Dheeraj Jadhav tests himself against the best

Dheeraj Jadhav has been in action against international opposition. He opened the batting for a Mahashtra XI against Australia in a warm-up.

He scored one.

He's still only 27. Plenty of time for our rash prediction to come true...

Ganguly Watch Part 2

He's in. Ganguly's in. I think we've all learnt a valuable lesson here - namely, never try and second guess the India selectors.

On the downside, they've dropped Gautam Gambhir to accommodate him. If India were serious about finding a good opening partner for Virender Sehwag they would have played Gambhir or Wasim Jaffer, both of whom are younger and better than Ganguly.

Plus - and this is the part that really upsets us - this means that Dheeraj Jadhav is, at best, fifth choice as opener after Sehwag, Ganguly, Gambhir and Jaffer.

Everyone join with us in directing the most powerful weapon in the critic's armoury at the Indian selectors - the silent boo. Simply make the traditional booing motions, but make no sound.

Take that the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Take that.

The campaign to convince the whole of India that Dheeraj Jadhav is actually from Kolkata starts here.

The least Ganguly can do is grow his moustache back.

Tip: Dheeraj Jadhav

This is Dheeraj Jadhav. At least we think it is.

We think that Dheeraj Jadhav is going to be an amazing batsman for India. He might not use this exact face, but he will use the name Dheeraj Jadhav.

Last year we tipped Gautam Gambhir for greatness (to ourself at least). This year we're going for Dheeraj.

We want Lancashire to sign Dheeraj, but they won't. They only seem to like Australians at the moment.

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