India needs only one spinner with the all rounders like Yuvraj, Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan, and Sachin Tendulkar being more than capable options. Suresh Raina too is a potent bowler on the subcontinental pitches if he gets to play. India needs to pick their best spinner. I think at this time Ashwin is the best specialist Indian spinner.
Harbhajan has not performed for the last four to five years. Ashwin will do better than Harbhajan. There is no place for 2nd spinner in the Indian team with so many part time spinners and some of them like Sehwag and Yuvraj looks more capable than Harbhajan on most of the occasions.
Harbhajan has performed for India whenever there is immense pressure on the opposition. It is like opposition losing the wickets under pressure and Harbhajan being the biggest beneficiary. For analogy you could compare it to Sachin performing almost every time whenever there is no pressure, but you could be almost certain of Sachin failing whenever there is pressure. There seems to more support for certain players in the Indian team management, especially Dhoni seems to back some players to the hilt and Harbhajan is one of the beneficiary.
Similarly One has to pick three from Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, and Yusuf Pathan. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli can be categorized into similar category. Similarly Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan resemble each other in their capabilities. Which combination would be better out of these three options. Between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir is a established cricketer, but Virat Kohli is in a better form at this time. Gautam Gambhir is better as an opener, but he has not been as effective in the middle order.
With the opening slots sealed by Sehwag and Sachin at this time, Gautam Gambhir has to bat in the middle order. But the fact is that with a middle order that boast of the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, and Yusuf Pathan or Suresh Raina, you do not need both Gambhir and Virat Kohli. There has to be only one from Gambhir and Virat playing in the middle order. If you have to talk about the middle order, Virat has an edge over Gambhir on his recent form. That means if one has to select three from among these four one has to decide between stability in the top middle order or aggression down the order. Virat Kohli has to be retained for his recent form. That would mean you have to bring in Raina for either Gambhir or Yusuf Pathan. Raina could be more aggressive than Gambhir at #3 or more dependable than Yusuf Pathan at #7. These are some simple facts that our cricket experts do not seem to understand.
Harbhajan has not performed for the last four to five years. Ashwin will do better than Harbhajan. There is no place for 2nd spinner in the Indian team with so many part time spinners and some of them like Sehwag and Yuvraj looks more capable than Harbhajan on most of the occasions.
Harbhajan has performed for India whenever there is immense pressure on the opposition. It is like opposition losing the wickets under pressure and Harbhajan being the biggest beneficiary. For analogy you could compare it to Sachin performing almost every time whenever there is no pressure, but you could be almost certain of Sachin failing whenever there is pressure. There seems to more support for certain players in the Indian team management, especially Dhoni seems to back some players to the hilt and Harbhajan is one of the beneficiary.
Similarly One has to pick three from Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, and Yusuf Pathan. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli can be categorized into similar category. Similarly Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan resemble each other in their capabilities. Which combination would be better out of these three options. Between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir is a established cricketer, but Virat Kohli is in a better form at this time. Gautam Gambhir is better as an opener, but he has not been as effective in the middle order.
With the opening slots sealed by Sehwag and Sachin at this time, Gautam Gambhir has to bat in the middle order. But the fact is that with a middle order that boast of the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, and Yusuf Pathan or Suresh Raina, you do not need both Gambhir and Virat Kohli. There has to be only one from Gambhir and Virat playing in the middle order. If you have to talk about the middle order, Virat has an edge over Gambhir on his recent form. That means if one has to select three from among these four one has to decide between stability in the top middle order or aggression down the order. Virat Kohli has to be retained for his recent form. That would mean you have to bring in Raina for either Gambhir or Yusuf Pathan. Raina could be more aggressive than Gambhir at #3 or more dependable than Yusuf Pathan at #7. These are some simple facts that our cricket experts do not seem to understand.
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