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1st Test vs WI at Kolkata (6th to 10th Nov) - Pre Match discussion


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Important to note play starts at 9 am tomorrow (and not 9.30 ' date= as is the norm at other Indian test venues)
Sun sets early in Kolkata during this time of the year and therefore it is important to start early. In fact I remember test starting at even 8:30 I think it was Indo-Pak Test in 07 which started as early as 8:30 am.
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My XI: 1. Murali Vijay 2. Shikhar Dhawan 3. Cheteshwar Pujara 4. Sachin Tendulkar 5. Virat Kohli 6. Rohit Sharma 7. MS Dhoni (CAPTAIN & WK) 8. Ravichandran Ashwin 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10. Umesh Yadav 11. Pragyan Ojha

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Sun sets early in Kolkata during this time of the year and therefore it is important to start early. In fact I remember test starting at even 8:30 I think it was Indo-Pak Test in 07 which started as early as 8:30 am.
There will be some swing early on with the red ball with the 9 AM start in Kolkata.
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There will be some swing early on with the red ball with the 9 AM start.
Yes it will swing a bit early on. But on winning the toss, one would definitely bat first You don't wanna bat in the fourth innings on an Eden pitch.
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Ishat was the MoS against WI in WI. So, he will feature for sure. Dhoni will not go with both BK and Newbie Shami. It is a toss between Rohit and Mithaiwala, given his form, we will see Rohit featuring in Kolkata. For 3rd spinner, Tendulkar, Rohit can do. Remember Eden 2001 when Tendulkar turned the match on Day5 last session.

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Sun sets early in Kolkata during this time of the year and therefore it is important to start early. In fact I remember test starting at even 8:30 I think it was Indo-Pak Test in 07 which started as early as 8:30 am.
Yep, they could have even looked at a 8.30 or 8.45 start
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Yep' date=' they could have even looked at a 8.30 or 8.45 start[/quote'] I agree, the over rate may not be an issue as we have spinners bowling in major part of the day for both the sides. Still, could have started at 8:30 am.
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There will be some swing early on with the red ball with the 9 AM start in Kolkata.
The ball generally does swing in the first session at Eden but its the post tea session which sees most wickets falling either to seam or spin.
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The ball generally does swing in the first session at Eden but its the post tea session which sees most wickets falling either to seam or spin.
I hope Umesh yadav gets a game and more importantly gets the reverse swing with his pace. he is nippy and gets the reverse swing with the old ball. Got important wicket against England last year.
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I hope Umesh yadav gets a game and more importantly gets the reverse swing with his pace. he is nippy and gets the reverse swing with the old ball. Got important wicket against England last year.
Umesh did every well in a test he played at Eden vs WI. Took 7/103, his best match haul till date.
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Umesh did every well in a test he played at Eden vs WI. Took 7/103' date=' his best match haul till date.[/quote'] bowled some magnificent outswingers,especially the ball to get barath out
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Ishat was the MoS against WI in WI. So' date=' he will feature for sure. Dhoni will not go with both BK and Newbie Shami. It is a toss between Rohit and Mithaiwala, given his form, we will see Rohit featuring in Kolkata. For 3rd spinner, Tendulkar, Rohit can do. Remember Eden 2001 when Tendulkar turned the match on Day5 last session.[/quote'] That is disgraceful if that is Dhoni's thinking - that last good performance was years ago in different conditions. The current Retard impersonating a cricketer is an embarrassment at every level. Based on merit and performance the Retard should not be near a domestic 2nd division squad never mind an international team.
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who gave you the right?:protest: Texy was gonna make it,no?
:dontknow: Why does anyone need the right to make threads? I thought ICF was psecular?

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