Probable Indian squad for OZ tour (blood pressure warning: Agarkar a possible inclusion)

[SachDan]

that's cricketics for u. our resident cricket pundit

[zubinpepsi]

will he stand on a chair and bat when Lee and Co will bowl bouncers?

:haha::haha::haha: but hes in terrific form now....

[Dravid]

will he stand on a chair and bat when Lee and Co will bowl bouncers?

thats just plain wrong:finger::haha: ppl said that about sachin? i know i am comparing a noob to a god here..but the kid is tough:two_thumbs_up:

[apocalypse]

I am saying this because I watched a lot of domestic cricket when I was in India and he did not get any bouncy surface to bat on. Ball was nicely coming to the bat. Plus he was mainly harsh on spinners. That situation would not be in Australia.

[Sachinism]

parthiv has performed well consistently at domestic level, for some time now maybe he should be given a chance, karthik isnt doing much, try someone different i think its pointless trying vrv, they should give a go to praveen kumar or bose, someone who has some potential

[sandeep]

good to see parthiv in the list, hope he makes the tour squad if not the team. But Akash chopra over Sehwag? That's just ridiculous. Sure Veeru is not playing well lately, but class is class and Chopra is a limited player who at best can hope to be a decent ranji player. Once Oz bowlers figured out that he was proficient at ignoring deliveries outside off-stump, but can't handle the wicket-to-wicket stuff, he was done. I can understand not picking Veeru for the tour over Karthik and Parthiv, although I would disagree with it - but not picking him in the 24 probables seems to indicate some anti-sehwag sentiments in the selection committee.

[Online]

ICF $2000 - KKD will be picked and not Parthiv Anyone wants to bet against this?

[Dravid]

but not picking him in the 24 probables seems to indicate some anti-sehwag sentiments in the selection committee.

not doing crap for almost 2 years can do that to a person :D

[apocalypse]

ICF $2000 - KKD will be picked and not Parthiv Anyone wants to bet against this?

kya naukri ki jagah satta lagana shuru kar diya hai aajkal? :D

[Online]

kya naukri ki jagah satta lagana shuru kar diya hai aajkal? :D

idhar zyada kamata hoon - fake money hi sahi :giggle:

[fineleg]

not doing crap for almost 2 years can do that to a person :D

:hysterical: Well Sehwag has been doing crap actually :D

[Rohan495]

My Squad For Australia: openers: Wasim Jaffer, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag middle order: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly all rounders: Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar Wicket Keeper: MS Dhoni spinners: Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh Pace Bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, VRV Singh, RP Singh(If Fit) No need for extra baggage. Baggage being guys like Dinesh Karthik, Parthiv Patel. In case Dhoni is injured, We have Dravid who can keep if required. Reason for excluding Yuvraj Singh: No point carrying him around either, it puts unnecessary pressure on the senior players. Theres a great deal of one day cricket after so yuvraj can fly in then. Inclusion of Sehwag: Sehwag was in prime form last time. Hes average is still 49 in test cricket, and even though hes not performing well in domestic cricket. Hes still Virender Sehwag.

[fineleg]

rohan: sehwag not in 24. pls alter ur squad above to make it 16 out of 24

[Rohan495]

yea i know hes not, but like said thats the squad I would send.

[Chaos]

ICF $2000 - KKD will be picked and not Parthiv Anyone wants to bet against this?

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[Chandan]

yes... sehwag WILL repeat the heroics of last time, even though he cant to **** against a noob ranji player brilliant logic..if he gets picked.. whats the point of these ranji games then? it was 4 yearssss agoo..notlast year or something..

Ok Dravid, Just answer this: What were Laxman's scores in the two Ranji matches before he played the Kotla test? Not even one half ton was scored by him in 4 innings, against a team of nobody. And what did he do at Kotla and Eden? You must be knowing that. Now, what were Ganguly's scores in the county matches and before that, Ranji matches, when he was called for the difficult tour of SA? He was repeatedly getting out in single digits against a team of nobodies. And what did he do ever since coming back? Do I need to tell you that? So, a good player doesn't become a bad one overnight. If Sehwag was scoring runs as an opener at the average of 50 odd, he definitely had class along with form. We should not waste a class player like that. I'm sure that if selectors had shown some faith in him in the longer version, he'd have been spanking the bowlers by now.

[Sooda]

Sehwag should have been there... Gambhir WJ on paper sounds like a good combo who complement each other. And Chopra did not score much but seeing off the new ball was a massive bonus. Each of them has a strong case. BUT has KKD done enough vs SA and Eng to keep his place- i think so- if anything batting conditions were harder in SA and he did ok. He deserves to open with WJ in Aus. Yuvraj dosent put pressue on the likes of VVS/ Saurav he keeps em on their toes...he has to be in the squad As for Bose/Kumar etc- trundlers who will be eaten alive. Bose really needs seaming conditions (as does Irfan) unlike them VRV bowls with pace(ish) and bounce. VRV> Bose and even Pathan IMHO. He bowled some genuinely good spells in SA w/o much luck.