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[Teja.]

Jadeja is an awesome selection. Monster FC All-rounder.

Good to see the back of Yuvraj and the weed. Zaheer, if fit should have been retained and Sharma dropped.

[centurymaker]

great.

it'll be something like this-

sehwag
rahane/gamhir/vijay
pujara
tendulkar
kohli
jadeja
dhoni
ashwin
ishant
awana/dinda/chawla
ohja

4 spinners?

[centurymaker]

Dinda's been in the squad the whole time, so he'll probably play. I think Awana would be a better pick though; much higher ceiling as a player and is having a killer Ranji season, especially the last few weeks.

Gotta say, there's no way Sharma or Dinda are better than Zaheer at the moment, IMO. He may be a shadow of his former self but Zaheer's shadow has always been a better bowler than those two. I could understand if they dropped Sharma as well or Yadav was fit but as it stands I think it's a bit of a knee-jerk.

i think the management still believes that ishant has alot of potential and can come good

[Teja.]

Posting ftom the mobile but basically:

Prince EWS, WAC.

[sli]

Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh dropped




India have dropped Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh for the Nagpur Test. Delhi fast bowler Parwinder Awana and Suarashtra allrounder Ravindra Jadeja have received first Test call-ups. Piyush Chawla replaced Harbhajan. Sachin Tendulkar retained his Test spot, and MS Dhoni his captaincy


Squad: MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Pyish Chawla, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Parwinder Awana

[sli]

ishant sharma is cannon fodder

[Contra]

Awe come on!

The selectors were so close to the perfect squad! Zak being dropped is seriously lame, have they consulted with Dhoni about this?

Jadeja needs to play the next test, this guy would have been a wrecker on the Mumbai pitch. Dunno much about this new pacer, but I'll take him over Ishant and Dinda for sure.

Chawla gtfo

[centurymaker]

why have they picked 15 players for just the one match?

[Daemon]

Rahane has not been selected as an opener as stated before, so most likely he'll be slotted in at 6. Making a statement by dropping Zaheer but I would've preferred him over Ishant and Dinda tbh..

Wonder who the two seamers will be (unless they go with Jadeja, Ashwin and Ojha). Dinda all but assured of a test debut I guess, which is lame.

[BoyBrumby]

Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh dropped




India have dropped Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh for the Nagpur Test. Delhi fast bowler Parwinder Awana and Suarashtra allrounder Ravindra Jadeja have received first Test call-ups. Piyush Chawla replaced Harbhajan. Sachin Tendulkar retained his Test spot, and MS Dhoni his captaincy


Squad: MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Pyish Chawla, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Parwinder Awana

Think it says a lot that these are considered worthy of being remarked on rather than assumed as a given.

[Turbinator]

Awe come on!

The selectors were so close to the perfect squad! Zak being dropped is seriously lame, have they consulted with Dhoni about this?

Apparently Dhoni was off to a meeting with the selectors after the game, so yes.

[Jono]

Its worth noting that Zaheer, Harbhajan and Yuvraj are 3 of the gang of 4 I was talking about with Sachin

[Contra]

Jadeja and Ashwin as lower middle order bats is sounding really awesome already. I'm still a bit concerned about Jadeja's batting, but he has scored a load of runs in Ranji so hopefully he finds his place.

Parwinder and Dinda for the next test. Ishant can gtfo..

[Daemon]

If we don't put a decent show and Dhoni fails in the next game, I think it's over for him tbh.

[Contra]

Apparently Dhoni was off to a meeting with the selectors after the game, so yes.

Ah, I still disagree with this Zak decision, hopefully he's back for the Aussie series, we'll need him. Anyhow the rest of the selection picks are awesome.

Looks like this new committee is aggressive and isn't afraid to make bold moves, good stuff.