NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, 2010

[Sachinism]

Yuvraj Singh has been named captain of the India Blue team for the Challenger Trophy, the triangular one-day domestic competition, which will be held between October 8-11 in Indore. Irfan Pathan, the allrounder who last made an international appearance in June 2009, is also part of the team. Wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and middle-order batsman S Badrinath will lead the other two sides in the competition, India Red and India Green, respectively. Yuvraj has endured a poor run of form and fitness in recent times, the lowest point being his axing from the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. He returned for the Tests that followed, and began with a confident ton in the tour game and a half-century in the first Test in Galle, but missed the second with fever. Suresh Raina, who replaced him in the XI, made a century on debut to retain his place for the third Test. Yuvraj's lacklustre performance in tri-series that followed in Sri Lanka did not help his cause, and he wasn't picked for the two-Test series against Australia. He was instead named captain of the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy, which begins on the same day as the first Test in Mohali, but the Challenger Trophy is his only chance to get into one-day form ahead of the three-match series against Australia that begins on October 17. Karthik has been in and out of the Indian limited-overs side where he has featured often as a reserve opener than as a back-up wicketkeeper for MS Dhoni. Parthiv Patel's presence in his Reds side gives Karthik the option of playing as a pure batsman in the Challenger Trophy. The squad also includes Yusuf Pathan who, like brother Irfan, has lost out in the India limited-overs allrounder race to Ravindra Jadeja. Badrinath played three ODIs in 2008 and made his Test debut ahead of Raina when South Africa toured India earlier this year. Since then, however, he has lost out to Raina and, most recently, to Cheteshwar Pujara in the tussle for Test middle-order berths. Badrinath was a consistent performer in Chennai Super Kings' triumphs in the IPL and the Champions League, and the Challenger Trophy is another opportunity to further his reputation in the shorter formats. His side includes R Ashwin, one of Chennai's main performers in those two triumphs, and Rohit Sharma, who has recently struggled for form in ODIs. Squads India Blue: Yuvraj Singh (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Srivats Goswami, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, RP Singh, Yo Mahesh, Ganesh Satish, Tanmay Srivastava India Red: Dinesh Kartik (capt and wk), Abhinav Mukund, Parthiv Patel, Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Iqbal Abdulla, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Sudeep Tyagi, Monish Mishra, Abu Nechim, Rahul Sharma India Green: S Badrinath (capt), Naman Ojha (wk), S Aniruddha, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Kedar Jadhav, R Ashwin, Jaskaran Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun, Jaidev Unadkat, Sarabjit Ladda, Thirumalasetti Suman, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ambati Rayudu

[Sir john]

can we have ss for this series :cantstop:

[msb1991]

Some of the strongest squads, outside of national players, that we have seen in years. This should be a good trophy.

[The Dark Horse]

Looking forward to this.

[rkt.india]

Abu Nechim there, but no Varun Aaron:((

[The Dark Horse]

Arun Karthik not there:mad:

[Sir john]

:dc: players are there.:yay:

[saneindian]

Would have been nice to provisionally name some of the players in Team India like Pujara, Mishra, Vijay (who will most certainly warm the bench during the test series) in one of these teams. Would have made the competition tougher. Nice opportunity for Irfan Pathan to produce the goods and justify the clamour around his recall to Team India. Also where are Ganpathy and Nayar? Are theynow not even good enough to be in the top 60 players of the country? Players who could gain the mximum through good consistent performances: Batsmen: Yuvraj, Rohit, Saurabh Tiwary, Rahane, Badri, Kohli Allrounders: Irfan, Yusuf, Jadeja Pacers: Unadkat, Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Mithun, Abu Nechim Spinners: Ashwin and Chawla

[Sid]

Kohli should have been made the captain of India Red

[Guest prince]

wtf, no munaf :WTF: why isn't munaf patel selected, he took 5 wickets in two ODI matches in the last tri series India played in Sri Lanka. :protest: srikkanth:hitler:

[Guest prince]

:WTF: why isn't munaf patel selected, he took 5 wickets in two ODI matches in the last tri series India played in Sri Lanka. :protest: srikkanth:hitler:

praveen kumar and ashish nehra are also not in the squad so does this mean that praveen, nehra and munaf are certain for ODI series against australia

[vamos_rafa]

Want to see Irfan staging a comeback... Though the Indore conditions would not help his bowling one bit but still hope that he would be able to get into some kind of a bowling rhythm.

[Sooda]

Fairly balanced and strong squads there Anyone remember Ishank Jaggi? Im sure he played in the Challengers last year and even for East Zone. Wonder what happened to him dont know how good his last domestic season was. Yes indeed surprising that theres no room for Nayyar. Good to see Tyagi back, hope he is fully fit. No Pankaj Singh which is bit of a surprise too. Also a left arm spinner Bipul Sharma, like Ganapathy toured with the A team to England...

[saneindian]

Fairly balanced and strong squads there Anyone remember Ishank Jaggi? Im sure he played in the Challengers last year and even for East Zone. Wonder what happened to him dont know how good his last domestic season was. Yes indeed surprising that theres no room for Nayyar. Good to see Tyagi back, hope he is fully fit. No Pankaj Singh which is bit of a surprise too. Also another guy who toured with the A team to England.. Bipul Sharma (I think...)...like Ganapathy.

Jaggi had a horrible domestic season last year. Perhpas the second season blues. Hopefully he will go back to his run scoring ways in the upcoming season.

[fineleg]

Match Thread: India Blue vs India Red at Indore: Oct 8, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT) Match Thread: India Blue vs India Red at Indore: Oct 8, 2010 (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT) Is it telecast? PPl who can watch it, pls. update the thread tomorrow! VS

[Roshanrocks]

team list?

[fineleg]

Squads mukund, unadkat out India Blue: Yuvraj Singh (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Srivats Goswami, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, RP Singh, Yo Mahesh, Ganesh Satish, Tanmay Srivastava India Red: Dinesh Kartik (capt and wk), Abhinav Mukund, Parthiv Patel, Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Iqbal Abdulla, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Sudeep Tyagi, Monish Mishra, Abu Nechim, Rahul Sharma India Green: S Badrinath (capt), Naman Ojha (wk), S Aniruddha, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Kedar Jadhav, R Ashwin, Jaskaran Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun, Jaidev Unadkat, Sarabjit Ladda, Thirumalasetti Suman, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ambati Rayudu

[Roshanrocks]

i peronally am going to look at Irfan and Robin's performances

[The Dark Horse]

Mukund, Unadkat should play instead of warming benches:mad:

[Sir john]

good to see domestic ODI cricket. :aha: