India v England 2012-13

[Dinesh84]

England will play three practice matches before the first Test when they arrive in India in October for the winter tour. England will play four Tests, which finishes on December 22 with the second Twenty20 before England return for the one-day series in early January.

The Test series will start in Ahmedabad on November 15 before moving to Mumbai, Kolkata and Nagpur making it England's longest in India since 1984-85. Three new venues - Rajkot (new stadium), Dharamsala and Ranchi, MS Dhoni's hometown - have been awarded ODIs with that series starting in Rajkot on January 11.

"This will be England's first full tour of India since 2008 and I am sure that cricket fans in both countries will be eagerly anticipating an exciting series of contests in all three formats of the game," ECB managing director Hugh Morris said.

England tour to India 2012
30 October-1 November 3-day tour match Mumbai, CCI

3-5 November 3-day tour match Mumbai, BKC

8-11 November 4-day tour match Ahmedabad, SPS Navrangpura

15-19 November 1st Test Match Ahmedabad, Motera

23-27 November 2nd Test Match Mumbai, Wankhede Stadium

5-9 December 3rd Test Match Kolkata

13-17 December 4th Test Match Nagpur


20 December 1st T20 (f) Pune

22 December 2nd T20 (f) Mumbai, Wankhede Stadium


6 January 50-over tour match (D/N) Venue tbc

8 January 50 over tour match Venue tbc

11 January 1st ODI (D/N) Rajkot

15 January 2nd ODI (D/N) Kochi

19 January 3rd ODI (D/N) Ranchi

23 January 4th ODI (D/N) Mohali


 27 January 5th ODI Dharamsala

[littlemaster1982]

Dinesh

[satissh_r]

Indian team for the first test - - M S Dhoni(c), V Sehwag, G Gambhir, S Tendulkar, V Kohli, Yuvraj, C Pujara, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, P Ojha, A Rahane, Harbhajan, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Z Khan

Not sure what Harbhajan has done to merit a place in the squad

[scorpio]

Bhajji won't be part of the Playing XI anyway. With no Raina or Badri, Yuvi will be assured of a place in the first test then.

[satissh_r]

Yeah when we are sure he wont be in the playing XI why have him in the squad? Any other youngster could be a part of the squad and learn lots. Only people happy about this would be the Punjab CA, they can give a chance to some youngster in the next Ranji game

[scorpio]

Only people happy about this would be the Punjab CA, they can give a chance to some youngster in the next Ranji game

vEra yaaru irukkaanga? Piyush, Amit Mishra.......Harmeet Singh is too young to be inducted into national team, that too for a 5 day match.

[povAferdeack]

Stupid selection...why give options for a position where the current players are doing well....70 wickets in 5 matches and you want more option for that position.
The no.6 slot doesn't have any real option other than Yuvi (perhaps thats their plan), the only reason I can think of for Vijay being there is they didn't want Badri (a competition for the no.6 slot), painfully obvious.
We also needed more option for the fast bowlers, the last time we had 3 bowlers and 1 got injured, the captain is forced to play the other two even if he doesn't like that combination.

[satissh_r]

vEra yaaru irukkaanga? Piyush, Amit Mishra.......Harmeet Singh is too young to be inducted into national team, that too for a 5 day match.

Jalaj Saxena nu oruthan irukkan, he has done well in India A tours so far.. avanukku chance thanthirukkalam

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Prediction:
India 2-0
Highest wicket-taker - Ojha

Che fans might be in for a rude shock this series.

[wizzy]

I can see where the selection of Harbhi coming from but 2 backup openers for a home test series and Vijay over Mukundan all the more with later's exploits against a full strength Eng side/100 in Kiwiland. with Zk's latest injury Pankaj Singh should have been called in//