What no Robin Uthappa?

[maggot_brain]

Not picked at all for the Australia tour. How come? I think we could do with him at least for the ODIs.

[Dravid]

its only tests mann

[maggot_brain]

What that's the squads for the tests, so there's a probability he'll go over for the ODIs?

[DesiChap]

It is the test team. RU will probably be in the squad for ODI's

[maggot_brain]

It is the test team. RU will probably be in the squad for ODI's

Phew, my mistake then!

[Dravid]

only tests... i dont think we will be playing odis there..

[Cricketics]

come on dravid man.. there is this regular schedule odi tri series there.. cwb series.. which has lanka as the third team.. its in feb-march so yes we will play odi's in aus

[Dravid]

o nvm December 2007 Thu 20 - Sat 22 11:00 local, 00:00 GMT Victoria v Indians Junction Oval, Melbourne Wed 26 - Sun 30 10:30 local, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Australia v India Melbourne Cricket Ground January 2008 Wed 2 - Sun 6 10:30 local, 23:30 GMT 2nd Test - Australia v India Sydney Cricket Ground Thu 10 - Sat 12 10:30 local, 23:30 GMT ACT Invitational XI v Indians Manuka Oval, Canberra Wed 16 - Sun 20 11:30 local, 02:30 GMT 3rd Test - Australia v India W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth Thu 24 - Mon 28 10:30 local, 00:00 GMT 4th Test - Australia v India Adelaide Oval February 2008 Fri 1 19:35 local, 08:35 GMT Only Twenty20 International - Australia v India Melbourne Cricket Ground Sun 3 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT Australia v India Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Tue 5 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT India v Sri Lanka Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Sun 10 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT Australia v India Melbourne Cricket Ground Tue 12 10:00 local, 23:00 GMT India v Sri Lanka Manuka Oval, Canberra Sun 17 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT Australia v India Adelaide Oval Tue 19 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT India v Sri Lanka Adelaide Oval Sun 24 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT Australia v India Sydney Cricket Ground Tue 26 10:00 local, 23:00 GMT India v Sri Lanka Bellerive Oval, Hobart March 2008 Sun 2 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT 1st Final - TBC v TBC Sydney Cricket Ground Tue 4 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT 2nd Final - TBC v TBC Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Fri 7 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT 3rd Final - TBC v TBC Adelaide Oval if required yea.. soodi squad will be different

[THX_1138]

wow... i just noticed something dravid: only one warm up match! unlike last time when we had two 4 day games, we might not have the opportunity to get properly aclimatized!

[Mandrake]

We do play the tri series but its tests first I guess

[dial_100]

Yeah.. one more thing... This is going to be last tri series in Aus.. They will stop these after our tour....

[Chaos]

i would really add uthappa in test squad. Hope his technique will get tighter cuz he pokes on the offside and also has big shuffle.

[fineleg]

i would really add uthappa in test squad. Hope his technique will get tighter cuz he pokes on the offside and also has big shuffle.

Even YS (who is yuseless in tests) will play Test match better than RU :hysterical: RU is very good for ODIs at #6 or #7 - but to play RU in tests? :hahaha:

[bharat297]

wow... i just noticed something dravid: only one warm up match! unlike last time when we had two 4 day games' date=' we might not have the opportunity to get properly aclimatized![/quote'] I have been mentioning this for weeks and weeks now, and nearly everyone on this forum has argued with me and said that it wont be a concern. What is worse is that unlike 4 years ago, the warm ups arent even on the Test pitches. We play 1 warm up game on Junction Oval, Melbourne.

[Chandan]

I have been mentioning this for weeks and weeks now' date=' and [b']nearly everyone on this forum has argued with me and said that it wont be a concern. What is worse is that unlike 4 years ago, the warm ups arent even on the Test pitches. We play 1 warm up game on Junction Oval, Melbourne.

That is not true. I know that just one 3-day match prior to the test series is too little and everyone knows that too. Ideally we play 2 tour matches before the tests start in every series. And Dravid as captain had been banging on this even before leaving for England. One more thing: When we had the tour match at MCG in 03-04, it was on a different pitch because we had a new drop-in pitch for the 3rd test match. At Brisbane we had played at Allan Border Ground, not Gabba, if I remember correctly.

[bharat297]

Yea I feel we could and should have done something about it too