Quote from: JSRAW on May 23, 2019, 09:03:54 AM

Quote from: erikalui on May 23, 2019, 08:30:42 AM

Did India have to choose between Jadeja and Ashwin and they chose the former one? I am missing Ashwin and felt he would stand a chance but he is not playing. Also, Raina has been long forgotten even though he's a good batsman and better than Shikhar. Shikhar did not perform well in the Australian series too except for one match. I miss the 2011 team that had better players than this team.

Jadeja and Ashwin comparison is not logical due to various reasons if we are eyeing on World Cup Squad.

1. Ashwin competition is not Jadeja but Spin duo Kuldeep and Chahal.

2. Ashwin's shorter format career is already finished if we are talking about his place in the Indian team. In a Test match, he's still a big asset for India.

Same With Sikhar and Raina.

1. One is opening Batsman and other is Middle order batsman.

2. Agree Raina didn't perform badly per se but he didn't perform exceptionally well according to his ability. he was a mediocre performer when he was given chance in England tour. as far as I remember his 30-35 runs inning didn't help Indian team's cause.

3. His competition was with Ambati Raydu and we all know even Raydu didn't make into the team due to Vijay Shankar.

Pretty well said. I think Ashwin hasn't been that poor in his stats but the latest trends of bringing in chinaman and google bowlers into side is what has brought Ashwin career's to end. With time every bowler needs to have some newer deliveries in his armory to ensure that Batsmen don't get prepared with their stock delivery. Ashwin continued with almost zero innovation in recent years which was the reason the "Kulcha" due got an edge who can spin the ball both way around pretty well. Moreover an unorthodox bowling style along with some good line and length ensured that Ashwin doesn't even remains a choice for the selectors