Australia vs India | 5th Test | Sydney | January 03-07 | Pre-Match Discussion

[deltexas]

If india still keeps Rohit and Kohli for this game, they are destined to be doomed and lose. There is no way these guys would have been in the team, even if it was Pakistan LOL.

Crazy... Pant should also be rested IMO

You said it the best - easy and simple. 2 leeches. And Rohits captaincy is the worst. Even the weekend league games we play, we have more aggressive fields than him. Such defensive fields, never attacks full throttle lets the game drift and bowls Bumrah into the ground. Thats the biggest sin - over bowling Bumrah. Contributes zero with the bat. And Kohli is another passenger.

 

[deltexas]

BCCI has made formal protest to both CA and ICC regarding umpiring.

If there is fair umpiring Team India will triumph.

The team is working hard and training well for the big moment. Everyone is united and all players are happy at the management of the BCCI.

BCCI can make formal or informal protests whatever. Fact is with Rohit and Kohli - Ind is struggling. And dont blame the umpiring. With these 2 useless passengers - nothing will help team Ind. "If" fair umpiring - now dont make me laugh! Ind lost fair and square. Pathetic captaincy and batting by RoKo. Does BCCI have the guts to drop these 2? They dont deserve to play. Drop these 2 and its an easy win for Ind. Please pass on this message to BCCI if you can , thanks.

 

[RamLakhan]

I think India will win in Sydney as it is a venue where spinners do well.

2-2 series drawn in my opinion. India will retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

The only way this is going to happen is if Rohit suffers a (magical) niggle which he used to have in the past whenever he had a terrific flow of runs in white ball cricket OR (rarely) home tests just before an overseas test series... But it is an uncertainty this time because he is in poor form in any form of cricket (except maybe T20s but he has retired in that) so skipping any series is going to dent his progress in international cricket (eventually IPL... He doesn't have the midas touch of Dhoni to retain IPL stardom even after retirement from International Cricket... So he needs to be careful & stick on to everything...)

 

[BCCI-Enforcer]

BCCI can make formal or informal protests whatever. Fact is with Rohit and Kohli - Ind is struggling. And dont blame the umpiring. With these 2 useless passengers - nothing will help team Ind. "If" fair umpiring - now dont make me laugh! Ind lost fair and square. Pathetic captaincy and batting by RoKo. Does BCCI have the guts to drop these 2? They dont deserve to play. Drop these 2 and its an easy win for Ind. Please pass on this message to BCCI if you can , thanks.

Give example of pathetic captaincy

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rohit is a poor captain even with him performing. When he is not performing as a batsman, fielder he becomes even worse. This was a perfect storm for India. Rohit being the worst captain ever for India when India had the best fast bowler ever. Rohit's negative energy became too much for Bumrah to overcome.

 

[jnaveen1980]

The only way this is going to happen is if Rohit suffers a (magical) niggle which he used to have in the past whenever he had a terrific flow of runs in white ball cricket OR (rarely) home tests just before an overseas test series... But it is an uncertainty this time because he is in poor form in any form of cricket (except maybe T20s but he has retired in that) so skipping any series is going to dent his progress in international cricket (eventually IPL... He doesn't have the midas touch of Dhoni to retain IPL stardom even after retirement from International Cricket... So he needs to be careful & stick on to everything...)

He has to do something to get injured. He doesn't really do anything.

 

[deltexas]

Give example of pathetic captaincy

Did you see the match? Defensive spread out fields even when a batter is new. And the 1st 4 thats hit - fielders all over the boundary. No fielders around the bat for a spinner. And not using Sundar or spinners till the 45th over - thats pathetic. Bowling Bumrah into the dust. He's a race track horse -not a work donkey. And he should have the guts to drop Kohli and even himself if he is selfless. But no, throw the youngsters under a bus. Even the 23 WC final - Aus was struggling at 45-3 and he spread the field out for Travis Head and Ind got a hammering. Pathetic pathetic captain. Glad that the Sydney test is his last

 

[BCCI-Enforcer]

Did you see the match? Defensive spread out fields even when a batter is new. And the 1st 4 thats hit - fielders all over the boundary. No fielders around the bat for a spinner. And not using Sundar or spinners till the 45th over - thats pathetic. Bowling Bumrah into the dust. He's a race track horse -not a work donkey. And he should have the guts to drop Kohli and even himself if he is selfless. But no, throw the youngsters under a bus. Even the 23 WC final - Aus was struggling at 45-3 and he spread the field out for Travis Head and Ind got a hammering. Pathetic pathetic captain. Glad that the Sydney test is his last

Easy to say in hindsight.

Being on field captain of team India is not easy. There are many things that need to be considered and not everything is easy to see on the TV screen.

He has the full support of BCCI and the whole of India should give the team the backing as we look to make history in the final test.