We broke Bess then chucked him back in.
Felt like a knock like this had been coming in this series from Pant.
England in India 2021
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We broke Bess then chucked him back in.
Felt like a knock like this had been coming in this series from Pant.
England take the 2nd new ball and the first ball from Anderson Pant stepped down and hit him for a 4 over his head. The boy is crazy 
Dropping bess after the first test was a wierd one. It's like england have read every pitch after the first test incorrectly. This match's team selection is baffling irrespective of the pitch.
Ah well, at least we were in this game at times.
Team selection costing England here. Although if your second sinner isn't doing it in India, you're going to struggle no matter what side you pick.
Agree. First red flag for the Silverwood regime. Management has been poor since first test.
And now reverse sweeps Anderson for 4. This is just insane.
Please get a ton Pant, played too many top innings then threw it away before the landmark.
From cricinfo:
Anderson to Pant, FOUR runs
Reverse lap over the slips! That, right there, is the reason Anderson doesn't play white-ball cricket any more! That's a preposterous indignity! Pant only got a tickle on the ball, but it flew! Jimmy is... non-plussed
What does this even mean?
Anderson to Pant, FOUR runs
Reverse lap over the slips! That, right there, is the reason Anderson doesn't play white-ball cricket any more! That's a preposterous indignity! Pant only got a tickle on the ball, but it flew! Jimmy is... non-plussed
What does this even mean?
Pant = Gilchrist.
I have been very impressed with Sundar's support role. We know what Pant can do - I thought he would run out of partners.
Pant is great fun, loving this innings.
Wow. Just brilliant.
England ragged here. India could get 350 easily.
Great ton.
England hinted at competing in this test, but the innings defeat is back on now.
England hinted at competing in this test, but the innings defeat is back on now.
Who was the last wicket keeper batsman to be so impactful?
They went bonkers after the new ball. What a magnificent hundred from Pant. Take a bow, young man. What an innings.
Legit thought England could win this at 80-4. A very dominant position.
This is a fabulous innings. Brilliant player this boy is.
Hope Jimmy gave him a little word on the way off there.
Shame, metre either side is four. Great innings and at least he got his hundred.
Yes gross mismanagement. I am all for rotating players but it should and could have been done in a smarter way. This looks poor on the management. I would have been extremely frustrated if India did this.
Jeez pant gone. Another wicket gifted away.
Pant will grab the headlines and rightly so, but needs to be some questions asked on team selection.
Going to be a very strange tour to analyse from an English perspective.
I said this yesterday only. It was a stupid team selection from England.
The fact that root and stokes are used as primary bowlers tells you all. Don't know what was the thought process.
Sundar looks such a promising batsman.
Some of the Indian top order would have had serious question marks on their place if the lower order wasn't bailing them out so much
They still should be questioned. Kohli rahane pujara have had an awful tournament with the bat. Gill can be excused as he is still learning his trade.
Rahane only. You don’t drop Kohli due to poor form. Pujara has had a poor series, but he did fine in Australia.
Renember lots of people here saying only Kohli makes runs and middle order sucks 18 months ago. It’s the nature of the beast, you don’t keep chopping based on every series.
It's a common trait in all good sides, a dangerous lower order.
I feel for Bess. He’s bowling himself out of England contention here for a long time.
Who exactly? Most have been fine though inconsistent.
Re commthe Chennai first innings was the anomaly. I thought he bowled decently in the summer initially when he started vs WI I think it was but his level seemed to get poorer indicating this was always going to happen versus a side that plays spin. Sri Lanka he bowled average.
He has been this bowler for 12 months. He has definitely regressed in those 12 months though and looks no better than his debut a few years back.
simply a wrong selection.
He has been this bowler for 12 months. He has definitely regressed in those 12 months though and looks no better than his debut a few years back.
simply a wrong selection.
Nah, he's seen as a long-term prospect and they'll continue to back him. You do worry for his confidence though.
Root seems to have done a good job as captain overall, but it does seem that all our spinners have struggled under him.
Pujara ,Kohli and Rahane have all been below par . A lot of the times though when the team is winning you tend to get away with it. They are still good batsmen but India has no dearth of batting talent and if the team was losing it wouldn't be such smooth sailing
Bess won't be anywhere near this team for a while now
Another issue for Bess is he is now at Yorkshire.
You know that notorious ground for spinners - Headingley.
You know that notorious ground for spinners - Headingley.
I said it before but we're in the day and age of bowlers. Batting isn't anywhere near as easy as it was previously. These are Indias best and, for now, they're not going anywhere.
The Pant innings was ridiculous really. Him and Rizwan are easily test of the best wicket keeper batsman around.