India v England 2012-13

[CEDYBLUE]

A fighting Virat Kohli century and an equally dogged 99 from Dhoni.....Couldn't have asked for a better setting for the future of Indian Cricket.

1. Hand over the captaincy to Kohli and let MSD play as the wicket keeper.
2. Time to bid adieu to Sachin and a farewell ODI Series against Pakistan would be great. Sachin began his cricket against Pakistan and would be perfect to finish against them.
3. Gambhir should go, just simply go.
4. Sehwag can be India's opener for now and can be paired with a technically sound opener @ the other end. Rahane maybe as I am not yet convinced with Abinav. Vijay seems to be too casual for Test Cricket.
5. Rohit should be groomed for a middle order slot in Test Cricket and Suresh Raina can play a big role in T20 Cricket and so does Yuvraj.
6. Bring in Sreesanth just to spice up the bowling and also add some much needed aggression to the team, that @ the moment looks as flat as the Rajkot pitch. Sree along with Kohli can form a mini team, just how Bhajji aided Dada in that front
7. IMO, we can groom R.Jadeja as an allrounder and can hand him a permanent place ahead of P.Ohja. I know, Ohja is India's most successful bowler in this series but he is just an accurate bowler, who neither turns nor has the bounce that a tall spinner usually has. Jadeja has more long term use.
8. Badrinath should just walk in and take Laxman's place @ 6 ahead of Manoj Tiwari. Badri has a good part of 3-4 years still left in him.

Team for the Australia Test Series:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Ajinka Rahane
3. Cheteswar Pujara
4. Virat Kohli (Capt)
5. Rohit Sharma
6. Subramaniyam Badrinath
7. MS Dhoni
8. R.Jadeja
9. R.Ashwin
10. I.Sharma
11. S.Sreesanth.

Reserves: M. Tiwari, P.Ohja, V.Aaron, Parthiv Patel.

ICC Should probably scrap 50 overs cricket just to make life a little easier for cricketers. Ranji trophy should be the breeding space for test cricket and IPL can serve the same for T20. Honestly, there is no place for 50-50 any more.

Any thoughts?

[CEDYBLUE]

Not a bad time to look into what's happening in Ranji Trophy!

Most Runs: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ranji-...ype=tournament
Most Wickets:http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ranji-...ype=tournament

Jiwanjot Singh of Punjab looks to be an interesting batting prospect.

[HonestRaj]

Any thoughts?

Sachinaandavarum kaivittuttar.. nanellam ore kadavul engira koLgaila vazhravan

singaravelan Kamal... "pesama interval vittuduvom"..
lets [okay i cannot talk for others].. let me take a break from cricket..

[povAferdeack]

A fighting Virat Kohli century and an equally dogged 99 from Dhoni.....Couldn't have asked for a better setting for the future of Indian Cricket.

1. Hand over the captaincy to Kohli and let MSD play as the wicket keeper.
2. Time to bid adieu to Sachin and a farewell ODI Series against Pakistan would be great. Sachin began his cricket against Pakistan and would be perfect to finish against them.
3. Gambhir should go, just simply go.
4. Sehwag can be India's opener for now and can be paired with a technically sound opener @ the other end. Rahane maybe as I am not yet convinced with Abinav. Vijay seems to be too casual for Test Cricket.
5. Rohit should be groomed for a middle order slot in Test Cricket and Suresh Raina can play a big role in T20 Cricket and so does Yuvraj.
6. Bring in Sreesanth just to spice up the bowling and also add some much needed aggression to the team, that @ the moment looks as flat as the Rajkot pitch. Sree along with Kohli can form a mini team, just how Bhajji aided Dada in that front
7. IMO, we can groom R.Jadeja as an allrounder and can hand him a permanent place ahead of P.Ohja. I know, Ohja is India's most successful bowler in this series but he is just an accurate bowler, who neither turns nor has the bounce that a tall spinner usually has. Jadeja has more long term use.
8. Badrinath should just walk in and take Laxman's place @ 6 ahead of Manoj Tiwari. Badri has a good part of 3-4 years still left in him.

Team for the Australia Test Series:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Ajinka Rahane
3. Cheteswar Pujara
4. Virat Kohli (Capt)
5. Rohit Sharma
6. Subramaniyam Badrinath
7. MS Dhoni
8. R.Jadeja
9. R.Ashwin
10. I.Sharma
11. S.Sreesanth.

Reserves: M. Tiwari, P.Ohja, V.Aaron, Parthiv Patel.

ICC Should probably scrap 50 overs cricket just to make life a little easier for cricketers. Ranji trophy should be the breeding space for test cricket and IPL can serve the same for T20. Honestly, there is no place for 50-50 any more.

Any thoughts?

Interesting suggestions, Mukund seemed very convincing to me, he played against England in England which has been a difficult task even for the top teams.
Push Rahane to 2nd/3rd down and have Mukund open the innings. Rohit needs to prove himself atleast in the ODI's before making a claim in test cricket, he is too casual, better than Vijay still he tends to throw away his wicket.
Sreesanth hasn't been great or doing anything in the domestic cricket. Sandeep Sharma has been very good, or try Awana, Varun. We will need 3 good fast bowlers for overseas tours, we don't have even one.
Not convinced by Ashwin, his bowling has been poor, not picking wickets and not being economical. Ohja is the better bowler, but Jadeja is also a left arm bowler.
Too bad for Badri, he will not get a chance but I agree with you there. Maybe Rohit will fight it out with Tiwary.
Sehwag really needs to start firing more often, he is a huge impact player but the impact innings are becoming rare.

Completely disagree with giving captaincy to Kohli, try it out in T20 or ODI and then make the changes in test.

[selvakumar]

Good one by Kohli and Dhoni. I saw the match till lunch last night. Was thinking that they will get out even before tea.

But mokkai batting by both teams. Looks like Aussies strategy of scoring runs quickly in test matches is not working after 5 years for any team. Only they were able to do it.

[MADDY]

Dhoni , thala steve waugh of Indian cricket

[venkkiram]

Dhoni , thala steve waugh of Indian cricket

What!!? Steve Waugh? That comparison will be opt for Prior!

[sankara1970]

good batting by kohli and Dhoni , match becoming interesting, infact the strong English team in many years ,better pitches make tests watchable .

[selvakumar]

Not sure why the commentators are criticizing the decision of India to bat for an hour today. How can India get a feel of the pitch if they don't even bat for an hour? I think this is a OK since they declared within an hour.

[selvakumar]

Dharmasena should be suspended for being a umpire for sometime until he clears further training to renew his license. Cook was given out once again but this time it looks even more silly than the previous ones. India lucky