Hi Cricket Lover,
I am back after a 2 month break and yet to recover from Sachin's retirement from the ODI's. Check my Last Blog.The past few months have not been good for Team India as a whole where they lost the first Home Series to England by 2-1 after almost 28 years and then also lost the ODI series to our arch rivals, Pakistan. Though a bit of pride for Team India was brought back when we were able to beat the English Team in the ODI Series and move past the Proteas to move to No 1 position as the Top ICC ODI team.
Moving on to the upcoming 4 test series which starts on the 22nd Feb in Chennai and set to finish on the 26th March in Delhi. Australians have already announced the playing XI with Moises Henriques getting his baggy green cap. The Australian XI looks like Warner, Cowen ,Hughes, Watson, Clarke (Capt),Wade (WK), Siddle, Starc, Pattinson and Lyon. It will be very interesting to see how the opening pair of Warner and Cowen will face the Spinners as we are sure to see the Indian making ample use of the slow and spinner friendly pitch at the Chidambaram Stadium. I think that the Indians should give a chance to Harbhajan to and go in with 5 bowlers.
According to me the Indian Squad for the 1st Test should look like Sehwag, Vijay, Pujara, Tendulkar, Kohli, Dhoni (Capt/WK), Ashwin, Harbhajan, Kumar, Sharma and Ojha. If Dhoni opts for Jadeja then Bhajji will loose his place which i don't want to happen. It would be a gamble if Dhoni decides to go on with only Sharma as the pacer and add Jadeja in as it could backfire on him. There was a lot of reverse swing during the practice games which happened in Chennai and thus giving a debut to Kumar might be a good idea as he is a good swing bowler. If i have to say I will surely rate him as one of the best swing bowler India has produced after a long long time who is capable of bowling long spells as hi did during the just finished ODI series against the English team.
I feel this test is the best chance for team India to start on a winning note and gather a momentum which then will help them get even better results in the next 3 tests of the series. This series might also mark as the last series Sachin might be playing in India against the Aussies hence he will certainly want to show the world he is still the best in the world when it comes to facing the Aussies even if he is going to be 40 soon. This series will also be a last chance for Sehwag to prove that he is still the most destructive test opener World has ever seen. Ishant Sharma will have to lead the pace attack in the absence of Zaheer but looking at the form he has shown in the previous series I think he can do it for sure.
If you like my article do like my FB page which is CricGyaani
Cheers
Bye till then
I am back after a 2 month break and yet to recover from Sachin's retirement from the ODI's. Check my Last Blog.The past few months have not been good for Team India as a whole where they lost the first Home Series to England by 2-1 after almost 28 years and then also lost the ODI series to our arch rivals, Pakistan. Though a bit of pride for Team India was brought back when we were able to beat the English Team in the ODI Series and move past the Proteas to move to No 1 position as the Top ICC ODI team.
Moving on to the upcoming 4 test series which starts on the 22nd Feb in Chennai and set to finish on the 26th March in Delhi. Australians have already announced the playing XI with Moises Henriques getting his baggy green cap. The Australian XI looks like Warner, Cowen ,Hughes, Watson, Clarke (Capt),Wade (WK), Siddle, Starc, Pattinson and Lyon. It will be very interesting to see how the opening pair of Warner and Cowen will face the Spinners as we are sure to see the Indian making ample use of the slow and spinner friendly pitch at the Chidambaram Stadium. I think that the Indians should give a chance to Harbhajan to and go in with 5 bowlers.
According to me the Indian Squad for the 1st Test should look like Sehwag, Vijay, Pujara, Tendulkar, Kohli, Dhoni (Capt/WK), Ashwin, Harbhajan, Kumar, Sharma and Ojha. If Dhoni opts for Jadeja then Bhajji will loose his place which i don't want to happen. It would be a gamble if Dhoni decides to go on with only Sharma as the pacer and add Jadeja in as it could backfire on him. There was a lot of reverse swing during the practice games which happened in Chennai and thus giving a debut to Kumar might be a good idea as he is a good swing bowler. If i have to say I will surely rate him as one of the best swing bowler India has produced after a long long time who is capable of bowling long spells as hi did during the just finished ODI series against the English team.
I feel this test is the best chance for team India to start on a winning note and gather a momentum which then will help them get even better results in the next 3 tests of the series. This series might also mark as the last series Sachin might be playing in India against the Aussies hence he will certainly want to show the world he is still the best in the world when it comes to facing the Aussies even if he is going to be 40 soon. This series will also be a last chance for Sehwag to prove that he is still the most destructive test opener World has ever seen. Ishant Sharma will have to lead the pace attack in the absence of Zaheer but looking at the form he has shown in the previous series I think he can do it for sure.
If you like my article do like my FB page which is CricGyaani
Cheers
Bye till then
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