25 balls in England. he is not in the team.

 

if england miss few catches , he will score a 100 too in 50 balls.

 

He is called ABHISHEK SHARMA.

 

if Sehwag can be a HIT in Tests, then even Abhishek Sharma can succeed.

 

 

[StraightDrive26]

8 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

We have a player who can score a 50 in 25 balls in England. he is not in the team.

 

if england miss few catches , he will score a 100 too in 50 balls.

 

He is called ABHISHEK SHARMA.

 

if Sehwag can be a HIT in Tests, then even Abhishek Sharma can succeed.

 

 

You are selling Sehwag short here. Sehwag wasn't an IPL product and he had good FC creds before he was picked for India. That was the only way to get into the Indian Test side then. Sehwag even after a dip in form towards the end of his career ended with a FC average of 48 and a test average of 49. I like Abhishek Sharma and he may do great in Tests in the future but right now he has no FC creds to be selected in Test team. This will also be undermining players who have toiled hard and done well in FC. He will get his chance but not at the moment especially in England which is a nightmare for the openers. 

[StraightDrive26]

On 5/17/2025 at 1:48 AM, Lord said:

 

Jaiswal should be in main team like Jadeja (CSK) and Pant (LSG)

There are no tour games anymore and Indian players normally struggle at the start of a series because they take a while to adjust to the conditions. This time the team is more inexperienced than ever. In 2021 series India's top 7 were, Rohit, Rahul, Pujara, Kohli, Rahane, Pant, Jadeja. All of them with prior experience playing in England. Now we have just Rahul, Pant and may be Jadeja. The players need some time to understand the conditions and BCCI has done a great job by organising this A tour. It will be good for Jaiswal, Sarfaraz, Harshit, Nitish, Akashdeep and few others like Shardul to get their eye in before the main series. All these players will be in the main squad mostly. Also this will give the selectors a look into some young players like Anshul Kamboj, Harsh Dubey and Tanush Kotian. Great move by BCCI. If LSG, GT, PBKS were not in the race for the play offs, I am sure Shreyas, Pant and Sai would have been in the squad as well.

[cricspirit]

Finally we get to select a team without the famous batting order of Rohit, Kohli, Pujara and Rahane.

 

Can switch around Top 4 except Jaiswal as opener. Also worried about Pant in tests now.

 

Starting Eleven

Jaiswal

KL Rahul

Sai 

Gill

Shreyas Iyer

Pant / Jurel

Jadeja

NKR

Harshit Rana

Akashdeep 

Bumrah

 

 

Backups 

2 batters ??? Not sure who should be backup. (  Easwaran , Ruturaj Gaikwad ?? , Sarfaraz Khan ??) 

Prasidh Krishna

Siraj

Sundar

 

 

[New guy]

8 hours ago, cricspirit said:

Finally we get to select a team without the famous batting order of Rohit, Kohli, Pujara and Rahane.

 

Can switch around Top 4 except Jaiswal as opener. Also worried about Pant in tests now.

 

Starting Eleven

Jaiswal

KL Rahul

Sai 

Gill

Shreyas Iyer

Pant / Jurel

Jadeja

NKR

Harshit Rana

Akashdeep 

Bumrah

 

 

Backups 

2 batters ??? Not sure who should be backup. (  Easwaran , Ruturaj Gaikwad ?? , Sarfaraz Khan ??) 

Prasidh Krishna

Siraj

Sundar

 

 

Worried about pant in tests after one single average series after FIVE years of top performance in every single series? And when he still outscored some maharaths?  And when just the series before that in the tough NZ hind series he was the top scorer from BOTH sides! 

 

 

You guys are literally ungrateful or have memories of a goldfish.

[Nikhil_cric]

So far today,

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/live/c20x245ldv7t?post=asset%3A96efae6c-f734-4545-ba0b-efb6e3105510#post

 

 

Pick the bowlers who hit the 6-8 m length the most. Swing bowlers who overpitch will get destroyed even in England.

 

The taller they are , the better. 

 

 

[diga]

8 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

So far today,

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/live/c20x245ldv7t?post=asset%3A96efae6c-f734-4545-ba0b-efb6e3105510#post

 

 

Pick the bowlers who hit the 6-8 m length the most. Swing bowlers who overpitch will get destroyed even in England.

 

The taller they are , the better. 

 

 

Prasidh + Akashdeep + Bumrah+Siraj is not a bad combination

[Nikhil_cric]

34 minutes ago, diga said:

Prasidh + Akashdeep + Bumrah+Siraj is not a bad combination

These 4 + Harshit should be locks in the bowling squad but they'll still need a pacer or two for such a long series to rotate the bowlers. 

 

 

 

 

 

[LordPrabhzy]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mohammed-shami-unlikely-to-make-india-s-test-squad-for-england-tour-1487115

 

why is he playing IPL? 

 

5-0 loss loading for India.. great

[BacktoCricaddict]

Am actually getting anxious about this selection. New era of Indian test cricket coming up. 

[MK55]

6 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mohammed-shami-unlikely-to-make-india-s-test-squad-for-england-tour-1487115

 

why is he playing IPL? 

 

5-0 loss loading for India.. great

It’s not that he’s unfit. They just don’t trust his old body. His career is done n dusted - at least as far as test cricket is concerned. His ipl form has also been horrible and has been benched.

[vishalvirsingh]

In this POST i will restrict the discussion to fast bowlers only , do share if you agree to my views and if you have different views , please suggest.

 

Shammi seems to be dropped as he is not at his best.

1. BOOM is a LOCK in so no discussions on him. He is going to play 3 tests out of 5. This indicates that INDIA may want at least 6 pacers in the 18-member squad. GG may want 3 extra's too in which he may prefer 2 pacers and one batsmen.
2. Prasidh is our no 2 fast bowler slightly ahead of SIRAJ as he has proved in the IPL, he has the purple cap.every time he has come to bowl, he has created big issues for batsmen, and he has actually performed a shade better than Siraj. he is a BOUNCE bowler kinda ISHANT Sharma.
3. Siraj is also a lock in. swing bowler with pace.
4. Harshit Rana - with his performance in australia and also in IPL, some one who can stretch himself and go upto 150K , swing a ball and has a slow ball too. he has that heavy ball which all batsmen are scared of. i have seen some of his bouncers which are JAFFA's. he is lockedin. he has heavy ball and variations in pace with capability to bowl bouncers.
5. Arshdeep OR Khaleel or AKASHDEEP- Arshdeep or khaleel are a better option as akashdeep was a huge failure in Australia and one has to accept that. akash can be in reserves but i will prefer he is not among the first 6 india pacers. for tests i will prefer KHALEEL as first left arm ahead of Arshdeep. arsh is better for t20's but may be khaleel could be better for tests, he swings and bowls between 130 to 145k where as arsh swings and is better with new ball only later he is a average left arm pacer.
6. ANSHUL Kambhoj - this guy is exactly the karun nair among bowlers , who has taken a lot of wickets in domestic cricket. he bowls between 128 to 141k. he has some tricks up his sleves  and he is no unadkat ( under 132k trundler). some bowlers know the trick to take wickets and i feel anshul is going to be a HUGE success in england if he gets to play one TEST. he has good chances to be in the 11 too when BOOM is not playing. BIG thing with kambuj is he has been bowling 7 over spells in domestic cricket( workhorse). Understand he will not be a trundler in England, in IPL he has bowled well, he got wickets and also created many opportunities which team of old men(CSK) missed to catch.

reserves - Akashdeep and Arshdeep( in case khaleel is the first PICK)  and one main batsmen among reserves.

 

Seam bowling all-rounders- nitish reddy and Shardul. one out of the 2 will be in the playing 11.

[vishalvirsingh]

3 hours ago, MK55 said:

It’s not that he’s unfit. They just don’t trust his old body. His career is done n dusted - at least as far as test cricket is concerned. His ipl form has also been horrible and has been benched.

if Shammi cannot manage a 4 over spell well, i don't think we should take him to tests but if he is truly super fit, he should fly.

tests need a fast bowler to be 100 % fit and strong.

IN past Kapil dev, ZAK and many other pacers have played with 75% fitness, and they have underperformed. TESTS are cruel, they open up fitness issues and can make you break up too (like BOOM in australia Last test)

so if he is not 100 % fit - dont fly him. we all know that BOOM is 95% fit but we have no choice but to carry him, can't afford another guy with 80 % fitness.