Singh out, Sharma in

[manoj_admlab]

Spinner left out on MCG green top for fast youngster http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22971910-2882,00.html

[Laaloo]

:finger::finger: PONTING :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[zubinpepsi]

hope Ishant does justice to his selection...

[siddhu]

:finger::finger: PONTING :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

thats exactly what i am afraid off. Bhajji is must to nullify ponting...

[Laaloo]

^^ Ricky Ponting (!?) feels Ishant Sharma will not play! But Kumble is keeping options open between IS and HS.

[fineleg]

thats exactly what i am afraid off. Bhajji is must to nullify ponting...

Bhajji aint nullifying nobody. Ponting will take HS to cleaners at MCG if he plays.

[Guest Hiten.]

lets see how Ishant flares

[Cricketics]

so pathan is not playing.. i thought our pace attack would be - pathan, zaheer and r.p anwayz, hope Ishant does something good for India come on ISHANT SHARMA

[Chaos]

its a shame that ponting is torturing poor bowling attacks like this.

[apocalypse]

why is pathan not playing

[fineleg]

why is pathan not playing

I wish Irfan Pathan plays instead of Ishant Sharma. All left armers is a drawback. But still, IKP should play. He has the experience. A rookie like Ishant Sharma against Aus is a very very risky move.

[guju24]

seems like condition might support ishant...bez of his height chances for good bounce and good pace...it will be good contest for him...good luck ISHANT

[ludhianvi]

they opted for a right hander its seems. All pace attack of lefties prolly went against pathan. But we do weaken our batting without pathan.

[chamatkar]

they opted for a right hander its seems. All pace attack of lefties prolly went against pathan. But we do weaken our batting without pathan.

Yaar, it's not so bad right now, that we have to rely on Pathan to "strengthen" our batting. I'm supportive of IS instead of HS.. Aussie pitches are rarely two spinner (forgive me Kumble for calling you one) pitches.

[MundaPakistani]

good selection- hope he does well.

[HouMac]

Another good decision. Harbhajan stopped being a Test level bowler a long time ago. Might as well go with the inexperienced but promising Ishant!

[flamy]

is the 12th man allowed to bowl nowadays? :hatsoff:

[Chaos]

is the 12th man allowed to bowl nowadays? :hatsoff:

i hope so :(, so we can send bhajji in for a rest.

[Laaloo]

according to shastri They would have been tempted to go in with the extra seamer, but I thought they did the right thing by going in with their four best bowlers who could take 20 wickets. harbhajan is our 4th best bowler even ahead of pathan :-S