India has seen its fortunes changed in 2007 and this recent victory against Australia has been of historic proportions. India now has a smart Test captain who has been one of the greatest servants to Indian cricket. The ODI captain Dhoni is also smart, savvy and passionate.
The recent announcement of Ganguly being dropped has stunned many. Already the Indian media and much of the public is fuming over this action by the Selection Committee. Ganguly was the country’s most prolific scorer in 2007 and his form gained much more prominence because of the fact that he made a return to international cricket after being dropped for poor form.
The CF management would like your views on whether dropping Ganguly was a good move. An experienced player is always handy against a quality opposition, but Ganguly does not have the best record against Australia, as his fellow seniors Tendulkar and Dravid do. Is it time to depend on the youth to carry India’s ambitions forward, youth that stirred a worldwide frenzy following the victory in the Twenty20 Cup and much of India’s glory post World Cup 2007?
What are your views on this squad?
Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla
Sehwag’s return as opener following a decent show at Perth, Karthik being retained despite lacklustre form and Raina being included? Also Sreesanth is in the squad now which will be a bonus provided he keeps his cool. Chawla may be another youngster to look out for, as he has been impressive for whatever little we have seen of him.
I fully support Gambhir’s selection because I feel he is India’s best opener for now, ahead of Sehwag, Jaffer or Karthik. The fact that he is left handed also helps. Should India opt for a left-right hand opening combination?
I have the feeling this ODI series may be more competitive than Test series. This means there is plenty of good cricket to look forward to.
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