Rest of India v Mumbai

[Deja moo]

Each and every Aussie batsman can now play spin better than Yuvraj .

 

[arjwiz]

sorry dude, im confused... you have no tendulkar, dravid, etc. there, yet you have players who will (should be) selected for the indian squad i.e. chopra, khan, patel, plus a few maybes.

These are players who arent playing in the CT. This match is b/w 22-26 Sep, when Dravid is still in England.

 

[Craig]

But more important is surely his recent form?

Maybe or maybe not, I think he will be in the squad regardless.

Besides Sriram, there is Kaif, and I don't know about anybody else.

 

[Arjun]

Besides Sriram, there is Kaif, and I don't know about anybody else.

Of this lot, Sriram is the most bankable. He protects his wicket for a long time, he sticks to the simple things such as running between the wickets and rotating the strike and his fielding is alss very good. Not to mention he can also bowl quite well to support the 4 main bowlers. As for Kaif, he's not too bad, but batting at 7 for a long time has taken him backwards, as a batsman. It's good to see him get runs at 4, but I only hope he does not get run out more often.

Other options would be Mithun Manhas, Hemang Badani, Vinod Kambli and Amol Mazumdar, but Sriram and Kaif are the best choices for now.

 

[PommieMacGill]

I'll be interested to see how Dheeraj Jadhav goes on. Looking at his career stats he looks like a really good batting prospect for India. He's had good tours for India A so surely he can't be far off the national team? He's an option to open with Sehwag, although I do like Akash Chopra and the balance he gives to the test side.

 

[Arjun]

The match is on. Chopra's out for 3. I hope this doesn't get him out of the national side.

 

[Arjun]

The playing XI's:

Mumbai: VR Mane, W Jaffer, VG Kambli, AA Mazumdar, BJ Thakkar, RF Morris, RR Powar, SV Bahutule, VR Samant, MM Patel, AM Salvi.

Rest Of India: A Chopra, G Gambhir, D Mongia, S Sriram, Y Venugopal Rao, YA Golwalkar, Joginder Sharma, PA Patel, M Karthik, Z Khan, SS Paul.

 

[Arjun]

I'll be interested to see how Dheeraj Jadhav goes on. Looking at his career stats he looks like a really good batting prospect for India. He's had good tours for India A so surely he can't be far off the national team? He's an option to open with Sehwag, although I do like Akash Chopra and the balance he gives to the test side.

His running between wickets and shot selection are slightly suspect, and he needs to work on them.

 

[FRAZ]

Just a question " Can Pakistan's team ever gonna be able to beat Rest of Mumbai eleven" ?

 

[Arjun]

12:00 PM IST: Rest.. are at 95/3. Gambhir top scores with 39, then Sriram with 22. Robin Morris takes two wickets, Salvi getting one. Looks like Mumbai had a good first session.

 

[Arjun]

As of now, Rest made 314, with Morris cleaning up the tail. Not too bad, but we don't see much of that. That was followed by Rest bowling Mumbai out for 198- an appalling batting performance, where nobody except the hard-hitting Ramesh Powar got past 50. Looks like they had gone to sleep- clearly a sign of underachievement. Khan did his chances of a recall no wrong with 3/46, and his opening partner didn't do too badly either, with 3 of his own. The player to watch- Joginder Sharma- got 1 wicket and 16 runs, and that was a disappointment. Chopra's struck form, and that should do him a lot of good, since he is definitely the best opener in India who can get into the Test team. On the whole, these were two bad days so far, with has-beens and non-prospects making merry, and hopefuls failing. Hopefully the last few phases won't be as disappointing.

 

[SJS]

Clear as mud !

Into the 4th day and still its clear as mud. Of the hopefuls and been-in's :-

Chopra : A grand total of 50 in two innings
Gambhir : 2 flashy 30's unbefitting a 5 day match
Mongia : 2 failures
Zaheer : so-so bowling but he is standing !
Parthiv : Can bat - we knew that
Sriram : One decent knock - enough to merit a spot ??
Kambli : What does he want anyway
Bahutule : With a batting average of 67.7 and a strike rate of 122 and a bowling average of 13 with a strike rate of 37 in the tests played so far, he should be a cinch for the team. Unfortunately, I have switched his batting and bowling figures.

In any event if he plays for India today he will be second oldest man in the Indian team ! His [performances (not that he shook the stadium) do not interest me . If they interest the selectors, God help the Indian team.

SURPRISE SURPRISE : One sparkling hundred by a youngster called Venugopal.
Venugopal 'Who' ??

 

[Arjun]

Definitely one of the worst Irani matches played recently and probably the worst match of this domestic season. Definitely NOT the match to judge any of the players' abilities. Hopefully the next few matches won't be as disappointing.

 

[Nate]

bahutule had a great game, and SHOULD be playing for india dammit! give him another go in ODIs i say.