India in Australia

[Hooper]

I feel that India are strong enough in tests to put up a good fight. Remember, they did what Australia could not do last time and beat England at home. Anyone who says that England were lacking strength in the bowling department obviously did not watch the series, although, obviously, Flintoff would have been nice for England but that is all on a tangent.

Starting with the bowling, Zaheer Khan seems to have turned a corner as of late and now bowls with increased accuracy and just enough movement to beat the bat. He will be a crucial weapon. Sreesanth is always hot and cold but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in England and say he had a bad series. I still feel he is able to recreate the destruction he caused in South Africa in the test series there. RP Singh was also useful as a back up bowler too. Anil Kumble could be the fourth bowler and specialist spinner but based on his great performances for Surrey and against the Aussies in the past, Harbhajan Singh should be in the squad too. Based on whether he has regained his rhythm and venom in the Indian domestic season, Munaf Patel should be a possible option too.

Irfan Pathan may be a good option for all rounder, allowing India to play five bowlers. His test batting average of 27.83 is fine for an all rounder. On India As tour of Africa, although he was still coming to terms with his new action, he was quite consistant with the new ball especially. Perhaps he could open with Zaheer Khan or maybe Sreesanth.

On to the batting, I feel the batsmen who worked in England should be the first choices and I also feel that Parthiv Patel - 5 centuries, and two fifties, one still in the process of completing, in his last seven FC innings and Badrinath - 4 centuries, a double, a fifty and currently 15*, should be given goes as FC batsman for their quite staggering form.

I feel that India are strong enough in tests to put up a good fight. Remember, they did what Australia could not do last time and beat England at home

England 05 Bowling attack>England 07 attack. Thats all I can say.

Anyone who says that England were lacking strength in the bowling department obviously did not watch the series, although, obviously, Flintoff would have been nice for England but that is all on a tangent.

Not lacking, but just not as good as 05.

Sreesanth is always hot and cold but I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in England and say he had a bad series. I still feel he is able to recreate the destruction he caused in South Africa in the test series there.

I think he will get abused by the crowds pretty bad here, might mess with his confidence and wreck him.

Irfan Pathan may be a good option for all rounder, allowing India to play five bowlers. His test batting average of 27.83 is fine for an all rounder.

Well if he does as well as last time he was here then he will go OK. Especially to the left handers, I always remember that ball that he bowled Gilly - ripper!

 

[evertonfan]

I hope Sreesanth gets absolutely mullered in Australia. The little swine deserves it. I don't know who he thinks he is, but he makes out that he's about 20 times as good as he actually is.

And to refer to the England 07 bowling attack again, if Harmison, Hoggard, Jones and Flintoff were constantly fit then Sidebottom, Tremlett and Anderson wouldn't have even been in the squad. The only stronger factor about the 07 bowling attack was Monty.

 

[manee]

Obviously not, there were 5 Tests in that series.

England's bowling, although very good, was still under strength. You can't deny that.

Indeed I can't. The point was that Indian batsman showed an ability to cope with a good bowling attack in swinging conditions, which probably amounts to only just less than what Australia can do in Australia. India's grinders, ie. the new Tendulkar, Dravid and Karthik are perfectly suited to tough conditions against good bowlers. So is Aakash Chopra but alas, he will need a good domestic season to get picked.

England 05 Bowling attack>England 07 attack. Thats all I can say.

Not lacking, but just not as good as 05.

I can't argue with that.

I think he will get abused by the crowds pretty bad here, might mess with his confidence and wreck him.

Dhoni was right, he is getting a better attitude; he just needs to speed up the process. He just needs to learn that if you are angry to the point that you are losing it, you need to take out the agression in the form of bowling fast or viciously within the confines of the game, not by putting your teeth together and showing off your teeth and gums or by talking to the batsman in an accent which the opposition probably find comical - although, that being said, Sreesanth's english is superb.

Well if he does as well as last time he was here then he will go OK. Especially to the left handers, I always remember that ball that he bowled Gilly - ripper!

Pathan rules!

I hope Sreesanth gets absolutely mullered in Australia. The little swine deserves it. I don't know who he thinks he is, but he makes out that he's about 20 times as good as he actually is.

He is not arrogant, he is like a child and gets carried away - there is a fine difference.

 

[Gilly Fan]

I hope Sreesanth gets absolutely mullered in Australia. The little swine deserves it. I don't know who he thinks he is, but he makes out that he's about 20 times as good as he actually is.

And to refer to the England 07 bowling attack again, if Harmison, Hoggard, Jones and Flintoff were constantly fit then Sidebottom, Tremlett and Anderson wouldn't have even been in the squad. The only stronger factor about the 07 bowling attack was Monty.

He'll get plastered by the Aussie crowds. And he'll join the massive group that will call all of Australia racist. When that is not true. We just have too much to drink.

 

[mattfb]

Whats everyones predicted line ups?

My aussie batting would be

Hussey/Jaques
Hayden
Ponting
Clarke
Hodge/Hussey (Depend if Hussey opens or not)
Symonds
Gilly

Not to sure about the bowling.. Maybe;
Lee
Johnson/Tait
Clark
MacGill

 

[Gilly Fan]

Mate wrong thread.. this is India in Australia

What? What are you talking about? I never posted in the wrong thread? :cool:

 

[Cricket_god]

I Think India will Win In adelaide or sydney and rest will be draws,There
is no way This australian team will beat india in tests.

 

[genghis_khan]

My Australian team:

M Hayden
S Watson
R Ponting
M Hussey
M Clarke
A Symonds
A Gilchrist
B Lee
S Clark
B Hilfenhaus
S MacGill

Or maybe open with Huss...move Clarke to 4 and play Adam Voges at 5.

Hilfenhaus is so much more better a fast bowler than Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait put together that it just isnt funny.

 

[sohum]

Should be a closely fought series. I think Australia will take it 2-0 or 3-0 depending on how their new bowlers work out in test cricket. MacGill may actually have a better record against India than Warne, so that'll help them out. Here is a shot in the dark Indian line-up:

1. Wasim Jaffer
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. VVS Laxman
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Mahinder Singh Dhoni+
8. Anil Kumble
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Rudra Singh
11. Santhakumaran Sreesanth

I have dropped Karthik for Sehwag because I think the bounciness of Australian pitches will allow Sehwag to score freely and plentifully. VVS Laxman must play against Australia. I think somewhere through the series we should get Dinesh back in and perhaps rotate out Yuvraj for Ganguly or one of the new blokes (most likely Rohit Sharma).

Manoj Tiwary may get selected for this series as well. It is a really interesting time in Indian cricket. It seems like the domestic youngsters are finally threatening the national team, but the seniors still hold all the cards.

 

[mattfb]

What? What are you talking about? I never posted in the wrong thread? :cool:

What are you talking about? I never posted that.

Sohum thats a dangerous Indian line-up their. It will be good to see if that is their actually line-up.

 

[Cricket_god]

Should be a closely fought series. I think Australia will take it 2-0 or 3-0 depending on how their new bowlers work out in test cricket. MacGill may actually have a better record against India than Warne, so that'll help them out. Here is a shot in the dark Indian line-up:

1. Wasim Jaffer
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. VVS Laxman
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Mahinder Singh Dhoni+
8. Anil Kumble
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Rudra Singh
11. Santhakumaran Sreesanth

I have dropped Karthik for Sehwag because I think the bounciness of Australian pitches will allow Sehwag to score freely and plentifully. VVS Laxman must play against Australia. I think somewhere through the series we should get Dinesh back in and perhaps rotate out Yuvraj for Ganguly or one of the new blokes (most likely Rohit Sharma).

Manoj Tiwary may get selected for this series as well. It is a really interesting time in Indian cricket. It seems like the domestic youngsters are finally threatening the national team, but the seniors still hold all the cards.

I think india have a golden oppurtunityto win a tests series in australia

I would play munaf patel or ishant sharma in place of sreesanth as it does not swing much in australia and munaf bowled withnb his old action today,
we need somebody to hit the deck,also piyush chawla should be there for adelaide and sydney tests

Also dinesh should be our no 3 not opening and utthapa should get it if they do not select shewag

 

[angryangy]

I think it will come down to organisation. Both teams have a number of good players and few fitness woes, but in each case there are contentious positions. As has been said, India haven't named a Test captain. Will it be the right choice? Australia must add two bowlers and at least one batsman to their team; therein could lie a weakness for India to exploit.

I think it is likely that one of the two will fail to make a tough selection at the crucial time.

 

[Cricketman]

I say 2-1 India.
Don't underestimate us. We've been top in form in tests for the past 5 or 6 years now, steadily improving.
Kumble will rip through ya.

Jaffer
Karthik
Dravid
Tendulkar
Ganguly/Yuvraj
Laxman
Dhoni
Irfan/Sreesanth
Anil
RP
Zaheer

You can't separate a good opening partnership. If any I'd bring Sehwag maybe for Jaffer, simply because he looks weaker then Karthik. I know most of you know that KKD is my favorite, but i'm pretty sure that's a just conclusion.
It's going to be a lot closer then people say it is. Trust me.
The only bowler you guys got that look threatening in tests is Lee. No one else looks like they'd trouble India.
I know some bloke will say McGill-This is India. We're the best players of spin in the world.

 

[SaiSrini]

I would say India need a very good batting line up to challenge Australia in Australia. Here would be my team that should go to Australia (15 players)

Akash Chopra, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, S Badrinath/D Karthik, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh

This would be my XI for the tests

Akash Chopra
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Yuvraj Singh
VVS Laxman
MS Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
S Sreesanth

Should be a good XI to face Australia. VVS gets in because of his fondness for the Aussie attack. If one of these guys fail, Ganguly and/or Badrinath can be drafted in. We need to take at least one newcomer with the team to Australia and give him a chance whenever possible.

 

[genghis_khan]

VVS gets in because of his fondness for the Aussie attack.

You're living in the past chump.

I'll bet VVS wouldnt have seen much of Clark, Johnson, Hilfenhaus and Bracken or Tait.