Team for 1st test against SA

[MCcricket]

What is great is that we have ODI's before tests matches and more time to acclimatize and more time to select the best squad and team that will be effective there

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Here is my test XI and overall squad for SA Tour : 1. Shikhar Dhawan 2. Murali Vijay 3.Cheteshwar Pujara 4.Virat Kohli (v/c) 5.Rohit Sharma 6.MS Dhoni (C&W/k) 7.Ravindra Jadeja 8.Ravichandran Ashwin 9.Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 10.Umesh Yadav 11.Mohammed Shami Reserves : 12. Ajinkya Rahane (Reserve Opener /middle-order) 13. Wriddhiman Saha ( Reserve W/k batsman) 14. Ishwar Pandey (Medium Fast bowler) 15. Zaheer Khan (Medium Fast bowler) 16. Pragyan Ojha ( Reserve Spinner )

[jatinder]

My Test Squad: 1. Murali Vijay 2. Shikhar Dhawan 3. Cheteshwar Pujara 4. Rohit Sharma 5. Virat Kohli 6. MS Dhoni (CAPTAIN & WK) 7. Ravindra Jadeja 8. Ajinkya Rahane 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10. Umesh Yadav 11. Mohammed Shami (^ STARTING XI) 12. Uday kaul 13. Ishwar pandey 14.Ravichandran Ashwin 15. Gautam Gambhir 16.w Saha(WK )

[randomGuy]

Vijay, dhawan, pujara, kohli, rohit, gambhir, dhoni, Ashwin, dhawal, bhuvi, shami Zaheer, umesh, rahul Shukla, ishwar pandey, rahane make up 16. Picking gambhir not coz he comes from same city as me but bcoz he deserves one last chance IMO.

[cricketpitch]

My Test Squad: 1. Murali Vijay 2. Shikhar Dhawan 3. Cheteshwar Pujara 4. Rohit Sharma 5. Virat Kohli 6. MS Dhoni (CAPTAIN & WK) 7. Ravindra Jadeja 8. Ajinkya Rahane 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10. Umesh Yadav 11. Mohammed Shami (^ STARTING XI) 12. Uday kaul 13. Ishwar pandey 14.Ravichandran Ashwin 15. Gautam Gambhir 16.w Saha(WK )

That will most likely be our test squad with Ashwin replacing Jadeja. I dont think Jaddu is good enough to play as the main spinner in tests. The rest of the squad looks fine. I dont think Rahane will play either.

[VRV Singh]

Rahane at 8? I think he is depressed enough as it is

[cowboysfan]

everybody has an opinion but in Dhoni's mind the only doubt will be the 3rd seamer(zak or Yadav),there is no way we will drop Ashwin or go with 2 spinners.

[RedFever]

My Test Squad: 1. Murali Vijay 2. Shikhar Dhawan 3. Cheteshwar Pujara 4. Rohit Sharma 5. Virat Kohli 6. MS Dhoni (CAPTAIN & WK) 7. Ravindra Jadeja 8. Ajinkya Rahane 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10. Umesh Yadav 11. Mohammed Shami (^ STARTING XI) 12. Uday kaul 13. Ishwar pandey 14.Ravichandran Ashwin 15. Gautam Gambhir 16.w Saha(WK )

Playing Rahane at 8 as a specialist spinner ?

[GoldenSun]

I'm really happy about the fact that the ODI's come first and not the tests.

[Texan]

My starting XI would be: 1. Vijay 2. Dhawan 3. Pujara 4. Kohli 5. Rohit 6. Jadeja 7. Dhoni 8. Ashwin 9. B Kumar 10. Shami 11. Yadav Reserve players: 12. Rahane 13. Ishwar Pandey 14. Pankaj Singh 15. Manpreet Juneja 16. Uday Kaul (reserve w-k) If 17 players are picked, then either Ojha or Mishra should be picked.

[Texan]

We need a deck bowler in SA' date=' sadly nobody apart from Sharma can do that,maybe Dhawal[/quote'] Ishant not just hits the deck hard, but the ball also hits the bat hard and many a times, it goes on to hit the stands hard as well.

[express bowling]

I'm really happy about the fact that the ODI's come first and not the tests.

That is a big plus. We should play Pujara in the ODIs to get him acclamatized.

[golu agrawal]

my probables for south africa's tour for test matches 1) shikhar dhawan 2) ajinkya rahane 3) cheteshwar pujara 4) amol mazumdar 5) virat kohli 6) m s dhoni 7) ravindra jadeja 8) r.ashwin 9) bhuvneshwar kumar 10) zaheer khan 11) shami ahmed

[vayuu1]

We need a deck bowler in SA' date=' sadly nobody apart from Sharma can do that,maybe Dhawal[/quote'] I thought you said we need a deck bowler not a phack bowler.

[Vilander]

it does not matter what side we choose..we are in for a world of pain. NOne of the batsmen we have now has played well in SA..Dhoni with his 90 odd is the highest scorer there. I think there is no Indian batsman in this team that has scored a 100 in SA.

[cowboysfan]

it does not matter what side we choose..we are in for a world of pain. NOne of the batsmen we have now has played well in SA..Dhoni with his 90 odd is the highest scorer there. I think there is no Indian batsman in this team that has scored a 100 in SA.

there is no pressure this time on our very young players,everybody expects them to lose badly and that is why they will surprise us.

[tweaker]

M Vijay S Dhawan C Pujara V Kohli R Sharma M Dhoni R Dhawan M Shami Ahmed I Pandey U Yadav P Singh A Rahane A Rayuddu R Ashwin B Kumar S Raina

[Sidhoni]

When will the official squad be announced?

[King Tendulkar]

When will the official squad be announced?

squad for odis to be announced tomorow

[King Tendulkar]

Test and Odi squad for SA to be picked tommorow http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-india-2013-14/content/story/692115.html