why shikhar dhawan is in INDIA A team?

[deathmonger]

coz he LOOKS BADASS...skin head' date=' tattoos, ear rings...holy ****, if u were in prison u wouldnt wanna drop the soap anywhere near this mother****er[/quote'] greatest poster ever. :bow:

[adi B]

north indian batsman quota!! he got the slot

[Sooda]

Dhawan hit 2 100s in the Irani Trophy, those performances will obviously count more than failures in Ranji matches. The other contenders for the opening slot (based on domestic performances) are Dheeraj Jadhav who is 33 and Naman Ojha. As good as Ojha is, I don't see him playing as a test opener for India. Rest everyone including Uthappa did not do better than Dhawan. Rahane for some reason has stopped opening. Maybe the selectors need to ask him to open again, for Mumbai, WZ and for India A too. May help move Sehwag to the middle order once Sachin goes. Bist is a middle order batsman and should be batting there.

I agree that Rahane should open, as he as done well there in the past and that Bist should bat in at 4 or 5... that is why if SD did not play Pujara can come in at 3 where he can be groomed for a long term India potential replacement for Dravid... In terms of other openers, I thought Srivastava could be given a go, he had a decent season ...and how about Vineet Saxena ..Rajasthan openmer I think right...he was amongst the runs but is he any good? Again is not young bat

[saneindian]

I agree that Rahane should open, as he as done well there in the past and that Bist should bat in at 4 or 5... that is why if SD did not play Pujara can come in at 3 where he can be groomed for a long term India potential replacement for Dravid... In terms of other openers, I thought Srivastava could be given a go, he had a decent season ...and how about Vineet Saxena ..Rajasthan openmer I think right...he was amongst the runs but is he any good? Again is not young bat

Tanmay Srivastava and Akshat reddy are the options, but Dhawan is probably getting the chances due to what he did in the Irani Trophy. Perhaps his last year as a A team player though. Saxena is around 31 and looks much older. Hard to see him getting picked for the A side.

[flamy]

Whoa, I used to post in Cricket Talk :woot:

[Laaloo]

Whoa' date=' I used to post in Cricket Talk :woot:[/quote'] yeah but this was before you came out of the closet :icflove:

[Old guy]

Whoa' date=' I used to post in Cricket Talk :woot:[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical: on topic.. i have no idea.. wht are his statsi n kast year? he did fine in shorter formats but from wht i remember didnt do anything in 4 day format..

[vvvslaxman]

yeah but this was before you came out of the closet :icflove:

:hysterical::hysterical:

[flamy]

yeah but this was before you came out of the closet :icflove:

Ah, how things change. :girl_sigh: