Time to plan for the Aus series...

[msb1991]

Id agree with the lessons learnt I think. Yuvraj did do ok in the 1st innings at TBridge- could be hope for him yet. Badrinath? I do not think he is international class sadly. It is very unlikely he will ever play for India again. Mukund on the other hand I do not think was that bad, this has been a serious baptism of fire for him and hopefully he will come out better for it. Youre right though re: Rahane perhaps to open Pankaj has height yes, but from what Ive read nothing like Tremos pace. What he does seem to have is reliability. I would love to think there is still life left in Irfan Pathan and a good FC season might see him in contention- again a bowler who is more than handy with the bat. We do not know what kind of bowling form R P Singh is in, his last two domestic seasons have not been so hot right? The WI series at home should be an op for us to try out some younger cricketers, at least give them international experience if nothing else. Thats how the phasing out should happen. Id suggest a XI of Gambhir, Rahane, Pujara, Sehwag, Kohli, Laxman, Parthiv, Munaf, PK, Ishant, Ojha . Bench of- Mukund, Ashwin, Tyagi- if fit a more potent option than Pankaj maybe, and Dravid Wed need all the big names back for the Aus tour

Disagree with Virat Kohli. I think he is too inexperienced at FC level at the moment for Test cricket.