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[centurymaker]

If he fails to take wickets/Is not the second/third best batsman in the side, then you could send him back to Ranji, following the same consistent dropping logic for every other youngster in the side too.

he is a bowler!!!

a bowler has 100s of chances in an innings to do well, while it can only take 1 mistake for a batsman's innings to end.

how many more tests do you want to give him after 4 failures as a bowler...?

i woudn't give him 1 or 2 more tests. unless ofcourse you want to play him at 6/7

 

[sli]

who the fook made this pitch

 

[Teja.]

Indian cricketer performances in this calender year:

Pujara - 654 runs @ 81.75
Ashwin - 414 runs @ 51.75
Kohli - 689 runs @ 49.21
Dhoni - 447 runs @ 40.6
Gambhir - 474 runs @ 31.6
Tendulkar - 357 runs @ 21.8

Ohja - 33 wickets @ 25.9
Ashwin - 37 wickets @ 37.1
Yadav - 16 wickets @ 42.1
Zaheer - 15 wickets @ 49.2
Sharma - 7 wickets @ 75.7

Ban him from all cricket. Exile him to Sudan.

 

[sli]

surely india where better off having a green top pitch to try to get a result this match than this dead pitch i don't get the logic

 

[Teja.]

he is a bowler!!!

Immaterial. If he is batting better than the guys above him, he still deserves to be in the squad.

Yes, Ideally, He'd bat ahead of Dhoni at the very least, but Dhoni won't let that happen.

 

[Jono]

Indian cricketer performances in this calender year:

Pujara - 654 runs @ 81.75
Ashwin - 414 runs @ 51.75
Kohli - 689 runs @ 49.21
Dhoni - 447 runs @ 40.6
Gambhir - 474 runs @ 31.6
Tendulkar - 357 runs @ 21.8

Ohja - 33 wickets @ 25.9
Ashwin - 37 wickets @ 37.1
Yadav - 16 wickets @ 42.1
Zaheer - 15 wickets @ 49.2
Sharma - 7 wickets @ 75.7

Ban him from all cricket. Exile him to Sudan.

Who the hell is this gun spinner we are bringing in for Ashwin anyway?

 

[Cevno]

Play him as a batting all rounder, then.

Could work with Jadeja/Pathan and a Keeper who is in form.

 

[sli]

India need a new captain i still want Dhonhi in the team though

 

[centurymaker]

Immaterial. If he is batting better than the guys above him, he still deserves to be in the squad.

Yes, Ideally, He'd bat ahead of Dhoni at the very least, but Dhoni won't let that happen.

then play him as an all-rounder and play 5 bowlers in total (like this match).

him being part of a 4 bowler attack will not be justifiable after a couple more failures...

 

[Teja.]

Who the hell is this gun spinner we are bringing in for Ashwin anyway?

Amit Mishra and Piyush ****ing Chawla, I assume to bowl them attacking lengths.

India has to face up to the harsh truth that their best three players at the moment are Pujara, Kohli and Ashwin. It makes little to no sense to frantically knee-jerk and drop them.

It's also awesome because we have three young players to form a 'core' around. If one of Rohit/Rahane clicks then we can really move ahead with this.

Only a real ****wit selection committee would drop any of these three for one bad series.

 

[Cevno]

Who the hell is this gun spinner we are bringing in for Ashwin anyway?

There are a few spinners who are doing well in the domestic circuit right now, but the problem is that most of them Left arm spinners.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Batted Ding Dong

 

[Jono]

Gambhir bowling! YES YES YES YES YES

 

[Neil Pickup]

Ten minutes to go. Wonder who else will get a bowl?

 

[Cevno]

Why the **** is Dhoni bowling Ashwin ?

He's not even trying that hard. Have fun and throw the ball around.

 

[Spikey]

that Gambhir and Ashwin are bowling in combo is perfect

 

[Howe_zat]

Ten minutes to go. Wonder who else will get a bowl?

Another hour yet

 

[Jono]

Nah they wont play the extra hour

 

[Howe_zat]

that Gambhir and Ashwin are bowling in combo is perfect

Noted bowling allrounder Gautam Gambhir

 

[Jono]

**** off Ashwin, get him off.