Test cricket is back, and so is this blog.
Actually, it is quite interesting this time, as Sehwag & Gambhir may both miss the WI tour, and possibly the England tour as well. So who are the 8 batsman that will make the squad.
The locks, IMO are:Vijay, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman (Vijay is the only opener around with some Test experience).
The selectors need to pick another opener, a middle order player, and two backup batsmen. Who do you think those will be? With Dravid's newfound fragility, Tendulkar could we walking in by the 15th over,
most often that not this series...
Composition: 8 batsmen, 5 pacers, 2 spinners, 1 keeper plus one more backup (either a keeper or spinner).
Who are the openers who did well in the Ranji? Could a discard like Dinesh Karthik (backup keeper and opener), Wasim Jaffer, or even Parthiv Patel (who opened once) make his way back into the squad? Young Mukund impressed the heck out of me when I saw him in the Iranis.
Meanwhile the middle order swells with contenders, including the incumbents, Pujara and Raina, and re-discovered Yuvraj and Badrinath, plus the brightest young star on the Indian firmament, Mr. Tough-as-Nails himself, Virat Kohli. At most 3 of them will be picked, and likely it should only be two, with one of the reserve bats being another opener...
Its not going to be an easy job, but hopefully we don't see any total surprises (ala Unadkat) in the squad...
Bharat
Actually, it is quite interesting this time, as Sehwag & Gambhir may both miss the WI tour, and possibly the England tour as well. So who are the 8 batsman that will make the squad.
The locks, IMO are:Vijay, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman (Vijay is the only opener around with some Test experience).
The selectors need to pick another opener, a middle order player, and two backup batsmen. Who do you think those will be? With Dravid's newfound fragility, Tendulkar could we walking in by the 15th over,
most often that not this series...
Composition: 8 batsmen, 5 pacers, 2 spinners, 1 keeper plus one more backup (either a keeper or spinner).
Who are the openers who did well in the Ranji? Could a discard like Dinesh Karthik (backup keeper and opener), Wasim Jaffer, or even Parthiv Patel (who opened once) make his way back into the squad? Young Mukund impressed the heck out of me when I saw him in the Iranis.
Meanwhile the middle order swells with contenders, including the incumbents, Pujara and Raina, and re-discovered Yuvraj and Badrinath, plus the brightest young star on the Indian firmament, Mr. Tough-as-Nails himself, Virat Kohli. At most 3 of them will be picked, and likely it should only be two, with one of the reserve bats being another opener...
Its not going to be an easy job, but hopefully we don't see any total surprises (ala Unadkat) in the squad...
Bharat
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