Murali Kartik suggested they when the bad light stops play, they should start playing with the pink ball just to keep the match going
India tour to Australia
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True, but Shaw and Agarwal are now your first-choice openers, while Pant is your first choice test keeper. If your point was about depth, then yes, on that we fully agree. But it's a little misleading to say that your fourth choice guys are killing Aus.
I doubt Saha will get back into the team though. Pant looks a star, given his age.
I think Shreyas Iyer needs to get a chance or two before Gill? Karun Nair too I guess.
It's awful that we don't play enough test cricket over the coming period.
2 against WI and 3 against SA, both at home. That is all for the full year. Sucks.
Iyer isn't good enough imo. As for Nair, well I don't think the selectors or the coaching staff rate him too much.
I know everyone is excited about Gill and Shaw, but I'm looking forward to seeing Nagarkoti and Mavi bowl. Those guys were hitting mid 140s in the Under 19 WC at the age of 18/19.
Would be very interesting to see how they develop
Would be very interesting to see how they develop
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First time Australia have followed on at home since 1988. I don't think Rahane deserves to be dropped just yet as @KM suggests. I'd give him a little more time - these tours haven't been easy and he's still managed a couple of good scores.
All the time waking up in early morning just to see India getting trounced and now we've won the series. Incredible stuff. Would've been 3-1 too.
Perth was largely down to shit luck too.. the toss was very important on that pitch.
same for the t20s. Rain ruined it. This series so far has been pretty good.
same for the t20s. Rain ruined it. This series so far has been pretty good.
No different to the issues with Manchester United under Mourinho.
Let me ask you, would you put effort in and risk injury if you know that your top order is going to fall for less than 200 odd runs and that more than likely the tail will have to pick up the slack?
I'd say the Aussie quicks wrote this test off after Melbourne and couldn't give a flying feck about the outcome and I dont blame them.
Some nice words from Kohli to Australia for their Ashes tour
The last paragraph is key. Kohli has played a massive role in the resurgence of our fast bowling unit. Unlike Dhoni, he rarely ever criticises them and the same unit, who were very poor under the former captain, are now the best (maybe 2nd) fast bowling unit on the planet - we already have the best bowling unit. However, with respect to Australia, I don't remember Tim Paine criticising his team much, if at all, the likes of Warne and co. have taken care of that. However, ex-pros and commentators are always talking nonsense so it shouldn't really affect Starc and the others.
Pretty damning that the stats back up what we all suspected: Cape Town wasn't a one off.
https://www.wisden.com/series-stori...oT4o3x33WqPrtnFgHBBYKJiEJcxxNH8iC2c3AbiCKqHlU
https://www.wisden.com/series-stori...oT4o3x33WqPrtnFgHBBYKJiEJcxxNH8iC2c3AbiCKqHlU
Didn't the camera people say back then that they only started looking at the players closely because of how early the ball was reversing for the aussies even in the earlier tests.. Seems obvious that they did try something even before..
It's weird how badly the Australian team management use Maxwell. He's one of the cleanest hitters in world cricket right now.
Wtf
Agree re misuse of Maxwell. His talent is wasted if he only faces 5 deliveries.
16 overs and 47 runs on the board with 3 wickets down.
He might have been the third highest run getter in the tests, but Kohli's batting has left a lot to be desired by his own standards. Sub-par tour so far. He's far too gullible and walks right into traps with some poor shot selection.
Our chances at the world cup look bleak.
If this were a T20 game, then we're 20-4 after 6 overs chasing 156.
Teams don't usually win from these positions.
Teams don't usually win from these positions.
Don't know about that, this isn't our strongest XI. Rishabh Pant, Rahane, Ashwin all missing.
Yeah, 10 overs to score 100 off with no more batsmen to follow, that's that.
Rahane and Ashwin haven't been anywhere near our best ODI 11 in a long time..
I like Dinesh Karthik - he comes across very well in interviews, seems like he can play well in limited overs and you naturally tend to root for players from your city.. but is there any other cricketer who bottles as many key moments as he does?
Apart from that T20 final, there have been SO many chances for him to win matches or put India in a strong position, and he bottles every single one. Same with test cricket. He really should have done a lot better as a player.
Apart from that T20 final, there have been SO many chances for him to win matches or put India in a strong position, and he bottles every single one. Same with test cricket. He really should have done a lot better as a player.
Well, I was implying this isn't our strongest XI, not that we had a strongest XI which those 3 belonged to. I agree Ashwin shouldn't be there, in retrospect. I think we should go to the WC with a lineup like this:
Rohit
Dhawan
Rahane
Kohli (c)
?
Pant (wk)
Jadeja
Pandya
Bumrah
Kuldeep
Bhuvi
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As long as rohit is in, you guys have a chance.
Don't expect any of those to figure as first choices in the world cup
Agarwal called up. He is well worth a punt at #4.
Would be interested to hear Indian fans' views on the Rahul-Pandya controversy. I know India is a less sexualised culture than many countries but jesus, seems their comments were pretty tame.
The fact the bowlers' averages have doubled since they were caught is pretty damning.
It's a ludicrous decision to ban them for those comments . Bcci is a complete mess right now
Nah, ban was fine if it was for two matches and education about future conduct. Anything more is an overkill.
Has Dhoni made any statement regarding his intent to play in the World Cup? He just doesn’t have it anymore and Pant will be a much better option, especially since the the vast majority of one day pitches are roads these days and will be during the World Cup. I highly doubt they’ll drop Dhoni so here’s hoping he knows it’s time to call it a day
The reason the BCCI has acted the way they did is because everyone wants to be politically correct & we live in a world where everyone wants to act holier than thou. Yes, Pandya did say stuff about his sex life but why is that such a big deal. Rahul basically got caught in the cross fire as he barely said anything. Its just a farce.
It's not much about his sex life but how bad his comments were about the girls he slept with, from the cheerleaders, to not knowing the names to pointing out the girls to his folks. All were extremely stupid. If this was a politician, everyone would have been offended.
Ideally, a 1 or a 2 match ban and a talking to should be enough, but this is India where everything is made a bigger deal than it needs to be.
Ideally, a 1 or a 2 match ban and a talking to should be enough, but this is India where everything is made a bigger deal than it needs to be.
They're also not exactly pivotal are they. Neither are fixtures in any form of the game. Would be interested to see what would have happened had Kohli and Bumrah made those comments.
Agree with the first bit. He tried to play the part of a lad but just sounded like a douche.
Our country is full of hypocritical idiots so it's not a surprise to see Hardik and Rahul getting banned for a long time. If only half of them respected women in real life as they do on social media then our country wouldn't be in such a mess when it comes to women safety.
Yadav has been really poor today. And Siraj is not close to being good enough.
Another century for Kohli. This is getting ridiculous now.