Zaheer Khan: Negligible Chances To Get A Place In National Indian Cricket Team

Last match that Zaheer played was in Kolkata - Test Match against England.in which he had bowled only 31 overs and taken a solo wicket. Zaheer has a chronic issue of fitness and that is why he has never been consistent in the team for a long time. Even for the matches  he has played, fitness on the field has mostly been the issue and hence he has not been able to throw long spells. 

After not getting selected for National Cricket Team Zaheer went abroad to France for a fitness trip along with Yuvraj Singh. Both have been back recently and in a press conference both have announced about each other's fitness and readiness to join Indian Team. In fact Zaheer has been reported to lose 6 kgs of his weight during this fitness session in France.

More important is again how he performs on field rather than his fitness claims. His consistent performance is also very important in forthcoming 4-5 domestic matches (if he gets a chance) and then he can claim for his place in national team for SA tour. Also critical is that during his absence so many more talented bowlers have got a chance to demonstrate their skills and hence are strong contenders for their place in the team.

Bowlers like Siddharth Kaul from Punjab, Ishwar Chand Pandey from Pune, Stuart Binny from Karnataka, Jaydev Unadkat from Saurashtra, Umesh Yadav from Maharashtra, Ashok Dinda from Kolkata, Mohammed Shami from Kolkata and many more in the making are giving strong competition to Zaheer. Big question is whether to give a place to Zaheer for a couple of years more or give a chance to more talented newcomers to groom them for the forthcoming International challenges.

Dean Jones Is Right But Highlighting A Problem Without Proposing A Solution Is Damn Simple

When you are in a bad shape, everyone becomes your well wisher in terms of telling you what you could have done to not to fail in all the areas where you have failed, or highlighting your failures with a subjective solution.

That is what is happening with Team Australia these days. First Darren Barry proposing an overall change in the team management, coaches and selectors, and now Dean Jones telling something which is known to all and probably a kid also can give that statement. Who doesn’t know that when a team is not doing well and failing repeatedly, it need a savior, a hero, a leader, a show caser, a demonstrator, a consistent result getter.

As per Dean Jones, Australian team needs some kind of hero or heroes to revive back the honors and play extremely well consistently in South Africa in both versions of game, ODI and test. The rhythm, momentum and vigor definitely need to be revived back and who is not trying for that. I don’t think team Australia is short of determination or will power, only it might be a question of a focused approach.

Who knows some old lions may roar back in South Africa or a new lion may demonstrate the sharpness of his paws. Let us wait and watch the game. And then India also will be touring Australia one they are back from South Africa.

David Warner All Set To Roar In The Upcoming ODI Series

Champions League Twenty20 is a good international platform to show your talent. The players from almost all countries participate in this event and based on their solid performances here set an indication for their respective country’s cricket board to consider them for the next upcoming shorter form of the game viz Twenty20 or One Day.

Two hundreds in two neck to neck games prove definitely about any player’s potential, concentration and depth. A ton in T20 is obviously an indication of higher level of knowledge in technique and a superb concentration. Yes, you are right, the pointer is towards David Warner, who has been well appreciated by Anthony Stuart, the New South Wales coach.

Warner is ready to roar in the upcoming ODI series after he has been named as a part of Australian ODI team. He is quite ambitious and hopeful about his selection in the upcoming test series that has to be played with South Africa.

India Vs England 1st ODI: 3rd Sept: India Has Given Clear And Strong Signals To England

With excellent performance from batting and bowling section, India has given a clear cut signal to English ODI team to be ready for a crash. Probably omission of Sehwag, Gambhir, Tendulkar et. al. became a blessing for India when newcomer Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel opened Indian innings after India lost the toss and were invited to bat first.

Ajinkya word means one who can never be defeated. Rahane does not seem to be playing his preliminary buch of matches. The vigor, zeal, maturity and depth shows a long journey for him in Indian team. Probably he appears to be a right choice of openers for Indian next world cup team. Parthiv Patel on the other hand has shown lot of guts and sustenance through his previous series to this match.

Dravid was unfortunate to get out at 2 with a snick that missed umpire but technical review declared him out. Rohit Sharma was out for duck. All other batsmen - Kohli, Dhoni, Raina played and contributed 55, 33, 38 respectively. Patel was unlucky to get out just 5 runs short of his well deserved century.

Rahane made confident 40 which qualify him to stay for the series and play.

England innings was in doledrums when they started to bat after bowling out India for 274 at the loss of 7 wickets. Both the openers Cook and kieswetter were unable to touch double figure score and were sent back cheaply by superb bowling of Pravin Kumar.

Rain saved England in this match as it ended in a draw after heavy downpour. England were 27 for 2 in 8th over when game stopped and later called off.