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Your India and Pakistan team for comming all important test series?

Who would you like to Play for their respective team in the comming Indo-Pak test series?

I would personally like to see following players in the teams.

INDIA

Sehwag
Gambhir
dravid
Tendulkar
ganguly
laxman
karthik
pathan
khan
Kumble
Harb


Pakistan

Butt
umar
Younis
inzi
youhanna
kamal
Moin
Akhter
shabbir
Arshad khan
Danish

Gul is still injured and hence can't be considered, Sami will be in playing 11 though he shouldn't be the part of a test squad coz the guy is a disgrace really.

Saqlain is past his best and on top isn't fit to play so its better to overlook him. I picked Arshad Khan ( a mediocre off-spinner) as there is no other good spinner in Pakistan right now.
 
In case india want to go in with 3 spinner then i believe Zaheer should be shown the door as Irfan Pathan is too great a pacer to be left out.

Yuvraj can also open for India, however Gambhir has done a good job so far and should get the nod.
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Yuvraj can also open for India
Never! He should stick to running singles and hitting big shots in the middle order. That's best for him.
I picked Arshad Khan ( a mediocre off-spinner) as there is no other good spinner in Pakistan right now.
Kaneria and Malik are better, and Mushtaq Ahmed is not yet out of action.
In case india want to go in with 3 spinner then i believe Zaheer should be shown the door as Irfan Pathan is too great a pacer to be left out.
Given how the third spinner has performed, Sehwag should perform that role. He can't do worse than no-ball Karthik.
 

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
I picked Arshad Khan ( a mediocre off-spinner) as there is no other good spinner in Pakistan right now.
Danish? Just took 8 wickets in a match so he is no good?
 

Beleg

International Regular
Butt
umar
Younis
inzi
youhanna
kamal
Malik
Moin
Akhter
shabbir/Sami
Danish
 

Muddaser

School Boy/Girl Captain
vandemataram said:
Who would you like to Play for their respective team in the comming Indo-Pak test series?

I would personally like to see following players in the teams.

INDIA

Sehwag
Gambhir
dravid
Tendulkar
ganguly
laxman
karthik
pathan
khan
Kumble
Harb


Pakistan

Butt
umar
Younis
inzi
youhanna
kamal
Moin
Akhter
shabbir
Arshad khan
Danish

Gul is still injured and hence can't be considered, Sami will be in playing 11 though he shouldn't be the part of a test squad coz the guy is a disgrace really.

Saqlain is past his best and on top isn't fit to play so its better to overlook him. I picked Arshad Khan ( a mediocre off-spinner) as there is no other good spinner in Pakistan right now.
We do have Mansoor Amjad the leggie and Tariq Mahmood the Murali clone.

I suspect Mansoor Amjad will be picked sooner or later.
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
vandemataram said:
In case india want to go in with 3 spinner then i believe Zaheer should be shown the door as Irfan Pathan is too great a pacer to be left out.

Depends on your definition of great.
 
Arjun said:
Never! . That's best for him.Kaneria and Malik are better, and Mushtaq Ahmed is not yet out of action.

Mali is NOT A SPECIALIST spinner and on top his action is under scrutiny.Arshad is certainly a better option.

Mushtaq will never again get a call, a Pakistani team with two leggies ...IMPOSSIBLE

Danish? Just took 8 wickets in a match so he is no good?
He's good and therefore is in my team, when i was saying there isn't a good spinner i meant that the team lack a good OFF-Spinner.
 
Muddaser said:
We do have Mansoor Amjad the leggie and Tariq Mahmood the Murali clone.

I suspect Mansoor Amjad will be picked sooner or later.

You can forget Tariq as he's a pure chucker.

As for Amjad, he will have to do something special to replace Kaneria.i don't think Pakistan will go into a match with two leggies.
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Kiran More and company have to think twice before recalling the little thin man as a strike bowler- that will definitely backfire. Career average of 44. That's excess dry weight. They can use that place to play a young fast bowler who's in good form- maybe Gagandeep or RP Singh.
Mali is NOT A SPECIALIST spinner and on top his action is under scrutiny.Arshad is certainly a better option.
He's still better than specialist spinners who are very ordinary.
 

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
vandemataram said:
Mali is NOT A SPECIALIST spinner and on top his action is under scrutiny.Arshad is certainly a better option.

Mushtaq will never again get a call, a Pakistani team with two leggies ...IMPOSSIBLE



He's good and therefore is in my team, when i was saying there isn't a good spinner i meant that the team lack a good OFF-Spinner.
You should of said that then :p
 

cricket player

International Debutant
GoT_SpIn said:
Danish? Just took 8 wickets in a match so he is no good?
i agree with ajit arshad is a good decent spinner.Let's see his stat's

Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 29/11/2000)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 8 7 1 30 9* 5.00 18.51 0 0 0 0

O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 381 108 852 30 28.40 5-38 1 0 76.2 2.23

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 11/10/2000)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 48 26 15 105 20 9.54 58.65 0 0 9 0

O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 395.3 22 1627 44 36.97 3-22 0 0 53.9 4.11


looks good to me
 
Arjun said:
.He's still better than specialist spinners who are very ordinary.
Well i guess then i'm wrong. I never liked Ashad khan and never rated him, but have you guys actually seen him ? (since you all prefers a bits and pieces player like malik for bowling option over Arshad)
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
vandemataram said:
Well i guess then i'm wrong. I never liked Ashad khan and never rated him, but have you guys actually seen him ? (since you all prefers a bits and pieces player like malik for bowling option over Arshad)
There is no one who can get the nod over Kaneria in tests if you consider sheer quality. Malik is goo for the one dayers. Whatever I have seen of Arshad Khan 2-3 years ago has been utter crap.
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Arjun said:
Never! He should stick to running singles and hitting big shots in the middle order.
Agreed he shouldnt open. But how exactly do you think he will find a slot in te middle order unless you drop Ganguly?

Arjun said:
Given how the third spinner has performed, Sehwag should perform that role. He can't do worse than no-ball Karthik.
A third spinner is some thing Ganguly never agrees upon. Worked for Azhar on tailor made pitches. But consider you reckon Sehwag can bowl in tests and is as good as Karthik, dumb founded would be the correct word.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Personally I think it's most realistic to hope for:
India:
Sehwag
Gambhir
Dravid
Tendulkar
Laxman
Ganguly
D. Karthik
Pathan
Kumble
Harbhajan Singh
Z. Khan
Pakistan:
Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Youhana
Asim Kamal
Kamran Akmal (I'd prefer Moin TBH - but who can see it? Not me)
Mohammad Sami (HELL I wish not - but can anyone really see him being dropped either?)
Shoaib Akhtar
Shabbir Ahmed
Danish Kaneria
Ideally I'd like to see Saqlain Mushtaq in there instead of Sami (or if he's not fit then Arshad Khan - amazed no-one has ever mentioned him before now) presuming the surfaces are going to be turners.
Incidentally, I simply hope and pray that we don't get three wickets like the Multan one - that will possibly turn the series into the biggest anticlimax of my cricket-watching life.
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
But consider you reckon Sehwag can bowl in tests and is as good as Karthik, dumb founded would be the correct word.
He can't do far worse than someone who makes a habit of overstepping and bowling six-balls and four-balls in bulk. The way Karthik bowled in Kanpur, he was nothing but dry weight in the side. At least Sehwag has his batting to fall back on.
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Arjun said:
He can't do far worse than someone who makes a habit of overstepping and bowling six-balls and four-balls in bulk. The way Karthik bowled in Kanpur, he was nothing but dry weight in the side. At least Sehwag has his batting to fall back on.
If a bowler isnt ood, you replace him with another bowler. Not with a part timer who has his batting to fall back on.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Arjun said:
He can't do far worse than someone who makes a habit of overstepping and bowling six-balls and four-balls in bulk. The way Karthik bowled in Kanpur, he was nothing but dry weight in the side. At least Sehwag has his batting to fall back on.
Sehwag is equally guilty of inexplicable overstepping.
If I'm coach of a side, any spinner who oversteps gets 50 laps.
 

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