Your team for Gabba, Brisbane test

[Lord]

Then its No 7 with 4 pacers below.

Then it'll be Saha/Dhoni at 6. I have more confidence in Ashwin

[Straight Drive]

It's not a matter of changing one player and we will win. We have not won a single series outside Asia (NZL/SA,AUS,ENG) over last 4 years ? because rather than one flop player a lot of our players flop in same match or cannot do better than what opponents can.

[bharat297]

My team wouldn't be much different. Just get Umesh in for Shami and maybe Ashwin in for Karn Sharma, but I don't mind giving the kid a bit more time. Vijay Dhawan Pujara Kohli Rahane R.Sharma Saha / Dhoni K.Sharma / Ashwin Ishant Varun Umesh

[Cricket_Hacker]

Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli Rahane Raina Dhoni Ashwin Ishant Varun Umesh

[bharat297]

Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli Rahane Raina Dhoni Ashwin Ishant Varun Umesh

You'd select Raina in Brisbane? You'd pick a guy who has specifically struggled against fast short pitched bowling on one of the bounciest pitches in world cricket, to face Mitchell Johnson and Ryan Harris.

[BeautifulGame]

Dhawan Vijay Pujara Kohli Rahane Rohit Dhoni Ashwin Yadav Aaron Ishant Just replace Shami with Yadav and Karn with Ashwin. Give one more test to both Rohit and Dhawan.Dhawan got a poor decision and dropping Rohit after one test is wrong.Give him one more test anyway as Raina is even more useless And unfair to Rahul without any batting experience to ask him debut in Gabba

[Lord]

Dhawan Vijay Pujara Kohli Rahane Rohit Dhoni Ashwin Yadav Aaron Ishant Just replace Shami with Yadav and Karn with Ashwin. Give one more test to both Rohit and Dhawan.Dhawan got a poor decision and dropping Rohit after one test is wrong.Give him one more test anyway as Raina is even more useless And unfair to Rahul without any batting experience to ask him debut in Gabba

dropping Rohit after one test is wrong(even though he sucked in SA,NZ,Eng bar 1-2 innings) but right to drop Shami and Karn after 1 Test?:hmmm:

[rkt.india]

dropping Rohit after one test is wrong(even though he sucked in SA' date='NZ,Eng bar 1-2 innings) but right to drop Shami and Karn after 1 Test?:hmmm:[/quote'] Rohit must be dropped. But there is no one to replace him at 6. We have Raina. :wall:

[Lord]

Rohit must be dropped. But there is no one to replace him at 6. We have Raina. :wall:

then play 5 bowlers.

[rkt.india]

then play 5 bowlers.

but we still need to find a better #6 bat. You need 6 bats with an inexperienced batting line. average bowling wont become great adding another average 5th bowler.

[express bowling]

Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli Rahane Raina Dhoni / Saha Ashwin Aaron Ishant Umesh

[Lord]

but we still need to find a better #6 bat. You need 6 bats with an inexperienced batting line. average bowling wont become great adding another average 5th bowler.

Same way batting won't become better by adding a mediocre or inexperienced no.6 There's a lot of difference in playing 4 quicks or 3. Every team plays allrounder for balance but we are ignoring it

[express bowling]

Same way batting won't become better by adding a mediocre or inexperienced no.6 There's a lot of difference in playing 4 quicks or 3. Every team plays allrounder for balance but we are ignoring it

Ideally, we should get a seam bowling alrounder at no.6. But who do we have.

[Lord]

Ideally' date=' we should get a seam bowling alrounder at no.6. But who do we have.[/quote'] Rishi Dhawan is there but why do we necessarily need a seam AR?Can play Ashwin and 4 quicks.

[Lord]

Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli Rahane Raina Dhoni / Saha Ashwin Aaron Ishant Umesh

Raina would make Rohit look good

[rkt.india]

Same way batting won't become better by adding a mediocre or inexperienced no.6 There's a lot of difference in playing 4 quicks or 3. Every team plays allrounder for balance but we are ignoring it

We need to add some one who is inexperienced but good for long term and has potential. It makes a huge difference. Bowlers will still go for runs, struggle to take wickets, but an extra batsman can score runs. No team plays 5 bowlers. Alrounder is an asset which we do not have.

[Lord]

We need to add some one who is inexperienced but good for long term and has potential. It makes a huge difference. Bowlers will still go for runs' date=' struggle to take wickets, but an extra batsman can score runs. No team plays 5 bowlers. [b']Alrounder is an asset which we do not have.

Ashwin

[rkt.india]

Ashwin

He is bowling alrounder who can bat at 8. At 6, you need someone who is a batsman first and can bowl too like Mitch Marsh or Watson, etc.

[Lord]

He is bowling alrounder who can bat at 8. At 6' date=' you need someone who is a batsman first and can bowl too like Mitch Marsh or Watson, etc.[/quote'] He'll bat equally well as Rohit/Raina if not better.Hes not bowling allrounder for these conditions

[bharat297]

He is bowling alrounder who can bat at 8. At 6' date=' you need someone who is a batsman first and can bowl too like Mitch Marsh or Watson, etc.[/quote'] Exactly! Ashwin is a bowler first. I don't think we can drop Rohit yet. Raina is not a good enough replacement, and it's not going to be fair on young Rahul to debut at Brisbane.