Lord Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 No point picking 3 spinners when only one will play. I think they might pick a seam-bowling allrounder if they are hell-bent on picking an all-rounder. (I can see a name in the list too :hmmm:) 8 batsmen (including Dhoni), 5 pacers, 2 spinners is the way to go. Two spinners will play with 3 pacers.
Magneto Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Two spinners will play with 3 pacers. Unlikely. Specially when we have part-timers like Raina and Rohit.
Lord Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Unlikely. Specially when we have part-timers like Raina and Rohit. No way we'll go with 4 pacers or 7 batsmen.
Cricket_Hacker Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 3 pacers and 2 spinners(who can definitely bat,and one of jadeja/axar has to be there to smash a few at the end) is the way to go/
Number Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Can't say its the end of their career. A flop show by young team and in no time we may see them back.
Magneto Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 No way we'll go with 4 pacers or 7 batsmen. 7 batsmen, 1 spinner, 3 pacers. But yeah, in the 2012 CB Series, we did play 2 spinners in every match. :hmmm: We'll lose anyway. :beee:
StriKe Posted December 4, 2014 Author Posted December 4, 2014 Can't say its the end of their career. A flop show by young team and in no time we may see them back. Not a chance
brendan07 Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Surely you can't be serious taking more than 2 spinners...you realise the World Cup is in Australia right? The pitches won't spin. You can make do with Jadeja/Ashwin as spinners. I mean Australia will have the Fail Show (Maxwell) as our 'spinner' with Steve Smith bowling part time party pies.
Cricket_Hacker Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Surely you can't be serious taking more than 2 spinners...you realise the World Cup is in Australia right? The pitches won't spin. You can make do with Jadeja/Ashwin as spinners. I mean Australia will have the Fail Show (Maxwell) as our 'spinner' with Steve Smith bowling part time party pies. yes but we don't have a single fast-bowling all rounder
BeautifulGame Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Surely you can't be serious taking more than 2 spinners...you realise the World Cup is in Australia right? The pitches won't spin. You can make do with Jadeja/Ashwin as spinners. I mean Australia will have the Fail Show (Maxwell) as our 'spinner' with Steve Smith bowling part time party pies. Aussies are going with Maxwell becoz they don't have any good spinner .They went for the 2011 WC without any proper spinner and 4 fast bowlers too Whether we go in with 1 or 2 spinner will probably be decided by how they perform in cb series .We did win the CB series finals 08 by playing 2 spinners .
Magneto Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 yes but we don't have a single fast-bowling all rounder The selectors will pick Binny as the 8th batsman (or seam-bowling allrounder) I think.
maniac Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Pretty much a safe probable list...No surprises
maniac Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Won't say this often but Kudos to the selectors and BCCI to give atleast the core group of the 30 probables a decent exposure before the WC :nice:
Trundler27 Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 This is not too bad of a pool.... let us get over the fascination with Zak/Nehra... those guys have not played international cricket for a while and they are not anywhere near their peak. The quick bowlers picked are going to be the key along with our experienced middle-order batters. If Kohli, Dhobi, Rahane, Raina, etc can show good form then we are always in with a chance (anything from the openers would be a bonus in Aussie conditions). I'm always hopeful during a world cup so regardless of what our team looks like on paper i hope that we win! My top 4 contenders this time are Aus, SAF, India, and NZ
gattaca Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Surely you can't be serious taking more than 2 spinners...you realise the World Cup is in Australia right? The pitches won't spin. You can make do with Jadeja/Ashwin as spinners. I mean Australia will have the Fail Show (Maxwell) as our 'spinner' with Steve Smith bowling part time party pies. World cup is long tournament spin will definitely come to later part of the tournament like it did in champions trophy in England.
renjith Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 dinda has 19 wickets in vijay hazare+deodhar trophy including 5 for 29 and 4 for 33.
Shivaji bhonsle Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 Expected picks. Hope they don't pick mohit in the 15 men squad.
bowl_out Posted December 4, 2014 Posted December 4, 2014 7 batsmen, 1 spinner, 3 pacers. Yes, and the 7th batsman will be Jadeja... The spinner could be Ash or Axar based on conditions and performance... So effectively, 2 spinners + 3 pacers...
brendan07 Posted December 5, 2014 Posted December 5, 2014 World cup is long tournament spin will definitely come to later part of the tournament like it did in champions trophy in England. Lol! You realise spinners have done well in England right before? Australian conditions suit leg spinners or big turners. Pie chucking off spinners on flat, hard and bouncy pitches...good luck. There is a good reason we don't bother with spinners in 50 over cricket- you can get by with a Maxwell type. Jadeja and some overs from Raina is plenty. You need quicks.
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