England vs India | 1st Test | Edgbaston | Aug 1-5, 2018 | Day 2 Thread

[BlackShadow]

Kohli and Rahane, the story of our away tours.

 

[Smbhayi]

Lets bring in Pant in the next test match and see what is he made up of. He has been hyped a lot by some fans.

he's not ready yet...

 

[BlackShadow]

I have said it before there is no point bowling Anderson later . Kohli will be settled and will eat others alive

Apparently they wanted to give Anderson the other end.

 

[Buffet]

If England start with Rashid , it’s game over . England need to give Anderson another spell when kohli is new . Need pressure from both ends otherwise Rahane and kohli will eat Rashid apart

Rahane is not strong against spin to eat them alive.

 

[ego-gambit]

Perfect receipe to lose the match 210 all out India

 

[RamLakhan]

The problem is Rahane can still be troubled by any decent spinner even on such pitches

 

[Oligochaetes]

Another 4...through where else.... third man

 

[Sam99]

Kohli scored half of the runs via edges and that's not good sign.

 

[m.shah]

Rahane batting like tailender

 

[mkyawar]

Was Rahane out in the lbw

 

[Sam99]

Was Rahane our ?

Out* i guess? and yes he was even if it was umpire calls it would have been turned.

 

[mkyawar]

Maybe luck going India’s way

 

[jnaveen1980]

Batting is tough. Ball is swinging both ways in overcast conditions. I am not sure if India can survive. India hardly has any swing bowlers.

 

[Markhor]

Get Stokes off.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Out* i guess? and yes he was even if it was umpire calls it would have been turned.

In real time it appeared to be comfortably missing leg stump or barely clipping leg stump. He was lucky. Nobody was convinced except bairstow.

 

[introvert]

Was Rahane out in the lbw

Yes

 

[jnaveen1980]

Get Stokes off.

Why would they do that? lol He is giving hell to Rahane.

 

[RamLakhan]

There have been lot of players who impress lot of pundits over the years.. Doesn’t mean much..

No offence but the only similarity between Venky and McGrath was height, venky could have applied all the head in the right direction but he just didn’t have skill set like McGrath. He maybe have become an average bowler from his current status as a below average bowler but that was his ceiling..

Similarly Sunil Joshi was also mediocre..

Srinath and Kumble were good and maybe with modern technology we have today they would performed slightly better than what they did but that is about it..

That's exactly what I am telling (and cautioning Rahul). He will be a fairy-tale and pundits' accolade if he goes on like this! Everyone cannot become Rohit (multiple chances, multiple comebacks, team buddies, luck, etc) always! Rohit may well have vanished by now if luck didn't go his way (Kambli is another man who comes to my mind!)

 

[Markhor]

Why would they do that? lol He is giving hell to Rahane.

Why not start session with Curran who was your best bowler in previous session ?

 

[BlackShadow]

Clouds in the sky and Anderson bowling really good.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why not start session with Curran who was your best bowler in previous session ?

I thought the same. But looking at this now Stokes got his number now. He could get Rahane anytime now

 

[babajee]

Indian tail starts.

 

[jnaveen1980]

You need lot of luck to survive this session. Ball is prodigiously swinging in overcast conditions.

 

[Markhor]

India need to emerge from this session unscathed. Very important passage of play here.

 

[m.shah]

Pandya, Fahim are kids in front of stokes.

 

[introvert]

Tail ender esque batting from rahane.

 

[jnaveen1980]

As i told he got him eventually.

 

[babajee]

Pandya, Fahim are kids in front of stokes.

Pandya is not an all rounder.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Just how important was that partnership from Root and Bairstow? India trail by 187 runs and that looks like a mountain. yea, Kohli is at the crease, but it's still a big total to surpass..

England on top here and just need Kohli to finish off this innings

 

[m.shah]

Pandya is not an all rounder.

For some he is at par with stokes.

 

[Sam99]

And Tail starts from here for us.

 

[Kashmirilion]

Looks like this will be a very long tour for india

 

[m.shah]

Fourth slip wearing helmet

 

[mak36]

Get Stokes off.

You were saying?

He had been troubling Rahane his whole spell.

 

[Markhor]

Alright hands up, Root made the right call with Stokes starting session ahead of Curran. Though Rahane was struggling to get settled.

India have a lot to do now. Maybe some lower order contributions and Kohli farming strike will help get them close to 1st innings total

 

[m.shah]

Anderson bowling well here

 

[jnaveen1980]

Anderson is using all his experience and bowling a testing spell.

 

[Brodipet_baadshah]

Now all of a sudden England’s 287 appearing like 487

 

[m.shah]

Dk

 

[BlackShadow]

Anderson has been scary good for last few years. Probably the best phase of his career.

 

[Markhor]

Lol Karthik.

Can Pandya deliver a counterattacking knock like in 1st Test vs SAF.

 

[Boi]

Wow how tailenderish )

 

[Usman Chadda]

I can't wait to see Rahul bat. Expecting a commited and long innings from him.

Haan bhai, le liye mazay?

 

[babajee]

Karthik

 

[Titan24]

Now Pant might debut but it can jeopardize his career and confidence

 

[m.shah]

Another for stokes

 

[Oligochaetes]

Stoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooookes...

Ripping through the Indian tail...lol

 

[Itachi]

Karthik.... Not surprised. I did expect he will fail.

 

[big_gamer007]

Pandya, Fahim are kids in front of stokes.

Fahim is not an all rounder.

 

[Oligochaetes]

Stokes Vs...... someone some people think is better than Stokes

Will be interesting....

 

[BlackShadow]

Ball is doing a lott...wasn't the case for the first 10 overs.

 

[Markhor]

Shastri's words about not needing an extra day of practice will be coming back to haunt him.

You can't prepare for a Test series in England with white ball cricket - conditions are totally different. LOI pitches in England are flat decks but the Test pitches still have some assistance for seamers.

 

[mkyawar]

Excellent from Stokes but bad news for england that he will miss the next test match due to his hearing

 

[introvert]

Stokes fulling them with his angle

 

[m.shah]

Fahim is not an all rounder.

And Pandya??

 

[Titan24]

Legendary all rounder batting now

 

[introvert]

Excellent from Stokes but bad news for england that he will miss the next test match due to his hearing

koi baat nai Woakes aa jayega.

 

[mak36]

Dhoni will have taken a lot of comfort from DK's dismissal.

 

[babajee]

Pandya is awful against pace

 

[Oligochaetes]

Stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooookes rips out Pandya...

Review saves Pandya.... OMG!

 

[big_gamer007]

And Pandya??

He is equally crap.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Sobers vs Stokes, a contest for the ages

 

[m.shah]

Pandya survives.. Stokes is all fired up.

 

[introvert]

Pandya Survives

 

[Titan24]

Legend survives. Now a double hundred like stokes against SA coming up

 

[topspin]

Fahim is not an all rounder.

Agreed. His poster boys are just deluded as hell.

 

[Dagestani_Eagle]

stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooookes rips out pandya...

Review saves pandya.... Omg!

bach gaya

 

[BlackShadow]

Aleem Dar's bad umpiring is something that is consistent with our English tours.

 

[Titan24]

Agreed. His poster boys are just deluded as hell.

To be honest other than Stokes, Shakib and Shadab all are more or less hit and miss

 

[Dagestani_Eagle]

Dropped

 

[m.shah]

Anderson never misses a test for England. He is so fit.. And kohli dropped of Anderson.

 

[babajee]

Anderson is all over Kohli

 

[Abdullah719]

Another drop

 

[mkyawar]

koi baat nai Woakes aa jayega.

Stokes is a better batsman than Woakes. Batting becomes weak and secondly lords is a flat wicket. Stokes is the best english bowler when it reverses and can do it at pace. That is why England are being desperate for stokes to remain in the frame for the next test as they know they need his bowling. I would play Woakes instead of broad. If broad does not bowl well, woakes can come in. Woakes will strengthen the batting and england can bat till number 10 with adil rashid

 

[m.shah]

Two in two drops.

 

[NoBallZombie]

Aleem Dar's bad umpiring is something that is consistent with our English tours.

Its all a conspiracy against the mighty indian team.

 

[big_gamer007]

Man Pandya should just retire he is embarrassing himself..

Looking so clueless it’s shameful

 

[Robert]

Kohli dropped! Noooooooooo!

And another drop off Pandya!!!

 

[Big Mac]

England's slip catching is like mine

 

[introvert]

Hathon main chhed hai kya?