New Zealand Tour of India 2012

[diga]

Test series against NZ: MS Dhoni (Captain)' date=' Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, [b']Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, Suresh Raina.

Surprised about the above two.. Unfortunately there are no warmup matches against NZ, where we could have tried Raina & other aspirants,

T20Is/ICC World T20: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir ,Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, L Balaji, Ashok Dinda, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh and Manoj Tiwary Dartbhajan is back :facepalm:

Welcome back Balaji...hope he can stay fit for the entire tourney

[Spiderguy252]

Piyush Chawla in the test team? Give me a break right now. Like seriously. :facepalm:

[JaFanatic]

no reserve keeper????:facepalm:

[The Realist]

Srikkanth, who's nearing the end of his tenure as chairman added: "This is my last selection meeting. I hope I've done the best I could." Good riddance to a buffoon.

[Stuge]

They included so many people .. how did they forgot about Dravid the walls favourite player . .It would have an EPIC team for sure .

[ShebbySB]

Mandeep Singh should've been selected in the test squad in place of Raina.I'm happy with rest of the test squad though.

[jj_28]

TEST XI against NZ Gambhir Sehwag Pujara Tendulkar Kohli/Laxman Kohli/Laxman Dhoni Ashwin Zaheer Yadav Ojha

Hopefully Pujara will cement his place and somehow selectors will be able to give Raina some game time

T20 XI Gambhir Sehwag Kohli Raina Tiwary Yuvi? Dhoni Irfan Ashwin Zaheer Dinda

Not sure if Yuvi is ready or not but we dont have too many option left

[diga]

Mandeep Singh should've been selected in the test squad in place of Raina.I'm happy with rest of the test squad though.

based on what? 1 year of IPL exploits & 1 year of Ranji trophy??? Its the second year where the defeciences of a player are worked out.

[ShebbySB]

based on what? 1 year of IPL exploits & 1 year of Ranji trophy??? Its the second year where the defeciences of a player are worked out.

Tell me if u have a better option for test matches mate.........

[diga]

Tell me if u have a better option for test matches mate.........

If you open your eyes beyond the 5 rivers, you will find one

[King Tendulkar]

These selections are a disgrace. Srikkanth is a moron. Tests How the hell chawla got in is a disgrace. OAP laxman is kept. And Raina in the test squad, as soon we go overseas we all know he will be bounced out. No back up keeper WTF. Dhoni pulling to many strings and to much power T20 Yuvraj, love him to bits and a great story but he has just recovered from cancer and has not played any cricket. Mental pick. Balaji what a bonkers pick. Do selectors even understand interantional cricket and standard needed. Suprised srikkanth did not include his son

[CoverDrive]

So Raina replaces ROhit in test squad kind of makes sense. Will he be selected over Pujara ? I don't see Chawla getting a game in Tests. T20 I hope UV gives a good show - I hope he is fit and ready to go

[deathmonger]

why r ppl stressing. the **** players won't even be in the starting line up. starting line up is good and is the same as expected.

[ShebbySB]

If you open your eyes beyond the 5 rivers' date=' you will find one[/quote'] I'm not from Punjab,I'm a bengali & u shouldn't have a problem to name a player who can be a better option than Mandy:dontknow:

[CG]

why r ppl stressing. the **** players won't even be in the starting line up. starting line up is good and is the same as expected.

Because with our starting line up we will not be able to beat anybody except srilanka.

[skindia]

sehwag and gambhir for tests???? they have avg below 30 in last 2 yrs

[skindia]

wont be surprised if raina gets picked ahead of pujara in starting lineup.

[diga]

I'm not from Punjab,I'm a bengali & u shouldn't have a problem to name a player who can be a better option than Mandy:dontknow:

For now, lets talk plain statistics http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6710;type=tournament

[Jersey #10]

Excited to see Raina back in the Test squad. The guy deserves a chance. Pujara is another exciting inclusion.

[Number]

Needed one leggie, Rahul Sharma dropped because of rave party, so Chawla gets in. ok.. Then Raina ? baffling... Last time he played against NZ in India. His average was around 6 :cantstop: how will we build a team for our away tours to SA/Eng after 10 home tests when likes of Raina, Laxman are still there.