Finally.
England in India 2021
- Thread starter TheGame
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Huge wicket that
Wood being injured has hurt England badly in these middle overs , he might have been smashed too but would have been nice to have a go at new Hardik with pace
Buttler has quietly become a really good wicketkeeper
I don't know what Svriramakrishnan looks like but based on his voice I can imagine he looks a bit like a skeleton midget.LSR seems genuinely sad that Rahul got out.Get fecked you fecking skeleton midget.
This whole intent talk will not change merely by talking about it but will only change by changing the personnel. Rohit dhawan kohli rahul cannot do what Bairstow roy and stokes do simple as that. Look at pant and pandya and one can see the difference. The latter two are just fearless cricketers while our top order live on cautious approach.
Who would you pick though Ash? As openers I mean.
I will drop dhawan completely and groom someone like ishan or pritvi shaw who both are fearless in their approach. Sadly kohli will never drop rahul due to the loyalty factor so we are stuck with him unless he just continuously fails.
Kishan, Shaw, SKY.. one of them.
Pandya gone.. match gone.
Pandya gone.. match gone.
Here we go.
I'd argue at the top Rohit is a bigger problem than Dhawan. He starts off much slower than Dhawan but makes up for it the longer he bats - but the thing is, you don't need him there at the end because Pant and Hardik are just as destructive.
Wrt Rahul, I feel like he's already been earmarked to be the next Indian captain. So they'll push that agenda as far as they can.
Depends on Roy, Bairstow & Stokes if they do what they done in the last ODI then most likely, but we do love a collapse like in the test matches and the 1st ODI
They will never drop rohit and that is why I didn't even mention that idea and to be fair to rohit he may start slow but he does cover up and scores big (not recently though). Both dhawan and rahul score 100 or 90 and perishes. Rohit after reaching 100 will go berserk. Same with Kohli too.
Rohit thinking about the last 10 overs when he cant get past the first 10 is ridiculous. Serious waste of his talent.
Thakur gone, Krunal struggling big time
That was such a bad innings. We need to be done with this top 4.
Prasidh poor fellow
Needed Rahul and Kohli to occupy the crease for a bit longer today
Poor end for India there, 350+ was on the cards
I don't think I have seen anyone as afraid of facing a fast ball as Natarajan. Its almost as bad as I was.
lucky him.. didnt get to face a ball.
lucky him.. didnt get to face a ball.
England gonna chase it in 35-40 overs
Crap innings. The ability to play spin has regressed alarmingly, fecking making Rashid and Ali look like Warne and Murali.
Seems like 330 is India's ceiling no matter what
India have thrown it away. England ready to hold their beer.
Prasidh is equally bad. In this age of cricket it is unacceptable if you can't even hang around a bit.
Strange innings. Moments of brilliant interspersed with really poor decision making. You feel there's a monster score out on that pitch.
Weird thing is that there will be talk about India getting all out for 329 even after intent but actually they got 329 because they had intent from the start and most of the wickets had nothing to do with aggressive batting . If the top order had batted like normal and then India had a collapse they probably get 250
Poor batting from Kohli, abysmal from Rahul. I feel Rahul plays for himself more than he does for the team. Has been like this for awhile, should be removed.
Speculative and no way of knowing if true. Top order made more runs last match and got to 330 there. We aren’t good enough to get 400 and haven’t got players for that. Strike rate and average are trade offs and this is our level.
As great as Rohit has been, its insane how much better Kohli is.
One of my pet hates in cricket is when a commentator tries to build suspense saying things like “has he got the distance” on shots that have gone 20 rows deep as if it wasn’t a 6 the moment it left the bat
Losing Pant and Hardik at the end was disappointing. We are atleast 50 runs short. England will chase this again in 45 overs
Rishabh should play all formats, there should not be any discussion on this.
Rishabh should play all formats, there should not be any discussion on this.
Actually they are not trade offs , you don't need to slog to be aggressive. Indian openers didn't slog at all today and still got hundred in 14 overs . It's about being on the lookout for bad balls and trying to hit boundaries if you get one . India got 328 because of the collapse but that collapse had nothing to do with aggressive batting , it won't happen everytime and so you will be able to score even bigger . On the other hand in the last match India scored this many despite scoring 125 in the last 10 which is not sustainable
he’s quickly becoming one of my favourite opposition players, great to watch and some good humoured banter. Pretty much everything you want from a cricketer
I still think 330 is a good target to defend against most of the teams but against England and maybe Australia it can be a tricky one. if you have a top class bowling line up like Bumrah and Bhuvi then maybe you could defend a 330 against england too. As good as england top 3 have been India's bowling minus bhuvi and to some extent Prasidh has been awful. Rashid for all his flaws has bowled much better than our spinners. I hope our bowlers bowl better than last match.
Exactly. 100 off the first 14 is a lot easier than 128 off the last 10.
Both Pant and Hardik pulled a bunny out of the hat to get India that score on Friday
What a first over that was
What a ball
Malan or Stokes here will be interesting