India squads Vs Afghanistan

[Lord]

Just noticed the Test match is in Mullanpur in 45 degree heat. Beautiful scheduling

[putrevus]

2 hours ago, Lord said:

Just noticed the Test match is in Mullanpur in 45 degree heat. Beautiful scheduling

What happened to Mohali ground , why are they not using it.

[putrevus]

Why is Ashish Nehra not getting lot of publicity , he has turned GT into powerhouse. Three finals and playoffs every year except one.

 

 

 

Gambhir landed Indian coahing job based on being mentor.

[singhvivek141]

17 hours ago, putrevus said:

What happened to Mohali ground , why are they not using it.

Capacity is less, so they cant sell more tickets.

Its situated in a crowded place, right in the city. Traffic woes.

 

 

[singhvivek141]

17 hours ago, putrevus said:

Why is Ashish Nehra not getting lot of publicity , he has turned GT into powerhouse. Three finals and playoffs every year except one.

 

Gambhir landed Indian coahing job based on being mentor.

 

Its still a top 3 or nothing team bro.

The moment you knock out the top order..game over.

 

Bowling reserves are good, and they would really thrive on pacy pitches which has juice. But on flat pattas or spinning tracks...GT will hit a brick.

 

RR dug their grave by not maximising the impetus given by Vaibhav...even in eliminator 1 it was him, Archer and Jurel who performed...rest all were joke.

In eliminator 2 Jurel flopped and Vaibhav had to carry the team alone...Jadeja was doing his own selfish things and once Archer had a bad day...there was no safety net to fall back on.

[putrevus]

5 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

 

Its still a top 3 or nothing team bro.

The moment you knock out the top order..game over.

 

Bowling reserves are good, and they would really thrive on pacy pitches which has juice. But on flat pattas or spinning tracks...GT will hit a brick.

 

RR dug their grave by not maximising the impetus given by Vaibhav...even in eliminator 1 it was him, Archer and Jurel who performed...rest all were joke.

In eliminator 2 Jurel flopped and Vaibhav had to carry the team alone...Jadeja was doing his own selfish things and once Archer had a bad day...there was no safety net to fall back on.

What I look is does franchise have any plan, Nehra has loaded the team with bowlers.They can keep any team down to manageable totals.

 

3 finals in such a short span is a great achievement.He lost his captain and premier all rounder and still have remained a powerhouse.

 

They chased 215 with breeze, let me know when any other franchise chase totals over 240 when top three are gone cheaply.

 

RR has one batsman and one bowler. RCB has two bowlers if they go for runs then they are cooked.

 

Every team has weakness.

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 5/20/2026 at 12:25 AM, vvvslaxman said:

 

His run up looks a little ungainly like Arjun tendulkar. Need to see more of him in real match scenario. As of now all i have is some hazy youtube videos. On a road wicket in raji final Nabi did well against a  good team. Need to see him in real match scenario as well before summarily dismiss him. 

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-2025-26-1492381/karnataka-vs-jammu-kashmir-final-1492524/full-scorecard

 

checked Gurnoor brara in Ranji.. He averages 47.50 in 2 matches. Looks like a poor returns. Also 52 runs in 18 matches that is less than 2 wickets per match. pretty unimpressive stats in List A and T20. Seems like a totally wild card pick. 

Plus this is a one-off non-WTC match against Afg - not a great test side. Almost like an Ind-A match. Perfect opportunity to see what someone like Nabi can do on the big-ish stage. They should've gone with a test-pace attack of Prasidh, Nabi, Brar. 

[Sooda]

7 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Plus this is a one-off non-WTC match against Afg - not a great test side. Almost like an Ind-A match. Perfect opportunity to see what someone like Nabi can do on the big-ish stage. They should've gone with a test-pace attack of Prasidh, Nabi, Brar. 

 

Totally agree with this.

 

 

[tweaker]

Aaqib Nabi has been called up as a net bowler .

 

He is among a group of seven players brought in to help Indian batsmen with practice due to the heavy workload and travel on fast bowlers like Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna

 

The other net bowlers with the team are Gurjapneet Singh, Prince Yadav, Saransh Jain, Zeeshan Ansari and Shivang Kumar.

Edited June 3 by tweaker

[tweaker]

BCCI should have arranged a 3 day practice match ie Board President 11,India A,Ranji winner before the test