India A team/ Pujara Captain/Mithun Back/ Umesh included

[vayuu1]

Ojha 3 of 63

[vayuu1]

India 88/4 in 49 overs

[vishalvirsingh]

is the match on tv

[vayuu1]

Don't know, even if it is who would bother to watch this borefest.

[The Realist]

First the tour to Zimbabwe and now this... The lack of any depth whatsoever is both a disgrace and embarrassing - it seems a nation of 1.2 billion people has around 15 players suitable for international cricket and that's it :facepalm: Getting out to journeymen like O'Keefe :facepalm: Scoring at less than 2 runs an over at home :facepalm: Just looking like minnows with zero depth :facepalm:

[Ironhide]

is the match on tv

Not on TV. only the 50 over games are supposed to be televised from August 7th.

[Lannister]

India 135-all out :giggle:

[Lannister]

in helpful conditions even mediocre bowlers become great.

No, in helpful conditions for bowlers our mediocre batting gets exposed like the one you are seeing now.

[The Realist]

Has the lack of depth ever been this bad in recent times? Tail blown away as usual Pitiful performance all round

[G_B_]

I guess this backs up the Indian selectors for not selecting the likes of Shreyas Iyer to the Indian side in Zim. Looking at how Sandeep Sharma performed on that tour, randomly chucking youngsters is not the way forward.

[adi B]

We should bundle them out inside 200 tomorrow

[Austin 3:!6]

I guess this backs up the Indian selectors for not selecting the likes of Shreyas Iyer to the Indian side in Zim. Looking at how Sandeep Sharma performed on that tour, randomly chucking youngsters is not the way forward.

True. And also :facepalm: to Kohli and Chepu

[G_B_]

and thats not to say Iyer should not be tried. But let him have a few seasons. We had this situation with Vijay Zol who was tried in the A team and is now grinding it out in domestic cricket. If Iyer can consistently perform for a few seasons by all means. The same with Hooda. The guy has a purple patch for RR and people want Jadeja out. The likes of Raina, Kohli etc are quite young already. Lokesh Rahul is quite young and has done it for a few seasons. On the whole India have a young test T20 and ODI side with not many players who are regulars (MSD, Binny etc) who are above 30 years old. Hold on with the "give youth a chance" chants.

[diga]

and thats not to say Iyer should not be tried. But let him have a few seasons. We had this situation with Vijay Zol who was tried in the A team and is now grinding it out in domestic cricket. If Iyer can consistently perform for a few seasons by all means. The same with Hooda. The guy has a purple patch for RR and people want Jadeja out. The likes of Raina, Kohli etc are quite young already. Lokesh Rahul is quite young and has done it for a few seasons. On the whole India have a young test T20 and ODI side with not many players who are regulars (MSD, Binny etc) who are above 30 years old. Hold on with the "give youth a chance" chants.

if not for Rahul's 90 odd last test, we would have been in similar situation in the last match too..shows the worth of an opener batting through

[BlueBee]

Kohli :haha: :((

[BlueBee]

What has the world come to? Aus A dominating us in India. :haha:

[tweaker]

Australlia A 110/0 in 33 overs, Bancroft 65 Khawaja 33 r.r 3.32

[tweaker]

What a pathetic perfomance by the A side.First the batsman ,now the bowlers.If the Aussies can adapt to the pitch so fast ,why cant our players who are used to such conditions.

[tweaker]

We were overhelmed by the appointment of,Rahul Dravid as coach,but there is a huge difference between a great player & good coach.

[Insidious]

We were overhelmed by the appointment of' date='Rahul Dravid as coach,but there is a huge difference between a great player & good coach.[/quote'] Coaching needs time. He doesn't have a magic wand or something.