Dravid and VVS injury : whats the status?

[kabira]

Of VVS and Dravids Injury? Any idea. I have strong feeling, Dravid will be back even if he is 80% fit. What about VVS? whats his status. If both come in who will your drop Badri or Vijay?

[Ranjha]

I also think Yuvi will come back if he is fit. Both Badri and Murli has to go and prolly Saha too.

[Ranjha]

We need RD and VVS for sure...the heroes of Eden Garden.

[kabira]

I think Yuvi is ruled out.

[Ranjha]

I think Yuvi is ruled out.

Well the commies were saying they are not sure about his status...You got any source?

[kabira]

He had ligament tear and that takes time to heal

[mhr123]

Certainly Chewtiyaaa BCCI shud learn from this... FTP shud be planned in such a way that before important series like this one there shud ample rest period , rather than back to back series...

[Karan114]

Certainly Chewtiyaaa BCCI shud learn from this... FTP shud be planned in such a way that before important series like this one there shud ample rest period ' date=' rather than back to back series...[/quote'] I'm the last person to defend the BCCI, but losing three batsmen in the same series is plain bad luck. As for the other injured guy, Sreesanth, well, how much cricket has he played of late anyways? If he gets injured after a couple of Tests and few ODIs, we can hardly blame the schedule for it.

[flamy]

I also think Yuvi will come back if he is fit. Both Badri and Murli has to go and prolly Saha too.

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[achilles]

RD isn't coming back for this series & VVS might come back. Yuvi, I don't really care if he makes it or he doesn't coz I'd pick Vijay or Badri over him but thats a different topic. Sreesanth is definitely a candidate to return to the 11. And about time we gave Ishant the boot.... atleast for a while.

[asterix]

UV's status: Link

[achilles]

Kim Sharma and Yuvi in touch again :hysterical:

[Guest DeveGowda]

I'm the last person to defend the BCCI' date=' but losing three batsmen in the same series is plain bad luck. As for the other injured guy, Sreesanth, well, how much cricket has he played of late anyways? If he gets injured after a couple of Tests and few ODIs, we can hardly blame the schedule for it.[/quote'] Of three batsmen only dravid should have made any diffrence rest 2 are not in any good form lately...Dont take excuses like this...anyway all three legends have 2 retire within 2 years...

[Karan114]

Of three batsmen only dravid should have made any diffrence rest 2 are not in any good form lately...Dont take excuses like this...anyway all three legends have 2 retire within 2 years...

Dude I am not sure what you are on about, I was not discussing the match performance itself, I was responding to the post about the scheduling leaving us in a mess, to which I was disagreeing. As for the match, it is undeniable that we had a weakened team but injuries are a part and parcel of sports, we were thrashed proper and are down 1-0 in a home Test series, that is the reality, excuse or no excuse.

[achilles]

Some posts from this thread are missing. Why are mods on a post deleting spree these days?

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Laxman fit for second Test - Srikkanth Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of India's selection committee, has said VVS Laxman will definitely play in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata starting Sunday. More... India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Kolkata Laxman fit for second Test - Srikkanth Cricinfo staff February 10, 2010 Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of India's selection committee, has said VVS Laxman will definitely play in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata starting Sunday. He also said he was willing to take the blame for the mess involving the selection of India's middle-order but it was the result of a "freakish" incident. "Laxman is going to be back in the Kolkata Test match," Srikkanth told CNN-IBN. "He has said he is 100% fit. [His] capability will bolster the Indian batting." Laxman was one of the three first-choice middle-order batsmen who missed the first Test, which India lost by an innings and six runs. Srikkanth and his panel are under fire for not picking a reserve batsman in the original squad for the first Test, defeat in which has left India needing a win at the Eden Gardens to retain their No. 1 ranking. Rohit Sharma, who was part of a Board President's XI team that played a warm-up match against South Africa, was included in the national squad a day before the first Test but he too injured himself minutes before the start, forcing India to hand reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha a debut as a specialist batsman. The chief selector said he was willing to take the blame for picking a player who was not fully fit (VVS Laxman) but insisted there would have been no controversy had it not been for the unanticipated last-minute injury to Rohit. "Whatever happened on the morning of the Test match was absolutely unfortunate and freakish," he said. "That's what they have in this contract called 'force majeure situations'. Imagine if a player is unfit just 15 minutes before the toss and that too a standby player - Rohit Sharma wasn't even in the original 15 - just before the toss, I don't think anybody can be blamed for it." Saha was dismissed for a duck in the first innings and made a dogged 36 the second time round, but has been left out of the squad for the second Test, with Dinesh Karthik returning after two big hundreds in the Duleep Trophy final. "They all [critics] feel that Wriddhiman Saha is not a genuine batsman but a wicketkeeper who can bat. But in all fairness, Saha proved that he can bat pretty decently." The original pool for the first Test had included four fast bowlers, though India rarely pick more than two quicks in home matches. "Generally we have an opener, a middle order batsman, a spinner and a seamer in the reserves," Srikkanth said. "But in this Test match alone we thought we would encourage two more fast bowlers. But to our bad luck, you had one batsman walking out."

[Sachinism]

:yay: Come on VVS, you're due for a big one

[zubinpepsi]

srikanth.. u were a joker and u r one and you will be a joker.. so why did u pick Karthik now?? ( has his keeping improved suddenly ??) and why did u still keep pissant and send back mithun and Tyagi now?? is there any vision or logic in your team selection??

[Lord]

srikanth.. u were a joker and u r one and you will be a joker.. so why did u pick Karthik now?? ( has his keeping improved suddenly ??) and why did u still keep pissant and send back mithun and Tyagi now?? is there any vision or logic in your team selection??

exactly the quastions i want o ask him

[cricketman]

Err, Karthik just slammed two hundreds in the Duleep trophy final...a 180 odd and a 150. His strike rates were 80 and 90. Agree about Ishant/tyagi/mithun.