Blue Panther Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 Yuvi or raina for the first test match? We have 3 options : 1. Drop yuvi from the squad and play raina. 2.Drop Mukund and play both raina and yuvi and ask dravid to open with gambhir. 3.If sehwag plays then obviously mukund and yuvi or raina will be dropped. I would want raina in the team at any cost :--D
Blue Panther Posted July 14, 2011 Author Posted July 14, 2011 oops...!!! there is already a thread regarding this. pls merge it folks. sorry
Rahul Dravid Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 i think the 2nd option sounds good... open with Rahul. i wana see both Yuvi and Raina
koksmayu Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Both because Raina in form and good fielder and yuvi good part time bowler and good feilder and dravid should shows guts to open with gambi
Dravid Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Both because Raina in form and good fielder and yuvi good part time bowler and good feilder and dravid should shows guts to open with gambi yea, he needs too...wtf has he done to earn the name wall anyways..
Cricket Tragic Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Should have been Raina irrespective of what happened in the warm up.
Pagalpanti Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 I wanted Yuvi to be picked but he didn't make use of the warm up and Raina looks in good nick. Playing a decent knock now too so he does deserve to play the 1st test at least. Would be rather unfair for him if he is dropped for Yuvi.
aseemraina Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Raina and Mukund have nailed it here... Guess, Yuvi will have very little chance of coming back into the side for the rest of the tour...
phaedrus Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 well, i guess today this question has been answered.
gaurav92 Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Raina and Yuvi. Ask Dravid to open. Mukund is a walking wicket and not suited to English conditions.
Jersey #10 Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Raina and Yuvi. Ask Dravid to open. Mukund is a walking wicket and not suited to English conditions. How about SRT open?:--D he is used to it in ODIs. I know that it's a whole different format but still he would be a better suited opener than Dravid.
gaurav92 Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 ^No. Sachin is GOD at no.4, we don't want him to open. We need someone in the middle order as well alongside Laxman. Dravid and Gambhir should make a good opening pair :nice:
Cricket Tragic Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Raina may be preferred over Yuvraj for Lord's Test More experienced he might be, but Yuvraj Singh could still be forced to make way for an in-form Suresh Raina when India decide their playing XI for the opening cricket Test against England starting July 21 at the Lord's. Suresh Raina, also a left-hander but five years younger to Yuvraj, is all set to be rewarded for his consistency and will play on the hallowed turf of Lord' - an honour that has eluded Yuvraj in his nine-year-old Test career. Lord's was the venue of India's greatest triumph outside World Cup when it chased down a target of 326 set by England in the 2002 Natwest Trophy and in which Yuvraj had played a critical knock of 69 runs. This innings came within a fortnight of India sinking England at Lord's by six wickets but even then, Yuvraj had shone brightly with an unbeaten 64. Yuvraj was India's hero in India's triumphant run in recent World Cup with 362 runs at an average of 90.50, to go with his 15 wickets at 25.13 average. Raina, meanwhile, has worked hard to usurp the middle-order batting slot including the revised impression that he was a sitting duck against short-pitched deliveries. The lifting deliveries had threatened to put a pause to Raina's nascent Test career when he was dropped for the remaining two Tests against South Africa after making 5 and 1 from the two innings of the Centurion Test in the 2010-2011 series. His career so far has been in contrast to the one of Yuvraj. While he has made the most of his opportunity, Yuvraj has squandered most of his even though the latter is widely regarded as more talented of the two left-handers. To be fair, Yuvraj never really got a decent Test run, except for nine Tests in 2006 when he made meager returns of 391 runs with just one century and no half century. Misfortune hasn't helped Yuvraj for it was his flu which provided Raina with a Test debut in Sri Lanka last year. Recently, it was a respiratory problem which stopped him from going to the Caribbean, preceding the present series. Yuvraj's fine record of 276 runs from four Tests at an average of 46.00 against England hasn't added to argument in his favour because all these matches were played at home. His left-arm spin is considered a potent threat against England's impact player Kevin Pietersen but it's deemed as an additional virtue and not the primary one of weighing in with runs.
Show_stopper Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 I think the contention that Yuvraj hasn't got a decent run in tests isn't valid...that is more than what most youngsters get. During 07 Aus tour...a veteran like Dravid had to open so that Yuvraj could open. we all know what happened then. the problems aren't psychological...they are technical.
Cricket Tragic Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Yeah, let's not screw up the batting order just to get Yuvraj in. It's not worth it, atleast at the start of the series. If things go really badly in the first 2 tests, then we can consider our options.
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