India Cometh - Pick your players

The pitches will play a huge roll as the set up of the squad. Recent history has shown that our pitches have gotten slow and low which will support the slower bowlers.

Sadly, veteran bats such as Marlon Samuels, Devon Smith and Kirk Edwards have all proven themselves to be undeserving of a place if numbers are to be taken into consideration.

This is why I could never be a selector. Give me on field performances over supposed veteran leadership intangibles

Whom was the BEST opening bat in NAGICO 4 days ?

I know Guyana win but ....cant recall the Openers.

we got rid of Chandrika and Fudadin ....just like that ? 

www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/892517.html

More than Braff in both innings just 6 months ago !

Chandrika scored 371 runs at average of 30.91 with 1 century and 1 fifty.
Fudadin scored 262 runs at an average of 20.15 with 1 century.

Top 6 run scorers by opening batsmen:

Devon Smith scored 719 runs at an average of 47.93 with 2 centuries and 6 fifies.
Kraigg Brathwaite scored 676 runs at an average of 61.45 with 3 centuries and 2 fifties.
John Campbell scored 583 runs at an average of 32.28 with 1 century and 2 fifties.
Kyle Hope scored 553 runs at an average of 34.56 with 5 fifties.
Tyrone Theophile scored 453 runs at an average of 26.64 with 3 fifties.
Evin Lewis scored 442 runs at an average of 49.11 with 1 century and 3 fifties.

Shai Hope, batting at no 3, scored 538 runs at an average of 67.25 with 2 centuries and 2 fifties.

stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records...0611;type=tournament

We debut a guy ...give him a  2 TEST series

then discard them...

hence there is NO building a Future !

WICB is not into  building houses

But even our posters here juss dash way Chandrika and Fuda.

the youth just came back from Boxing Day Test facing Oz at Melbourne  :-[

where he chalk more runs than Braff !

it will be essential to have at least two spinners, preferably an off break and leg break bowler to balance the attack.

IIRC, wasn't Chandrika dismissed for 3 ducks in his first 4 Test innings? From what I saw of him in those Test matches, he had a hard time finding scoring shots. The fact that he didn't have a great PCL would also be some cause for concern for me.

I do agree that chopping and changing openers doesn't do anyone any good. Personally, I believe that all players should be given two Test series to prove their worth.

Finding two quality international openers is very difficult, something that both England and South Africa have themselves been struggling with since the retirements of Strauss and Smith.