breaking news....test team

[fineleg]

Yes, loud mouth SS should try and focus on bowling well for a change.

[King Tendulkar]

SS is a good bowler and will get better. His far skills are far superior to crapthan. Sree can bowl with real pace and movement. In SA he was awesome

[coffee_rules]

3 left-armers are one too many. Santh is a good choice, he performed as well as RPS in ENgland. I am not happy that Chawla is dropped for Bhajji to get in. Bhajji in tests aainst Pakistan/Afridi is dreadful unless they prepare a helpful pitch.

[Predator_05]

Surprised that they left out BOTH Sehwag and Gambhir. I was expecting one of those two to be included in the squad. I suppose they trust the Jaffer-Karthik combo to deliver, which is fair enough. Great to see Murali back, he is quality. He should play ahead of Harbhajan.

[ludhianvi]

No Sehwag? And that too against Pakistan? Not surprised but I would have liked to seem him there. We go in with 3 seamers and 3 spinners. Will we see 5 bowlers used in the Test match? Perhaps we are missing that all rounder. And what about Yuvraj? I think he may sneak in a game or two as he's a left handed batsmen. This lineup looks a little sedate but maybe thats what we need to bring about some stability. As for the pace bowling, there doesnt seem to be any surprise, and if we go in with 3 pacers, all of them get a game.

[guju24]

salo ne bradman ko bahar nikal diya....shewag who is avg 91 agaisnt pakistan they left him out and kept jaffar who will make 0 in first game and then 100 in 2game so he can stay in the team...sala vengsarkar....

[guju24]

just check the stats for shewag... Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50 W BB BowlAv 5w Ct St unfiltered 52 4155 309 49.46 12 12 14 3/33 48.14 0 44 0 filtered 9 1276 309 91.14 4 2 0 - - 0 5 0 Series Win Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50 W BB BowlAv 5w Ct St India in Pakistan, 2003/04 [Series] Ind 3 438 309 109.50 1 1 0 - - 0 2 0 Pakistan in India, 2004/05 [Series] - 3 544 201 90.66 2 1 0 - - 0 2 0 India in Pakistan, 2005/06 [Series] Pak 3 294 254 73.50 1 0 0 - - 0 1 0

[Cricketics]

Nice to see Murali Karhtik selected.. i see him as a typical Indian test spinner.. sad to see both openers Gambhir and Sehwag Left out.. we need them.. if Karthik-Jaffer combo failz we need replacement for it.... the way we took Gambir to England for test, we should have done the same thing again.. sad they didn't pick them. that said, i hope this Kumble Side beat the hell out of pakis.. 3-0 this time..

[King Tendulkar]

Murali Karthick is cr#p. I tried and tested failure. He falls in to Dinesh Mongia category. Shocked he is back on the scene. Also cant stand the stupid gay chokers that he wears. Whats happened to the whale?