What on earth.
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- Thread starter EdWeatherall
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My bad. It was a typo. I went to the game. It was u19 indeed.
Never seen india put out such a strange 11.
If his name wasn’t Kohli, he’d get the arse from the test team.
His form over the past 4 years is shocking.
His form over the past 4 years is shocking.
Classic start from an away side in Australia.
Clinical stuff from Hazelwood in particular.
Clinical stuff from Hazelwood in particular.
Very bizarre lineup, you would have thought they would have stuck with a similar balance to what they normally do to reinforce the batting but it’s weaker in that respect and they are likely to pay for it.
I think India didn't have much options in terms of the 11 because of Rohit & Gill missing but I can't believe the level of mismanagement over this series & the NZ series. There is no coherent thinking at all. In India when Gill got injured they moved Kohli to 3 rather than Rahul but now Rahul is your extra opener. Paddikal wasn't in the original squad but plays the test match. Sarfaraz who played all 3 tests against NZ doesn't play here. I feel like too many decisions have been made based on random tour matches in Australia. How is Harshit getting a debut but didn't get a chance at all against NZ while Akashdeep who played there is sitting here. Very strange stuff
You actually seem to have a better analysis of Indian cricket than Gambhir
It's a team caught between two ideas. A change is needed, but they've changed the wrong positions. My line-up for this tour would have been: KL, Jaiswal, Sudarshan, Gill, Rishabh, Jurel, Jadeja, Ashwin, Siraj, Bumrah, Mukesh
The delta between what is offered by the bowling old guard(Ashwin, Jadeja) and their potential replacements, is a lot less than that between the batting old guard. This is happening because the batters are undroppable due to status + Gambhir for some reason has decided the "IPL emerging players" list is the right criteria for test selection.
Sundar is not better than Jadeja. Nitish Reddy has < 10 games and his best performances are in the IPL. Harshit Rana <10 first class games. Padikkal looked terrible versus England.
Sundar offers little with the ball - his wickets are proof that anyone can take wickets on rigged pitches in India, not that he is now a test quality spinner.
The delta between what is offered by the bowling old guard(Ashwin, Jadeja) and their potential replacements, is a lot less than that between the batting old guard. This is happening because the batters are undroppable due to status + Gambhir for some reason has decided the "IPL emerging players" list is the right criteria for test selection.
Sundar is not better than Jadeja. Nitish Reddy has < 10 games and his best performances are in the IPL. Harshit Rana <10 first class games. Padikkal looked terrible versus England.
Sundar offers little with the ball - his wickets are proof that anyone can take wickets on rigged pitches in India, not that he is now a test quality spinner.
Curious to see how Nitish Reddy plays here - such hype..
I was stunned by Jadeja being dropped. His batting abroad has been massive for India
Just looked at the scorecard, had to double check if it was a tour game, with all the changes. Horrible
Rishabh Pant is a gemYep thought they would have stick to the all rounders at 7 and 8 and then picked 3 seamers. Very strange decision to have Sundar at 7. It’s basically a very long tail. Are there not any fast bowling all rounders for India aside from Pandya?
I don't understand what Kohlis playing for anymore? His career average is now closer to VVS Laxmans than Rahul Dravids.
Bumrah is fantastic
Ridiculous bowling
Bumrah taking the game on himself!
Wow Bumrah - so close to another hatrick! Very good first over from Rana, needs to be consistent.
GOAT across all formats. crazy
Ripper
Greatest bowler of all time? Let's calm down.
It's amazing how batsman today can't seem to play on pitches that have a bit of deviation. It's as if they've become so used to playing on dead pitches that as soon as it starts moving their defenses aren't able to cope.
Once again the bowlers putting in the effort to save the team - with both bat and ball.
Bumrah is a champion bowler, possibly a GOAT. I knew he'd be a menace in Australia.
he is the GOAT across formats, you just have to deal with it I'm afraid
Marsh gone! Need to get Marcus too, fecker tends to hurt us.
It's not a bad shout, some of the past greats didn't get to play T20 so it's a smaller pool anyway
Great bowling Rana, unlucky to miss edges
You can still extrapolate from ODI performance
Steyn is an all timer and wasn't any good at limited overs. There's a specific kind of player who is good at all 3
I think the debate is between McGrath, Warne, Bumrah if you take all 3 formats into account. Can't think of anyone else
Bumrah is good in every country in test cricket, good with the new and old ball. In limited overs, he bowls every phase equally well, as does he in T20. Not only that - he is lethal with new ball and clutch at death
Labuschagne's strike rate is something special. 4.76 with 2 from 42
not even sure it was worth england saving test cricket when other nations then just play it like this.
Marnus has been watching Leach batting on repeat by the look of it
Or wait do you means it he greatest when you consider all three formats together, and not necessarily the greatest in each format? Then I agree he definitely is. Greatest all round bowler when combining all three formats. Honestly, can't think of another bowler who was amongst the best in all three formats at the same time, maybe Steyn during the early days of T20?
What's ironic is that, in the pursuit to play more attacking cricket in tests, like England have, teams have forgotten how to defend. England, in trying to save test cricket, have caused it's downfall.
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Or wait do you means it he greatest when you consider all three formats together, and not necessarily the greatest in each format? Then I agree he definitely is.
Stats check out as well. Closest people are Steyn, Kuldeep and Ajmal, which are expected. Ajmal was unstoppable in all formats for a 3-4 year spell in the early 2010's but he is a chucker so he's out; Kuldeep doesn't play enough test matches. Steyn would be the only competition.
This is honestly an extraordinary scorecard
I thought we were shite and Australia look stacked on paper
It looks like we'll have a lead, and we barely brought batters to Australia
I thought we were shite and Australia look stacked on paper
It looks like we'll have a lead, and we barely brought batters to Australia