How good was Gill? I'm blown away. He looks as good as any batsman I've seen. He looks destined to be our best batsmen (not talking ever) while he is playing.
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He's injured and out of the first two tests.
He is unlikely to have recovered from his injury by then to play, I guess.
He's injured and not available of the first two tests.
Seems no-one has mentioned the best moment from the entire series...
Oh yes. Forgot about that. I still think it would be better to go with a 3rd spinner who can bat. Not sure who that can be though.
I loved watching Siraj and Pujara this series.
I think the height of the Aussie quicks worked against them in this match. Siraj could target the cracks at a reasonable length, for the Aussies it was further back of a length.
He is a class act. He plays with great composure, would like to see him integrated to the ODI team soon.
How about this for a stat!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-mindedness-historic-cricket-win-in-australia
Adam Collins is a very good summarizer. Enjoyed this chat with Harsha Bhogle.
Can the Aussies still make the final?
They need to win 3-0 or 2-0 vs SA.
I missed yesterday's play after tea. Does anyone know of a way to watch that session?
I'd probably squeeze in Siraj and allow Bumrah some extra recovery time. Siraj could be handy with the Duke ball on fresher pitches in February.
Oh yes, I remember Sachin scoring.. what was it 169? while batting with the number 11, only to get out to a great catch. This is better than Eden for me, simply because this has come away from home.
2003 drawn series or Adelaide test win was good but is overrated. Oz batting line up was WC but neither Mcgrath or Warne played in that series. This win is miles better than that or even Perth win.
He is class apart. Brought into the team too late, from U19 days it was clear that he was next Indian batting superstar. Must have in Test and ODI team, at anyone's expense. You have to back him completely to establish himself. I see him at 3 for us in test team, to play the Pointing role a move away from the likes of Dravid/Pujara.
Shame what has happened to SA cricket
How is that innings lucky?
Genuinely one of the best in the series.I love Harsh Bhogle. So soothing.
Are they playing with the Dukes ball? Best news I've heard all day?
There's a guy on YouTube who puts every ball online, but there are no breaks in between balls. It's just one delivery then the next straightaway - no rest for the eyes. Reminds me of the Simpsons when they watch the Battling Seizure Robots.
They use there own one, don't they? SG? Even though half the Indian team have moaned about how crap they are.Are they playing with the Dukes ball? Best news I've heard all day?
Yeah he scored 169. The last man was Doda Ganesh and Adam Bacher took the catch out of nowhere.
Yes their bowling was awful. 2003 Aus batting 9/10 (every position great) bowling 2/10. This time bowling 8/10 batting 5/10? (because of Smith and the L guy, otherwise...). So you're right on that one.
But Perth 2008 they were at strength, they got the pitch made extra fast, 2-0 down in the series, 16 match winning streak, Harbhajan/Symonds and Bucknor at SCG, they were talking about Shaun Tait 160kph, 4-0, etc etc.
Maybe I got to see it so I prefer it!
One of the things people don't notice about Pant because of his attacking shots is that throughout the series everytime he batted he was just comfortable out there . Even when he was scoring 30's he wasn't getting beaten by much and just looked like he had extra time while batting . In the two series in Australia he has now faced over 120 balls from Cummins and hasn't got out to him even once .
I still remember that world cup semifinal when he walked in at 5/2 which became 5/3 & 20/4 and he just batted with unbelievable maturity & didn't look like he was being troubled . If Pant doesn't get caught in the deep in that semifinal India probably would have won .
P.S - It's weird how T20 teams are so matchup based but test teams still don't consider it too much. It's obvious that the Aussie attack just isn't the same against left handers . Pant,Jadeja and Sundar looked absolutely comfortable most of the time , even with England it was stokes who looked at ease so surprising that India didn't pick any lefthanders in the squad at all
I still remember that world cup semifinal when he walked in at 5/2 which became 5/3 & 20/4 and he just batted with unbelievable maturity & didn't look like he was being troubled . If Pant doesn't get caught in the deep in that semifinal India probably would have won .
P.S - It's weird how T20 teams are so matchup based but test teams still don't consider it too much. It's obvious that the Aussie attack just isn't the same against left handers . Pant,Jadeja and Sundar looked absolutely comfortable most of the time , even with England it was stokes who looked at ease so surprising that India didn't pick any lefthanders in the squad at all
Guess I can put up with that! Do you remember the channel name by any chance?
Goodness, we're not that bad.
They are playing in India, not England.
It's funny you say that (Smith vs. Warner) as the IPL Warner actually comes across really well. Weird how the baggy green seems to change the brain for some folks.
Not sure how you can say batting second at the Gabba as an away side allowed India to win the series.
No sadly not. Just put Australia India highlights and it should appear.
SA team just do not inspire same amount of fear like it used to.
All the talk of pitch on 5th day in SCG and Gabba not offering bowlers anything is hogwash. India's rookie attack did better than Oz's WC one on 4th day pitch in this test match.
Not for the faint hearted
I was checking Reddit and the amount of rubbish that's gets written about Pujji is just unbelievable. IPL for all it's pros has one significant con that people (especially the generation that started with IPL) don't understand what real cricket is.
I was checking Reddit and the amount of rubbish that's gets written about Pujji is just unbelievable. IPL for all it's pros has one significant con that people (especially the generation that started with IPL) don't understand what real cricket is.
OMG Dodda Ganesh
They players we had back then, Mohanty was another gem. .... I remember stanning Abey Kuruvilla hard when he first came on the scene. He also set up what should have been an easy run chase of 120 in Windies. How I was convinced that Vijay Bhardwaj would be the great Indian all rounder. There was some charm to watching Indian team then, watching absolute garbage players like Salil Ankola in the same team as Sachin. Or "Fast" bowlers like Paras Mambhrey,
Yes never understand people comparing differentl skill sets. What pujara can do, pollard or pandya cannot. Similarly what pandya can do, pujara cannot. Let us appreciate both the skills.
Where did I ever say that?!?! What I meant that a draw was no good for the Ozzies so they set attacking fields and tried to get the overs in, allowing the opportunity for India to take advantage. Similar sort of thing happened last test. Not taking anything away from India because with the players they were missing it has to go down as one of the greatest test series wins in history.
I see, ya that makes more sense and is a valid point. Pretty crazy that this Aussie attack was so inept, apart from the always great Cummins.