by The Dark Knight » Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:38 pm
India have named their 11 for the first test-
Prithvi Shaw
Mayank Agarwal
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli (c)
Ajinkya Rahane
Hanuma Vihari
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Umesh Yadav
Mohammed Shami
Jasprit Bumrah
So Saha gets the nod over Pant and Yadav completes the pace trio, the Australians have had issues with their selection but I'm keen to see how India's selections go especially Yadav as the third seamer and surprisingly, Shaw being picked over Gill.
Assuming the predicted Aussie side is the one that will play tomorrow- I thought Harris was a certainty to play after he came into the squad, gee I hope Burns goes well but like everyone else I have no confidence, hopefully he can prove us wrong. Langer and the selectors obviously see Wade as a Simon Katich type batsman where he can bat anywhere in the top 6, hopefully he goes well same as Green on debut. The rest of the team obviously picks itself.
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow and the main thing I'm looking forward to in this series (apart from seeing Australia win) is Nathan Lyon taking 400 test wickets, he needs 10 to reach that milestone.