Who out of the young crop will cement a test place?

[Sachinism]

India A Emerging Players Which players will make it? and which ones are just deceiving us with a few good games

[Andy]

Pujara anyday.

[Roshanrocks]

cement? no idea.... But Pujara and Unadkat should be given a few chances

[Sid]

Apart from pujara and unadkat ,no one has really done anything to get noticed,i think both of them will get a chance this season

[Karan114]

Pujara.

[Hell Raiser]

Pujara, Ajinkya rahane should be given chances in test matches against new zealand. If not rahane, pujara for sure should play that series.And unadkat should be in team for the south africa tour.

[Tendulkar_Bhai]

My personal favourite is S Tiwary, maybe not test material yet but will take most bowling apart in ODI's!

[Sooda]

Maybe Kohli is ahead of Pujara in the Q, not sure what the selectors take is. But those two, and Rahane for a potential no 3 slot. A lot depends on how Dravid does over the next few months and if he has more to give us in the test arena. Raina and Yuvraj seem set to battle for the no 6. One great thing about our batting lineup is that we havent needed much fresh blood and these young guys have had time to play a few years of domestic cricket and A tours to mature before they play for the senior side. Unlike our attack, which has seen a good number of U19 bowlers come in over the last few years with very little experience. Sadly that seems to be the case with Jaidev. Hope he is given a few years at least to hine his game before he plays for India

[Fontaine]

NONE of the younger player for at least two/three seasons. Part of the problem in indian cricket is that as soon as a young bowler has any bit of success in any kind of format he's pushed and pushed to the international stage so the expectations are incredibly high and as soon as the players ineviteably struggles he's cast aside as a failure. ~A career isn't made in one season or one tournament.

[Sachinism]

What do people think about Rohit, yeh he doesn't seem ready, but will he be some day in the future or will he fall short

[Sid]

What do people think about Rohit' date=' yeh he doesn't seem ready, but will he be some day in the future or will he fall short[/quote'] Only Talent ,No Performance;this has been the story of Rohit so far,hope it changes quickly

[Andy]

What do people think about Rohit' date=' yeh he doesn't seem ready, but will he be some day in the future or will he fall short[/quote'] Going the Yuvi way without even achieving half of what Yuvi did.

[Lord]

Maybe Kohli is ahead of Pujara in the Q, not sure what the selectors take is. But those two, and Rahane for a potential no 3 slot. A lot depends on how Dravid does over the next few months and if he has more to give us in the test arena. Raina and Yuvraj seem set to battle for the no 6. One great thing about our batting lineup is that we havent needed much fresh blood and these young guys have had time to play a few years of domestic cricket and A tours to mature before they play for the senior side. Unlike our attack, which has seen a good number of U19 bowlers come in over the last few years with very little experience. Sadly that seems to be the case with Jaidev. Hope he is given a few years at least to hine his game before he plays for India

NONE of the younger player for at least two/three seasons. Part of the problem in indian cricket is that as soon as a young bowler has any bit of success in any kind of format he's pushed and pushed to the international stage so the expectations are incredibly high and as soon as the players ineviteably struggles he's cast aside as a failure. ~A career isn't made in one season or one tournament.

I disagree.i actually think that fast bowlers u need to blood them in wen they r young,wen they r fast n fresh n have the enthusiasm n aggresion/look at great bowlers like Wasim,Waqar,.all were blooded rather young.same with guys like Amer,Parnell.ofcourse u need a senior bowler to guide them,we have Zak

[thevortex]

None of them - absolutely none of them - can cement a place in the Test squad right now. Accent on 'cementing'. Yes, Raina included. Some of them can be tried. That is all.

[saneindian]

With the young players, we will need to be patient in the test format. The 90s and 2000s generation of test cricketers Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Ganguly, Kumble, Sehwag, Zaheer and Harbhajan and Dhoni have set very high benchmarks. Almost all of them started doing well in tests from the start itself. So invariably any new upcoming youngster taking their places will be compared to what these players did when they first came in. And given all the successes our test team has seen in the last 10 years, any dip in performance will not go down well with the fans and the media. But hopefully we will see at least 2 or 3 out of the likes of Pujara, Rahane, Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Dhawan , Tiwary, Rayudu play for 10-12 years of test cricket and have successful international career.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

Pujara and Rahane for sure.

[Feed]

Indians batsmen, few of whom are future test batsmen, lacked resolve and character More... Indians lacked resolve and character S. Dinakar They ought to have played with a straight bat in the ‘V' A SIMPLE PLOY:The lanky Kiwi pacemen extracted bounce, operated around the off-stump, brought the odd ball in, and mixed their length well, disrupting the feet movement of the Indian batsmen who were sucked in by the movement. Dambulla: Runs made on featherbeds are of little value unless the same batsmen deliver when the surface favours the bowlers. India's capitulation on a seaming track at the Rangiri Stadium on Tuesday sent the wrong signals. Some of the young batsmen, in particular, stood exposed as the ball seamed and bounced on a lively surface. Surely, the toss could not have been such a huge factor. If one team recovers to score 288, then the other side, definitely, should have done better than being skittled out for 88 inside 30 overs. The light went out of the Indian batting on the day it was announced that the quality of floodlights had improved at this venue. Resolve and character were completely lacking. There is a chance the pitches may ease out as the Micromax tri-series progresses — the Indian batsmen may be among the runs as well — but the team-management needs to explore the reasons for the debacle in the tournament-opener and not treat it as a one-off performance. Indeed, the conditions cannot change so dramatically in a matter of a couple of hours. The Indian batting was shocking when the Kiwi pacemen hit the right areas on a juicy wicket. This certainly was not an unplayable pitch. Had the side retained wickets till the half-way point, India could have run a Kiwi side sans several stars a lot closer. One side fought hard, the other wilted. Lift and movement There was lift and lateral movement for the pacemen but the bounce was not uneven. Batting called for technique and application. The capitulation in these conditions is worrying since some of these young batsmen are likely to claim Test places during a period of transition. Do they have the technical and the mental attributes to step into the shoes of the giants? Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma, two of the brightest young batting prospects, and the more experienced Yuvraj Singh were dismissed playing away from the body. In fact, the scenario could have been right out of a Test match. The slip cordon waited in anticipation and the seamers bowled in the corridor. Even in a one-day game, batting on such tracks calls for technically refined play. The Kiwi ploy was simple. The lanky pacemen extracted bounce, operated around the off-stump, brought the odd ball in, and mixed their length well. The feet movement of the Indian batsmen was, consequently, disrupted. They were caught playing from the crease — they did not move decisively either forward or back — and were sucked in by the movement. They could have played with a straight bat in the ‘V', and punched and pushed for runs with shots close to the body instead of launching into extravagant drives. And they should have put away the deliveries lacking in length with cuts and pulls. Meekly hanging the bat outside the off-stump is a recipe for disaster on such surfaces. The shot selection has to be judicious; when slip fielders lick their lips, timid glides and steers are not the answer. ODIs & T20 overdose? An overdose of the abbreviated form of the game has affected the technique and the mind-set of some of the promising young Indian batsmen. On a flat track they would have got away with the same strokes that led to their dismissals here. A couple of them might have even produced match-winning innings, would have been hailed as heroes. Apart from a welter of ODIs and Twenty20 games — the latter can inflict a lot more harm on the emerging cricketers — the shortening gaps between series and tournaments is also a reason for these batsmen being bamboozled on such pitches. Cricketers have little time and space to reflect on their technique, find out the chinks and take corrective steps. A regular off-season enables players to have a closer look at their game and take remedial measures at the nets. In a cricketing world driven increasingly by commercial interests, there is hardly any breathing space for the cricketers. And then, many of the young present-day batsmen are spoilt by the excessive number of flat tracks, particularly in the sub-continent. When the ball starts behaving differently, they get found out.

[Tendulkar_Bhai]

We list batsmen like kohli, utappha, raina, sharma etc are being the guardians of india maintaining its reputation as number 1 batting team once SRT and co retires, but i just dont think they will perform in tests like the current big 4, more Dhoni standard which is still good but not of same quality as laxman or ganguly. In ODI's you can get away with it, but no classes are coming through and 100% cementing their places in the team which is worrying.

[SachinTheGr8st]

Pujara Unadkat Netravalkar ( heard he is very good left arm fast bowler )

[cowboysfan]

ideally you want a phased introduction for the new batsmen but its highly unlikely that would happen as you cant drop any of our seniors just to introduce a new guy.