Your Openers for Final Test

[Dravid]

Seems gambhir surely wont play so whos it gonna be? M. Vijay in as a cover, but no way he plays Mine-> sehwag and yes, the great ganguly final test for him, one of our best openers. Come on dada :--D Sending dravid to open would not only bore us, more importantly, it will bore sehwag, and get aus on top straight away. Bandri makes debut, in middle order..

[Holysmoke]

ganguly to open? grow up..

[Cricketics]

It's better to play a specialist opener then to throw in some random guy up the order. Facing the new ball in test and odi's is different... it's Ganguly's last test.. let him bat in the middle order where he always does....

[Desi Cartman]

V Sehwag ..... & Bhajji :bhangra:

[SachDan]

No way Ganguly's gonna open One way or the other we'll see a debut :winky:

[ludhianvi]

Whatever happened to WAsim Jaffer? I thought this guy was decent in subcontinental conditions.

[Dravid]

No way Ganguly's gonna open One way or the other we'll see a debut :winky:

obi. someone will debut both back ups are noobs, with gambhir not playing.. arun lal saale :P

[Cricketics]

Whatever happened to WAsim Jaffer? I thought this guy was decent in subcontinental conditions.

u can rule out Aakash Chopra and Jaffer both.. since they are playing their 4 day ranji games and only 2 days have been possible till now and the game against Aus starts tomorrow..

[ludhianvi]

u can rule out Aakash Chopra and Jaffer both.. since they are playing their 4 day ranji games and only 2 days have been possible till now and the game against Aus starts tomorrow..

So is Murali Vijay, the player called in place of Gambhir. Vijay's just scored 243 in the ongoing Ranji match between Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague2008/engine/current/match/368238.html

[Cricketics]

So is Murali Vijay, the player called in place of Gambhir. Vijay's just scored 243 in the ongoing Ranji match between Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ranjisuperleague2008/engine/current/match/368238.html

ya well there are exceptions.. not every player is given a leave from the game.. :winky:

[TaNk]

Sehwag Sachin Dravid Laxman Ganguly Dhoni Badri Z khan Sharma Harbajan Mishra

[SachDan]

Sehwag Sachin Dravid Laxman Ganguly Dhoni Badri Z khan Sharma Harbajan Mishra

:omg: Sachin to open??

[Dirty_South]

Sach to open ??? No f000kin way !

[Guest HariSampath]

Ideally, it should be Sehwag and Gambhir only...provided something miraculous happens...but if Not and GG cant play, as it looks like, then it will certainly be Sehwag and Murali Vijay. Vijay has been specifically called for this, and as Dravid , if he plays , may not want to open, its just got to be Sehwag/Murali Vijay.

[TaNk]

Sach to open ??? No f000kin way !

why not .. he opend few times in test also he was our ODI opener for quite a while plus Viru & Tendu kick ass togather ... :two_thumbs_up:

[TaNk]

why not badri? why vijay ... badri can open

[DomainK]

why not .. he opend few times in test also he was our ODI opener for quite a while plus Viru & Tendu kick ass togather ... :two_thumbs_up:

There is a difference between test opening and ODI opening. And then Sachin is too valuable a middle order batsman to be disturbed.

[SachDan]

why not .. he opend few times in test also he was our ODI opener for quite a while plus Viru & Tendu kick ass togather ... :two_thumbs_up:

few times?? nooooo he opened only once against NZ @ Ahmedabad when India required some quick runs to declare their innings and force for an unlikely win.

[bharat297]

Sehwag and Vijay ... stick with specialist openers. Also Vijay is in form now which is important.

[Ram]

Dravid with Sehwag, Badri comes in at no.6. You gotto be joking if you say a rookie opener with no prior international experience whatsoever, is going to make his debut in the final, deciding test match against Australia. Vijay may have well been picked to get the feel of the dressing room and rub shoulders with the stars. I see this more as a grooming process, rather than an actual oppurtunity. Besides, the Dravid/Sehwag combo has worked in the past too. They put on a massive opening partnership against Pakistan.