All the best to you Badrinath. To crack into Team India is no joke especially in batting as there are so many legends and have been performing so consistently for more than a decade.
Younger players just kept getting older waiting for their turn. Its important that he uses this small opportunity to cement his place by the time one of the big guns retire.
What a pity that the fight for No 1 dosent feature yuvraj singh! He's a match winner, and when in the mood can blow opponents off, irrespective of pitch. Sure, he's inconsistent, but if he clicks 6 times out of 10, then India will cruise in those 6 matches. Badrinath is a steady player, but he can't change matches. At best, he can be a supporting act when the likes of Sehwag and Gambhir get going. Hope Yuvraj's back soon. Not to forget his world class fielding, and underrated off spin.
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by The Patriot on Jan 28, 2010 09:07 PM
in T20 everyone can change the course of a match....how many ODIs or tests has yuvi turned it around completely?
Re: Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by Santhanam on Jan 28, 2010 10:28 PM
Yes Yuvraj wud be missed coz he has scored 1500 test runs in a career span of 10 years where his contempraries like Mahela, etc have scored more than 9000 test runs at a similar time. Yuvraj shud be thrown out of the Test team immediately. This Casanova doesnt deserve any test spot. Bloody Looser..
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by dinesh biyani on Jan 28, 2010 10:20 PM
The team which has been chosen is for Test Match and players like yuvi is not good for test. we need players who can be consistent like Dravid which badri is capable of doing. All the best to Badri for his sucess and may India continues to be No.1 in Test Matches
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by sunil k on Jan 28, 2010 09:43 PM
Yes it's true that yuvraj has to go...he just isn't adapting to test match mindset and technic...failed to provide the kind of innings that team india needs at the lower middle order...it's time to move beyond yuvraj...test cricket is not his strength, unable to provide the solidity at the middle order crisis ..dosent learning frm his mistakes...on the other hand bandrinath rightly deserved to be in team india in test matches....got good technic, temperament, plays around the off stump realy well which yuvraj struggles at test level....badri plays like "Marwen attapattu" a srilankan opener...similar in style...he is a better equipped player at middle order than yuvraj....at last he got a deserved chance...good selection
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by dhananjayan ramaswamy on Jan 28, 2010 09:24 PM
Yes he is a match winner no second thought about that, when it comes to test cricket its completely different level.He hasn't worked on his batting he just want to play all the balls, he should take some leaf out of Adam Gilchrist he played all the formats with ease. You just need to adapt to the level of cricket. Which Yuvi has failed to do, having said that it is not his fault of not improving his level of cricket. It is the system which made him to beleive what he has been playing his correct. He just have to change his attitude and work hard on his game. He is a treassure in the Indian line up.Someone have to take care of him.
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by vimalan sadhasivam on Jan 28, 2010 09:09 PM
for how many years you are going to say the same thing ? btw remember we are talking about Test cricket here
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by Nostradamus Great on Jan 28, 2010 09:25 PM
"When in mood"....
These days, he is not in the mood for cricket at all... Defenitely not test cricket. The slow bowlers even the new ones can trouble him easily....! He has got more than enough chances and he never clicked (except a couple of times in the flat Indian pitches). Test cricket is abt temperament and concentration and staying power. We dont need someone to come and make a 30 ball 42 and go. There are 5 days to play... and this is not ODI...!!
I am a fan of him.... Love to watch him play.. But, only in 20-20 and ODI, which is his forte!
Re: Yuvraj will be definitely missed.
by babran on Jan 28, 2010 09:54 PM
Yuvi has not done good batting display in test cricketer.He is not in form for the all the types of cricket.he need rest for some time to go out for dating and etc.
I dont know how come Rediff claims him as a Youngster,though i welcome his inclusion in the team.He should have been their long before.I would have definetly liked someone like Manish Pandey in the 15 Man squad.So that he gets the feel of the international level.
Re: At 29 he is not a Youngster
by sandeep kumar on Jan 28, 2010 09:06 PM
Manish should have been picked instead of M Vijay. He scored 144 on a seaming bouncy wicket n the finals recently. An oppurtunity lost to groom him
Re: Re: At 29 he is not a Youngster
by vimalan sadhasivam on Jan 28, 2010 09:10 PM
whats wrong with Vijay then ? He played well in all his given opportunities
just because some oldies such as sachin ramesh, vvs, dravid donot want to retire from test, many like badri are getting chance only at 29yrs... when will pujara like players get chance is only a guess..
Re: Badri's patience gets reward
by raja reddy on Jan 28, 2010 09:41 PM
Need not talk of Sachin, Dravid and VVS, as long as they are doing good in tests.
just because some oldies such as sachin ramesh, vvs, dravid donot want to retire from test, many like badri are getting chance only at 29yrs... when will pujara like players get chance is only a guess..
Re: Badri's patience gets reward
by rohit ranjan on Jan 28, 2010 10:37 PM
Sachin ,VVS,Rahul Dravid are the best TEST Players India can ever get. I wish they play for another decade.
just because some oldies such as sachin ramesh, vvs, dravid donot want to retire from test, many like badri are getting chance only at 29yrs... when will pujara like players get chance is only a guess..
Re: Test debut
by sunil k on Jan 28, 2010 10:16 PM
this is the biggest joke......c'mon have some cricketing commonsens...know what ur talking...people understand cricket here
Re: Test debut
by D talk on Jan 28, 2010 10:13 PM
No .. You cnat compare it with Dravid... Because Dravid have been played lot of International cricket at his Best Performance in world .definitaly Dravid is among Most Greatest Batsmans of Modern cricket in top five.
Badri is most talented but he have to yet to prove in International level.....
Re: Shame !
by saket verma on Jan 28, 2010 08:37 PM
what opportunities? he has not played a single test till now and has taken part in just 3 ODI!!!! get ur facts cleared man before blaming others.
