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what is your opinion guys??
by Bhasmasur on Nov 06, 2007 10:37 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

How many of you guys think that anil Kumble can succeed as an opening batsman in Australia??
Or do you think it is not possible??

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  RE:what is your opinion guys??
by KSatish on Nov 06, 2007 10:38 PM   Permalink
Are you serious man. I thought you were kidding.
:-)

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by Bhasmasur on Nov 06, 2007 10:44 PM   Permalink
See, if it comes off...then India will pose a very very serious threat to australia!!

Otherwise, instead of one regular seamer we can get in Pathan and make him open...

But if you want to beat Australia, you have to go with 3 seamers and 2 spinners!!
You can't beat them with 4 bowlers!!
And if you go with 5 bowlers, then you would need a makeshift opener to partner either Sehwag or Jaffer...thats the bottomline!!

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by KSatish on Nov 06, 2007 10:51 PM   Permalink
I think you are passionately tring to come up with a winning combo. But think about it u are making a big mistake there is no such thing as "if it comes off"..even middle order batsemn dont try to open in tests. So forget opening a tail ender against aus in aus. Are you kidding me?? So try to stay real in your quest.
The idle for me would be
Karthik
Jaffar
Dravid
Sachin
Laxman
Yuraj
Pathan
Zaheer
Sreesanth
Kumble
Harbhajan
Now I got you 5 bowlers and openers with recent form in foriegn conditions and the experienced and yuvraj in the middle. Dhoni has to wait and compete against Yuraj as a full time batsmen or against karthik as opener.

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by Bhasmasur on Nov 06, 2007 10:53 PM   Permalink
Where is Ganguly?? Where is Sehwag??

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by KSatish on Nov 06, 2007 10:56 PM   Permalink
Sorry Sehwag is out of form. I knwo he did well last time we went there. but we cant leave in the pasts. Yes if in the recent developments if he gets a chance and performs well in shows a sign of come back in ODI and if Karthik fails against pak. Yes you might see him in aus as opner instead of karthi and then Yuvraj/Gunguly or Pathan have to make way for Dhoni in the middle.

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by KSatish on Nov 06, 2007 10:54 PM   Permalink
Sorry Yuvraj or Gunguly at that spot. I would start with Gunguly.

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