Squads announced for 4th Test and T20Is

[maniac]

Squad for Nagpur Test: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Parvinder Awana. Squad for T20Is: MS Dhoni (capt &wk), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Laxmipathy Balaji, Parvinder Awana How good is Bhuvneshwar Kumar-Doesn't look a world-beater from what I have seen of him Bala is still there :dance: 100 percent marks for BCCI's vision Chwala is back :two_thumbs_up:....England team already has a nervous breakdown Jaddu earned his spot for tests :two_thumbs_up: but he is still makes it to T20I ( Isn't it time we just gave up on him in LOI's much like Yuvraj and Raina in tests Overall great job by BCCI in building teams for the future :finger:

[maniac]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/content/current/story/596328.html

[maniac]

Also on what basis has Awana jumped ahead the likes of so many other fast bowling names that were being discussed here...can any domestic cricket experts on the forum enlighten me? BTW I like Awana,so not a dig...just an honest question

[maniac]

I got this from Cricinfo,so since I have not seen the games not forming an opinion but Awana's recent games Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard 5/71, 12, 1/53, 1* Delhi v Haryana Rohtak 1 Dec 2012 FC 4/53, 0/20 Delhi v Tamil Nadu Delhi 24 Nov 2012 FC 4/104 Delhi v Baroda Delhi 17 Nov 2012 FC 1/23, 6, 1/48 Delhi v Odisha Delhi 9 Nov 2012 FC 11*, 0/60 India A v England XI Mumbai (BS) 30 Oct 2012 FC 6*, 2/95 North Zone v Central Zone Hyderabad (Deccan) 14 Oct 2012 FC 23, 0/25 North Zone v West Zone Chennai 6 Oct 2012 FC 1/79, 0* India A v India B Rajkot 2 Oct 2012 LA 3/69 India A v India B Rajkot 30 Sep 2012 LA 0/29 India A v Bengal Rajkot 29 Sep 2012 LA Pankaj Singh's recent games Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard 17, 5/45, 2, 0/37 Rajasthan v Punjab Mohali 1 Dec 2012 FC 4/63, 9, 2/94 Rajasthan v M. Pradesh Jaipur 17 Nov 2012 FC 18, 1/90 Rajasthan v Mumbai Jaipur 9 Nov 2012 FC 5/50, 0, 4/34 Rajasthan v Bengal Kolkata 2 Nov 2012 FC 2/34 Royals v Super Kings Jaipur 10 May 2012 T20 0/24 Royals v Daredevils Jaipur 1 May 2012 T20 2/25 Royals v Daredevils Delhi 29 Apr 2012 T20 1/32 Royals v RCB Jaipur 23 Apr 2012 T20 0/37 Royals v Chargers Jaipur 17 Apr 2012 T20 2/18 Royals v RCB Bangalore 15 Apr 2012 T2 Shami Ahmed's recent games Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard 0/76, 2, 2/39 Bengal v Mumbai Mumbai (BS) 1 Dec 2012 FC 7/79, 0, 4/72, 10 Bengal v M. Pradesh Indore 24 Nov 2012 FC 2/59, 23, 1/52 Bengal v Gujarat Kolkata 17 Nov 2012 FC 8*, 3/56, 0/23 India A v NZ A Lincoln 26 Sep 2012 FC 2/39, 4 India A v NZ A Lincoln 23 Sep 2012 LA 2, 0/26 India A v W. Indies A St George's 27 Jun 2012 LA 4, 0/31 India A v W. Indies A Port of Spain 23 Jun 2012 T20 8*, 3/75, 33*, 0/26 India A v W. Indies A Gros Islet 16 Jun 2012 FC 4/48, 20, 1/29, 2 India A v W. Indies A Kingstown 9 Jun 2012 FC 3/43, 2, 2/24, 27* India A v W. Indies A Bridgetown 2 Jun 2012 FC

[maniac]

Going by this...looks like Shami Ahmed is the best of the lot....or am i missing something?

[Number]

Awana has been in better form recently. Pankaj Singh's case is very strange actually. Harby and yuvi(dropped) from North Zone so it gave Awana edge over Pankaj Singh(Central Zone)

[maniac]

Awana has been in better form recently. Pankaj Singh's case is very strange actually. Harby and yuvi(dropped) from North Zone so it gave Awana edge over Pankaj Singh(Central Zone)

What about Shami Ahmed?...looks like he has done pretty well too.a shade better than the other too...going by the recent matches data

[Lord]

Bala:facepalm:

[Old guy]

Going by this...looks like Shami Ahmed is the best of the lot....or am i missing something?

still a rookie..selecting him too early can lead to him ending up like ishant :p

[vivek_singh3187]

Pankaj Singh is the most consistent & experienced of the three, but anyways happy with selection of Awana...hope that he performs consistently well & doesn't turn into list of craps.

[maniac]

still a rookie..selecting him too early can lead to him ending up like ishant :p

So are we waiting till he becomes a veteran at FC level...gets injured in between,comes back with a modified action,reduces his pace to focus on line and length,etc :two_thumbs_up:

[Old guy]

Pankaj Singh is the most consistent & experienced of the three' date=' but anyways happy with selection of Awana...hope that he performs consistently well & doesn't turn into list of craps.[/quote'] his selection is fine..he deserves it b.kumar deserves to be in shorter formats...jaddu is bad pick sorry but from wht i have seen of him he is not good enough also droping zack im surprised not many people are angry:((

[maniac]

his selection is fine..he deserves it b.kumar deserves to be in shorter formats...jaddu is bad pick sorry but from wht i have seen of him he is not good enough also droping zack im surprised not many people are angry:((

In T20's-Double yes In tests-No-He has earned it

[Old guy]

So are we waiting till he becomes a veteran at FC level...gets injured in between' date='comes back with a modified action,reduces his pace to focus on line and length,etc :two_thumbs_up:[/quote'] no he is in a team..he has toured west indies and got injured in nz after doing well in first innings he is still raw does not knows how to save his ass when track is flat..pankaj is ready for test cricket select him...

[Old guy]

In T20's-Double yes In tests-No-He has earned it

no he has not bits and pieces cricketers never work want good example? look at patel....

[maniac]

no he has not bits and pieces cricketers never work want good example? look at patel....

He has been a batsman in prolific form...and right now we need an inform batsman-what are the chances he will s***-very very high. Who is one of the most inform batsman in FC right now-he deserves it. Who knows I mean Raina and Yuvi look 3rd rate in test cricket but in ODI's and T20's-they are a different animal...so why not give Jaddu a chance-not that he has not earned it like I said

[Old guy]

He has been a batsman in prolific form...and right now we need an inform batsman-what are the chances he will s***-very very high. Who is one of the most inform batsman in FC right now-he deserves it. Who knows I mean Raina and Yuvi look 3rd rate in test cricket but in ODI's and T20's-they are a different animal...so why not give Jaddu a chance-not that he has not earned it like I said

tiwary...he is class specially on indian tracks scored well against english side in warmup with monty playing next guy welll play rahane in 11 tht guy is good.. and best player rayadu in form on tough tracks even on away tour:two_thumbs_up: and knows how to play in lower order :)

[vivek_singh3187]

Though jaddu surely doesn't gives much confidence, but probably his stats in the current Ranji season may have clicked on the selectors mind....But what the hell is that CHAWLA guy doing in Tests & T20's ....Rishi Dhawan could have been selected in T20's..& AMIT MISHRA is much better option in Tests.

[BERGKAMP]

hooray, another kumar soon to be added to my avatar

[Magneto]

Also on what basis has Awana jumped ahead the likes of so many other fast bowling names that were being discussed here...can any domestic cricket experts on the forum enlighten me? BTW I like Awana,so not a dig...just an honest question

This is your honest answer - Awana has not jumped the queue, in fact, he was pretty much in the queue ahead of Pankaj Singh and Shami Ahmed. In the tour game, he was part of the India-A squad along with Dinda, Pathan, and VK. Pankaj Singh might be the next pace bowler in the queue. Shami Ahmed has potential, but in no way is he ready yet. He's hardly ever done well (and has also played very little) against a good FC batting side. He just has a handful of 5ers and has been really average for Bengal in this season.