India Tour of Australia 2011/12

[Jaymin]

Irfan is replacing Yadav in last ODIs against WI.

 

[vicky24]

That's a piece of good news but i wanted him to be in oz. He is in such good form picking up wickets and will come handy with the bat as well. Provides such a stability down the order. Bad luck !

 

[Jaymin]

What i can foresee is that Irfan wud perform decently in the 2 chances he has got, and may be he will b named in ODI squad for Aussie tour. And even if that doesnt happen, just before the New Year Test, or right after the New Year test, u will see headlines like "Pathan to replace injured Zaheer Khan, who has been ruled out of the tour".I m so confident of Zak's fitness.

 

[vicky24]

Yeah. He is drawing injuries where he is considered to be in his prime ! I don't want him to draw another injury *during* the test match itself and leave the youngsters stranded like in lords ! Before or after the test match, fine !

 

[Jaymin]

Yep. So if he is coming with less than 100% fitness, then that will b revealed in the last 2 ODIs. And if they dont play him in last 2 ODIs, be assured that v will play the first test with 10 players & a sub, just after Day 1 or Day 2.

 

[vicky24]

Man, no matter what kind of a team we pick it always gives me chills whenever India tour's australia. We can never be relaxed at all ! Phew

 

[Jaymin]

But still, our team performs the best when they tour Australia. If umpires dont impose their dictatorship, or if the opposing team doesnt start acting as Umpires in disguise, we beat them hands down.

 

[mhsabir]

Need to hope Zaheer has learnt his lesson... Munaf suffered a lot of criticism (I heard/read) and for a long time was ignored by selectors purely for this.

 

[vicky24]

Heh. Munaf ! I completely forgot about him. He seemed to be ok, but lost his way. I don't want to see him again unless he can bowl really well at the death. I think he won't be considered like nehra.

 

[Deleted member 7160]

Why Yadav lost his place? I thought he was bowling well. And its sad to see Pathan not picked for OZ tour, I still remember his yorker to dismiss Gilchirist.