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Ton-up Yuvraj poses problems
MUMBAI: Batting riches have put the Indian team in a
sweet predicament. Yuvraj Singh's scintillating hundred on the
opening day of the second Test will have put the team management in
a quandary for the third Test where Sourav Ganguly is expected to
make his return. But whom does the captain replace?
Chairman of the selection committee Syed Kirmani used diplomacy to
tide over the first pangs of this debate. "It is entirely the
team management's decision," he said. Another selector who
wished to remain anonymous said that the management "should
have foreseen the problem and played five bowlers."
If that meant keeping Yuvraj out of the side in this Test, India
would have been shown to be extremely silly. True, the left-hander
was only included in the side because of injury to Ganguly, but he
followed his power-packed half-century at Multan with a brilliant
counter-attacking hundred that rescued his side from an ignominious
collapse.
That, of course, queers the pitch somewhat for the tour selectors.
Add to this his quicksilver fielding, and you have the recipe for a
delectable controversy.
The buzz is that Akash Chopra, the stoic opener who has had to live
in the shadow of his flamboyant partner Virender Sehwag, may be
eased out of the next Test with a 'thanks-and-bad-luck' note, and
Yuvraj asked to open the innings. But what happens if Chopra makes a
hundred in India's second innings is anybody's guess.
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