Spot Light Will Be On Spinners

        The ranji season is underway with lot of hopes for emerging players and also for players who look to come back. This time the major focus will be on the spinners ahead of tests against south Africa later this month. India likely to go with 4 spinners and their are few spots to fill in spin department.
            Ashwin and Misra are  all the way in to the squad, Haribajan seems to be left out in the home series depending on the performance of other players in the Ranji Trophy. It's an great time for players to perform well to spot their place in the squad. Axar Patel is one of them likely to be in the ranks after his all-round show in A series. It is not just about this south African series but for the future plans of Indian test team. There are few spinners who will be on spot light players performing well in the shorter format and players who are looking to come back to the national squad.

Crunch Time Heading Towards Old Trafford

               This series is quite exciting so far, both teams should their strengths and weaknesses to make it interesting. England leveled the series by winning at Leeds and both teams turn up to old Trafford for the decider. It's where England got their things their way and else for the Aussie.
                Injuries really hurted the Aussies ,England where able to capitalised on that more, but also play good Cricket in the past 2 ODIS.
              So far in the series pitches played a curical role than the players, they are pretty dry. It's virtually like playing in the subcontinent, lack of seam moment costed problems for the visitor's.
              The entire series revolved around the middle overs so far playing spin is the new challenge for the visitor's and as well as for the hosts.
               Australia look to play with agar in the decider and starc is likely to make in to the side after a match rest which costed them heavily due to their inconsistency in the bowling.
               England likely to stick with the same team, Willey added variety to the attack with his left arm pace. This going to be a huge opportunity for Morgan and his men to win against the world champions.
            Both teams eager to perform well in the decider, Aussie wants to make a statement after their loss in ashes and England hope to continue their prolific form this summer.

Aussie Look To Stay A Head Of The Conditions

               England eye to level the series, they got thighs right at old Trafford by winning against the visitor's by a big margin.  Especially they prepared a pitch which is dry enough to take the visitor's pacemen out of the attack. They might go with the same formula later in the series as well.
            Absence of Warner and Watson proved to be difficult for the Aussie, batting under lights hasn't been that easy in the series so far and both teams will look to bat first in the remaining ODIS. England batted well in the middle overs which was lacking in the first two ODIS.
            Both teams head on to Leeds for the 4th ODI ,it seems that the wicket will remain dry for this match as well.
             Aussies had done too which with the conditions nothing more than else. Smith and his men will look to come back hard at the hosts to seal the series, by putting them under pressure as much as possible. Smith is eager to complete his first assignment as a captain on a positive note by dominating the hosts.
               England still have a lot if work to do to stay in the series, this match won't be any different for them as the previous one.
            Australia haven't played a ODI at Leeds since 2005, England mean while played 27matches at Leeds and won 16 of them. They played their last ODI against India on sept 5th  2014 in which the hosts won by 41 runs.

England Look To Recur

          The third ODI of Royal London cup on Sept 8th at Old Trafford going to be a crunch game for England. Having put down by the visitor's 2-0 in the 5 match ODI series, the hosts look to stay alive by coming back strong enough. Aussie dominated the hosts both with the bat and ball in ODIS.
              But injuries are  concern for the visitor's now they lost experienced Watson and Warner in the batting. Counter Nile also played a crucial role in the bowling had to miss due to hamstring injury. Although they got good back ups, but it's not going to be that easy in the third ODI.
            On the other side of the coin England struggled with their performances, batting had showed good intent in patches, but the bowling hasn't been up to the mark they struggled to pick the wickets in early part of the innings.
         Death bowling is an big concern for England in recent times, they had given too many at the end. Barstow replaces Butler in the squad which will good for them ,he was going through  some form in county Cricket also played crucial knock in the decider against New Zealand.
         Aussie look to  extend their domination by winning this ODI and to seal the series, to continue their wining streak in limited overs.
          At Old Trafford these two teams meet back in 2013 , where Aussie won the match by 88 runs. They are eager to repeat the same this time around , England on the other hand have to fight hard to stay alive in the series.

Pujara Or Rohit In Playing XI

         The debate centres between pujara and Rohit in the playing XI. But what really separates the two players and i can see nothing.
            Both can be match winners on their own, both have different approach to the game with their natural style. It's all about one place where two quality players fighting for. When one goes deep in to any batting line up you need players of both the qualities in the team. Both bring different approach to the game to make the game more interesting. 
             Over the years teams as been successful with the balance in the batting, that different players provide a new approach. Rohit had a lot of criticism for his inconsistency and tendency to throw the wicket away.
          This is what we see but the truth lies beyond it. Rohit is a kind of player who likes to play his shots and that's the  natural instinct to him. At times it can go either way and that's were he likes to play, some say it is risky. But it becomes more risky when he won't play to his natural instinct.
          The abilities he has he can putt the opposition on the back foot up front, every team wants a player of those abilities.
              Virat wasn't any different from a captains point who looks for a player like Rohit in the team, so as all the captains.   
                On the other side of coin you have Pujara who is nothing different from Rohit ,who plays the selfless way. Pujara brings in solidity to the batting line up, he can handle any attack in the world.
             The recurring innings in the final test against Srilanka shows his depth in batting. . May be he had a quite a bad series in past 12 months, but came pretty strong. Some said he don't have the aggression the team is looking for, but he has the ability to put down the oppositions aggression, he literally plays with that.
             A team needs a mixture of players who adds each of  their own dimension to make it perfect. You want both kind of players like Pujara & Rohit in the team, but the problem arises when it comes between them.
    

Struggles Behind 200

          This is quite a story of an fast bowler who went up and  downs in patches through his carrer. He turns in to 27 to day he is the Indian fast bowler who is 6 fit 4 inch tall "Ishanth Sharma".
            No one would have thought a 19 year old fast bowler with an hand full of first class games under his belt would trouble one of the finest test batsmen. He was in the spot light in international Cricket when he was apart of the squad during 2007-08 series in Australia. His spells in Australia to Ricky ponting remains an night mare to the Aussie Skipper. His height helped him to extract bounce to surprise the batsmen. He bowled with some pace beginning of his career and also with some intent. The Aussie Skipper not at all comfortable when playing against Ishanth through out the series.
           He became an young prospect for the Indian team future. He also performed well in limited overs format in the CB series 2008 with some match winning efforts.
         Ishanth is one who depends more on seam movement rather than swing and his height made vulnerable for the batsmen. But it is all back in Australia when he returned home the conditions are different. At home you don't get enough bounce from the pitch were Ishanth strength lies, although he performed well to some extent. But it became more difficult for Ishanth later in his carrer he was not able to perform under consistent basis at home were pitches suits more to spinners.
            Ishanth injuries and lack of form made it more difficult to perform in test and also in limited overs Cricket. But he was well backed by the team management, it took 18 test th matches to complete  his 50 th test wicket. He was not in the squad of 2011 world cup due to injury concerns. Later India toured west Indies were he was impressed with his performance becoming top wicket taker of the series.
           Also he completed his 100 th test wicket during the series in his 33rd test match by picking up the west Indies captain Darren Sammy. He then only has one five wicket haul in an innings.
        although his pace was cut down due to injuries. Ishanth struggled very hard through this period when India toured Australia and England were he became the lonely fast bowler India rely on due to injury concerns to zaheer Khan. He was not at his best this time around in Aussie conditions nor in English conditions.
           It was the ICC champions trophy were Ishanth led the attack, he performed well in the tournament after a long time. The final against England were Ishanth turned the match on his head by picking up two wickets of consecutive deliveries, were Morgan and bopara well set to take England home.
           Later in his carrer it was much darkness spread when he conceded 30 runs in an over against Australia were fauckner took the attack. India finished at the losing end in the match  due that terrible over of the match. Ishanth was dropped for remaining Odi's. It had huge impact on his bowling in ODI Cricket.
         Criticism over Ishanth raised high even during the England tour for his inconsistency.
          In New Zealand he reached 150 th wicket in his 54 th test match ,his performance were cane good in test Cricket but not so in limited overs format. He was not considered to world cup 2015 for the second he held back due to injury concerns. The recent series against srilanka were he looked back in rhythm performing well through out the series and became the 4th Indian pacer to grad 200 test  wickets by picking up the srilankan skipper  Mathews in his 65 th test.
           The last 50 test wickets cane at quite a good rate in 11 test matches his best in carrer so far. He is looking more aggressive in style ever before his last 11 test matches show it all. This would be great for him as well as the Indian team for the future in longer format of  the game,if he would be consistent enough.