India in Pakistan

[Insomniac]

Schedule :

Practice Match - Lahore
Jan 7 - 8

1st Test - Lahore
Jan 14 - 18

2nd Test - Faisalabad
Jan 22 - 26

3rd Test - Karachi
Jan 30 - Feb 3

5 ODIs : TBA.

Well, since the series is almost 3 weeks ago, lets start the war!

After a good series against England, I feel Pakistan will be confident. India on the other hand have played extremely well against Sri Lanka, so they will be on the high side. Any ideas on what the two squads for the teams should be? For Pakistan, (tests and ODIs combined) I think it should be :

*Inzamam-ul-Haq
Younis Khan
+Kamran Akmal
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Malik
Abdul Razzaq
Bazid Khan
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar
Hasan Raza
Asim Kamal
Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
Mohammad Asif
Danish Kaneria
Arshad Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Yasir Arafat

Huge squad, isn't it? But on this tour, all of those players, have played once against England.


Edit : Can a mod please pin this?

 

[Indiangod]

I predict a 1-1 draw in the test series. Dont make me laugh Pakistan is going to win us 3-0, even the aussies cant beat us 3-0 at thier best on our current team.

 

[Insomniac]

Ah, well We beat England 2-0, and could have easily been 3-0, if it had not been for the light going down.

 

[Indiangod]

Ah, well We beat England 2-0, and could have easily been 3-0, if it had not been for the light going down.

lets not get carried away, just becuase you nearly beat England 3-0 isn't going to be the same when Pakistan play India.....I cant wait untill the series starts.....thiers no way Pakistan is going to beat us 3-0 with the current in form side with got, forget about 3-0, not even 2-0.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Very tough call. All the matches will be tight. Can't predict anything really.

India Squad should be:

Sehwag
Gambhir
Sachin
Dravid
Kaif
Yuvraj
Ganguly
Raina
Rao
Yadav
Dhoni
Pathan
Agarkar
Bhajji
Kartik
RP Singh
Sreesanth

 

[Indiangod]

Very tough call. All the matches will be tight. Can't predict anything really.

India Squad should be:

Sehwag
Gambhir
Sachin
Dravid
Kaif
Yuvraj
Ganguly
Raina
Rao
Yadav
Dhoni
Pathan
Agarkar
Bhajji
Kartik
RP Singh
Sreesanth

This must be the odi squad..........wheres Kumble?

 

[ZoraxDoom]

This must be the odi squad..........wheres Kumble?

Yup ODI squad. Just Include Kumble+Laxman+Karthik and drop Raina, Rao and Yadav for tests.

 

[SaiSrini]

Cant wait for this series to start! Itching for it to come sooN!

P.s: Where is the thread that 'indiancricketer' started for this series? Has it been deleted?

Yup ODI squad. Just Include Kumble+Laxman+Karthik and drop Raina, Rao and Yadav for tests.

Dravid? But your ODI squad included Dravid! And Dravid being dropped for ODi's, he's our captain!

 

[Indiangod]

Since both teams are on form.........its going to be a nailbiter of a series.

 

[siddharth2002]

I think Pakistan is winning this one as they are in much better shape thna India. India is doing well because they are playing against club-level SL. Just look at their performance against SA recently and you will get my point.

 

[who_is_this_guy]

Cant wait for this series to start! Itching for it to come sooN!

P.s: Where is the thread that 'indiancricketer' started for this series? Has it been deleted?



Dravid? But your ODI squad included Dravid! And Dravid being dropped for ODi's, he's our captain!

Ganguly is the captain for us :upray

 

[SaiSrini]

I think Pakistan is winning this one as they are in much better shape thna India. India is doing well because they are playing against club-level SL. Just look at their performance against SA recently and you will get my point.

They had a very challenging time against the South Africans, but they still fought hard and drew level. Who knows what might have happened at Chennai had the game been played? India didnt look too bad against South Africa who I consider next to Australia in the one dayers!

Tests is a different ball game altogether! And India are pretty good at the moment in the tests! At least on paper!

Ganguly is the captain for us :upray

"who is this guy"?

VERY APT USERNAME! Ur a genuis!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

lets not get carried away, just becuase you nearly beat England 3-0 isn't going to be the same when Pakistan play India.....I cant wait untill the series starts.....thiers no way Pakistan is going to beat us 3-0 with the current in form side with got, forget about 3-0, not even 2-0.

Watch it, mate. Over confidence kills :

 

[Indiangod]

Watch it, mate. Over confidence kills :

Thats what happened to many English fans I know. They was going on about " we are number 1, we will beat Pakistan comprihensivly( exuse my spelling) in the test and odi series ". They was wrong at the end.

 

[Insomniac]

True... I guess we shudnt get ahead of ourselves