The team for remaining four ODIs for the ongoing TVS cup between India and England is announced.
Robin Uthappa replaces Gautham Gambir. Rest of the squad remains the same.
Please drop Mohammad Kaif and Verender Sehwag
Well, it’s not easy to decode More and Chappell’s “Scheme of things”. Why is the 33 years+ crickets are overlooked? Well, the World Cup is just a year ahead and not 3 years, Mr. More and Chappell. Anil Kumble, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman are not 37 years old grandfathers.
Kaif is the new Hat trick star. Yippee!
If you take the selection on merit and performances, then how the hell does Sehwag and Kaif come in the picture? Man, Three ducks in a row! His scores in the past five innings are 0,0,4,0,0. (Thanks Riyaz for pointing out the error). We have a new Hat trick star. Yippee! Yet why is Kaif not “talked” about? I have always thought that Kaif is not a very good batsmen and with a otherwise good Indian batting lineup (at least on paper), he should be dropped. More, see his average and his average this year sucks. I have hardly seen him score beyond a dozen of runs (leave alone a “good” innings). Coming to his fielding. Agreed that he is a better fielder than Anil Kumble, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman but he fields in odd positions these days like slips, line leg, deep mid wicket and even short leg when a spinner is in operation rather than his cover/extra cover usual positions. I guess you don’t need specialized fielders for boundary positions.
Sehwag: Take some dance classes
Sehwag should understand that legs can be used for foot movement while playing his shots and not only running between the wicket. Man, how much time has he been dismissed by playing a casual shot? Now, in the 2nd Test match against England and the recent ODI innings have something to say. He is not playing aggressively as he used to play. He is “afraid” that he might loose his place in the side, now that people have started to question about his performance. Sehwag should be dropped for a series or two, in the meanwhile he should play for Delhi and regain his confidence back.
Even Dravid wanted Laxman and Anil back in the squad but sadly they don’t fit into Chappell and More’s “scheme of things”. They want to “look ahead” and play youngsters. We should have the veterans back and play them until they can perform and contribute to the team. Anyway Anil, Laxman or Ganguly can bat better than Kaif.
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YES. Sehwag and Kaif should be called off, and, Laxman and Kumble should be called in. Let them play some domestic cricket and get their form back.
But, no support for Ganguly from me. Sorry.
Some corrections Ashwin,
Kaif has not yet acheived the hat-trick. His score for last 5 innings are 0,0,4,0,0. That’s another feat. 4 ducks in 5 innings. He is only 7th Batsman to acheive the feat.
Source: Rediff.com
Another interesting article
Chappell backs Kaif, Sehwag
Thanks Riyaz, for pointing out the error. I have corrected it
Now his score is even worst. He should not be picked for the West Indies tour also.
Aargh, please disable that ‘notify by mail’ check box by default like shwet has. plzzzz its buggin me to uncheck that all times and my inbox is gettin flooded and I have to comeback here to manage my ’subscriptions’
Lol I dint notice that Qwerty.. It’s ok now.
Thanks for that
And sorry if I was too loud, I was frustrated by the clutter on my inbox suddenly 
Hey no probs man.. I really din’t know abt that setting myself.
yes Sehwag and kaif should be removed from the squad . but i am not sure about recalling Kumble .
Kaif and Sehwag proves again!
Man give them a break just for the sake of experiment as India has already clinched the series. Let Robin and Rao comein.
Sehwag was ok. Atleast he was playing the way he used to play earlier.
Kaif should be dropped. He is playing at the cost of seniors like Laxman, Ganguly or youngters like Robin or Gambhir. He sucks. He can’t play properly. I always thought that he can’t bat well and is not fit for selection in the final eleven. And I am not ranting now after his 0,0,4,0,0,5 scores, It will look like a phone number if we replace the first 2 digit with other numbers
ganguly should be brought in. He has to given chance , he can be extremely destructive when he is in form and he has experience as well.
why you guys are against ganguly?
my sentiments are with him
Yeah, that Kaif should be dropped until he performs well. Man he is a failure through out this year and still they have not dropped him.
Greg Chappell should be kicked out. I am not sure when Indians would learn not to kiss whitey a**. I haven’t seen an arrogant fool like Greg and a dumb a** like Kiran More.
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