flamy Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Dropthiv is marginally better than Parthiv' date= I agree :--D:--D Link to comment
Show_stopper Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Well i think the selectors have made the right choices. Irfan in these conditions doesn't really offer much to the team. And RP needed to gack to the basics. Link to comment
Show_stopper Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I would like to see Pujara performing in A tours and foreign soil before giving him a go.Make no mistake he is a remarkable talent..he is almost there,hope he makes the cut. OTOH we have invested what,7-8 years in Yuvraj? It would be poor on selector's part to disregard him without one last chance.In any case i think Pujara is wasted at that no.6 slot which is free atm..if and when he makes the cut,he should be no.3 or no.4 IMO. Yuvraj OTOH,if he clicks would be an ideal no.6 in tests. Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I agree :--D:--D Whoops! :--D Meant to say Dropthiv is marginally better than Karthik. Either way, all of them are pretty bad. :D Link to comment
Ram Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 How about this for conspiracy theories; Rahul Dravid has been given an ultimatum to perform or perish in the first test. If he does, he stays. If he doesnt, either Badri or M.Vijay replace him in the middle order. This explains Chandan's query of why TWO reserve batsman were picked. Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 No, Rahul will play the first test and then announce his retirement by the third day. Really, I heard it from my friends in the selection panel. Link to comment
Ram Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 No' date=' Rahul will play the first test and then announce his retirement by the third day. Really, I heard it from my friends in the selection panel.[/quote'] :haha: Link to comment
Willow_on_fire Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 India's top form in cricket held back by paki terrorists....what a shame!!!! India had played very well against the world champs Aussies & also looked to clean sweep England 7-0 in the ODI series...but this bloody paki terrorist attack screwed up !!!!...shame. Link to comment
Willow_on_fire Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 welll...I was away from this site for a few days...may be this seems like a old topic...sorry. Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 TBH we stopped discussing cricket after Mumbai incident happened.. Cricket seems so UN-Important after that Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Farewell series to Drawvid? Link to comment
Ram Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 What next? The water in your tap is bad because of Paki terrorists? :dontknow: Link to comment
flamy Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 What next? The water in your tap is bad because of Paki terrorists? :dontknow: :omg::omg::omg: *spits out tap water* *shudder* Link to comment
DomainK Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 What next? The water in your tap is bad because of Paki terrorists? :dontknow: Could be possible if proper measures are not taken in time. Heard of biological terrorism? Who knows whats cooking in those camps in Pakistan? Link to comment
Dinx - the Jinx Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 No' date=' Rahul will play the first test and then announce his retirement by the third day. Really, [b']I heard it from my friends in the selection panel. Are you the next HariSampath? Link to comment
Dinx - the Jinx Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I dont understand why M Vijay is in the team? He was drafted in because of Gambhir's ban and now that both Viru and Gambhir are back in the frame, M Vijay should not be there in the squad. Link to comment
Lord Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 I dont understand why M Vijay is in the team? He was drafted in because of Gambhir's ban and now that both Viru and Gambhir are back in the frame' date=' M Vijay should not be there in the squad.[/quote'] hes there bcoz he did well.he is our reserve opener.he did not deserve to be dropped.thats it. Link to comment
Dinx - the Jinx Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 hes there bcoz he did well.he is our reserve opener.he did not deserve to be dropped.thats it. We dont usually carry reserve openers during home series, especially when the guys who are doing the job currently are in good form. We can have reserve middle order batsmen to be back ups when one of the middle order batsmen fail and we need to replace him. M Vijay's selection is beyond me Link to comment
bharat297 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 We dont usually carry reserve openers during home series, especially when the guys who are doing the job currently are in good form. We can have reserve middle order batsmen to be back ups when one of the middle order batsmen fail and we need to replace him. M Vijay's selection is beyond me I think its more because if RD suddenly gets dropped or retires mid series ... instead of throwing Laxman in at 3 (who doesnt want to bat 3), they can throw in Murali Vijay. He is not just a reserve opener, but also a future no.3. I dno , thats what I suspect. Link to comment
Dinx - the Jinx Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I think its more because if RD suddenly gets dropped or retires mid series ... instead of throwing Laxman in at 3 (who doesnt want to bat 3), they can throw in Murali Vijay. He is not just a reserve opener, but also a future no.3. I dno , thats what I suspect. Dude - Thats exactly my point. RD is a mkiddle order batsman and if he fails and needs to be replaced, then it should be Badri and not M Vijay. Link to comment
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