According to FirstPost.com report MS Dhoni, the Indian skipper skipped the Corporate Trophy held by BCCI. And that was a smart move by the captain who might be leading his last Test series unless he does something miraculous to keep the captaincy for the next Test series.
Potentially he prevented another controversy -- club vs domestic cricket. He skipped Irani trophy, Sehwag did too. And around same time he was made VP of India Cements. So if Dhoni skipped Irani trophy and played corporate cup or trophy, whatever it is, then the hell would have broken loose. Fresh allegations of unholy nexus between Uncle Srini and Bhateeja Dhoni would have been made.
R Ashvin and Che Pujara also skipped the corporate cup. Pujara married his long time girl friend on or a day before Valentine's day.
Hail No, the wife of # 3 is not from Nagpur and I guess she is not even Doctor. So the comparisons between #3 now and ex # 3 should stop now.
The team for Australian series is announced. Gambhir is out. Dhawan is in. Delhi guy out, Delhi guy in. Jadeja, Vijay, Raina, Ashvin and Dhoni from CSK remain in the team. And the 5 are starters in the final XI. Ahh, the CSK shall make its Test debut vs Australia with a caveat that there should be 6 foreign (to Chennai) players in the CSK team that shall play the Tests.
Oh no, no Raina. Only 4 players from Chennai.
And they are keeping up the trend of Indian cricket. The strongest team in domestic cricket continued to have most players in national setup. Mumbai in early days of Indian cricket. Then Karnataka in 1990s. Delhi off late with 3 or 4 players.
But now its Chennai's turn. Not Tamil Nadu. Not TN Ranji trophy. But Chennai Super Kinks. And they dont even play Irani or Duleep or Ranji trophy. They play IPL and since 2012 they have started playing ODIs, T20Is and now Tests under the disguise of Indian team.
Sehwag is not in great form too. It was a great chance for another Chennai anna Abhinav Mukund to make his case, but he flopped in the tour game vs Australians and for now he is out of contention.
Dhawan for sure shall not make the cut in final XI. And here is what the test team will look like. Oh man, the first test CSK shall play in its own backyard. The Chepauk stadium with Uncle Srini witnessing the big moment.
Sehwag, Vijay, Pujara, Tendulkar, Kohli, Dhoni, Jadeja, Bhuvi, Ashvin, Ishant Sharma, Ojha
That is the probable XI that shall take field against Australians in Chennai from next Friday with Sehwag, Pujara, Tendulkar, Kohli, Ishant Sharma and Ojha being foreign players.
