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Quote from: JSRAW on February 21, 2022, 12:24:48 PM

If you have no idea about players or never follow test cricket in general even scorecard then stop making general comment. By making such comment, which has virtually no facts and far from reality, you're not adding anything in discussion and it might look like spam.

In last 3-4 years India did nothing in their middle order, in 99% matches Kohli-Rahane-Pujara. Only couple of match i remember when this trio didn't appear together was cause of injury issue or break. That's it. So no they didn't do any experiment with the middle order yet. Now they are moving on which is a good thing.

Don't forget India won 2 back to back series in Australia and atm leading series by 2-1 in England. They won everywhere except South Africa and NZ. Not to mention virtually undefeated at home, they lost only 2-3 series in last 20-22 years at home.

Indian Chief selector said that he requested all dropped players to play "Ranji Trophy" so that selectors can review there performance and fitness. This idicates the fact that Rehana and Pujara are dropped because of there decline in performance. Ajinkya Rahane has performed well in match between Mumbai and Saurashtra, he scored 129 and 91 in two innings while his team lost the game. While Pujara was out on duck but still his team won.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-2021-22-1280196/mumbai-vs-saurashtra-elite-group-d-1280414/full-scorecard

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Quote from: JSRAW on February 21, 2022, 12:24:48 PM

If you have no idea about players or never follow test cricket in general even scorecard then stop making general comment. By making such comment, which has virtually no facts and far from reality, you're not adding anything in discussion and it might look like spam.

In last 3-4 years India did nothing in their middle order, in 99% matches Kohli-Rahane-Pujara. Only couple of match i remember when this trio didn't appear together was cause of injury issue or break. That's it. So no they didn't do any experiment with the middle order yet. Now they are moving on which is a good thing.

Don't forget India won 2 back to back series in Australia and atm leading series by 2-1 in England. They won everywhere except South Africa and NZ. Not to mention virtually undefeated at home, they lost only 2-3 series in last 20-22 years at home.

Didn't India have a bad time with their top order? Didn't they give some players chances to prove themselves and they didn't live up to the expectation? Didn't they change the squad for the Sri Lankan series? I said everything based on these questions. I guess I was wrong, so thanks for pointing out the mistakes.

And unlike you, I don't wanna get aggressive. Seems like watching cricket is the meaning of your life but some of us have other work to do. And my advice is, instead of getting aggressive over some information, get a life.

I understand you are probably an Indian and for some reason, you don't like opposition but that's ok. maybe next time take one thing into consideration the other person is a human and he can also make mistakes, that's why we are coming here to discuss.

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If the youngsters perform in the upcoming series then it is end of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and they should hang their career. It is a fact that the career of Wriddhiman Saha is almost over once Rishabh Pant showcased his talent in the Test format and now it will be hard for him to make a return in the team unless Rishabh Pant is injured. Not sure about Ishant Sharma.

Correct now it's time for change and selectors done this on right time Pujara and Rahane already have their all chances, but sadly they completely fail to give some good performance specially after very poor lost against struggling South Africa it needs a change, and they have done now it's all on these youths they give their best for having some better for their future because it is very good opportunity for them and Pant is already in with his very good game.

I actually think that India gave enough chances to their players to prove themselves again but they have failed to do so. India absolutely struggled against South Africa and I think it's absolutely visible that they had below-average batting stats.

And I think they should be done experimenting with those players, because I don't think they are going to give any good results at the moment.

So, it's better to go with the best squad or give some newcomers a chance to prove themselves instead of them. About the selection, I will say that very well done by the selection committee.

If you have no idea about players or never follow test cricket in general even scorecard then stop making general comment. By making such comment, which has virtually no facts and far from reality, you're not adding anything in discussion and it might look like spam.

In last 3-4 years India did nothing in their middle order, in 99% matches Kohli-Rahane-Pujara. Only couple of match i remember when this trio didn't appear together was cause of injury issue or break. That's it. So no they didn't do any experiment with the middle order yet. Now they are moving on which is a good thing.

Don't forget India won 2 back to back series in Australia and atm leading series by 2-1 in England. They won everywhere except South Africa and NZ. Not to mention virtually undefeated at home, they lost only 2-3 series in last 20-22 years at home.

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If the youngsters perform in the upcoming series then it is end of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and they should hang their career. It is a fact that the career of Wriddhiman Saha is almost over once Rishabh Pant showcased his talent in the Test format and now it will be hard for him to make a return in the team unless Rishabh Pant is injured. Not sure about Ishant Sharma.

Correct now it's time for change and selectors done this on right time Pujara and Rahane already have their all chances, but sadly they completely fail to give some good performance specially after very poor lost against struggling South Africa it needs a change, and they have done now it's all on these youths they give their best for having some better for their future because it is very good opportunity for them and Pant is already in with his very good game.

I actually think that India gave enough chances to their players to prove themselves again but they have failed to do so. India absolutely struggled against South Africa and I think it's absolutely visible that they had below-average batting stats.

And I think they should be done experimenting with those players, because I don't think they are going to give any good results at the moment.

So, it's better to go with the best squad or give some newcomers a chance to prove themselves instead of them. About the selection, I will say that very well done by the selection committee.

Quote from: perfect999 on February 20, 2022, 03:48:08 PM

Ishant Sharma is also done his job even mostly he stays away due to his injuries but good thing he enters in legit club of 300+ wicket takes in test cricket it's big achievement from this tall bowlers now it's time for him to do some better instead of waiting for another call from selectors which is not coming in near future with very good number of young bowlers giving very good for team India.

I think Ishant Sharma is just old right now and Even though he is a great bowler I think there are better options than him. So, it Will not be logical to Play him instead of other young fast bowlers.

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Quote from: 7788bitcoin on February 20, 2022, 03:31:11 PM

If the youngsters perform in the upcoming series then it is end of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and they should hang their career. It is a fact that the career of Wriddhiman Saha is almost over once Rishabh Pant showcased his talent in the Test format and now it will be hard for him to make a return in the team unless Rishabh Pant is injured. Not sure about Ishant Sharma.

Its good to have backup in your team, this makes sense as player always take the game serious since he knows that he can be replaced if he wont performed. Pant performance in test is impressive, in his 48 innings he has scored 1735 with decent average. While Saha has scored 1352 runs in his 56 innings, don't know why Saha has been given too many chances.

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Quote from: 7788bitcoin on February 20, 2022, 03:31:11 PM

If the youngsters perform in the upcoming series then it is end of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and they should hang their career. It is a fact that the career of Wriddhiman Saha is almost over once Rishabh Pant showcased his talent in the Test format and now it will be hard for him to make a return in the team unless Rishabh Pant is injured. Not sure about Ishant Sharma.

Correct now it's time for change and selectors done this on right time Pujara and Rahane already have their all chances, but sadly they completely fail to give some good performance specially after very poor lost against struggling South Africa it needs a change, and they have done now it's all on these youths they give their best for having some better for their future because it is very good opportunity for them and Pant is already in with his very good game.

Ishant Sharma is also done his job even mostly he stays away due to his injuries but good thing he enters in legit club of 300+ wicket takes in test cricket it's big achievement from this tall bowlers now it's time for him to do some better instead of waiting for another call from selectors which is not coming in near future with very good number of young bowlers giving very good for team India.

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Quote from: mm2543363580 on February 20, 2022, 02:53:33 PM

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Everyone discussing exclusion of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. No one discussing the exclusion of Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha from the squad ?
Pujara last 10 innings score is 0, 47, 0, 22, 26, 61, 4, 91, 1, 45. So I think Sharma Ji has made right decision of excluding Pujara from the team. Both Pujara and Rahane must go back and play domestic cricket and try to regain there form.

If the youngsters perform in the upcoming series then it is end of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and they should hang their career. It is a fact that the career of Wriddhiman Saha is almost over once Rishabh Pant showcased his talent in the Test format and now it will be hard for him to make a return in the team unless Rishabh Pant is injured. Not sure about Ishant Sharma.

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Quote from: romero121 on February 20, 2022, 02:15:06 PM

Exclusion of Pujara and Rahane isn't a good decision. This time the selection criteria is much focused on the young players, so that next set of players can be kept active for the test squad. As in one of the quote it is said about the opportunity provided. Every player selected must be given good rope of chances, unlike the performance. Only then it is possible to find the right player. Pujara and Rahane used to give a good starting, if the new players doesn't perform well they could've been brought in. This will help handle unwanted opening pressure.

Everyone discussing exclusion of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. No one discussing the exclusion of Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha from the squad ?
Pujara last 10 innings score is 0, 47, 0, 22, 26, 61, 4, 91, 1, 45. So I think Sharma Ji has made right decision of excluding Pujara from the team. Both Pujara and Rahane must go back and play domestic cricket and try to regain there form.

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Quote from: romero121 on February 20, 2022, 02:15:06 PM

Exclusion of Pujara and Rahane isn't a good decision. This time the selection criteria is much focused on the young players, so that next set of players can be kept active for the test squad. As in one of the quote it is said about the opportunity provided. Every player selected must be given good rope of chances, unlike the performance. Only then it is possible to find the right player. Pujara and Rahane used to give a good starting, if the new players doesn't perform well they could've been brought in. This will help handle unwanted opening pressure.

I am not agreed with you here because it's fair choice from selectors as they already give enough chance to these both veteran players, and now it's very good time for others to have their chances in test matches and specially at home against team like Sri Lanka where they can give some good performance which will help selectors to have their better choice for next very important tour of Australia.

Even still have few concerns on few player's entry right now it's not good to comment about this all because sometimes it's happening all way many players and different strategies are works for selectors with the exclusion of Rahane and Pujara entry of Saurabh Kumar is also currently talk of town because it's not good and have no fair performance in last few matches lets watch how he has done here.

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Quote from: pakhitheboss on February 20, 2022, 04:19:03 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on February 19, 2022, 08:51:56 AM

^^ Point taken but hardly a early stage because points distribution system is based on match percentage, not series and also if we look at fixtures then Pakistan and SL are playing (5) majority of their series in subcontinent, which is favorable condition to them so one would expect them to perform well in subcontinent in comparison to SENA countries.

Indian squad for 2 test series against Sri Lanka

* Ashwin's selection will depend on his fitness, he's injured atm.
* Surprisingly India went with tested combination of Jaddu-Ash and Axar-Washi are left out from the squad so it seems pitches are going to be pace friendly, makes sense as Lankan's spinners are no dummy.

Thank God Pujara and Rahane have been excluded from the test squad. It is now official that Rohit Sharma will now be the test captain for India. Axar patel replacement is Saurabh Kumar, he is also a left arm spinner. He has been playing well in domestic cricket and that is why he was selected. Last I read Ashwin was still injured I am not sure why he was selected?

Exclusion of Pujara and Rahane isn't a good decision. This time the selection criteria is much focused on the young players, so that next set of players can be kept active for the test squad. As in one of the quote it is said about the opportunity provided. Every player selected must be given good rope of chances, unlike the performance. Only then it is possible to find the right player. Pujara and Rahane used to give a good starting, if the new players doesn't perform well they could've been brought in. This will help handle unwanted opening pressure.

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Quote from: pakhitheboss on February 20, 2022, 04:19:03 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on February 19, 2022, 08:51:56 AM

^^ Point taken but hardly a early stage because points distribution system is based on match percentage, not series and also if we look at fixtures then Pakistan and SL are playing (5) majority of their series in subcontinent, which is favorable condition to them so one would expect them to perform well in subcontinent in comparison to SENA countries.

Indian squad for 2 test series against Sri Lanka

* Ashwin's selection will depend on his fitness, he's injured atm.
* Surprisingly India went with tested combination of Jaddu-Ash and Axar-Washi are left out from the squad so it seems pitches are going to be pace friendly, makes sense as Lankan's spinners are no dummy.

Thank God Pujara and Rahane have been excluded from the test squad. It is now official that Rohit Sharma will now be the test captain for India. Axar patel replacement is Saurabh Kumar, he is also a left arm spinner. He has been playing well in domestic cricket and that is why he was selected. Last I read Ashwin was still injured I am not sure why he was selected?

Yeah their time is up, now not worried about middle order when playing at home but these young guys need to perform in overseas conditions too and they should be given long rope for that. If not then some selectors might try bringing Puji-Rahane back in the team and in such scenario it would look good choice for the Indian team.

Personally i don't mind if Pujara keep travelling with the team when they are playing in the Australia for BG Trophy cause he had good outing there. Meanwhile Rahane scored a century in Ranji recently.

Don't know much about Saurabh Kumar but i think pitches are going to assist pacer (one match is D/N) Spin track is reserved for SENA countries.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on February 19, 2022, 11:01:26 PM

For the first time I am hearing about Sourabh Kumar. Does this guy has an IPL contract? From his ESPN-Cricinfo profile, I could see that he was a part of two IPL franchises in the past - Rising Pune Supergiant and Punjab Kings. But from where this guy attracted the attention of the selectors? I just hope that he's not just another nepo product. And I checked his stats during the India A tour of South Africa. Picked up 4 wickets after conceding 233 runs, at an average of 58.25. What exactly impressed the selectors here?

From what you are saying is totally not in favour of this guy i.e.Saurabh Kumar. He is selected for test squad and these days selection for ODIs and test is all based on how well one is performing in T20 leagues.
But if you see his FC statistics then as an all-rounder he took 196 wickets in 82 innings and scored 1572 runs in 63 innings with 2 hundreds. I think he rightly deserves the chance.

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Quote from: JSRAW on February 19, 2022, 08:51:56 AM

^^ Point taken but hardly a early stage because points distribution system is based on match percentage, not series and also if we look at fixtures then Pakistan and SL are playing (5) majority of their series in subcontinent, which is favorable condition to them so one would expect them to perform well in subcontinent in comparison to SENA countries.

Indian squad for 2 test series against Sri Lanka

* Ashwin's selection will depend on his fitness, he's injured atm.
* Surprisingly India went with tested combination of Jaddu-Ash and Axar-Washi are left out from the squad so it seems pitches are going to be pace friendly, makes sense as Lankan's spinners are no dummy.

Thank God Pujara and Rahane have been excluded from the test squad. It is now official that Rohit Sharma will now be the test captain for India. Axar patel replacement is Saurabh Kumar, he is also a left arm spinner. He has been playing well in domestic cricket and that is why he was selected. Last I read Ashwin was still injured I am not sure why he was selected?

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This is the better choice for India, they are going to do quite well against Sri Lanka with this squad. And I also like that they went with experience over talent. At the moment I think that the experiment that they were doing are over and they are back to their best squad. I trust this squad to do great in the series.

If they had this team when they toured South Africa it would have been interesting, Sri Lanka is not a tough opponent to have a packed squad.

I don't think it's true.
Sri Lanka can also surprise sometimes. But, I think that India wants to show dominance in this series. Sri Lanka is going to have a hard time in this series. And I like this Indian squad a lot more.

Quote from: Sithara007 on February 19, 2022, 11:01:26 PM

For the first time I am hearing about Sourabh Kumar. Does this guy has an IPL contract? From his ESPN-Cricinfo profile, I could see that he was a part of two IPL franchises in the past - Rising Pune Supergiant and Punjab Kings. But from where this guy attracted the attention of the selectors? I just hope that he's not just another nepo product. And I checked his stats during the India A tour of South Africa. Picked up 4 wickets after conceding 233 runs, at an average of 58.25. What exactly impressed the selectors here?

They are just trying out new talents and seeing what they can achieve. Because I don't see any other reason. But one thing that could be the reason is that there are not many left-arm-leg spinners in the Indian team. And we all know how important wrist spinners can be nowadays. And his first-class stats are quite decent in my opinion. So I think they decided to give him a chance.

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Quote from: Emitdama on February 19, 2022, 04:55:50 PM

Most chances Pakistan is not going to play at the UAE because currently they are doing very good in PSL, and recently they have some better work out by PCB which is helping them for playing all series at home without any concern you guys are still licking these old things that New Zealand and England cancel their tours now this all is settled and these are going to play in Pakistan as currently 24 players from England are involved in PSL.

It means now they change their minds, and they are feeling sorry about their decision so in future we are going to have all home series in Pakistan just few crap mind peoples still having doubt about these tours but most chances these all will be clear in next few days.

This year is very important for PCB in terms of bringing international cricket back to home completely as Aussies after 22 years will be touring Pakistan in March after that ECB is coming in Sep Oct followed by CNZ in Dec. CNZ will come again in April 2023. If all these tours went successfully as scheduled then it's all clear for future cricket in Pakistan.

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For the first time I am hearing about Sourabh Kumar. Does this guy has an IPL contract? From his ESPN-Cricinfo profile, I could see that he was a part of two IPL franchises in the past - Rising Pune Supergiant and Punjab Kings. But from where this guy attracted the attention of the selectors? I just hope that he's not just another nepo product. And I checked his stats during the India A tour of South Africa. Picked up 4 wickets after conceding 233 runs, at an average of 58.25. What exactly impressed the selectors here?

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Quote from: Emitdama on February 19, 2022, 04:55:50 PM

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It means now they change their minds, and they are feeling sorry about their decision so in future we are going to have all home series in Pakistan just few crap mind peoples still having doubt about these tours but most chances these all will be clear in next few days.

Since players are happy to travel to Pakistan for the PSL they can travel with their national teams as well. Australia will be touring them and i am sure that tour will go ahead and the rest of the countries will follow that and hopefully we will not see any unfortunate incidents like they had in the past and they will have proper security safeguarding the players.

Quote from: S A KHAIR on February 19, 2022, 02:40:18 PM

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This is the better choice for India, they are going to do quite well against Sri Lanka with this squad. And I also like that they went with experience over talent. At the moment I think that the experiment that they were doing are over and they are back to their best squad. I trust this squad to do great in the series.

If they had this team when they toured South Africa it would have been interesting, Sri Lanka is not a tough opponent to have a packed squad.

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Quote from: mm2543363580 on February 19, 2022, 10:10:50 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on February 19, 2022, 08:51:56 AM

^^ Point taken but hardly a early stage because points distribution system is based on match percentage, not series and also if we look at fixtures then Pakistan and SL are playing (5) majority of their series in subcontinent, which is favorable condition to them so one would expect them to perform well in subcontinent in comparison to SENA countries.

As far as Pakistan is concerned they are trying to play series in Pakistan as not many countries are willing to travel to Pakistan. I don't think they have played much cricket in subcontinent as they never play with India and NZ along with ECB cancelled tour to Pakistan.

Most chances Pakistan is not going to play at the UAE because currently they are doing very good in PSL, and recently they have some better work out by PCB which is helping them for playing all series at home without any concern you guys are still licking these old things that New Zealand and England cancel their tours now this all is settled and these are going to play in Pakistan as currently 24 players from England are involved in PSL.

It means now they change their minds, and they are feeling sorry about their decision so in future we are going to have all home series in Pakistan just few crap mind peoples still having doubt about these tours but most chances these all will be clear in next few days.

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Quote from: JSRAW on February 19, 2022, 08:51:56 AM

Indian squad for 2 test series against Sri Lanka
* Ashwin's selection will depend on his fitness, he's injured atm.
* Surprisingly India went with tested combination of Jaddu-Ash and Axar-Washi are left out from the squad so it seems pitches are going to be pace friendly, makes sense as Lankan's spinners are no dummy.

This is the better choice for India, they are going to do quite well against Sri Lanka with this squad. And I also like that they went with experience over talent. At the moment I think that the experiment that they were doing are over and they are back to their best squad. I trust this squad to do great in the series.

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Quote from: Mr.Scott on February 19, 2022, 01:10:05 AM

The performance by South Africa was disappointing after their series victory over India. They were playing under difficult conditions. Home advantage is easy, away advantage is more difficult. Away umpires are also different from home umpires!

Home team always get some advantages, which is a normal thing in every game. But home team can't take the advantages always if their players are in bad form. New Zealand has won in the same way in this field against Bangladesh. But they had lost the previous test match against Bangladesh by showing very poor performance. Anyway, I believe that no-one was expecting such pathetic performance from team South Africa. Umpires always try their best to give fair decisions. Home umpires stays in much pressure than the away umpires.

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