***Official*** Kitply Cup (India and Pakistan in Bangladesh)

[Nate]

Gonehhhhhh.

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

Is this just for the sake of blooding new players or do you think Gony is better than Pathan, Sree and co?

14 wickets from 14 ipl matches for Gony.....
not the gr8est of performance......

how can he match the experience of Pathan.......?????????

 

[duffer]

He has a long long way to go before he gets nywhere near the Indian ODI outfit...i know India recently beat the the Aussies with a young team,but this is really pushing it to the limits..one should not get carried away

Agree with this. Kohli is a magnificent talent but has done very little above the U-19 level. Raina and Badri are both miles above him at this moment in time. Hell, I'd even have Asnodkar ahead of him in that list too, his FC and especially his List A records give him more credibility too.

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

Agree with this. Kohli is a magnificent talent but has done very little above the U-19 level. Raina and Badri are both miles above him at this moment in time. Hell, I'd even have Asnodkar ahead of him in that list too, his FC and especially his List A records give him more credibility too.

indian selectors may not consider Badrinath due to his age....

that's their old habbit....

 

[NUFAN]

Bangladesh for the win.

 

[Lambu]

you know, I would but I think Dhoni cannot blast away from ball one... But he has still got more hitting ability than perhaps most guys in our team. So playing him lesser than 5, esp. if the top 4 bat true to form and ability, would be almost like wasting him. I don't mind Badri or Raina or even Nayyar at 6 though.

But you need a finisher at no.6 which is currently being played by Utthapa who no doubt will face the axe soon.You can't have touch players like Raina and badri coming in at 6.If i was to have my way i would do what we did in the CB series..push the newbies up the order and keep Yuvi and MSD at 5 and 6 resptively.So that is..1.Sachin 2.Gambhir 3.Rohit 4.Badri or Raina.5.Yuvi 6.Msd 7.Pathan

never forget what happened to Rohan Gavasker when he came into the team..though he was good he always kept running out of partners.

If they want Sehwag to open they should drop a bowler and play with 4 regular bowlers.

 

[honestbharani]

But you need a finisher at no.6 which is currently being played by Utthapa who no doubt will face the axe soon.You can't have touch players like Raina and badri coming in at 6.If i was to have my way i would do what we did in the CB series..push the newbies up the order and keep Yuvi and MSD at 5 and 6 resptively.So that is..1.Sachin 2.Gambhir 3.Rohit 4.Badri or Raina.5.Yuvi 6.Msd 7.Pathan

never forget what happened to Rohan Gavasker when he came into the team..though he was good he always kept running out of partners.

If they want Sehwag to open they should drop a bowler and play with 4 regular bowlers.

It depends, really.. We will still have Pathan and Harbhajan/Piyush and Praveen down the order, so maybe we can push those guys up to play that role if we bat first ahead of Badri/Raina/Nayyar... But if there is a collapse, these guys will be more than capable of handling it and I think they have hitting abilities too. Not like they cant hit the big shots. Juz need to adjust to that position which I think they will do, if they get a decent run.

 

[Manee]

Is this just for the sake of blooding new players or do you think Gony is better than Pathan, Sree and co?

I was just mentioning young players who have done well in the IPL. However, I believe that Gony is a better ODI prospect than RP Singh and slightly better than Sreesanth. However, Sreesanth's knack for taking ODI wickets cannot be ignored.

 

[Manee]

Kumar as a reserve? He did well in Australia, but I read somewhere that they only selected him so that he would not defer to the ICL, does anyone know more about this?

I am not sure about his selection deliberately preventing him from joining ICL, but he was going to join the ICL and his selection did prevent it.

 

[gettingbetter]

I was just mentioning young players who have done well in the IPL. However, I believe that Gony is a better ODI prospect than RP Singh and slightly better than Sreesanth. However, Sreesanth's knack for taking ODI wickets cannot be ignored.

Fair point, but other than putting them into the spotlight, only serious short-comings in the team, the inclusion of these players should be listened. Although Gony would be one of the first to mention. Also bare in mind, that India have just come from a tri-series win in Australia where Dhoni championed youth. No point in flooding it with youngsters when the young 'uns ATM are clearly capable.

I am not sure about his selection deliberately preventing him from joining ICL, but he was going to join the ICL and his selection did prevent it.

Coincidence?

 

[Manee]

Coincidence?

I am unsure, tbh. We can't truly know unless we figure how close Praveen was to joining the ICL.

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

i think praveen was not old enough to join icl.........

 

[TT Boy]

Fancy Pakistan taking this. Indian players notably Dhoni look world weary and are carrying knocks whilst some of the Pakistani players have had a relatively decent rest and should be up for it.
Be nice if Asif was fit for alongside Tanvir, Gul and Arafat, that’s a pretty good one day attack, especially if you chuck in the likes of Afridi and Malik.

 

[gettingbetter]

Uthappa
Tendulkar
Gambhir
Rohit
Dhoni
Yuvraj

 

[gettingbetter]

Tendulkar out.

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

Tendulkar out.

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

Tendulkar out.

still no chance for dravid and ganguly..........

 

[Sanz]

Zaheer - not fit for the test series before IPL, not fit for the series after IPL but fit for all the games in IPL.

What a joke really, I now understand why his commitment to the team has been questioned for so long.

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

Zaheer - not fit for the test series before IPL, not fit for the series after IPL but fit for all the games in IPL.

What a joke really, I now understand why his commitment to the team has been questioned for so long.

i agree too.....

some problem inside..

Indian media has no news till now.....

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

Indian team to be announced today.....