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[PM7]

Bit harsh Yash but hey it's a bad time for all Indian supporters!

[yvk3103]

Bit harsh Yash but hey it's a bad time for all Indian supporters!

Well they have made a mockery of themselves and the selectors have not helped.

I am amazed why no changes were not made for the 4th test to give some younger guys like Rohit Sharma a taste of test match cricket.

Also given the decent performance Irfan Pathan put in the series with WI, he was not picked instead of Vinay Kumar. He is a better swing bowler and a better bat.

Also the squad / team selection raises a lot of questions on the selection policy and MSD's more favourable approach to some cricketers (like Raina, Vinay Kumar etc.)

Problem is not the lack of talent. The problem is short-term views, lack of grooming and personal egos being put ahead of anything else.

[langer17]

Saha looks a much better keeper than Dohni does.

[tushar sehgal]

Well they have made a mockery of themselves and the selectors have not helped.

I am amazed why no changes were not made for the 4th test to give some younger guys like Rohit Sharma a taste of test match cricket.

Also given the decent performance Irfan Pathan put in the series with WI, he was not picked instead of Vinay Kumar. He is a better swing bowler and a better bat.

Also the squad / team selection raises a lot of questions on the selection policy and MSD's more favourable approach to some cricketers (like Raina, Vinay Kumar etc.)

Problem is not the lack of talent. The problem is short-term views, lack of grooming and personal egos being put ahead of anything else.

Spot on

[basket case]

Think Virat Kohli has finally arrived as a Test player. In the long run I believe he should be the Indian Test captain, once the old man squad is retired off. Kohli was a fine captain at u19 level.

[awp]

Marsh may have been unlucky this time, but he is obviously very short on confidence and needs to get that. And he's unlikely to get confidence and get back on decent form at International level.
I'd tend to bring in Khawaja at 3 really?

That would be not a good idea, Marsh does need to find his mojo, but is far superior in tallent & technique to Usman. May be a moot point as Watson will need to squeeze in somewhere, #3 may be the spot.

[basket case]

That would be not a good idea, Marsh does need to find his mojo, but is far superior in tallent & technique to Usman. May be a moot point as Watson will need to squeeze in somewhere, #3 may be the spot.

In 11 years of Shield cricket, Marsh has scores only 7 hundreds with an average below 40. Khawaja is more gifted and his Shield record is much superior, an average of 53.

[awp]

Think Virat Kohli has finally arrived as a Test player. In the long run I believe he should be the Indian Test captain, once the old man squad is retired off. Kohli was a fine captain at u19 level.

He's a very good player, I've always thought so, I enjoyed his batting. Indians desperately need to get Sharma into the batting order. Saha is a much better glove man than Dhoni, and a better technique also.

[awp]

In 11 years of Shield cricket, Marsh has scores only 7 hundreds with an average below 40. Khawaja is more gifted and his Shield record is much superior, an average of 53.

11 years goes back to his late teens, you're a joke if you compare
Marsh & Usman. I take it you have other motives. There's more to being a
Test player than your shield average.

[Cover_Drive]

Top post by Yash, I was looking forward in seeing Rohit Sharma for 4th Test, I would have dropped VVS Laxman and brought Rohit Sharma. In my opinion there was nothing to lose if Sharma was played because its not that Laxman is scoring centuries after centuries so even a pair of Sharma would have not affected India much in my opinion.

I was expecting Zaheer Khan to do well on this tour but he didn't, hats of to Umesh Yadav despite his inconsistent bowling I would say that young man had a good series.

[Cover_Drive]

11 years goes back to his late teens, you're a joke if you compare
Marsh & Usman. I take it you have other motives. There's more to being a
Test player than your shield average.

I find Usman to have a brilliant technique? No? The shots he plays are brilliant and his timing is superb as well!

Plus e41 is better than Evo

[basket case]

11 years goes back to his late teens, you're a joke if you compare
Marsh & Usman. I take it you have other motives. There's more to being a
Test player than your shield average.

Playing well at state level is how you getted selected for the National side. Marsh is very inconsistent. Khawaja has proven, at state level, he's very consistent.

[basket case]

Top post by Yash, I was looking forward in seeing Rohit Sharma for 4th Test, I would have dropped VVS Laxman and brought Rohit Sharma. In my opinion there was nothing to lose if Sharma was played because its not that Laxman is scoring centuries after centuries so even a pair of Sharma would have not affected India much in my opinion.

I was expecting Zaheer Khan to do well on this tour but he didn't, hats of to Umesh Yadav despite his inconsistent bowling I would say that young man had a good series.

India's next 6 Tests are against Sri Lanka away and New Zealand at home in 6-7 months time. If guys like Rohit, Pujara, Kohli and Rahane aren't all in the team for those 6 Tests it will be beyond a joke.

[langer17]

I find Usman to have a brilliant technique? No? The shots he plays are brilliant and his timing is superb as well!

Plus e41 is better than Evo

Khawaja seems to bat differently in test cricket than he does in shield cricket. He is more aggressive when he plays shield, but he seems to go into his shell in test cricket.

He will get another crack as he got starts in almost all of his games, but just couldn't convert. His time will come.

Marsh will go back to Shield cricket for the rest of the year and look to finish the season very strongly.

[Jord030994]

Think Virat Kohli has finally arrived as a Test player. In the long run I believe he should be the Indian Test captain, once the old man squad is retired off. Kohli was a fine captain at u19 level.

Cant see that happening. Think his attitude is poor. Seems quite arrogant