Zaheer Khan ruled out of Nagpur Test

[cowboysfan]

zak will probably be out for 3 months going by his previous "precautionary" injury rest record.

[hari504504]

Asif doesnt have the pace either but he is much more effective with the red ball than the white one. Also he has been doing great in the domestic tournaments and does swing the red ball a good distance too. So what you are saying is your perception and not reality. If Asif would have been playing Indian domestic cricket, this is exactly what most of you would have said about him too. Praveen's USP is his excellent line and length in the longer format where he can bowl at the same spot day in and day out, causing batsmen to force the issue and hardly giving any loose balls. Such bowlers have historically been very succesful in tests.

Its true that this is just my perception - I've not seen this guy bowl in the domestics. From what I've seen of him in international cricket..he is excellent with the white ball..varies his pace and has an excellent slower delivery to fox batsmen who are looking to score. Even if he was extremely accurate, the difference is that top-order batsmen are willing to play a waiting game in tests.. and score off the bad bowlers from the other end. He could well end up with figures of 25-8-51-0 in tests which doesn't really help the side's cause on most occasions. And as Fontaine mentioned - bounce is a cruicial factor too.To say that 'he can bowl at the same spot day in and day out' makes him out like Mc.Grath which he isn't - I simply can't see him bowling hostile spells to batsmen ..and keep them guessing on his length by slipping in bouncers. He just seems too Robin Singh-ish (thats a little cruel) RP Singh over him please.

[Lord]

so it'll be 0-0 against 8th ranked side.cant really expect much from Bhajji,with ball that is