[harry10]

Originally Posted by Eddy

I think Kumble will definitely play. He will not risk losing his place to Mishra. Unfortunate.

but seriously i believe his time has come to go, both as a player and captain!

[ntomer]

A hilarious satirical take - Jack the Insider Blog | The Australian

Peter Roebuck in full form - OUTbatted, OUTbowled, OUTcaptained - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au

Peter Hanlon from the Age - Chucker - Cricket - Sport - theage.com.au

Greg Baum from the same paper - Australia's latest Waterloo has uncertainty of new front-line troops - Cricket

A tale of two captains - by Roebuck again - Cricinfo - A tale of two captains

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[Eddy]

None of the links are working :(

[snaronikar]

Originally Posted by Eddy

I think Kumble will definitely play. He will not risk losing his place to Mishra. Unfortunate.

Let's give a break. Let him play. We need to respect the individuals. He has done so much for indian cricket and is currently the highest wicket taker. The above comment, imo, is uncalled far. If Kumble would have played, who knows he would have grabbed maybe more wickets.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by snaronikar

Let's give a break. Let him play. We need to respect the individuals. He has done so much for indian cricket and is currently the highest wicket taker. The above comment, imo, is uncalled far. If Kumble would have played, who knows he would have grabbed maybe more wickets.

He is in bad form. He played the first match and failed to pick up a single wicket. Lets not go by reputations and play the people who are more likely to take wickets.

Kumble is an Indian great but does not justify a position in the team right now.

[ntomer]

Originally Posted by Eddy

None of the links are working :(

I rechecked, all of them are working. Maybe something wrong with your browser settings or firewall.

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[snaronikar]

Originally Posted by Eddy

He is in bad form. He played the first match and failed to pick up a single wicket. Lets not go by reputations and play the people who are more likely to take wickets.

Kumble is an Indian great but does not justify a position in the team right now.

We should not discard away if he has not taken any wickets in 1st test. In that case, we should also have not picked up couple of other players as they have not performed consistently. Just because they have to create records, they are in still hanging in team. Eg: If you take up an exam and fail in one subject, will you npt reappear for passing it out? The same applies here also. The key is not taking wickets in one game, he should perform consistently.

The selectors have not spoken about this. None of the tv channels is discussing about this in their analysis with past great players. It is left best to the selection committee and the individual players.

[esteem_lover]

Originally Posted by Eddy

Kumble is an Indian great but does not justify a position in the team right now.

Very true. AFAIK, the gentleman that he is, he will opt out of the Delhi test.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by snaronikar

We should not discard away if he has not taken any wickets in 1st test. In that case, we should also have not picked up couple of other players as they have not performed consistently.

He has been out of touch since the Sri Lanka series.

[snaronikar]

Originally Posted by Eddy

He has been out of touch since the Sri Lanka series.

IMO, lets wait and see this series and discuss further...

[harry10]

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Very true. AFAIK, the gentleman that he is, he will opt out of the Delhi test.

He is a gentleman no doubt but he is not going to opt out for sure.
And not even SL series he has not taken any specific wickets in Australia or in home series against SA as well.
He is out of form clearly and needs to go back to Domestic to get back in form.

[Eddy]

Originally Posted by snaronikar

IMO, lets wait and see this series and discuss further...

I disagree. I think it should be discussed right now. You see, Kumble might play the next match and chances are that he might do ok. But the point of discussion is, should he be playing in the first place ? The odds of him doing well coz of form and fitness are against him.

E_L: Unless the statement is a part of the mental game, I dont see Kumble sitting out voluntarily. See this

Cricinfo - 'I'm raring to go at the Kotla' - Kumble

[harry10]

Originally Posted by ntomer

A hilarious satirical take - Jack the Insider Blog | The Australian

Peter Roebuck in full form - OUTbatted, OUTbowled, OUTcaptained - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au

Peter Hanlon from the Age - Chucker - Cricket - Sport - theage.com.au

Greg Baum from the same paper - Australia's latest Waterloo has uncertainty of new front-line troops - Cricket

A tale of two captains - by Roebuck again - Cricinfo - A tale of two captains

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The one by JACk is really hilarious. Specially the mention 'Instant Karma' for Ishant sharma

[pmbabu]

Originally Posted by snaronikar

IMO, lets wait and see this series and discuss further...

We should just go by who is a better fit at this moment. At this specific point in time, form suggests it is Mishra. If we go with Kumble, that is clearly a compromise. It is unfortunate, but there are no domestic games in between for Kumble to either prove his witness or to gather form.

[normally_crazy]

Originally Posted by pmbabu

If we go with Kumble, that is clearly a compromise.

And in Indian cricket - compromise is what is done always.

I feel Mishra will have to sit out in Delhi. Kumble is not going to sit out even if half fit.

But what if Dhoni was handed over the captaincy and he opted for Mishra over Kumble ?