Tuesday, August 9, 2016

My XI against WI for 3rd Test Match

Rohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Stuart Binny released from Indian squad

It doesn't make sense playing Stuart ahead of Bhuvneshwar. Bhuvi is a far far better bowler than Binny in terms of control, wicket taking capability and he has added extra 8-12 kms speed in his bowling as well. I am ready to accept Stuart has a slight advantage in batting. Bhuvi is not a tail under either. Lets assume if Stuart scores 20 points in batting Bhuvi will get 19 at least. So for me Bhuvneshwar should be playing ahead of Binny in all matches. Binny swings the bowl but we all know Bhuvi is an out-and-out swing bowler.

Umesh has pace but not the maturity or resilience or wicket taking capability as Bhuvi. So Bhuvi should play ahead of him in XI.

Pujara is great batsman but needs some time off. And Ravindra needs a game as well. We saw how well he bowled in the second practice match. So my playing XI against WI for 3rd test would be ..

1. M Vijay 2. KLRahul 3. Shikhar Dhawan 4. Virat Kohli 5. Ajinkya Rahane 6. R Ashwin 7. Wriddhiman Saha 8. Ravindra Jadeja 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10. Mohammed Shami 11. Ishant Sharma

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