Team India's 2011 Season

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Team India's 2011 Season

India in West Indies, 2011

The teams announce the squads
March 24, 2011

This is the first tournament for Team India and Team West Indies in the 2011 Season. Both the teams have looked in pretty good form off late, and their fans would hope that they continue it.
Team India's test squad, as always looks very solid. With batting guns like Tendulkar and Dravid and experienced bowlers like Zaheer and Harbhajan, India certainly looks as one of the most strongest test side in the world.

The selection committee didn't have much confusion to decide on the 15 man squad and that was expected.

Pragyan Ojha and Abhimany Mithun won the battle against Amit Mishra and Vinay Kumar respectively to get a chance in the test side. The surprise inclusion proved to be of Virat Kohli, who came in for the out of form Murli Vijay.

This is the last test series of Rahul Dravid in India, as he has announced retirement after the test series scheduled to take place in England after this one.
He said,
"I have probably made up my mind now and I have decided to retire from all forms of cricket after the test series to be held in England. Although, I will continue to play in the IPL."

The Squads (Test Matches):

India

MS Dhoni *†
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
Rahul Dravid
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh
Praveen Kumar
Zaheer Khan
Abhimany Mithun
Pragyan Ojha
Ishant Sharma


West Indies:

Chris Gayle *
Omar Philips
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Kirk Edwards
Denesh Ramdin †
Narsingh Deonarine
Ryan Hinds
Dwayne Bravo
Kevin Stoute
Darren Sammy
Nikita Miller
Ravi Rampaul
Jerome Taylor
Amit Jaggernauth


The Matches:

Test Matches:
1st Test Match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2nd Test Match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabd
3rd Test Match at The Chepauk, Chennai

One Day Internationals:
1st ODI at The Chepauk, Chennai
2nd ODI at The PCA Stadium, Mohali
3rd ODI at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
4th ODI at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
5th ODI at The HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala

Twenty20 Internationals:
1st and the only Twenty20 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

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West Indies in India, 2011



First Test Match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Its show time here at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as the nation witnesses its first test match after the WC 2011. The weather looks perfect for a good game of cricket, bright and sunny. There is always some amount of humidity in Mumbai, being a coastal region. No chances of rain.

The pitch looks fantastic, a complete "test match" wicket it is. Will support the pacers at the start and then gradually the spinners. Will be good to bat on as well.

MS Dhoni wins the toss and elects to field first.

THE TEAMS:

India:

Gautam Gambhir
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Virat Kohli
MS Dhoni *†
Harbhajan Singh
Praveen Kumar
Zaheer Khan
Pragyan Ojha


West Indies:

Chris Gayle *
Omar Philips
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Narsingh Deonarine
Ryan Hinds
Denesh Ramdin †
Darren Sammy
Nikita Miller
Jerome Taylor
Amit Jaggernauth

Its a big surprise to see Virat Kohli in the Playing XI over Suresh Raina. Raina has been out of touch for quite some time now, but he surely did deserve some more chances at the test level. It will be interesting to see how Kohli faces the challenge in his first test match. On the other hand, Raina would be hoping to bounce back in the team as soon as possible.

So now, it seems like a three-way battle between Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh for a spot in the Playing XI of team India at the test level. One would be up for grabs after the retirement of Rahul Dravid.

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Your post is far too wide to be easily viewable on this site, please fix that because I would like to be to read the full lines.

The further updates, like the last one will be much more compact.

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Thanks, that's alot better.

I have an India save at the moment and I'm up to the second Test against Pakistan just before the 2011 WC. My current Test team is:

1. Gautam Gambhir
2. Abhinav Mukund
3. Sachin Tendulkar (c)
4. Rahul Dravid
5. VVS Laxman
6. Abhishek Nayar
7. Uday Kaul (wk)
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Pragyan Ojha
10. Ishant Sharma
11. Gagandeep Singh

Nayar has been very good in the games he's played for me so far, perhaps you should try him if you need a good pace-bowling all-rounder.

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Looks good.
I'll implement it and get back to you.

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West Indies in India, 2011


First Test Match at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Zaheer Khan celebrates the wicket of Omar Philips early during the day

Team India won the toss and came out to field at the Wankhede Stadium. The Indian bowling attack looked extremely strong with pacers like Zaheer Khan and Praveen Kumar and spinners like Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha. The combination looks perfect and has the capability to destroy any batting line-up, however strong it may be. Guys like Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar can chip in to bowl as well.

The West Indian opening duo, Chris Gayle and Omar Philips came out to bat. Gayle, who has the ability to smack any ball out of the park begun slow. Philips, with lack of experience at the Test level, threw his wicket as Zaheer Khan managed to get an edge out of his willow towards the point region. It was a good catch by the Delhi lad, Gautam Gambhir.

Next to join in Gayle was the veteran, Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Being one of the bests in Test cricket today, it was expected that Chanderpaul would perform well under the given circumstances. Zaheer and Praveen Kumar continued their long spells but couldn't manage to get a wicket. Harbhajan Singh was introduced in the attack. The turbanator striked on his first delivery of the match. Gayle was dismissed as the scorecard read 59, for the loss of two wickets. Both the openers were sent back to the pavilion.

Then it was the opportunity for the controversial, Ramnaresh Sarwan to arrive at the center. He, along with Chanderpaul got into a nice partenrship of 60 odd runs. Both looked in good touch and were terrific in attacking the spinners. Unfortunately for the West Indians, Sarwan was given out by yet another wrong decisions by the umpire. He was adjudged LBW off a delivery which clearly pitched outside leg stump. The young lad, Pragyan Ojha was lucky to get his first wicket of the match.

Narsingh Deonarine, the silent horse walked in. No India player knew much about his talent and temperament. He looked calm throughout his inning and faced the experienced bowling line-up of the Indians with easy and grace. Chanderpaul on the other hand looked well settled and continued with his shots. It was yet another strong partnership for the West Indians, comprising of around 70 runs. However, Chanderpaul missed out on a century he deserved, getting caught out at slip off Zaheer Khan, who was bowling his third impressive spell.

Ryan Hinds and Denesh Ramdin continued their bad run of form, falling cheaply off Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh respectively.

Darren Sammy's inning of 60 odd runs proved to be the surprise package as he got them in quick time as well. A strike rate of more than 100 in a test match certainly has to be appreciated. Along with Deonarine, he got along well in a partnership which probably helped the Windies to reach a respectable score in the first innings.

No batsmen of the tail could contribute much to total as they fell cheaply. Narsingh Deonarine remained not-out till the end, helping the West Indians get pass a total of 300, and eventually, 350. His inning of 130* was marked with elegance and grace.

Deonarine and Chanderpaul during their partnership of 70 odd runs

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[Chewie]

I can read them just fine :/

[CyberCricketer]

That's odd

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Sorry to be a jerk, but that last post was really wide again. It's nearly impossible to read.

I agree with Chewie. Its read-able.
There is nothing wrong with it at all.

Can you post a screenshot?

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CyberCricketer means that it doesn't it in a window and have to scroll every time to right to read the full line.

Am i right CyberCricketer?

i also face same thing here but that's managable while reading nice story
keep that up

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I don't have to scroll :/

I think if you open the thread in a new tab then that eradicates the problem.

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OK, I tried opening it in a new tab and it's fine, so now I can get back to enjoying the story