Ashraful_Rox
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Takla Mishra getting a taste of the firestarter :AAG:
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Is Ashwin the world number 1 still?
He's been comfortably the worst spin bowler in the match.
Is Ashwin the world number 1 still?
He's been comfortably the worst spin bowler in the match.
LmaoWhy are India wasting time? (Spurious reviews, Umesh pulling out in his delivery stride).
This might be their only chance to win a Test against us in this series!
Is Ashwin the world number 1 still?
He's been comfortably the worst spin bowler in the match.
Kohli will absolutely go for it. Dead pitch - 300 in 49 overs @6 is absolutely doable for Indian batsmen.
Brave declaration by Cook. I'd have waited another 5 overs.
Good cricketing spirit.
Not a dead pitch by any means. It's just that England scored that many runs today because of no pressure. There was turn and uneven bounce.Kohli will absolutely go for it. Dead pitch - 300 in 49 overs @6 is absolutely doable for Indian batsmen.
Brave declaration by Cook. I'd have waited another 5 overs.
Good cricketing spirit.
What dead pitch? Did you see the turn and bounce yesterday for all the spinners?![]()
Didn't. Just reading text commentary.
Indian test team is not up for chase.
It's a no win situation for them. For the sake of saying, say IND reaches 88/1 after 10 - Cook will simply slow the game & go for defense. But, in that effort, it can be 57/5 - couple of hours of unnecessary discomfort.
That declaration was as poor as it can be - just after when his chance of cashing some soft runs was over. Cook can sell the idea of knocking 10 Indian wickets in 50 overs to his mama only (even wife won't trust him).
Indian test team is not up for chase.
To hell with Kumble's rules. He is acting like Andy Flower here.
Rahul should be playing the 2nd test ahead of the walking wicket Gambhir. Instead he is playing for Karnataka now while India have to play with 10 players at Vizag.![]()
What is Kumble rule?
That anybody coming after an injury rehabilitation should prove his fitness by playing one or two Ranji games before getting selected for the national team.
That means, he knows some historical secret more than us. Kumble is the most sane head in Indian cricket - if he had set some rule, must have a reason. Nothing wrong in that rule - selectors goofed up with wrong choice.
India only took 13 wickets in 233 overs bowled.
Unless they open up the lottery of preparing square turners, they really should go for it in this match, because it might be India's only sniff of a path to victory in the whole series.
Probably Ansari will be dropped in 2nd Test - Cook is trolling here.
Lol why are they taking chances.
Kohli should swallow his ego here. Looks like he wants to chase it like at Adelaide. I'm afraid it's a suicidal tactic.
You are saying, in next 4 Tests, IND will not have any slightest chance (sniff) to win a Test?
They are not going for the chase for sure. They are just making sure Ansari doesn't get the confidence to settle down.
India only took 13 wickets in 233 overs bowled.
Unless they open up the lottery of preparing square turners, they really should go for it in this match, because it might be India's only sniff of a path to victory in the whole series.
Must have used Fevicol on the wicket - this is Day 5, post lunch wicket!!!!!!
If they prepare square turners, yes of course they will. But that is a lottery.
If they prepare more flat UAE-style pitches, probably this is India's only chance. I know that England have lost 5 of the last 6 Tests in the UAE, but they came fairly close to winning 4 of those. And the more they play in these conditions, the better they get.
Kumble is the most sane head in Indian cricket - if he had set some rule, must have a reason. Nothing wrong in that rule - selectors goofed up with wrong choice.
Boss, your confidence would have been 20% had Cook lost the toss on 1st morning. What Pujara-Vijay did on 3rd day is exceptional - don't expect your lot to do that after 2 days fielding & facing 550.
India's strategy of wicket for this Test was perfect - after watching ENG against BD spinners, they took out any chance of English win by making a compact wicket. Next Test, I am sure the wicket will assist spinners a bit more, but not to the level that part-timers competes with Ash-Jad.
You better pray that Cook wins the next 4 ........toss.
Boss, your confidence would have been 20% had Cook lost the toss on 1st morning. What Pujara-Vijay did on 3rd day is exceptional - don't expect your lot to do that after 2 days fielding & facing 550.
India's strategy of wicket for this Test was perfect - after watching ENG against BD spinners, they took out any chance of English win by making a compact wicket. Next Test, I am sure the wicket will assist spinners a bit more, but not to the level that part-timers competes with Ash-Jad.
You better pray that Cook wins the next 4 ........toss.
The English spinners have bowled better than the Indian spinners this test, if it was a turner instead of the pitch it is what makes you think India would have been so much more dominant?
The English spinners have bowled better than the Indian spinners this test, if it was a turner instead of the pitch it is what makes you think India would have been so much more dominant?
The English spinners have bowled better than the Indian spinners this test, if it was a turner instead of the pitch it is what makes you think India would have been so much more dominant?
Lol looks like [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] is having a long day after the Aus-SA match was called off and is laying out the bait for Indian posters instead of Aussie ones.![]()
But Jadeja IS a part-timer. He is barely a better bowler than Yuvraj Singh or Aamer Sohail or Asif Mujtaba - he has just taken a lot of wickets on customised square turners at home. But if India produce such wickets they will make Ansari just as lethal as Jadeja.
You are exposing yourself - I won't be surprised if some Indian goes under your skin here. You should have checked his stats (Yes, out side home) first.
Because they have better pedigree?
The Indian pacers have outbowled the English ones, does that make the Indian pacers superior?![]()
Definitely!
But there's a serious point here. I have said consistently that if England had picked Pietersen and Panesar they would win easily like they did last time they toured India.
But even without them, they are not going to be the pushovers that Australia and South Africa were. The very fact that we produce bowlers like Swann and Panesar and before them Emburey and Edmonds and even Batty means that our own batters get used to playing decent spin at home.
Have they really though?
Pardon?
Jadeja has 67 wickets in 13 home Tests at an average of 18.73.
And 21 wickets in 8 away Tests at an average of 41.80.
Doesn't that really just prove my point?![]()
My god the commentary is annoying. Smug so and so's Nasser and Botham.