Number 6 position on Australia tour

[Sachinism]

I'd go for Rohit Sharma

[Cricket Tragic]

Kohli has gone from the golden boy to the last choice in 1 series. Indian fans :cantstop:

[ganeshran]

Kohli didnt even get one vote :cantstop: Kohli will get into the test team and be good at it. He doesnt have glaring problems with the short ball like Raina did, even though he isnt very comfortable against it.

[saneindian]

Kohli is too much of a bottom handed player. On pitches where the ball seams and swings even a bit, he will get into trouble. Just needs to tweak his tehcnique slightly and will do well as a test batsman, still has lots of time to learn and get better.

[jusarrived]

am the only one who voted for Virat here ?wow I like Rahane, Rohit & Pujara ..but no onhe deserves a spot in the test side more than Virat atm & hes test class

[Sachin=GOD]

Pujara fighting to find his feet again

As the Royal Challengers Bangalore gear up for the main draw of the Champions League T20, their young star Cheteshwar Pujara is on the sidelines, fighting a battle he has fought before. RCB take on South African side Warriors in the opener here on Friday. Like his teammates, Pujara too is in the city, but his days are spent at the National Cricket Academy undergoing rehab following a serious knee injury. The 23-year-old's disappointment at missing the tournament is understandable, but one cannot but wonder if it is a blessing in disguise. The shortest format has not been kind to the middle-order batsman, who is expected to play a big role in Tests in future. In three seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with two different franchises, Pujara has torn the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of both his knees - the left playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in a practice match ahead of IPL 2 in South Africa in 2009 (he had ACL reconstruction surgery there) and the right playing for RCB in IPL 4 earlier this year. źou can try and be as fit as you can, but once you've torn it, you have to accept it and move on, Pujara says. He had the second ACL reconstruction surgery in London on July 1 under Dr Andrew Williams, who specialises in knee reconstruction and sports surgeries. ŧrom London I came straight to NCA and since then I have been coming here regularly to ensure I follow correct rehab plan, says the Saurashtra batsman. Pujara says he is still Å month and a half away from regaining full fitness? That rules him out of India's limited-overs home series against England in October and also the Tests and ODIs against the West Indies which follow because there will no time to test his fitness in first-class cricket. Following the recent humiliation in England,India are keen to rebuild. Pujara made a match-winning second-innings fifty on Test debut, against Australia last year. He struggled in South Africa, but tons of runs in domestic cricket prove his class. But will Pujara ever be fit for Test cricket? The Royal Challengers' South African physio Evan Speechly thinks he can. űujara's torn his ACL twice, so obviously he has a weakness there, but there's nothing you can do to prevent such injuries, Speechly said. Ÿe are now focusing on his muscles above and below the knee. He is dedicated, so if he continues to work on it, I am sure we can get him back to 100% fitness. Indian cricket fans will hope so too.

Hindustan Times Month and a half from full fitness - that means he should be fully fit before India's tour to Aus (which begins on Dec 18th).

[saneindian]

So ideally Pujara should be fit by round 4 of the Ranji Super league and before the Aus series, should be playing 3 Ranji Trophy matches - vs Karnatka (Nov 29 - Dec 2), vs Mumbai (Dec 6-9), and vs Rajasthan (Dec 13-16). Have a feeling he will find it difficult to be on that tour.

[Sachinism]

Kohli has gone from the golden boy to the last choice in 1 series. Indian fans :cantstop:

Like Kohli, though I want him to wait a bit, I don't know why I picked Rohit (gut (no pun) instinct)

[Silva]

These are the guys that should play at number 6, 1 pujara 2 Rahane 3 rohit sharma 4 badrinath 5 yuvraj singh 6 kohli Since kohli and raina did poorely despite getting atleast 3 chances they get kicked behind in the depth chart. Pujara did well in his first 3 test matches. Their will be many times in his test career were he'll play much worse and score more runs. He showed his class and potential imo. in contrast kohli didn't spend enough time in the middle to show anything. Yuvraj is a much better option than raina but that isn't saying much.