Team/Squad for 1st Test v NZ

[ThePhenomenal1]

Why is there quota system to have a trundler? Whats wrong with having aaron' date=' shami and yadav in tandemn!![/quote'] To these fools, PACE = Inaccuracy. Whereas yadav has improved his control , shami is accurate and im sure aaron is. Johnson was a spray gun but still took wickets. Now look at him after he was backed and had a good IPL. Pace will always beat trundling. Zak at 122kph OMG

[beetle]

So basically yadav not being picked is correct cos they dont pick him. So you telling me selctors dont get it wrong and captain dont get it wrong. I can give you list of their decsions to contrary. Great bowls ok for 5 overs with new ball, then we must watch him trundle for rest of 20 overs he bowls!!! Jeez we never learn. Our poor batters get no let up, bowlers staeming in from both ends, meanwhile we dont care and let the tundling continue. Why do indians love trundelrs so much? Its bizzare

No...it could be dhoni just being a mule...but you make him out to be India's Dale Steyn which he is not. If he was that good...even dhoni would have given him the way. It is one thing to support one player but to make him seem like miles ahead of others is just being delusional considering what we know of all of them right now. Your dislike for Bhuvi probably has more to do with the fact that they are fighting for the same spot ...less to do with bhuvi's ability or lack of it.

[King Tendulkar]

Your dislike for Bhuvi probably has more to do with the fact that they are fighting for the same spot ...less to do with bhuvi's ability or lack of it.

Nothing to do with like dislike. Yadav is good fast bowler who can make real impact for us. In fact in last test he played took 2 wickets against england with fast inswingers to help us win. Crucial wickets to get breakthrough BK lacks a crucila abilty to bowl with certain wheels. I am not saying that must just pick the fastest. But you cant be a trundler to do well in tests. You must at least bowl 83mph upwards. Sorry to offend many indians but if bow sub 80mph you have no future in test cricket, at least you dont in decent sides

[King Tendulkar]

Once you notice their speeds dropping on your speedometer excel spreadsheet after a hot summer afternoon session, you'll be the first to come here and open a thread about how useless they are. I think it would be great to have all three of them bowling, but you will need at least two spinners to back them up because there's no way they're going to bowl an entire day between the three of them. EDIT: I'm now debating whether I want to go through your post history and find you moaning at Yadav because of his clueless placement. EDIT II: Ok I just started looking at your topics and I'm dying of laughter here Rohit Sharma is class! Please keep Jadeja away from TEST team ZK is the new sultan of swing/seam after Akram Countdown to Ishant Sharma being ranked number one bowler And here was your team for this series: What a clown

Wow someone hates big strong fast bowlers. Let me guess, you are 5ft 5 inches with glasses:giggle:

[SLICKR392]

Nothing to do with like dislike. Yadav is good fast bowler who can make real impact for us. In fact in last test he played took 2 wickets against england with fast inswingers to help us win. Crucial wickets to get breakthrough BK lacks a crucila abilty to bowl with certain wheels. I am not saying that must just pick the fastest. But you cant be a trundler to do well in tests. You must at least bowl 83mph upwards. Sorry to offend many indians but if bow sub 80mph you have no future in test cricket, at least you dont in decent sides

Yadav was required here, in SA. Bhuvi would have only failed on this wicket but he should be a handful in NZ and England.

[JourneyMan]

Wow someone hates big strong fast bowlers. Let me guess' date=' you are 5ft 5 inches with glasses:giggle:[/quote'] Your guesses are about as good as your knowledge about cricket :hatsoff: Now time to go back and read your thread about Ishant Sharma being the real deal. :two_thumbs_up: PS: According to you Ishant was a big, strong man, that tells us something about your own physique

[King Tendulkar]

Your guesses are about as good as your knowledge about cricket :hatsoff: Now time to go back and read your thread about Ishant Sharma being the real deal. :two_thumbs_up:

I think I got the guess about you right though:giggle:

[beetle]

>>>Nothing to do with like dislike Oh c'mon....you are always dragging BK trying to grind him in mud even where the discussion doesn't require.Just stick to supporting your superfast superman...why spew such venom for a young player who has been around for barely a year and has done fairly well ?

[shortbread]

If Rohit doesn't redeem himself the second innings, replace him with Ashwin. At least the team gets another 20 odd runs and a bowling option!! Id replace all the pacers apart from Shami, both Ishant/zaheer look tired and out of ideas!!

[JourneyMan]

I think I got the guess about you right though:giggle:

So you're implicitly admitting that you don't know jack about cricket? :hysterical:

>>>Nothing to do with like dislike Oh c'mon....you are always dragging BK trying to grind him in mud even where the discussion doesn't require.Just stick to supporting your superfast superman...why spew such venom for a young player who has been around for barely a year and has done fairly well ?

The biggest joke is that he actually picked him in the XI for this tour.

[King Tendulkar]

>>>Nothing to do with like dislike Oh c'mon....you are always dragging BK trying to grind him in mud even where the discussion doesn't require.Just stick to supporting your superfast superman...why spew such venom for a young player who has been around for barely a year and has done fairly well ?

What venom. Please point where I have abused him? Simply saying that 78mph bowler with old ball is bread and butter to international teams in test cricket? Or do you think sub 80 bowlers are effective in test cricket? He has 9 wickets in 6 test matches. His track record is how I summarised. Reasonable with new ball and then once second spell comes with old ball, toothless cos of lack of pace

[saneindian]

Stop the press. Ishant has hit 140 kph!

[beetle]

What venom. Please point where I have abused him? Simply saying that 78mph bowler with old ball is bread and butter to international teams in test cricket? Or do you think sub 80 bowlers are effective in test cricket? He has 9 wickets in 6 test matches. His track record is how I summarised. Reasonable with new ball and then once second spell comes with old ball, toothless cos of lack of pace

The guy hasn't played a match since the first ODI and still manages to find negative mention in your posts all over the forum every day.It is one thing to write against someone who has played the last match or the current match and not done well. But to go on and on about someone like this is just insane.

[King Tendulkar]

The guy hasn't played a match since the first ODI and still manages to find negative mention in your posts all over the forum every day.It is one thing to write against someone who has played the last match or the current match and not done well. But to go on and on about someone like this is just insane.

Whats that got to do with my point on his abilty to perform in tests, with his pace etc? It seems you dont want to address the point on BK and seemes more interrested in having a go at me.

[Cricketics]

KT, you said you like BK in your post for ODI'S and then you call him "trundlerr" It's harsh to use "Trundler" for a bowler who hasn't played that many test for INdia and person who has been one of our best ODI bowlers in recent history. What's up with that. You can surely give some respect to BK instead of calling him a trundler.

[NareshK]

The guy hasn't played a match since the first ODI and still manages to find negative mention in your posts all over the forum every day.It is one thing to write against someone who has played the last match or the current match and not done well. But to go on and on about someone like this is just insane.

With all these posts against B Kumar by KT, he is bound to pick one fifer at least in New zealand. :hysterical:

[helperononline]

Nothing to do with like dislike. Yadav is good fast bowler who can make real impact for us. In fact in last test he played took 2 wickets against england with fast inswingers to help us win. Crucial wickets to get breakthrough BK lacks a crucila abilty to bowl with certain wheels. I am not saying that must just pick the fastest. But you cant be a trundler to do well in tests. You must at least bowl 83mph upwards. Sorry to offend many indians but if bow sub 80mph you have no future in test cricket, at least you dont in decent sides

you will realise worth of BK when we tour england AUS pace is not everything IMO

[King Tendulkar]

KT, you said you like BK in your post for ODI'S and then you call him "trundlerr" It's harsh to use "Trundler" for a bowler who hasn't played that many test for INdia and person who has been one of our best ODI bowlers in recent history. What's up with that. You can surely give some respect to BK instead of calling him a trundler.

Is trundler term really abuse. I use that for bowlers who clock sub 80. I afraid once ball becomes old and new ball taken from him, he is very much trundler. In fact I|also have seen no evidence he reverses it. Does he reverse it? I have not seen it in the 6 test matches he has played

[beetle]

With all these posts against B Kumar by KT' date=' he is bound to pick one fifer at least in New zealand. :hysterical:[/quote'] I hope he does and so does Yadav.:two_thumbs_up:

[rkt.india]

If you are not good enough to bowl well in ODIs' date=' you cant do well in tests. Bowling in tests requires highest level of skill and consistency.[/quote'] Not really. Steyn wasn't doing well in ODIs but was doing well in tests. Nathan Bracken was a top ODI bowler but never did well in tests. Sami has a pretty decent ODI record but sucked in tests. There are several examples like this.