Pujara included in Mumbai A squad

[rkt.india]

Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan, neither of whom play for Mumbai, have been named in the Mumbai A squad for the warm-up game against the visiting England side, to be played at the Dr DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai from November 3 to 5. While Pujara, the Saurashtra batsman, has taken over the No. 3 spot in India's Test side after Rahul Dravid's retirement earlier in the year, Delhi opener Dhawan will get another chance to show his prowess against a top-notch bowling attack. Dhawan was originally named in the 14-member squad for the first tour game against England, to be played at the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium from October 30, but had to withdraw as he is getting married on the first day of the game. There had been some controversy over the decision to not pick any spinners in the India A squad for England's first warm-up game. For the second game, the Mumbai selection panel, headed by the national chief selector Sandeep Patil, included one specialist spinner and another part-timer in the squad led by Suryakumar Yadav. Twenty-year-old legspinner Sagar Gorivale will be assisted by part-time offspinner Abhishek Raut are the tweakers England will face. Mumbai A squad: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Hiken Shah, Bhavin Thakkar, Sufiyan Shaikh (wk), Nikhil Patil (Jr), Abhishek Raut, Kshemal Waingankar, Balwinder Singh Sandhu (Jr), Sagar Gorivale, Javed Khan, Neelkanth Parab, Bravish Shetty, Shardul Thakur.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/content/current/story/588245.html

[rkt.india]

Why Mohd. Amir Khan not picked?

[Sandeep99]

Pujara included in Mumbai A squad Wow...just wow.. I'm loving the intent of this selection panel! :yay:

[Sandeep99]

source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/content/current/story/588245.html

[Trichromatic]

Good decision.

[Sandeep99]

Why Mohd. Amir Khan not picked?

Maybe he's another Atul Sharma?:blink: or maybe not good enough:nervous:

[JaFanatic]

stop praising the selectors for some decent selections and cursing for small mistakes pujara has been the standout performer in domestic circuit for years and also saurashatra's ranji campaign starts l8r same is the case with dhawan so i dont see any revolution here

[Sandeep99]

stop praising the selectors for some decent selections and cursing for small mistakes pujara has been the standout performer in domestic circuit for years and also saurashatra's ranji campaign starts l8r same is the case with dhawan so i dont see any revolution here

yes... after chikka left I'm finding the simplest decisions as revolutions! It hasn't happened in Indian cricket before you see

[rkt.india]

Maybe he's another Atul Sharma?:blink: or maybe not good enough:nervous:

He was in 30 Mumbai probables but not picked in any of the squads.

[PaceAttack]

Shardul Thakur seems to be a good pick.

[MCcricket]

I am afraid MCA will ruin this poor kids career, he should try playing for some other state, M Amir is suppose to be the fastest bowler in that region currently, all senior players have mentioned about he being really good, Mumbai selects 120 k bowlers Sandhu and Kshemal lol.