Lone Wolf Posted July 28 Author Posted July 28 Saransh Jain is a good inclusion.. best off spin option we have rn in domestic cricket rollingstoned and singhvivek141 2
Lord Posted July 28 Posted July 28 Sundar dropped in his best format. Typical GG Needed another batsman. 4 seamers for those conditions seems too much cricspirit 1
Gollum Posted July 28 Posted July 28 (edited) 1 minute ago, Lord said: Sundar dropped in his best format. Typical GG Needed another batsman. 4 seamers for those conditions seems too much Sundar is injured I think. The one he picked up in 2nd ODI in Eng. Agree, too many pacers for a 2 test series. needed an additional middle order batsman. Edited July 28 by Gollum rollingstoned and Lord 2
Gollum Posted July 28 Posted July 28 (edited) India tour of SL Aug 15-27 FIH Hockey WC Aug 14-30 Pook tour of Eng (3 tests), Aug 19-Sep 13, epic phainta loading US Open also starts in last week of Aug, Alcaraz may be back by then (he is listed for Cincy) Uske turant baad, from Sep 19 Asian Games, the biggest sporting event of the year for India @Lone Wolf Chess Olympiad from Sep 15 in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), where India will defend both men's and women's trophies Aus tour of RSA (3 tests) starting Sep 24 Packed schedule coming up. Edited July 28 by Gollum Lone Wolf, New guy and AKane 3
express bowling Posted July 28 Posted July 28 15 minutes ago, Lord said: Sundar dropped in his best format. Typical GG Injured. 15 minutes ago, Lord said: Needed another batsman. They have 8 options for top 6. 15 minutes ago, Lord said: 4 seamers for those conditions seems too much It's better to keep both Gurnoor and Prasidh in the squad and keep them involved. They will learn from Bumrah. Plus hope to see Gurnoor actually play. rollingstoned, Mosher, cricspirit and 1 other 4
Manucrick Posted July 28 Posted July 28 It's great to see Jain get selected in the squad. A tall off spinner like him could be really lethal on Sri Lankan tracks rollingstoned and singhvivek141 2
Manucrick Posted July 28 Posted July 28 Just now, express bowling said: Injured. They have 8 options for top 6. It's better to keep both Gurnoor and Prasidh in the squad and keep them involved. They will learn from Bumrah. Plus hope to see Gurnoor actually play. Yes We have enough batters express bowling 1
Gollum Posted July 28 Posted July 28 4 minutes ago, Manucrick said: Yes We have enough batters Not enough specialists. Jurel and Pant are keepers (even KL for that matter sometimes dons gloves in tests), Jaddu is AR. Gill, Jaiswal, Padikkal, Sai are the only specialist batsmen, and I don't rate 2 of them. Manucrick and Lord 2
Manucrick Posted July 28 Posted July 28 14 minutes ago, Gollum said: Not enough specialists. Jurel and Pant are keepers (even KL for that matter sometimes dons gloves in tests), Jaddu is AR. Gill, Jaiswal, Padikkal, Sai are the only specialist batsmen, and I don't rate 2 of them. Honestly padikkal and sai not good enough for international but selectors and management pick them so we have to adjust our expectations not picking sarfaraz a big bundler he can destroy sl spinners Gollum and tweaker 2
express bowling Posted July 28 Posted July 28 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Gollum said: Not enough specialists. Jurel and Pant are keepers (even KL for that matter sometimes dons gloves in tests), Jaddu is AR. Pant averages 43.4 as a batsman after 50 tests. Arguably our most clutch test batter ever. Rahul is a pure batter at test level. Dravid kept in ODIs too. Did it make him a non-specialist batter ! You can question his consistency though. That's another issue. Jurel averages 55 in FC cricket. Has a highest of 249 showing he can play long innings too. He is being groomed as a No.6 batter. Pant is the one who ususlly keeps. Personally, I would have picked all 3 if I were a selector. I would not have picked specialist Padikkal though. Edited July 28 by express bowling tweaker, pramodk, rollingstoned and 3 others 6
Lone Wolf Posted July 28 Author Posted July 28 57 minutes ago, Gollum said: India tour of SL Aug 15-27 FIH Hockey WC Aug 14-30 Pook tour of Eng (3 tests), Aug 19-Sep 13, epic phainta loading US Open also starts in last week of Aug, Alcaraz may be back by then (he is listed for Cincy) Uske turant baad, from Sep 19 Asian Games, the biggest sporting event of the year for India @Lone Wolf Chess Olympiad from Sep 15 in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), where India will defend both men's and women's trophies Aus tour of RSA (3 tests) starting Sep 24 Packed schedule coming up. Can't wait for Asian Games bro... Very excited Hockey World Cup is going to be fire. Anyone can beat anyone among top 6/7 sides on a given day Gollum 1
Lone Wolf Posted July 28 Author Posted July 28 1 hour ago, Lord said: Sundar dropped in his best format. Typical GG Needed another batsman. 4 seamers for those conditions seems too much Sundar is injured. Batting stocks seen decent for a short 2 match series. They clearly picked the guys who are in the loop only
express bowling Posted July 28 Posted July 28 31 minutes ago, Manucrick said: Honestly padikkal and sai not good enough for international but selectors and management pick them so we have to adjust our expectations not picking sarfaraz a big bundler he can destroy sl spinners Last year I did not like Sudarshan either. But he has improved this year. Wants to bat on and on. Improved his stroke play against pace too, especially his pull shots. Padikkal is not good enough technically.
Gollum Posted July 28 Posted July 28 57 minutes ago, express bowling said: Pant averages 43.4 as a batsman after 50 tests. Arguably our most clutch test batter ever. Rahul is a pure batter at test level. Dravid kept in ODIs too. Did it make him a non-specialist batter ! You can question his consistency though. That's another issue. Jurel averages 55 in FC cricket. Has a highest of 249 showing he can play long innings too. He is being groomed as a No.6 batter. Pant is the one who ususlly keeps. Personally, I would have picked all 3 if I were a selector. I would not have picked specialist Padikkal though. I am a big supporter of Pant. Also rate Jurel. My point is they aren't looking to develop specialist batsmen. They are also placing bets on the wrong horses like Sai, Padikkal. Manucrick 1
Vickydev Posted July 28 Posted July 28 Happy for Saransh Jain, a proper old school finger spinner. Better than the likes of Tanush Kotian for now express bowling and Manucrick 2
express bowling Posted July 28 Posted July 28 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Gollum said: My point is they aren't looking to develop specialist batsmen. In the T20 era it is a pretty challenging task to develop high quality specialist test batsmen. Anyone with special batting talent wants to tonk every ball. And often ignores footwork, defense and innings building. Those that are left, and look like proper FC batters in domestic cricket, often lack the ability to play or hit genuine pace or even swing. They lack that special something. We are quite lucky to find Gill snd Jaiswal together in this era. My guess is that Sudarshan and Jurel are being groomed because both can build an innings, have decent techniques and can play genuine pace. Apart from Sarfraz, I can't really find any FC batter who is being ignored despite having test quality batsman attributes. Edited July 28 by express bowling Norman 1
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