The Best Replacements?!

[Doink]

I know we have been discussing this in the India-A thread, but I thought why not simply have a different thread to discuss who would come in place for Tendulkar and Ganguly in the triangular series in SRL. And to make it a littlebit more interesting each member can give names of 3 players for whom he thinks 'should' make it and 3 names for whom he thinks 'would' make it! Thats because I dont trust the Indian selectors very much!

[vvvrulz]

Interesting discussion..

Tendulkar will open, so we need a new opener. And Ganguly is likely to come in at no.3 or no.4.
And assuming MS Dhoni was an automatic selection anyway.

The guys who most likely will be selected are:
Dheeraj Jadhav, he is a fringe player at the moment who might get his chance
Dinesh Mongia, is often a go-to guy when the top order has holes
VVS Laxman, really is no reason to leave him out now

The guys who SHOULD make it into the eleven are:
Hemang Badani, no joke ! He is a very fluid strokemaker when he gets going
VVS Laxman, yes i mentioned him above as well, in my opinion, he did nothing wrong to be dropped anyway

So my 'ideal' top seven would be something like this:

Sehwag
Dhoni (w)
Laxman
Dravid (c)
Yuvraj
Kaif
Badani

Altho its very unlikely this will ever happen.

[Doink]

Yep, I dont see any reason why Laxman and Badani should be kept out. But I would also like if some youngsters were tried out as well, like Raina, Dhawan and domestic cricket lords like Ramesh Powar and JP Yadav. Mongia's selection depends upon how well he does in the counties and also a lot on how well his zonal selector bargains! Dhiraj Jadhav for ODIs? No way dude! He's more in the mould of Akash Chopra-a defensive opener. No ODIs for him at the moment! But dont be surprised if Gambhir makes it.

[vvvrulz]

My mistake, I actually meant JP Yadav and got the names mixed up !

I think Ramesh Powar is a quality player who deserves more chance in the ODI outfit.
But I think he will end up, like many Indian cricketers, simply remaining as a 'domestic cricket lord' as you say.