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Ponderings…..
Looking at the recent India-Sri Lanka test series one can see that pretty soon we will be seeing a majosr shift in the Indian test team’s composition. The Fab 4, aka Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman, have not contributed at all to the team’s win in the second test. Its been 5 consecutive failures by these 4 talented and legendary batsmen.
Tendulkar is coming back from an injury so he would likely take some time to get into some form. Ganguly should hang up his boots and leave now with his pride intact. Laxman still has a couple of years left and needs to get into some sort of form sooner rather than later especially with the Aussies coming to town soon.
Dravid is the main worry for me here. The wall has certainly shown a lot of cracks ever since he renounced his captaincy last year. He has been out of form ever since. I am not sure how long the Indian board is going to wait before axing him from the team.
So, to the future. The Indian team’s bench strength has never looked so promising at it looks right now. Here is my team for the future (next 2 years):
1. Gautam Gambhir - Continues to prove his mettle against all oppositions in all forms of the game.
2. Virender Sehwag - No denying him now that he has found his form.
3. Rohit Sharma - The future wall of Indian cricket, in my opinion.
4. Sachin Tendulkar - What can you say about this man
5. VVS Laxman - Wristy elegance not found anywhere else now.
6. Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Indian cricket’s future.
7. Robin Uthapa/Yuvraj Singh/Irfan Pathan - Pick your choice depending on form and conditions.
8. Harbhajan Singh - Almost 300 test wickets. Need I say anymore.
9. Piyush Chawla/Pragyan Ojha/Amit Mishra - One of these will have to support Bhajji.
10. Zaheer Khan - He is back and he is meaner and leaner than ever.
11. Ishant Sharma - Indian cricket’s true express fast bowler. Ricky Ponting anyone.
Then there are Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel, Manpreet Singh Gony, and more waiting in the lines.
Post your comments on your future Indian Test team.
Well well well. Who the hell would have thought that 17 wickets would fall on the final day of India’s first tour match played against Sussex. After a spirited comeback yesterday by Sussex, this match was heading to be an boring draw. But as so happens when India is playing, something had to give. India lost wickets in order to score quickly and finished their second innings at 184-8 declared. This gave the touring side a final lead of 272 runs. The surprise with the bat was the performance was No 10 batsman, RP Singh, who smashed 41 runs in only 46 balls and was the team’s top scorer.