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The most likely team for 1st test

 

Jaiswal 

Eashwaran 

Gill

Rahul

Nair

Pant

Jadeja

Reddy

Bumrah 

Siraj

Prasiddh. 

 

The team management will not take risk and will play Gill,Rahul in middle order. 

Eashwaran has a 90 in his last inning and has played 2 matches against England Lions.

Nair will play in the middle order and Pant,Jadeja ,Reddy will be the late middle order.

 

Bumrah ,Siraj,Prasidh will be the pace bowlers. 

Posted
1 hour ago, tweaker said:

The most likely team for 1st test

 

Jaiswal 

Eashwaran 

Gill

Rahul

Nair

Pant

Jadeja

Reddy

Bumrah 

Siraj

Prasiddh. 

 

The team management will not take risk and will play Gill,Rahul in middle order. 

Eashwaran has a 90 in his last inning and has played 2 matches against England Lions.

Nair will play in the middle order and Pant,Jadeja ,Reddy will be the late middle order.

 

Bumrah ,Siraj,Prasidh will be the pace bowlers. 

Thats an awful lineup. Jadeja sucked as a bowler in English conditions. 

 

Replace Reddy with another proper seamer and we can at least look competitive 

Posted

1st Match in Leeds so likely seamer friendly if clouds otherwise it goes very flat when sun out. Also ground is smaller compared to other uk grounds, lot of boundaries.

 

KL

Jaiswal

Nair (scored a double at no 3 in A match)

Gill (C)

Pant (WK)

NKR

R Jadeja

S Thakur

Prasidh/Akashdeep/Arshdeep

Bumrah

Siraj 

 

6 bowling options

 

 

Posted (edited)

If Bumrah is to play 3 matches, ideally it should be 1st, 2nd and 4th match as there ample breaks in between matches.

 

However, the tests India won previously were in London which are 3rd and 5th match.

 

Or 1st, 3rd and 5th.

Edited by Prabhdeep Singh
Posted
18 hours ago, express bowling said:

1. Jaiswal 

2. Rahul 

3. Sai / Jurel 

4. Gill

5. Karun

6. Pant 

7. Nitish

8. Jadeja

9. Prasidh

10. Bumrah

11. Siraj 

 

One more pacer in place of Nitish. Would prefer Shardul or Kamboj - preferably Kamboj. Don't want Bumrah to be overbowled and don't trust Prasidh that much. Kamboj can be the stock bowler and keep one end up. Nitish can't be selected unless he can bowl 15-18 overs a day.

Posted
1 minute ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

One more pacer in place of Nitish. Would prefer Shardul or Kamboj - preferably Kamboj. Don't want Bumrah to be overbowled and don't trust Prasidh that much. Kamboj can be the stock bowler and keep one end up. Nitish can't be selected unless he can bowl 15-18 overs a day.

Kamboj is not in the squad, other pacer are Akashdeep and Arshdeep 

Posted

My XI for the 1st Test:

 

Jaiswal

KL (he does well in the 1st Test)

Sai

Gill

Karun/Jurel/Sarfaraz (pick the batter who's in best form)

Pant

Jadeja

Kamboj

Prasidh/Arshdeep (pick who's in better form)

Bumrah

Siraj

Posted
Just now, tweaker said:

Kamboj is not in the squad, other pacer are Akashdeep and Arshdeep 

 

Oh! I thought he was selected and that's why he was playing against Eng A. In that case I would go with Akashdeep or Shardul Thakur.

Posted

Sai has not done anything to be selected in the playing 11.

Sarfaraj should have been in the squad in place of Sai.

Like Rahul he should have come ahead and played the 2nd test against Lions.

 

Eashwaran has a 90,Sarfaraz though not in the squad has 90 and 100,Jurel has also good scores.

Posted
On 6/14/2025 at 12:01 PM, tweaker said:

The most likely team for 1st test

 

Jaiswal 

Eashwaran 

Gill

Rahul

Nair

Pant

Jadeja

Reddy

Bumrah 

Siraj

Prasiddh. 

 

The team management will not take risk and will play Gill,Rahul in middle order. 

Eashwaran has a 90 in his last inning and has played 2 matches against England Lions.

Nair will play in the middle order and Pant,Jadeja ,Reddy will be the late middle order.

 

Bumrah ,Siraj,Prasidh will be the pace bowlers. 

Rahul useless outside top 2 gill can't bat at 3 gill should bat at 4 or 5 needs to bring Sai to the 11 

Posted
On 6/14/2025 at 7:31 AM, tweaker said:

The most likely team for 1st test

 

Jaiswal 

Eashwaran 

Gill

Rahul

Nair

Pant

Jadeja

Reddy

Bumrah 

Siraj

Prasiddh. 

 

The team management will not take risk and will play Gill,Rahul in middle order. 

Eashwaran has a 90 in his last inning and has played 2 matches against England Lions.

Nair will play in the middle order and Pant,Jadeja ,Reddy will be the late middle order.

 

Bumrah ,Siraj,Prasidh will be the pace bowlers. 

Opening with Easwaran is a massive risk

 

Rahul will open 

 

Easwaran or Sai at 3

 

Thakur likely instead of NKR

Posted
3 hours ago, tweaker said:

Sai has not done anything to be selected in the playing 11.

Sarfaraj should have been in the squad in place of Sai.

Like Rahul he should have come ahead and played the 2nd test against Lions.

 

Eashwaran has a 90,Sarfaraz though not in the squad has 90 and 100,Jurel has also good scores.

 

Sai can bat at 3, or even open , Sarfaraz is a 4 or 5. Really it was between Sarfaraz and Nair. 

 

Kinda Agree that Easwaran at least has some runs in these conditions, albeit against a nothing attack on a patta, so should be in at 3 instead of Sai

Posted (edited)
On 6/14/2025 at 9:27 AM, Nikhil_cric said:

Replace Reddy with another proper seamer and we can at least look competitive 

While I agree that the team by OP is a poor combination, adding more mediocre seamers is not going to help  They're better off picking Kuldeep as an attacking option who will pose a genuine challenge to their batsmen. Agreed that Jadeja is ineffective in English conditions and is never going to be a primary wicket taking option even if the wicket turns a bit like Lord's was yesterday. Despite a bit of rain last week, it has been a dry spring and summer here this year and India should definitely aim to take advantage.

Edited by lemsip

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