8 Brilliant batsman, 6 Places who misses out?

[flamy]

Try out Rahane or Mukund (VJ at 3)

[cricket ka bat]

Damn well played!

[Sachinism]

By the way can Pujara keep? :giggle:

:haha::haha:

[ViruRulez]

I would give chances to all 8 and rotate them .. we will need 3 replacements for Sachin, Dravid and VVS soon and so cannot afford to neglect anybody .. all of them needs to be given chances and honed up for the future when the famous trio retires ... Raina, Pujara and Vijay would be my ideal replacements

[gaurav92]

Vijay and Pujara makes way for the others.I think they will get their chances in a year or so when our seniors retires, till then they need to stay focused and continue performing in the limited opportunities they get.

[rkt.india]

Try out Rahane or Mukund (VJ at 3)

Rahane is not an opener

[kabira]

I would give chances to all 8 and rotate them .. we will need 3 replacements for Sachin' date=' Dravid and VVS soon and so cannot afford to neglect anybody .. all of them needs to be given chances and honed up for the future when the famous trio retires ... Raina, Pujara and Vijay would be my ideal replacements[/quote'] Raina is replacing Saurav. We still need 3 guys,

[ViruRulez]

Raina is replacing Saurav. We still need 3 guys' date='[/quote'] I would also keep Kohli and a few of the domestic players in the fray too

[SachDan]

Pujara's debut reminds me of Laxman's debut against SA. Both selected in the back of their prolific run scoring in domestic cricket..it reached a stage where selectors just can't ignore hence drafted in to the side! Short stays at the crease in the 1st innings but convinced all that they belongs to international stage. In the second innings one plays an innings that sets up a win for the team and the other plays a match winning innings in a tense chase! Finally both were not automatic choices for their debut test. Laxman got a chance because Ganguly was injured and now Pujara replaced an injured Laxman.

[ravishingravi]

Raina is not test calibre. Pujara is untested abroad, not sure how good he is against bounce and seam.

[Hindustani]

Pujara's debut reminds me of Laxman's debut against SA. Both selected in the back of their prolific run scoring in domestic cricket..it reached a stage where selectors just can't ignore hence drafted in to the side! Short stays at the crease in the 1st innings but convinced all that they belongs to international stage. In the second innings one plays an innings that sets up a win for the team and the other plays a match winning innings in a tense chase! Finally both were not automatic choices for their debut test. Laxman got a chance because Ganguly was injured and now Pujara replaced an injured Laxman.

and he grabbed the opportunity, which matters. People like Rohit Sharma have got way too many opportunities, I guess it is time to stop considering him for a year

[Andy]

Pujara Impressed me as Much Ganguly, Dravid did in 96 series as a Middle Order Batsman. Since then, no debutant has been as good.

[flamy]

Pujara's debut reminds me of Laxman's debut against SA. Both selected in the back of their prolific run scoring in domestic cricket..it reached a stage where selectors just can't ignore hence drafted in to the side! Short stays at the crease in the 1st innings but convinced all that they belongs to international stage. In the second innings one plays an innings that sets up a win for the team and the other plays a match winning innings in a tense chase! Finally both were not automatic choices for their debut test. Laxman got a chance because Ganguly was injured and now Pujara replaced an injured Laxman.

nice story :two_thumbs_up:

[ravishingravi]

Pujara's debut reminds me of Laxman's debut against SA. Both selected in the back of their prolific run scoring in domestic cricket..it reached a stage where selectors just can't ignore hence drafted in to the side! Short stays at the crease in the 1st innings but convinced all that they belongs to international stage. In the second innings one plays an innings that sets up a win for the team and the other plays a match winning innings in a tense chase! Finally both were not automatic choices for their debut test. Laxman got a chance because Ganguly was injured and now Pujara replaced an injured Laxman.

Yeah quite true

[SachDan]

Pujara Impressed me as Much Ganguly' date= Dravid did in 96 series as a Middle Order Batsman. Since then, no debutant has been as good.

How old were you then? 6 or 7 ?? :hehe: :icflove:

[Andy]

How old were you then? 6 or 7 ?? :hehe: :icflove:

7. :(( Since then i started folowing Test Cricket.:two_thumbs_up:

[ZodiaC]

Pujara Impressed me as Much Ganguly' date=' Dravid did in 96 series as a Middle Order Batsman. Since then, no debutant has been as good.[/quote'] Yeah, probably the best debut after them. What a start che, now take it from here :two_thumbs_up:

[SachDan]

^ Raina

[ZodiaC]

^ Raina

To be honest, I'll rate Che's effort above him. Raina had good experience playing as an ODI regular. Che had to bat at #3 in his international debut on a fifth day pitch in Bangalore - that's a class apart IMO :winky:

[King Tendulkar]

Dravid score well in Mohali 1st innings. Also looks class today, as good as Pujara frankly. God knows what selectors should do. Frankly I dont have a clue. They are all brillinat:hysterical: