Indian test batsmen 2012

[VRV Singh]

How does Gambhir compare to other test openers? It would be interesting to see that from Jan 2010 as well actually (think this was his last Test century). Not good reading?

[Crookbond]

Horrible - already posted in Gambhir thread.

[Gunner]

Do we need three spinners? :dontknow:

Ideally, No. But as the pitches will most probably assist turn and the English weakness against spin, I wouldn't be surprised if MSD goes in with a spin-heavy attack.

[Crookbond]

Ideally' date=' No. But as the pitches will most probably assist turn and the English weakness against spin, I wouldn't be surprised if MSD goes in with a spin-heavy attack.[/quote'] Two spinners is a spin heavy attack - the last pitch I remember assisting spin was against SA 2010 at Kanpur and we still went in with 2 spinners [0]. Playing three spinners is not advisable as your third spinner does not have many overs to fill in. Those overs could be easily filled in by Sehwag and Yuvraj or someone else who can roll his arm over. [0] http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa/engine/current/match/332913.html

[Lord]

Two spinners is a spin heavy attack - the last pitch I remember assisting spin was against SA 2010 at Kanpur and we still went in with 2 spinners [0]. Playing three spinners is not advisable as your third spinner does not have many overs to fill in. Those overs could be easily filled in by Sehwag and Yuvraj or someone else who can roll his arm over. [0] http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa/engine/current/match/332913.html

if Yuvraj comes in for Raina,then we wont need a 3rd spinner,but thats unlikely.otherwise it'll be wise playing a 3rd spinner ahead of Umesh/Ishant.that'll be Harpreet/Rahul I think

[Crookbond]

if Yuvraj comes in for Raina' date='then we wont need a 3rd spinner,but thats unlikely.otherwise it'll be wise playing a 3rd spinner ahead of Umesh/Ishant.that'll be Harpreet/Rahul I think[/quote'] Should be Harbhajan Singh if he's in good form.

[Lord]

Should be Harbhajan Singh if he's in good form.

only if he stops darting at first sight of aggression by batsmen,that works in LOIs,not in tests,he was dropped for some reason n I'm not sure hes improved on that,I'd rather give young Harpreet a chance or Rahul for variety

[Crookbond]

only if he stops darting at first sight of aggression by batsmen' date='that works in LOIs,not in tests,he was dropped for some reason n I'm not sure hes improved on that,I'd rather give young Harpreet a chance or Rahul for variety[/quote'] I think he has stopped darting of what I saw in the T20 - Harpreet is not really a variety if we have Ojha.

[Lord]

I think he has stopped darting of what I saw in the T20 - Harpreet is not really a variety if we have Ojha.

true.I meant Rahul mainly provides variety wheras Harpreet looks a very good bowler anyway. about Bhajji,did u see him in warmup game,he was darting.he didnt against England coz they allowed him to bowl

[Crookbond]

true.I meant Rahul mainly provides variety wheras Harpreet looks a very good bowler anyway. about Bhajji,did u see him in warmup game,he was darting.he didnt against England coz they allowed him to bowl

Yea - needs more convincing surely but if Sehwag plays I think he fill fit in the 3rd spin bowler quota.

[Lord]

Yea - needs more convincing surely but if Sehwag plays I think he fill fit in the 3rd spin bowler quota.

havent seen Dhoni using Sehwag much apart from that Delhi test.he should. anyway I dont see that happening anytime soon:giggle:

[Crookbond]

havent seen Dhoni using Sehwag much apart from that Delhi test.he should. anyway I dont see that happening anytime soon:giggle:

In a Test match he does use him - 2010 Kanpur Test match vs South Africa he used him too. Btw, I think Kumble was the captain and on the field when Sehwag was bowling in the Delhi 2008 Test match and not MS Dhoni. :D

[Lord]

In a Test match he does use him - 2010 Kanpur Test match vs South Africa he used him too. Btw' date=' I think Kumble was the captain and on the field when Sehwag was bowling in the Delhi 2008 Test match and not MS Dhoni. :D[/quote'] that Kanpur test of 2008 was a dustbowl,n still Chawla was getting hit around:facepalm: thats why Sehwag bowled.other than that,I dont remember much I think Kumble went off wit injury in Delhi b4 Sehwag came in to bowl,anyway leave it,I'm not sure:hmmm:

[Crookbond]

May be you are right but I'm not sure too. Here are his wickets - even a front line spinner will looking at these wickets. EA0xFR42gd4

[Lord]

May be you are right but I'm not sure too. Here are his wickets - even a front line spinner will looking at these wickets. EA0xFR42gd4

the memories:sniffle:

[Crookbond]

Look at the drift, rip and turn - damn even Jimmy Hoffa would have have come out of oblivion to congratulate him.

[kubrickian]

Look at the drift' date=' rip and turn - damn even Jimmy Hoffa would have have come out of oblivion to congratulate him.[/quote'] That was some time ago. He was bowling regularly around then. Dhoni hasnt been asking him to bowl regularly anymore after the shoulder injury he had. He could have been useful in ODIs and T20 at least. I certainly wouldnt count him now as a bowling option in tests.

[Lord]

Look at the drift' date=' rip and turn - damn even Jimmy Hoffa would have have come out of oblivion to congratulate him.[/quote'] thats wat Bhajji wasnt doing n Ashwin sort of does.the Ponting n Hussey wickets were class:hail: another thing I noted how virtually all team ran to congratulate him.doesnt happen now. or am I looking too much

[Crookbond]

thats wat Bhajji wasnt doing n Ashwin sort of does.the Ponting n Hussey wickets were class:hail: another thing I noted how virtually all team ran to congratulate him.doesnt happen now. or am I looking too much

Ashwin and drift :headshake: Ojha and drift :woot: You are also looking too much into it - Sehwag is injured because of such a celebration. :cantstop:

[rkt.india]

Yadav shouldnt be playing against England, cant give free runs like he did against NZ, would like PK better.