Indian selectors, on Jan 18th, announced the squad that tours Sri Lanka in Jan-Feb 09. Out of Ravindra Jadeja, Pujara, Rahane and D Kulakarni who performed well in recently concluded Ranji Trophy, only Jadeja earned a place in the 15-member Indian squad. Dhoni, Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj, Zaheer and Ishant are sure selections.
It's a little unfortunate that Kohli wasn't selected despite his good performance. Badrinath is another unlucky one. He lacks the support to perform..Although he had given chances, he did not get a chance to bat most of the times.
Pathan brothers, Raina, Ojha and Munaf have retained their place. Praveen Kumar, who was left out for ODI series against England, has been recalled. A hamstring injury had ruled out Harbhajan Singh's selection.
I am eagerly waiting to see Uthappa back in the team who has been in good form..
The lineup is good but there are some questions to be answered.
Harbhajan was fit during the 2nd test against England and he hasn't played a match after that test. How and when was he injured?
Why are there two left-arm spinners in the squad? There is no right arm spinner in the squad. Either Piyush Chawla or Amit Mishra should have been selected.
Dhaval kulkarni could have been given a chance. He was the highest wicket taker along with Jadeja in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy. He should have been selected ahead of Irfan Pathan/Praveen.
Why is Praveen selected as extra seamer? Why wasn't he selected for ODI series against England if he is considered a quality bowler?
Jadeja has been awesome at domestic level..let's see how he performs at international level....
4 comments:
Should've tossed the team a bit. Got the whole lotta them contenders in and packed India Reds off.
SP makes some points at BCC! Reckon MSD wants to maul Mendis n score some brownie pts with us.
why wud u need Badrinath in the team and where wud u play him ?
sehwag, tendulkar, gambhir, yuvraj, raina, sharma, dhoni, pathan -- superb line up!!
sharma is a chink in the armor but then there are others to cover him up!!!
yes praveen kumar is not needed anymore!!
this is not a good selection at all...not for the ones who got selected as well as for those who were not...
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Kulakarni performed well in the Ranji Trophy final where Praveen was not at all effective....and Kulakarni is also the highest wickettaker..
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