Indian team was announced today for the 3rd test match at Kolkata among a lot of speculations. There were many talks if Bhajji should be dropped, Irfan Pathan given a chance? But team India decided to pick the same team which had lost by 10 wickets in Mumbai.
The team is as follows:
MS Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Zaheer Khan.
Is will be interesting to see if India plays all the 3 spinners or Dinda or Ishant get to play in place of Bhajji. Dinda has been in good form recently. He might be given a chance in front of his home ground, but will he be effective? CricBol.com had carried out a poll on Facebook taking people’s opinion if Bhajji should be dropped from the squad. 19 people out of the 25 people people who voted wanted Bhajji to be dropped from the team!
Another major thing is that Dhoni has again asked for a spinning track even after the mauling in Mumbai. Retaining the same team is definitely a bold move from Dhoni. But the most interesting thing is that whether he persists with 3 spinners in the crucial Kolkata test? Only time will tell…..