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Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 08:33:07 AM

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India will surely come down with the best pacers. Bumrah, Ishant and Siraj will be the obvious choices and the way Ashwin is batting, I think probable XI would have Axar, Ashwin and 3 pacers.

If Umesh Yadav is 100% fit to bowl then he's going to play ahead of Siraj for sure.

Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on Today at 11:30:33 AM

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For the third match I would prefer Umesh along with Jasprit and Ishant. Siraj looks like an overhyped player for me and I believe that he is in the squad only because of nepotism. If it was based purely on merit, then there were at least 2-3 other pace bowlers out there who had a better chance of getting selected. Kohli obviously is going to favor Saini and Siraj, since they are RCB players.

After Australia tour, i think he earned his place in the squad. Why are we forgetting that he only came in the team after Ishant-Bumrah-Shami-Yadav got injured and he performed well for the team.

He comes from very humble background so don't know what nepotism you are talking about? He spent considerable time with India A squad that's why he was picked for the Australia tour. If you are talking about franchise favoritism then yeah it does exist for right or wrong reasons.

Oh sorry i absolutely forgot about Umesh Yadav I thought he si out of the squad. But yes he is in too so obviously no chance for Siraj. I am just thinking that if Shami and Bhuvi would have been fit there would have been a big fight for the three spots in the team.

Quote from: bryant.coleman on Today at 01:52:56 PM

Media is reporting that Umesh and Bumrah are likely to replace Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj for the third test. I believe it is a bit harsh for Kuldeep. First he was dropped for the first test, in order to include Shahbaz Nadeem. In the second test, he was included in the playing XI, but Kohli gave him only a few overs to bowl (and an easy catch off his bowling was dropped by Siraj).

https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/india-vs-england-2021-bumrah-umesh-likely-to-replace-siraj-and-kuldeep-in-playing-xi-for-motera-3461684.html

Haha Kuldeep maybe should get his horoscope checked. He performed fine in IPL but still was replaced by varun Chakraborty and now he is not being given bowling in the national team.