India A tour of England and Scotland 2010 : Pujara to lead

[achilles]

Jaidev Unadkat is a way superior bowler to Jaskaran. Its a surprise that he's not being groomed properly.

[Chandan]

Too many overs to Manoj Tiwary. Dhawan did well with the ball in the last match' date=' why not let him bowl more overs?[/quote'] Why on earth is India playing with just two strike bowlers? How can they think that 30 overs from oart timers or an ordinary bowler like Abdullah who rarely takes wickets, will do the job? I fail to undertand how they can overlook Tyagi and Unadkat!

[saneindian]

This game looks lost, due to poor team selection and surprising bowling choices. Eng Lions are well on their way to 330+ :((

[saneindian]

Why on earth is India playing with just two strike bowlers? How can they think that 30 overs from oart timers or an ordinary bowler like Abdullah who rarely takes wickets, will do the job? I fail to undertand how they can overlook Tyagi and Unadkat!

Exactly. Abdulla hadn't taken a wicket prior to this match, why not give Bipul Sharma a chance? And why has Ganpathy been sent? Praveen Amre, the coach had said that he will try to make sure all players get proper chances on this tour. Hasn't really happened for Ganpathy and Bipul.

[jusarrived]

the team balance looks worse than the one we picked for Zim tri-series

[achilles]

the team balance looks worse than the one we picked for Zim tri-series

Now that is saying something. Agreed.

[Gunner_Mania]

Now that is saying something. Agreed.

How come you still havent blamed Cheeka for it :hmmm: I wonder who selects the playing XI for these games. Praveen Amre or the captain.

[Fontaine]

Mithun and Kulkarni started off well with the new ball got the early breakthrough and then the pie chuckers screwed it up.

[Sachinism]

Carnage occurring

[Sachinism]

Stevens out, Bell going strong

[Sachinism]

Ghanta on 150 with 6 overs to go :nervous:

[jusarrived]

Cant blame Mithun or Kulkarni here , they did their bit early on . we will need the likes of Pandey and Thiwary to step up today , to have any chance of coming close to Lions total

[Gunner_Mania]

Darren Stevens alone would have played more FC cricket than the entire Indian XI put together :dontknow:

[Sachinism]

Double strike for Jaskaran :aha: Bopara and Bell gone

[Sachinism]

Dangerman Trego gone too

[achilles]

Darren Stevens alone would have played more FC cricket than the entire Indian XI put together :dontknow:

Darren Stevens is a LEGEND.

[Gunner_Mania]

Darren Stevens is a LEGEND.

I've never heard of him :((

[Chandan]

So India A is out of the finals. Anyway, let us look at the positives. Pujara has reasserted that he is in a different class to other batsmen. Mithun has bowled really well with new ball though his lack of taking two wickets in first spell wirries me. But we can still groom him. I'd have loved if he had played the FC matches. Other than these two, I can't find other positives.

[jusarrived]

Good start by the openers , one of these two has to go on and make a big one ...& they should send Pandey or Thiwary up the order and hope they do well , as I cant see us chasing this down with two out of form batsmen coming down at 5 & 6

[Sachinism]

59/0 in 7.3 excellent start