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20 minutes ago, silentassassin said:

Man, MS deserves a send off..

I really really hope he doesn't retire..
Even i read the tweets yestday.. 

He should be allowed to bat at middle order before he calls it a day..

 

Even if he has decided, the man deserves a send off for sure.. 

absolutely no doubt about it, he is more deserving then many before him, though i really think with the fast pad game, he has any space left in the team. You need players who can get going from bal one and not likes of sharma and dhobi. ngland is becoming such a strong team because of this.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who "aggravated a lower back condition" in the third ODI against England on Tuesday, will be assessed by the BCCI medical team and a decision on his inclusion will be made soon,
 
Damn.. Need him desperately. 
Else we will be depending on Ishant to spearhead the attack :panic:
 
If he was not 100 % fit, there was no point playing him and risking it yesterday :doh: 
 
I don't want him to play if he plays like yesterday. No point wasting a spot. Rather give it to yadav. He is erratic but will give his all. I hope warm up game gets bhuvi in rhythm. Also Shami back is good for us though his state of mind is still dubious.

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India squad for first three Tests: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur.

 

Pant gets the test call..No place for Rohit..Nice..

 

Hope all good things to DK, hopefully he makes the stamp for his WK position in the test squad...

 

Also about Dhoni retiring rumors, I too wish he gets a grand send off, but I doubt he is such a person to do so..But people within might be cautious about his movements with the type of retirement announcement he did for test format which no one had a clue about..

 

And I was thinking of Dhoni innings pace , the way he approaches the innings and all , and how he was when playing for CSK made me think maybe its Shastri's call to make him hold the innings till the end.. Who knows what happens behind the scenes.. But the way the team is being carried isnt good for the team at all...Thats the reason I dont want Pant joining now, gets into the pressure and loses his wicket unlike his IPL where captain of the team was similar age category to his..That freedom to go after needs to be given as people are gonna be cautious to do only what the management says to hold their place..

 

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My starting 11 for first test irrespective of what happens in the warm up game prior to it..

Vijay
Dhawan
Pujara
Kohli
Rahane
Kartik
Ashwin
Jadeja
Shami
U Yadav
Ishant

Rahane and Pujara over Rahul as they have good experience batting overseas and more or less usually do well. If they want Rahul then make Rahane sit out for couple of matches.

Kuldeep maybe for Umesh if the pitch assists spinners more which I doubt it will if we go traditionally.

Pandya shouldn't be included. He brings nothing as seen in SA. We need proper specialists at all positions not bits and pieces players who think they are an all rounder. Plus with this line up we get a tail which can at least hang around for sometime. Hope Kohli/Shastri combo do the right thing this time otherwise hopes for a series win in tests ain't great.

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Rahane is VC so making him sit out isnt gonna happen just like that, but I like that team.. Though would like to add in Kuldeep, as I would love to see a Chinaman for test and he was great at deceiving the batsman in the T20 and ODIs..

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22 minutes ago, funnyadit said:

Rahane is VC so making him sit out isnt gonna happen just like that, but I like that team.. Though would like to add in Kuldeep, as I would love to see a Chinaman for test and he was great at deceiving the batsman in the T20 and ODIs..

It did happen in SA, but I would probably drop Dhawan and draft rahul, dhawan is playing lazy cricket, and taking his place for granted. 

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2 minutes ago, AtheK said:

It did happen in SA

Yeah but now he is more confident than at that time..I am talking about Kuldeep here..

 

Were you talking about Kuldeep or Rahane?

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Yeah but now he is more confident than at that time..
Well somehow I find him always nervous, not sure why, but yes he should definitely play first two tests, if he fails the maybe give rahul a look in.

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Rahane is VC so making him sit out isnt gonna happen just like that, but I like that team.. Though would like to add in Kuldeep, as I would love to see a Chinaman for test and he was great at deceiving the batsman in the T20 and ODIs..

I believe Rahane has been dropped before inspite of being VC. Can't remember which series. But, I will play him for couple of matches at first. Kuldeep can come in for Jadeja but then will Kohli make that bold a decision, I doubt.
It did happen in SA, but I would probably drop Dhawan and draft rahul, dhawan is playing lazy cricket, and taking his place for granted. 
Same. But, dhawan will play cos of his closeness with Kohli and being a left hander. Isn't that the excuse Team management gave for playing Raina over Rahul. If he fails in first 2 then replace him with Rahul. Personally, I don't mind dhawan, he gets in he scores quick and creates pressure on bowling side. Though Rahul may do the same. Lesse.

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Lets see how it goes.. In the recent India A match only Rahane and Pant have scored...Again with the slow paced innings.. Its fine if he is able to keep his wickets but he gets out in the process.Having a technique is one thing but when ball is doing something best is to be on non striker's end...

 

https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/20345/enga-vs-inda-only-unofficial-test-india-a-tour-of-england-2018

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1 minute ago, AtheK said:

Well somehow I find him always nervous, not sure why, but yes he should definitely play first two tests, if he fails the maybe give rahul a look in.

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Oh about Rahane then..Yeah my biggest issue with him is that he doesnt think of rotating strike which Dhawan wants to do every ball..That itself can take pressure off you..

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1 hour ago, harsh1387 said:

He is a good keeper but nothing great with bat. I will take Kartik over him anyday or groom Pant as well.

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Ya entire career spent under shadows of Dhoni, ya they should groom pant now. 

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We have no shortage of wicket keeper batsmen now.

Pant, Ishaan Kishan , Sanju Samson, we have plenty of options..

 

Rahul should play in the tests and i believe he will.

Dhawan has been sitting duck in overseas conditions. Rahul must surely open with Vijay.

Rahul actually has been great as opener, unfortunately he got injured and lost his place..

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  • 11 months later...

Damn Agree !! It was like something  lost for a long time !! Let's gear up for tomorrow

 

Wait a minute, Have we lost posts of more than year ??? I see all posts showing 2018 July ?

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52 minutes ago, Assassins Creed said:

Damn Agree !! It was like something  lost for a long time !! Let's gear up for tomorrow

 

Wait a minute, Have we lost posts of more than year ??? I see all posts showing 2018 July ?

 

Yes, looks like we have been sent back to the middle of last year! I think there was no backup done of posts by the site moderators and admins here thus this has happened. Sad.

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7 minutes ago, silentassassin said:

We missed IVG around crucial stage of the WC lol

 

Atleast we are back for sf and finals..

 

Really missed the posts and discussions here.

Glad that IVG is alive again and we can all get back here for the SF and big Final! The road so far has been sweet.

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