India squads Vs Afghanistan

[Sooda]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bumrah-rested-for-afghanistan-test-rahul-replaces-pant-as-vice-captain-1537483

 

**India Test squad vs Afghanistan**

 

Shubman Gill (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel

 

**India ODI squad vs Afghanistan**

 

Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh

Dubey

[Sooda]

The good

 

Gurnoor, Manav, Prince, Harsh

 

The not so good

 

I wish we would look past Rohit in ODI.

 

Both Sai and Devdutt are openers or no 3 , there's a lack of middle order options. Why not Sarfaraz 

 

Sundar in ODIs, I don't know at all

 

And in tests, it depends how he is deployed. He isn't a front line offie. I would have liked Jain in. Sundar works as one of three spinners with Kuldeep and Harsh or Manav

 

I fear dropping of Pant as vc is a bit of format creep. He has been decent (poor at home good away) in last test year, is he paying the price for poor IPL?

 

 

Edited May 19 by Sooda

[Manucrick]

India's squads are filled with contradictions Kuldeep is currently a liability in ODIs and needs to be replaced by Bishnoi In Tests picking Suthar over Kotian is completely unfair based on domestic records Sai Sudharsan is a red ball disaster Axar is Missing Again From Odi and Harsh Dubey is the only sensible call they made

[Sooda]

I would have rested Hardik for ODI what will he prove by playing. Absolutely nothing. NKR should be in but we can't fit both in a home ODI. I would have considered Auqib as a no 8 who can bat instead of Hardik. Why not try these options in home series Vs Afghanistan 

[Sooda]

1 minute ago, Manucrick said:

India's squads are filled with contradictions Kuldeep is currently a liability in ODIs and needs to be replaced by Bishnoi In Tests picking Suthar over Kotian is completely unfair based on domestic records Sai Sudharsan is a red ball disaster Axar is Missing Again From Odi and Harsh Dubey is the only sensible call they made

 

I would have picked Jain instead of Dubey, kept Suthar in. 

 

 

[Manucrick]

10 minutes ago, Sooda said:

The good

 

Gurnoor, Manav, Prince, Harsh

 

The not so good

 

I wish we would look past Rohit in ODI.

 

Both Sai and Devdutt are openers or no 3 , there's a lack of middle order options. Why not Sarfaraz 

 

Sundar in ODIs, I don't know at all

 

And in tests, it depends how he is deployed. He isn't a front line offie. I would have liked Jain in. Sundar works as one of three spinners with Kuldeep and Harsh or Manav

 

I fear dropping of Pant as vc is a bit of format creep. He has been decent (poor at home good away) in last test year, is he paying the price for poor IPL?

 

 

Manav over kotian that's not great Sai and devdutt got no business in test 

[Lone Wolf]

This is better than expected squad... Sadeja Axar pseudo all rounders dumped (hopefully)

Proper spinners finally seems GG saw that our spinners were not skillful at all on helpful surfaces

 

 

Gurnoor in both formats.  ODIs are best for him too.

 

Would have liked no Rohit but we know how things work in India 

Edited May 19 by Lone Wolf

[Lone Wolf]

No aqib nabi..  thank God for the IPL to expose that he is not test standard 

[Manucrick]

2 minutes ago, Sooda said:

 

I would have picked Jain instead of Dubey, kept Suthar in. 

 

 

Jain is a big Miss i had a different opinion on suthar that's alright harsh deserve a call after his ranji performances they Miss the opportunity to try new fast bowlers in test

[Manucrick]

1 minute ago, Lone Wolf said:

No aqib nabi..  thank God for the IPL to expose that he is not test standard 

At least he deserve Afghan test

[Sooda]

4 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

This is better than expected squad... Sadeja Axar pseudo all rounders dumped (hopefully)

Proper spinners finally seems GG saw that our spinners were not skillful at all on helpful surfaces

 

 

Gurnoor in both formats.  ODIs are best for him too.

 

Would have liked no Rohit but we know how things work in India 

 

Agarkar made it clear Jadeja is no 1 spinner and only misses due to injury 

 

We need to realise he isn't a front line spinner anymore and is now a batting AR. Both him and Sundar can not be in the same 11 both aren't good enough test bowlers... 

[test fan]

No Jaiswal in odi team but kishan is good selection.  We need to get rid of Rohit Sharma.  He will be walking wicket in South Africa 

[Sooda]

29 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

No aqib nabi..  thank God for the IPL to expose that he is not test standard 

 

That's a bit of a contradictory line :-) using T20 to judge test player. Ultimately he's done well across Indian conditions over two seasons. He deserved a spot even over Gurnoor 

[deepdynamo]

Mixed feeling about both squads.
 

ODI

- We must get in Jaiswal over Rohit.

- Kishan is a welcome addition.

- Reddy & Sundar as allrounders in ODI. Not sure.

- Kuldeep has a new partner in Harsh Dubey. Lets see how he goes.

- Fast bowlers are being tried out, no one is locked in apart from Boom- Arshdeep, Krishna, Gurnoor and Prince.

 

The following top 7 looks so much better without Rohit at the top

Gill

Jaiswal ( Get him in )
Kohli

Iyer
Kishan
KL

Pandya

 

TEST

- Not sure about the batters again. Can they do the job v SL in SL? Jaiswal, KL, Sai, Gill, Pant, Paddikal, Jurel

- Reddy & Sundar as allrounders again. We have seen this strategy before with disastrous results.

- New spinners in along with Kuldeep. But what's the need to include two left arm spinners? Harsh Dubey was sufficent. Suthar is more of a darter anyways.

- Three fast bowlers for one off test- fair enough. Siraj, Gurnoor and Krishna.

 

Probable XI vs AFG

Jaiswal
KL
Sai
Gill

Pant
Jurel or Paddikal
Sundar
Dubey
Kuldeep
Siraj
Krishna

[Lone Wolf]

22 minutes ago, Sooda said:

 

That's a bit of a contradictory line :-) using T20 to judge test player. Ultimately he's done well across Indian conditions over two seasons. He deserved a spot even over Gurnoor 

No Gurnoor has had a stellar domestic season himself.  Younger taller, too much pace, raw talent.

There is no metric on which Aqib could have been selected.

Gurnoor has been part of India A set up and is a long term prospect 

[Lone Wolf]

54 minutes ago, Manucrick said:

At least he deserve Afghan test

 

54 minutes ago, Manucrick said:

At least he deserve Afghan test

Every test game is important.. can't roll out random debuts to low potential players.

[cowboysfan]

unbelievable  disrespect for Nabi,dude broke records and won the Ranji and still they ae picking failures like Prasidh over him.

[diga]

3 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

unbelievable  disrespect for Nabi,dude broke records and won the Ranji and still they ae picking failures like Prasidh over him.

BCCI wants the test to run full 5 days..

[bsriharsha]

Not sure why prasidh needs this match. Let siraj lead the line and have 2 debutants alongside him. 

[Manucrick]

55 minutes ago, Sooda said:

 

That's a bit of a contradictory line :-) using T20 to judge test player. Ultimately he's done well across Indian conditions over two seasons. He deserved a spot even over Gurnoor 

Yes he deserve at least one match to prove him self if he done well he can be a good option for nz series