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

[bharat297]

And seriously ... why in the world would Ganguly open in Tests? LOL

[Chandan]

No point in discussing the XI for Australia tour before at least the XVI are announced. And the chance of any of the MO order batsmen being moved to other batting position from their current position is absolutely zero.

[SachDan]

Now Parthiv Patel in with a chance.. as third opener!

[Laaloo]

VS. AUSTRALIA zaheer khan filtered 8 105 27 11.66 0 0 18 5/95 42.77 1 1 0 18 wkts in 8 matches agarkar filtered 9 104 44* 7.42 0 0 30 6/41 39.06 1 3 0 30 wkts in 9 matches

[chamatkar]

Actually, Agarkar has a better avg against Aus IN AUS, it's 7 matches and 27 wickets. But I think he's lost a great deal of his "pace" over the years to make an impact on this tour. A newbie is definitely worth more than Mr AA.

[Sachinism]

is agarkar related to anyone on the selection committee coz this guy gets back in the team constantly even though everyone knows he sucks

[guju24]

gambhir is a good choice but agarkar...camon cant u find better bowler then him...that ranade bose giving consistence performance in ranji....this is sucks big time...

[guju24]

is agarkar related to anyone on the selection committee coz this guy gets back in the team constantly even though everyone knows he sucks

vengsarkar...maratha sala.....bez him jaffar made his debut in one day series in south africa...this is the worst part abt indian selection committee who ever comes bring their region players...it should be like aus....perform and get ur place in the team...

[Sachinism]

gambhir is a good choice but agarkar...camon cant u find better bowler then him...that ranade bose giving consistence performance in ranji....this is sucks big time...

Bose does really deserve a chance, as you've pointed out he's consistently been performing well

[SachDan]

So its official. No Sehwag in OZ party! Aakaash Chopra looks like a certainity from the 24 probables picked. One last chance for KKD to be in the playing X1.

[Donny]

????? Did someone interrupt you, Dan ?

[The Outsider]

Any links? Source? Dan?

[chamatkar]

Yay! Better sense prevailed ...now how often does that happen in Indian cricket! Shwetabh ... here's the confirmation - http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indvpak/content/current/story/323852.html

[apocalypse]

i know it sounds stupid but take off parthiv patel and draft sehwag in probables

[talksport]

Seems very strange to announce probables for a Test Tour.....

[The Outsider]

Damn, more that the probables list it's the squad for the 3rd Test which is worrying :

Squad for 3rd Test against Pakistan Squad: Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, VRV Singh, Murali Kartik, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma.

No Zaheer, no Munaf, no RP Singh. VRV "pansy" Singh or Ishant "up and down" Sharma will be opening the bowling for us!!:banghead:

[The Outsider]

Seems very strange to announce probables for a Test Tour.....

They were supposed to have announced the squad today but decided to wait till after the third test. The chai, biscut, and samosas have to be justified in some way.

[Cricketics]

man really nice to see aaakash in the lost.. hope he is in the short list also once it is released sucks that sehwag isn't there

[Chandan]

24 probables for Australia tour Anil Kumble, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Sourav Ganguly,Aakash Chopra, Gautam Gambhir,Parthiv Patel RP Singh, Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan, VRV Singh, Pankaj Singh, Ishant Sharma, Ranadeb Bose, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, ------------------------------------- Sehwag not even in 24 probables? And is Sree ruled out of entire tour? What is the reason behind having 24 probables and not 25?

[Cricketics]

nice to have Gambhir and chopra in the list