Adil_94
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Really good knock by Rahane
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And minus your strike bowler- India thought the same post Lords and look where it has ended with.....
That's just marvellous! Very well done.
Everything is slotting into place for Cook's new team. A new spinner emerging, the #3 berth filled and a keeper apparently born to play for England.
So around 30 more than your batting ave LL![]()
Sir Moen Ali 6 wickets legend.
First it was Sir Ishant and now its Sir Moen.
266 runs win by poms , as told by [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] , well done mate.
Such performances make me feel like giving up on Indian Cricket. Disgraceful loss. Team looked disinterested from Day 1.
Just when our fans were hyping this mediocre team they go ahead and lose spectacularly. England played well. Credit to them but they would do well to not read too much into this win. Our batting is overrated and our bowling - non existent. Better teams would thrash this outfit senseless.
I firmly believe that this is a good Indian side and with a better captain who understands test cricket they could be really good overseas.
Just when our fans were hyping this mediocre team they go ahead and lose spectacularly. England played well. Credit to them but they would do well to not read too much into this win. Our batting is overrated and our bowling - non existent. Better teams would thrash this outfit senseless.
How is Dhoni to blame in all this? Batsmen not scoring runs, bowlers not taking mistakes and Dhoni is still made the scapegoat.
- Bad selection by keeping Ashwin out.
- Dhawan should have been kicked out of the team by now.
I am sure a captain has a say on all this. The day he came up with this playing 11, most posters criticized him right away. He is an extremely defensive captain.
- Ashwin would have made no difference to the result.
- Dhawan's still better than the other options.
And I'm talking about in the match, not prior to it.
How is Dhoni to blame in all this? Batsmen not scoring runs, bowlers not taking mistakes and Dhoni is still made the scapegoat.
That's what you think. Most would disagree.
Match was lost with the defensive team selection.
Negative cricket. Instead of taking charge after a win, he decided to play safe. He basically played with 3 bowlers and also used Jadeja to bowl negatively. Once England post that score there was no chance for India. It was not a 569/7 pitch. It was 400 pitch. Dhoni's negative captaincy let them score that many. If we had one more genuine bowler, there was no way they would have scored 550+.
Huh? Wasn't it only a few series ago where Jadeja was rated as the better spinner outside of dustbowls? Correct me if I'm wrong but Ashwin failed miserably whenever he has bowled outside the subcon while Jadeja has done well.
Unless you're talking about playing Ashwin instead of Sharma which looks great in hind-sight.
Yes he has. But these are different pitches, assisting spin. Btw Jadeja did well in South Africa on a turning wicket.
Ashwin's is only a 19 match old career and its a fact that players improve with experience. Had someone used similar logic, then Angelo Mathews should never have played in his last English tour because he had been pathetic outside subcontinent. But Sri Lanka played Mathews, and he won them the series.
Exactly. Jadeja did well in South Africa and deserved to play here.
How is a comparison with Matthews even sensible? He's the captain of the side and would play regardless. If he wasn't then he might not have played.
Huh? Wasn't it only a few series ago where Jadeja was rated as the better spinner outside of dustbowls? Correct me if I'm wrong but Ashwin failed miserably whenever he has bowled outside the subcon while Jadeja has done well.
Unless you're talking about playing Ashwin instead of Sharma which looks great in hind-sight.
Huh? Wasn't it only a few series ago where Jadeja was rated as the better spinner outside of dustbowls? Correct me if I'm wrong but Ashwin failed miserably whenever he has bowled outside the subcon while Jadeja has done well.
Unless you're talking about playing Ashwin instead of Sharma which looks great in hind-sight.
ashwin would have been a bomb on a pitch where the pie chucker took 6![]()
Ahh the perennial arm chair critics or should i say fair weather supporters?
Pray how many tests the top 5 all inclusive have played- the bowling i give you is dire and there is nothing new in that- been that since my grand dads time- yes better team would thrash us away and the only way we can learn is by playing more away
Which kind of reminds me the SA tour- wasnt a senseless thrashing was it? and that outfit SA was many miles ahead of what England outfit has ever been or will be....
So really its not all doomsday.... I can count on my fingertips the India wins away since late 80's and this outfit is not worse than any of those who won- all about clicking and will sooner than later
India are a joke. Apparently they are the best team in playing spin bowling.
Painfully true. We have been playing spin rubbish in this series.
2 be honest India have been playing spin bowling poorly since 2012.
MSD playing for a draw cost us another overseas Test the sad part is his tactic will remain regardless of result.
This Inidan team has a lot of passengers.
Dhawan/Kohli/Pujara/Rohit/Shami.
I am going to wait before I decide on Pankaj and Jaddu. Jaddu at least scores some runs.
Kohli and Pujara deserve a long leash.
So basically, we need to replace Dhawan/Rohit/Pankaj with Gambhir/Ashwin/Pandey
Pandey is not a spray gun and hit the deck kind of bowler. He is going to extract a lot of bounce which can trouble batsman.
My team..
Gambhir
Vijay
Pujara
Kohli
Rahane
Ashwin
MSD
Jaddu
BKumar
Pandey
Shami
Ahswin is a much better bat than Rohit and is a strike bowler. Jaddu can be his containing partner.
Last chance for Shami. If he fails, then he deserves to be dropped and Ishant will take his place.
Gambhir might fail like Dhawan. But he will battle it out and if he gets lucky, he will convert those starts to big scores unlike Dhawan.
I would pick Ishu over shami.
Is the Test match over? Who won?