Re: Gavaskar in brilliant form..........

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cric8wala) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >> BTW, Das *really* is the blue-eyed boy, isnt he? Was supposed to be on par
>  with
> >> Jaffer last year before NZ, got outperformed domestically, and yet went to
> >NZ.
> >
> >Yes, there maybe a small matter of a 250 overseas in England that the
> >selectors must have thought to be worth something.
> >
> 
> Made a year and a half ago, 

Which for the tour to NZ would have been only half a year and not one
and a half year ago, correct?


> against a pretty weak county attack (Jaffer had
> what, 230-odd, against a similarly weak county attack only this summer - which
> didnt even buy him a first-XI spot in a BPXI game in a tour game 2 months
> later). 

Because he did not click in the Irani Cup, and they wanted to see
different options for Australia, perhaps.

(getting the highest score in an innings is not necessarily clicking)

> On pure performances in the past year and a half in first-class
> cricket, surely Gambhir, Sriram, Jaffer etc have to be ahead. But still Das was
> made *captain*, thus assuring him for a spot no matter what.
> 

Would happen with any captain, though.  I agree that Das has fallen
off, I do not however buy the rationale that the case on stats is
crystal clear.

If it were, Gambhir would be the first one based on recent knocks, and
Sriram the second (yes, I know he bats #3).

> 
> >> Was selected captain of India-A in England - and was the worst of the
>  openers
> >> in runs and averages both (with Jaffer being the best), and somehow Das
>  stayed
> >> in contention, even captaining India-A in tour matches against NZ as well
>  as
> >> against SL-A.
> >
> >It is surprising that neither Jaffer nor Gambhir go to Australia, but if one
> >went by comparative tour/domestic averages alone, it is hard to imagine that
> >Karthik or Pathan would even be in contention.   Or why Sriram, Gavaskar,
> >Bhandari, and Rayudu wouldn't be.
> >
> >And not that Karthik appears to be setting the world on fire in the SL-A
> >match either.
> >
> 
> He did on the last day. 
> 

It is a good performance at that level.  And a good one for Kathik,
but hardly an spectacular one.  Two others got 3-fer, and Bhandari
ended with some 8-fer something.


> India-A declared at the overnight score (with Karthik and Powar batting at 10*
> and 64* respectively), and a lead of 215.
> 
> On the last day, they ran thru SL-A and bowled them out for 125, to win by an
> innings and plenty. Karthik led the way with 4/27, Bhandari and Munaf chipped
> in as well with 3/28 and 2/33 respectively. 
> So Karthik actually had 2 quite
> excellent days - coming back from the flu he had a very poor first day
> (0/70-odd), but then had 2/17 on the second day, and now 4/27 on the 4th day. 
> 

Does Bhandari now have a legitimate claim as a pacer?  He had a 8-fer,
and has performed in the domestics as well, even before the team was
picked to Australia.

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Shripathi Kamath