Who should play the first test at Centurion, Raina , Pujra or Vijay?

Obviously, Raina. Still you have doubts in your mind? They will give Raina the first chance and he deserves it. Vijay is not consistent, Pujara has the potential but he does not have experience of this level, Yuvraj Singh has his own problems (Only god knows what kind of problems). With these things in mind, selectors would certainly give "Raina" a chance to play. If he can deal with the short pitch bowling, he will certainly retain his place in the team.

I think Raina or Yuvaraj will play . Yuvaraj in the recent ODI series regained his form and can be included in the team. Also we all know Raina's Capability. He can also bat well and Bowl few overs. ANd I am sure that Vijay & Pujara will sit out,there is no place for them in this match.

I would prefer pujara ahead of other two bats mans, he is more solid and compiled batsman. We do need more a batsman with good technique , although raina would be first choice for the team management.

i think pujara looks the most solid batsmen and should be given a chance but raina looks the preferable choice. he is a little suspect against the short pitched stuff but he has been working hard on his batting with gary kirsten and should be able to deal with the short pitched bowling. also raina provides an additonal bowling option to dhoni so i think he is the right choice for to make the team.

Suresh Raina will get the chance because their is a slot in the middle order unless team India plays another bowler, because opening slot is already occupied by Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, unless one of the opener is opted out for injury, Vijay has to sit. Pujara can make a chance if team management thinks so but in the fast and bouncy crease in South Africa, Raina would make chance as he is more experienced than Pujara. Yuvraj can too make if selectors are impressed. Actually I myself want Yuvraj because he can handle the fast bowlers better than Raina.

Centurion has always been a fast ballers paradise with its bounce and swing and with South Africa planning for a green top to tame India, it is going to be hell of a job for batsman particularly to those who are suspect against fast rising deliveries like Raina. He may be a very good batsman playing on slow Indian pitches and against moderate ballers. I don't want to take any thing away from his mind blowing century scored in T-20 world cup in this country only but Test match and T-20 are two different ball games and can not be compared. As about Vijay, he is again a very good batsman against fast balling but he is a typical opening batsman, the spot he can get ahead of Sehwag and Gambhir. Out of all three I have seen very little of Pujara but whatever I saw of him, I am very much impressed about his game and I feel he should be preferred over other two batsmen for number six spot.

well its a tough one. vijay only played as an opener so he wont get to play unless gambhir or sehwag gets injured so the real battle will be between raina and pujara. the thing is both raina are very young in this format and both contributed to winning matches but the selectors will go with raina. raina scored only 26 runs in the test series against the kiwis so will be short of confidence but he has to remember how he came into this side. because of the bad form of YUVI . a bad form is what he is going through at the moment. so he knows that if he performs badly,pujara will get a nod ahead because admit it raina may be flashy but pujara got the technique for test level

As a senior player I will go for Yuvraj Singh.Even though he is not in good form,I think this chance would give him a fine chance fro regaining his form.Also the wickets in South Africa are bouncy and quick too which will make the conditions easier for a player like Yuvraj Singh who likes stroke play. Obviously my next option go to Suresh Raina as the world cup is approaching fast.It will also give a lot of experience and confidence to the young super star.

Raina will struggle the most, behind is Pujara and then better one is Vijay. Best option would be Yuvraj at 6. He can be very handy at that position but he is struggling in tests so lets see.