Future of failed players - What can we do with them??

[R.D forever]

Many players in the squad have been failures in this series but have done well in the past . Some have real potential and can become very good players if we handle them well.. So what to do with them?? Ashwin - Arguably the biggest failure of this series +ves - Can bat well , young , rookie , can learn new things Problem - Inconsistent , bowls a boundary ball every over , fields like a donkey Options - 1) Play ranji , India A and English county for the next year along with ODIs 2) Useless for tests , make him a ODI and T20 specialist Alternatives : Baba aparjith ??? ( any other offie???) Kohli +ves- Best young player in the country , future captain ? Problem - Plays too many shots , dunno if he is just unlucky or any problem in his technique wrt to test .. Options - 1) Not too many cause he plays all three formats , maybe english county if he gets time. Or keep playing him hoping he gets better eventually Alternative: Rhane , rohit , tiwary Yuvraj +ves - Match winner ,decent bowler Problem- Poor defence , weak against spin Options - 1 ) English county ( he will thrash our trundlers in ranji flat pitches ) - 2) Just accept that he is not good for tests , concentrate on ODIs Alternatives : Jadeja , badri Gambhir +ves - Can play long innings , very good player of spin Problem- Poor technique , poking balls outside off Options - 1) Drop him immediately and English county Alternatives : Mukund , Rahane Ojha +ves - Very good bowler if the pitch offers some turn Problem- No variations , bowls very slow Options - Get advice from former spinners ( maybe bedi :haha: ) , develop variations ,practice Alternatives : Karthik , harmeet , Iqbal abdulla Harbhajan +ves - good bowler once upon a time :winky: Problem- ODIs and T20 ruined him , Darts now Options - No idea . has played county , cannot pick wickets in ranji and he is not young anymore. what else can he learn ?? Alternatives :Ashwin :haha:

[Magneto]

To be honest, if you pack these alternatives in one team, they might lose to Sri Lanka/NZ at home 3-0.

[Eternal Atma]

I love the Bhajji analysis. Can someone link this to his twitter. It basically means no hope.

[jairamesh]

Firstly current Indian spinners need to learn how to spin the bowl and observe why Swann and Monty are getting more success then Ashwin and Ojha. Monty and Swann were successful against Pakistan, SL and now Inda. And all done legally!!

[jairamesh]

Secondly with regards to batting, last two years India have really struggled to score past 400 runs in one innings. The only solution is bring in younger players now rather then later, having the likes Sachin, Sehwag, and Yuvi guiding/mentoring the youngsters is turning into a joke.

[jairamesh]

And finally no captain should survive after 8 consecutive away Test hammerings unless you are a minnow, i.e. Bangladesh. And this sums up India's current standing amongst the 9 Test playing nations.

[Sachin=GOD]

No Dhoni in failed players ???

[R.D forever]

No Dhoni in failed players ???

Who are we kidding .. he is gonna be the captain for the next 10 yrs or so :hysterical:

[Sachin=GOD]

Who are we kidding .. he is gonna be the captain for the next 10 yrs or so :hysterical:

He isn't.

[Trichromatic]

Play only Bangladesh, NZ, WI and Zim for next 4 years.

[Yoda-esque]

SRT won't leave till Arjun is in the team

[Number]

I think Ojha has done well, Ashwin and Kohli should be given more chances. Yuvraj definitely agree. His replacements - Rohit/Manoj.

[Lord]

wat about Ishant,Zaheer,Sehwag,SRT?

[Magneto]

Play only Bangladesh' date=' NZ, WI and Zim for next 4 years.[/quote'] Without Dravid and Laxman, India could have lost to WI as well :--D They almost won the 1st Test and came really close in the 3rd.

[Magneto]

wat about Ishant' date='Zaheer,Sehwag,SRT?[/quote'] Ishant will be replaced by Yadav Zaheer is the among the Top 6 bowlers in the world, so :(( SRT will retire after the home series India plays after the SA series :(( Sehwag will become captain by then :((

[zep1706]

I would love to see that U19 left arm spinner(Harmeet Singh?) against Australia, guy has talent and 19-20 is good enough for international debutl. Won't do any worse than the current lot.

[Yoda-esque]

Ishant will be replaced by Yadav Zaheer is the among the Top 6 bowlers in the world, so :(( SRT will retire after the home series India plays after the SA series :((Sehwag will become captain by then :((

:hysterical::hysterical:

[zep1706]

:hysterical::hysterical:

I have a feeling that may actually be true. He will also complete 200 tests and 50 ODI tons by then, his current goals. :cantstop:

[Magneto]

I have a feeling that may actually be true. He will also complete 200 tests and 50 ODI tons by then' date=' his current goals. :cantstop:[/quote'] Current goal has probably been revised to playing Test cricket for 25 years. 2 more years to go.

[Magneto]

I would love to see that U19 left arm spinner(Harmeet Singh?) against Australia' date=' guy has talent and 19-20 is good enough for international debutl. Won't do any worse than the current lot.[/quote'] Harmeet Singh doesn't even get a chance in his Ranji side. Presently playing the CK Nayudu Trophy and getting slaughtered there as well. His average this season would be around 100.