Re: the last four in the list
by Shikari Shambu on Nov 05, 2012 02:02 PM
I am happy if proved wrong, but I feel selection of Yuvi was more to do with emotion than logic :)
Sachin Tendulkar is going to announce his retirement just before he goes to bat in the second innings in the second test at Bombay.
He will not play the 3rd Test in Kolkata.
He would not announce his retirement even when the Mumbai test starts because that announcement shifts focus from test to Sachin and that is not a good sign.
Sachin will announce before the second Indian innings.
That is one of the reasons why the test squad is announced for only 2 tests.
Sachin wants to retire in India and not abroad. I don't know when the next series in India; so he will announce in this tour itself.
Re: SACHIN TENDULKAR WILL RETIRE IN 2nd TEST IN BOMBAY!
by S Radhakrishnan on Nov 05, 2012 01:53 PM
He should be dropped & not allowed to take his own time when he is already in decline.
Good selection by the new selectors headed by Sandip Patil.
Raina needed to be dropped as he was in the team purely on his friendship with Dhoni. I still doubt Yuvraj in tests but lets give him a final chance.
Good to see M Vijay and Rahane so that Sehwag and Gambhir do not take their opening place for granted. In case, Yuvraj fails, Rahane can be fitted at No.6 also. And if any of the openers fail consistently, Vijay or Rahane can replace them in opening slot.
4 openers in a hone series and no middle order subs, murli vijay got selected on the basis of mahaendr singh dhoni's reco. if parthiv and wh is performing why are they not getting selected. is dhoni's selection justified
Rahane,Pujara,Virat,Sachin,Yuvraj,Dhoni,Murali,Aswin,Ojha,Umesh,Ishant should be the team for 1st Test. Some other youngsters should hv been picked instead of Sewhag,Gauti,Harbhajan & Zaheer.They should hv been rested as either they r not fit or out of form.
Was this the selection for Test series or T20. It looks like IPL all star team because Murali Vijay has never performed in any international format whether it is Test, T20 or ODIs. Strange selection by new selection committee.
He (Murali Vijay) did perform better (relatively) in the limited Test opportunities he got, than Rohit Sharma in the ODIs. Now that Srikkanth is not the Chairman of the selection committee, hope it would not be construed as "biased" selection but based on performance. Rahane also belongs to the same league.
Re: T20
by Shikari Shambu on Nov 05, 2012 01:49 PM
I feel it is because of his domestic performance (First class, List-A etc)...... You can check cricinfo.
