South Africa And Sl In India Options

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As I expected, a thumping win by the Indian side. Keep it up guys. On a good batting wicket, Irfan and Harbhajan bowled beautifully.

Good to see Sewag playing to his potential. I love the balanace of this Indian team and credit must go to Chappel and Dravid.

Well done boys and keep making us proud.

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Yuvraj too has an aveage of about 37 and so does Gambhir. Hence I cant see a problem with Kaif who is not only a good fielder but also has a good cricketing brain.

Yuvraj surely has the class but I doubt about Gambhir. The main issue with players not being consistent is that they dont have the class to perform consistently. Jaffer has scored many runs in domestic cricket but he fails whenever he plays at the international level. Most Indian players in the past and present suffer from this problem.

Ashok Mankad was a king in domestic cricket but a failure at international level. Other players that come in mind include Surinder Amarnath, Ashok Malhotra, Brijesh Patel, Anshuman Gaikwad, Akash Chopra, Bhaskar Pillay, Badani, Dinseh Mongia and many more.

We need top sought out our opening pair as soon as possible. I also belive Sewag is a poor choice for leading India in the future, IMO his captiancy in this test is being childish. Hopefully Rahul can hang on the job as much as possible.

I doubt Ganguly can make any comeback unless a few players fall ill. There is no room for him in both forms ofthe game. I do agree with that he was a player of class but I doubt if there is any gas left in the cylinders. He is very sentimental and lacks motivation, all characteristics of a player that is not required in the dressing room.

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I doubt Ganguly can make any comeback unless a few players fall ill. There is no room for him in both forms ofthe game. I do agree with that he was a player of class but I doubt if there is any gas left in the cylinders. He is very sentimental and lacks motivation, all characteristics of a player that is not required in the dressing room.

I agree Ganguly was a class player, he still is one, with an exception on the legside. Right from the day he was seen being uncomfortable on the leg side his run scoring chocked and he did work hard to improve in that area, but with less success. Even now when he hooks or pulls on the leg side, he moves with his whole body rather than freeing his arms a lil bit. All said, experience is what that counts for match temperament and he has enough, which he showed at Kotla. Do not forget that he made his entry into test cricket with a couple flamboyant hundreds.

I wudnt say he is a bad choice for tests, but not for the one-dayers. He is not a fast mover in the field and not a great fielder either that has just sealed his entry into the shorter version.

Considering his achievements and his service to Indian Cricket i am personally sad at the way he has been handled. Atleast the selectors should have given a reason for his exclusion, but they jus said "It was an unanimous decision" to remove him. I think no one in the selection panel likes him.