Can Bhajji play a lead #6 role?

[vamos_rafa]

he is not an Irfan with the bat either...Pathan is way above him in terms of batting ability

What I meant was that we should not lose his bowling,which is far more important, as a barter to his batting. We already have lost one very good prospect in Irfan and can't afford another such lossl.

[dial_100]

It doesn’t work that way. Its important that we don’t get too dazzled by Bhajji’s strokeplay on frankly' date=' some of the flattest pitches you will encounter anywhere in the world. At the end of the day, he’s a bowler with batting abilities. You cannot trust him with with the all important no.6 position.[/quote'] Of course it does. Remember Cape Town test? We lost it not because we weren't good enough. We lost because we didn;t have the 3rd and 4th bowling option. Part timers, that too spinners in South Africa are useless on 4th or 5th day. Srisanth was ineffective and Munna was injured. We lost the test despite tight bowling from Kumble on 1 end. The other end was lose. If we play 4 fast bowlers and Bhajji as 6 down batsman and a bowler, we could put pressure on them. After quick 3-4 wkts, our 1st and 2nd change is not effective and that is what was costing us lot.

[coffee_rules]

No, he can be #6 bowler with his batting a plus.

[dial_100]

Guys, the point here is that we should start leveraging our in-form batting upto top 5 down. We are #1 for god sake. It is time to be bit bold. We lack the top bowling options. We should provide something extra and different. And I am damn serious on this option.

[dial_100]

No' date=' he can be #6 bowler with his batting a plus.[/quote'] May be. We play 1 batsman short. Put more pressure on our 6 batsmen.

[jusarrived]

taking 20 wickets won be a problem in SA . The need for 5 bowlers is on flat pitches ,

[Rahul48]

Harbhajan got to play a major role in SA.His away record is awful.This is a high profile series for him to lift the game.

[Sachin=GOD]

Bhajji is not that good a batsman to be given the #6 and more importantly, from the batting line-up mentioned in the start of this thread, we cannot under any circumstances drop any of them even if we need an extra bowler.

[dial_100]

Of course taking 20 wickets is big problem on the fast pitches. If 1 bowler is ineffective then that leaves only two main bowlers. That is lot of pressure. You cant expect your main bowler to bowl more than 30 overs. I am looking for Irfan Pathan type of option. SA had two options in Kallis and Pollock. Even now, Kallis is too good of a batsman who can be effective bowler as well. I am not saying that Bhajji is #6 for long run but for this series, should we try 1 less batsman and play top in-form batsman and play extra bowler.

[Sachin=GOD]

Of course taking 20 wickets is big problem on the fast pitches. If 1 bowler is ineffective then that leaves only two main bowlers. That is lot of pressure. You cant expect your main bowler to bowl more than 30 overs. I am looking for Irfan Pathan type of option. SA had two options in Kallis and Pollock. Even now, Kallis is too good of a batsman who can be effective bowler as well. I am not saying that Bhajji is #6 for long run but for this series, should we try 1 less batsman and play top in-form batsman and play extra bowler.

the thing is that all of our top 6 batsmen literally select themselves in the team - you just cannot drop anyone. The team most likely would be Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid, Sachin, Laxman, Dhoni, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Ishant, Sreesanth and then there would be competion for that 1 remaining spot-whether that goes to a batsman or bowler is to be seen.

[rahulrulezz]

Dropping Gambhir???? Are you kidding me!! Only player I can think of dropping for your so called stratgy is Dravid.. as a matter of fact, I will even keep Raina ahead of Dravid...

[fineleg]

Dropping Gambhir???? Are you kidding me!! Only player I can think of dropping for your so called stratgy is Dravid.. as a matter of fact' date=' I will even keep Raina ahead of Dravid...[/quote'] :yay:

[Laaloo]

Dropping Gambhir???? Are you kidding me!! Only player I can think of dropping for your so called stratgy is Dravid.. as a matter of fact' date=' I will even keep Raina ahead of Dravid...[/quote'] Yo I agree BRO. We need more MAsucline Phaast Meat Eating Beasts bro like Mashallah Afridi BRO. Inshallah we get onez soon

[ZodiaC]

Dropping Gambhir???? Are you kidding me!! Only player I can think of dropping for your so called stratgy is Dravid.. as a matter of fact' date=' I will even keep Raina ahead of Dravid...[/quote'] Mashallah.. I iz agree with you.. :giggle:

[rahulrulezz]

Yo I agree BRO. We need more MAsucline Phaast Meat Eating Beasts bro like Mashallah Afridi BRO. Inshallah we get onez soon

lalwa... sab theek hai na bawa..... From what angle, Gambhir looks like a pehelwan to you... lol even Dravid is a Dara Singh in front of Gambhir...

[Shane]

Dropping Gambhir???? Are you kidding me!! Only player I can think of dropping for your so called stratgy is Dravid.. as a matter of fact' date=' I will even keep Raina ahead of Dravid...[/quote'] And Yousoup for Sachin and Yuvraj for Laxman too, then we have the perfect phaast batting Test Team. Imagine the Strike Rates and the Beastly way the bowlers will be slaughtered. GG Viru Raina Yousoup Yuvraj Mashaalaz wat a line up, we will outscore their Strike Rates, Finish the test in half a day and play more tests as a result. Wat efficiency!

[jusarrived]

if the pitch has assistance 4 pace bowlers should be an option , as I cant really see Harbajan of being any use in SA Zaheer, Ishnat , Sree & Umesh :yay:

[Bumblebee]

My team in SA GG Viru Dravid Sachin pujara laxman Dhoni Bhajji Zak Ishant Sree

[hari504504]

if the pitch has assistance 4 pace bowlers should be an option , as I cant really see Harbajan of being any use in SA Zaheer, Ishnat , Sree & Umesh :yay:

when our top order collapses...who is going to hit back-to-back centuries among these :haha:? On a serious note..Seeing Umesh in the line-up for an all important test series does make me cringe a little..:--D..

[Hindustani]

NO, Bhajji is still unpredictable, Dhoni should be #7, Bhajji should be 8