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Rayudu should be the second keeper. From what Ive seen with MI, he's good enough with the gloves, and he's a far better batsman than Saha and Parthiv.

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Rayudu should be the second keeper. From what Ive seen with MI' date= he's good enough with the gloves, and he's a far better batsman than Saha and Parthiv.
:facepalm:
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Rayudu should be the second keeper. From what Ive seen with MI' date= he's good enough with the gloves, and he's a far better batsman than Saha and Parthiv.
Seems like you've not seen much :winky:
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Seems like you've not seen much :winky:
Im talking about just his wicketkeeping. Not his batting (Ive seen him bat before the IPL). Id say the IPL is good enough to see that his wicketkeeping is satisfactory.
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Whatever no stop gap openers please. Pick the specialists. Making Badri or Kohli or Pujara open will be a step in the wrong direction. Assuming Sehwag and Gauti are not avaialable, my choices would be Openers: Vijay, Mukund (rahane has been batting at number 3 for the entire season and even on India A tour Dhawan and Mukund have been our openers, so i would go with Mukund) Middle Order- Dravid, Sachinn VVS, Pujara, Kohli Keeper- MSD, Saha Spinners- Bhajji, Ojha, Mishra Pacers- Zaheer, Ishant, Sreesanth, Munaf

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Srikanth is slowly turning Indian team into TN Ranji Team...
Exactly how many TN players played for India the last time we played an international match? Go, do the counting and then talk.
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I totally agree MUNAF is way behind ishant sreesanth ZAK when tests are concerned I wud select VArun ahead of Umesh and jaydev unadket as 4th stand bye pacer to groom him Among batsmen kohli,pujara, badri are ahead of yuvi and raina as raina and UV are suspect against bouncers where as kohli pujara and Badri sEem to know how to take singles against bouncers....if v play UV and raina in tests its a gamble. V may hit windies hard or v can get hit hard as well as both these guys still do not know how to play good bouncers

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Yeah' date=' fair point. VJ got that hundred in Bangalore against Australia and has been the reserve opener. I won't really complain if he is picked since it is expected. It's just that I don't rate him. [b']I can't see him as a long-term option, especially overseas.
Yes, I think so too. Not sure how adept hed be against the moving ball, and it has been pointed here before that his back foot play is limited. However just to be fair and consistent he deserves a chance to fail or succeed...
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Srikanth is slowly turning Indian team into TN Ranji Team...
Yes, at the slow rate, he will accomplish that by the year 2030. :giggle:
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Mukund is raw and not ready for tests yet...he is worse than Raina against short balls and even dances on Pankaj Singh 130 K short balls.

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Mukund is raw and not ready for tests yet...he is worse than Raina against short balls and even dances on Pankaj Singh 130 K short balls.
You have obviously forgotten the thrashing he gave to RPS, Pankaj and Umesh Yadav in the Duleep Trophy semi final. Or his success with India A against English Lions bowlers Woakes, Mahmood and Plunkett in 2010 in England.
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You have obviously forgotten the thrashing he gave to RPS' date=' Pankaj and Umesh Yadav in the Duleep Trophy semi final. Or his success with India A against English Lions bowlers Woakes, Mahmood and Plunkett in 2010 in England.[/quote'] Yeah I saw that and that was not thrashing at all. He was so uncomfortable against RP and Pankaj. On the basis of same match, I said all this. I have not seen him much, but what I saw of him in that match. Kemar Roach will eat him with bouncers and short pitch bowling. He plays very eadgy and has very loose technique. I could see him only for first 13 overs and got the clue about his technique that is pretty similar to Phillip Hughes and I would say he is a poor version of Phillip Hughes.

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