Zaheer ruled out of England series.

Its not a magic wand indeed but right intent and approach is important, when a simple Indian fan can understand that ,i wonder why cant the big boys who are sitting at the top are not understanding this thing.Yuvi has not played longer version of the game even at first class level from long time and Raina was complete failure in SA still both these players were playing in a high profile series only on the basis of their ODI performances,instead they could have brought more conventional players suited to this format like Jaffer, Rahane or Badrinath, even if they failed there was a hope that things are going in right direction.You remember Bevan who was a match winner for Aussies in ODIs just like Raina is for India, he had a similar technique,he in-spite of having resilient temperament was a failure in test cricket .If this is the vision of Indian team management that Raina and Yuvi will replace Dravid and Laxman then no one can help Indian cricket.However i should make this clear that i am not presenting myself as master of cricket and Indian team management as fools, obviously they know cricket much better than millions like me,its just that Indian team was clearly unprepared, and hence the decisions were taken in a hurry.If BCCI was so keen on milking the success of India becoming world champs through IPL they should have cancelled the WI tour and should have sent players at-least three weeks before this important series.England has not won any series against India since 1996,also India won the test series in 2007 and now they are beating Indian team as if its a school team.England never dominated India like this since last 20 years, its very hard for die hard Indian fans to bear this , that includes me.

I understand appreciate your views but you have to understand that both Yuvi and Raina were considered as our big future prospects. It is with great pain that all of us accepted the fact that Yuvi does not have test cricket temperament and Raina is short of requisite technique to play at that level in that format of the game. we all expected that they be given more chance considering the quality of the game they possessed. Badrinath was a great failure in Caribbeans. As about Jaffer, I agree that great injustice has been done to a really talented opener. One bad series in Australia and he was given unceremonious exit may be some issues other than cricket must have played part here. As about Rahane, I am not sure. All the players who score tons of runs or show exquisite technique in domestic cricket are not necessarily good enough at international level. As about future prospects I feel Rohit sharma and Virat Kohli are good enogh to replace our greats in near future in spite of later's failure in Caribbeans.

Thank you dubey. replacement is not magic wand it is a slow and continuous process. We have already got replacement for all these players but their shoes are so big that it is very difficult to find the feet of that size. Players like Virat Kohli, Sharma and many more are talented enough to take India into next decade. We have to give them some time to develop.

It indeed is rajiv. Without Zaheer Indian team goes out morally. Zaheer, apart from his bowling ability, is a great moral booster for bowlers like Sreesanth and Ishant. Their performance blossoms in his presence. RP is indeed a good bowler if he finds his rhythm. He is a swing bowler like Pravin Kumar and performs better in English conditions. Let us see how we perform in second test. I keep my fingers crossed.

Thank you warrior. R.p. is going to be good success in England as Pravin Kumar as both of them are in the same mold. Unfortunately he may not be able to play in the third test as he will require some time to get himself acclimatized with English conditions.

Thank you dabangladehi. The real test is for Sehwag and Gambhir. if both of them fire up then they will change the mood in the dressing room and whole situation will change. Let us hope for the best.