Team for 1st test

[phaedrus]

My 11 would be :- Mukund VJ RD Kohli Laxman Badri/Raina Dhoni Bhajji Mishra PK Ishant

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[koksmayu]

Vijay Abhinav Dravid Laxman Kohli Dhoni Raina Bhajji Praveen Ishant Mishra Munaf injured

[Laaloo]

Vijay Abhinav Dravid Laxman Kohli Dhoni Raina Bhajji Praveen Ishant Mishra Munaf injured

Munaf is injured and Mithun has visa issues. So looks like in all probability this will be the bowling line up

[Midfielder]

Should go with two spinners + two pacers or 3 Pace + 1 spinner?

[Cricket Tragic]

Should go with two spinners + two pacers or 3 Pace + 1 spinner?

Do we have 3 seamers to pick from in the squad? :hmmm:

[CSK Fan]

I would have Mithun instead of PK..i have no confidence in him as a test bowler...when i see him thrashed in ODIs with the old ball...Mithun can at least bowl long spells has variety and a bit more pace than PK...Mithun even troubled good SL batsmen on slow and low SL pitches. Here WI batsmen are not as good and Sabine Park and Barbados pitches will have something for fast bowlers...

Be ready to eat your own words, is all I say Yes, PK gets hit with the old ball but only because he alters his USP, which is line and length and tries to ball fuller balls. In tests no one is going to try to hit him out and with his line and length, if they do, theey are more likely to be caught because of the test attacking field settings. Plus I have seen him bowling with success in domestic longer versions

[1983-2011]

fletcher is insisting that Munaf will be fit for the first ODI so this could be all masala news of him being injured

[CoverDrive]

should we ask vinay kumar to stay as mithun has not come ;) Would raina and badri get selected ahead of kohli ?-i hope not. There is a logic supporting this as both of them were in test squads before so should get a chance.

[pensionplan]

This is my team based on squad selctors have given me. 1 Vijay 2 Patel 3 Dravid 4 Laxman 5 Kohli 6 Raina 7 Dhoni 8 Bhaji 9 Kumar 10 Ishant 11 Munaf Would love to have had Rohit to choose from and put at 6. Patel should open as looked good in odis and didi not get big scores and tried to up tempo, but in tests he will just keep it ticking along and has technique to do well.

Badri for Raina in the batting line up.

[deepak_sach]

Should go with two spinners + two pacers or 3 Pace + 1 spinner?

Anyways Praveen will be bowling spin according to ROBERTS?

[rkt.india]

Be ready to eat your own words, is all I say Yes, PK gets hit with the old ball but only because he alters his USP, which is line and length and tries to ball fuller balls. In tests no one is going to try to hit him out and with his line and length, if they do, theey are more likely to be caught because of the test attacking field settings. Plus I have seen him bowling with success in domestic longer versions

At a pace of 120ks, lets see how he can make impact in test cricket...his edges won't even carry to the slips or keeper. He might be successful in England when he gets swing, but in WI, there is not much probability. A better bowler than Nathan Braken could not succeed at test level and PK is 10ks slower than Braken and will be bowling at Dada's pace in tests. Even in ODIs, he struggled to bowl over 75 mph (120 kph), i believe his elbow not fully fit yet. He can be at most a defensive bowler in tests or some one like Collingwood and his forte is not line and length. It is the movement with the new ball.

[Misu243]

Kohli MUST make his debut and Rohit Sharma should be in the squad for England series!!

[King Tendulkar]

Should have opened with Patel as I said

[CSK Fan]

At a pace of 120ks, lets see how he can make impact in test cricket...his edges won't even carry to the slips or keeper. He might be successful in England when he gets swing, but in WI, there is not much probability. A better bowler than Nathan Braken could not succeed at test level and PK is 10ks slower than Braken and will be bowling at Dada's pace in tests. Even in ODIs, he struggled to bowl over 75 mph (120 kph), i believe his elbow not fully fit yet. He can be at most a defensive bowler in tests or some one like Collingwood and his forte is not line and length. It is the movement with the new ball.

Really? Is fast bowling only about pace? A guy who can swing both ways at a good length is worth his weight in gold. Could have got couple more wickets today if he hadnt been barred from bowling

[saneindian]

At a pace of 120ks' date=' lets see how he can make impact in test cricket...[b']his edges won't even carry to the slips or keeper. He might be successful in England when he gets swing, but in WI, there is not much probability. A better bowler than Nathan Braken could not succeed at test level and PK is 10ks slower than Braken and will be bowling at Dada's pace in tests. Even in ODIs, he struggled to bowl over 75 mph (120 kph), i believe his elbow not fully fit yet. He can be at most a defensive bowler in tests or some one like Collingwood and his forte is not line and length. It is the movement with the new ball.

Lol the resident fast bowler expert has been made to chew his words. Wow so many humble pie moments for you there. I won't even get into the details of some of the things you have written (highlighted above).