Team Selection today. Make your Predictions

[Shamim.Miah]

Any idea why Manish Pandey doesn't get into Indian test Squad?

Has first class average 50+ with strike rate 64+! that is really good stats.

Would be a good middle/lower order batsman having that aggressive approach.

[Bigg Brother]

What good Dhawan has done not to be discarded??

[bihutoli]

I recall Rahane being kept out of the India playing eleven/squad to accommodate Yuvraj/Raina etc. Seeing the same thing happening here with Manish Pandey. Can't fault Rohit Sharma here though, he's done all he can to prove that he is unsuitable for tests. 

[Bigg Brother]

This is plain non sense..As long as Ashwin Jadeja is there,India is safe at home.What is the use of this domestic series before home season?Dhawan and Rohit both got out of the most ugly way in the match.Why not Mukund if Gambhir is not in your future plan?

[Bigg Brother]

This is plain non sense..As long as Ashwin Jadeja is there,India is safe at home.What is the use of this domestic series before home season?Dhawan and Rohit both got out of the most ugly way in the match.Why not Mukund if Gambhir is not in your future plan?

[sourab10forever]

And binny is the top run getter for IND-RED...lol at the irony.

[Tibarn]

I think Shami and Ishant are going to have the pacer slots locked up, so hopefully Umesh and Bhuvi can get released for Ranji matches rather than carrying drinks. Don't see why we picked 4 pacers when the most we will play is 2. 

[Laaloo]

Damn Mishra makes the cut. He is awful.

[MCcricket]

Selectors these one especially are retards, clowns , imbeciles, loosers, same squad , Dhawan, Rohit, no Pandey, K Yadav no team squad development loosers, that is the essence team selection should always be about good players n grooming one or two potentially good ones here no one for a year

[Bigg Brother]

This is plain non sense..As long as Ashwin Jadeja is there,India is safe at home.What is the use of this domestic series before home season?Dhawan and Rohit both got out of ugliest way in the match.Why not Mukund if Gambhir is not in your future plan?

[Laaloo]

Patil also hinted at handing Rohit Sharma the chance to establish himself in the longer format of the game by providing him with opportunities.

"Rohit (Sharma) is a fabulous player but he hasn't got a longer run in Tests cricket. He has been picked for one Test and then rested an entire season and again picked. So the selection committee, along with coach and captain, have decided that whoever would be picked will be given a fair amount of chances," Patil said while addressing the media after the squad selection

 

 

 

 

Disturbing. What does he see that we can't see?

[Mosher]

30 minutes ago, laaloo said:

Patil also hinted at handing Rohit Sharma the chance to establish himself in the longer format of the game by providing him with opportunities.

"Rohit (Sharma) is a fabulous player but he hasn't got a longer run in Tests cricket. He has been picked for one Test and then rested an entire season and again picked. So the selection committee, along with coach and captain, have decided that whoever would be picked will be given a fair amount of chances," Patil said while addressing the media after the squad selection

 

 

 

 

Disturbing. What does he see that we can't see?

Will other players too get the same longer run or is this only reserved for favorites like Rohit and Ishant  

[Vilander]

Talented Rohit is suited to play in India, i expect him to score a 400 in one of these tests. We can expect lots of  Runs in India , may be a few double centuries, he will certainly cement his place on away tours and score 200-300 aggregate in the 15 odd away tests and will be back in India to repeat the cycle. Good luck Rohit, class(lkg,ukg level) playa.

[Lannister]

The same ol' faces 

 

[express bowling]

55 minutes ago, Mosher said:

Will other players too get the same longer run or is this only reserved for favorites like Rohit and Ishant  

 

When a player has specific and identifiable  problems which is stopping him from succeeding in international cricket then the best approach is to  help him solve those problems in the nets and in FC matches.  Just giving him more chances in international matches does not help  either the country or the individual in question...because he is going to keep on being inconsistent, or even fail completely, because of the unresolved problems.

 

This is a point that our cricket fraternity does not seem to understand properly.

 

Rohit Sharma, getting repeated chances in test matches, is a prime example of this issue.  

[beetle]

Seriously....who has Pandey pissed off to be treated like this?

[Ankit_sharma03]

What the hell just happened,same old crap. For me 2 basic blunders picking mishra n rohit and not selecting pandey n kuldeep. 

 

1. Kuldeep over mishra- Get over mishra, the guy is just an avg bowler with no future. I dont expect him to take responsibility when ashwin is injured as main bowler. Neither as a leg spinner he has been that threatning. Play him at home he might take wkts when he travels to overseas he ll be same below avg bowler. Mishra should play domestic as domestic needs some good bowlers. 

This is the best chance to blood in kuldeep. He would get to play on doctored pitches against batsman of NZ,aus n ENg and this would be ideal. He will learn more playing under kumble n being on grpund with ashwin rather playing for UP with chawla n Raina. His style of bowling can help wrap the tail easily and also after playing jadeja n ashwin handeling him would be a problem. Being a wrist spinner he could also be horse for so there is future in him. 

 

2. Pandey over Rohit- What wrong has pandey done. Performed when given a chance. He can also change the game in a session.

 

Let me 1st come to what Sandeep patel said- "Rohit (Sharma) is a fabulous player but he hasn't got a longer run in Tests cricket. He has been picked for one Test and then rested an entire season and again picked. So the selection committee, along with coach and captain, have decided that whoever would be picked will be given a fair amount of chances," 

 

 

What dellusional world does Sandeep patil live in and why didnt any reporter counter questioned him. What a piece of crap that excuse was. 

Rohit played in SA, NZ all games and dropped in Eng and then he Played 3 out of 4 games in Aus, BAng & SL all games, SA series- 2 games. 

 

So When on earth has he played one game and dropped for a SEASON.....like really the word he used SEASON. Does he know what season means. IF that was the stupid excuse why was Binny dropped. 

 

How Many chances does the KATRINA KAIF of batting would get. Batting in test and ODi are two diff thing. Look at the recent example of Alex hales in ENg pak test n odi series or take Guptill. Take yuvraj singh's example. 

Rohit Sharma isnt with all talent but the cost of word talent he has been gifted enough chances. 

 

This pattern is getting annoying now- Rohit fails and gets dropped so that his failure dont last long , then given chance he plays one innings in 10 and dropped and on basis of one innings he plays 10 more games. In the end its said he hasnt been given a proper chance. Tell that to Kl rahul who has shown how to grab a chance.

 

Has Indian Team selection become all about giving chances in Charity , What happened to grabbing the chances thing. If so forget the word domination in world cricket forever.

[diga]

conspiracy theory: Anyone else than Rohit from Mumbai Indians franchise? earlier it was zonal, now it looks to be an exercise in distributing the India caps to all the franchises

[express bowling]

20 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

Let me 1st come to what Sandeep patel said- "Rohit (Sharma) is a fabulous player but he hasn't got a longer run in Tests cricket. He has been picked for one Test and then rested an entire season and again picked. So the selection committee, along with coach and captain, have decided that whoever would be picked will be given a fair amount of chances," 

 

 

What dellusional world does Sandeep patil live in and why didnt any reporter counter questioned him. What a piece of crap that excuse was. 

Rohit played in SA, NZ all games and dropped in Eng and then he Played 3 out of 4 games in Aus, BAng & SL all games, SA series- 2 games. 

 

So When on earth has he played one game and dropped for a SEASON.....like really the word he used SEASON. Does he know what season means. IF that was the stupid excuse why was Binny dropped. 

 

 

 

You are right.  This is a list of Rohit Sharma's test matches

 

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/34102.html?class=1;template=results;type=allround;view=match

 

 

Match by match list

Bat1	Bat2	Runs	Wkts	Conc	Ct	St		Opposition	Ground	Start Date
177	-	177	-	-	1	0		v West Indies	Kolkata	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
111*	-	111	-	-	2	0		v West Indies	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013	Test # 2102
14	6	20	-	-	1	0		v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
0	25	25	0	39	0	0		v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
72	19	91	0	15	2	0		v New Zealand	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
0	31*	31	0	40	2	0		v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
28	6	34	1	58	0	0		v England	Southampton	27 Jul 2014	Test # 2132
43	6	49	1	35	1	0		v Australia	Adelaide	9 Dec 2014	Test # 2148
32	0	32	0	10	1	0		v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2149
53	39	92	-	-	0	0		v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 2015	Test # 2156
6	-	6	-	-	3	0		v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015	Test # 2165
9	4	13	-	-	2	0		v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
79	34	113	-	-	0	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
26	50	76	-	-	1	0		v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
2	23	25	-	-	1	0		v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
1	0	1	-	-	0	0		v South Africa	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
9	41	50	-	-	2	0		v West Indies	Gros Islet	9 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
TDNB	-	-	-	-	1	0		v West Indies	Port of Spain	18 Aug 2016	Test # 2218

 

 

 

Mr. Patil should check his facts before making statements to the press.  Then again....he never fails to disappoint.

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Mr. Patil should check his facts before making statements to the press.  Then again....he never fails to disappoint.

What wrong with most sports reporter and all who just didnt have the right knowledge to ask the ques. All they care is to find a headline that is any senior who is past their expiry date has made a comeback or the captains are against seniors. 

 

2 hours ago, Vilander said:

Talented Rohit is suited to play in India, i expect him to score a 400 in one of these tests. We can expect lots of  Runs in India , may be a few double centuries, he will certainly cement his place on away tours and score 200-300 aggregate in the 15 odd away tests and will be back in India to repeat the cycle. Good luck Rohit, class(lkg,ukg level) playa.

400 in one test at home......

Going by the last few series in India these pitches test batsman more than any now. Any testing pitch demands proper game and pateince. The guy lacks all. 

Got out on 30 when he was set in duleep trophy on such patta, if shot making was the only criteria to score 300-400 well we should also include yusuf , yuvraj n hardik