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India close on 300/6 on Day 1 of the 2nd Test in Chennai

Rohit has scored 75% of the runs. Been playing England on his own. Needs to stay at the crease and cash in. He can steer India to a good score here. >250 would be very handy first up.
 
Last Monetarist said:
It wasn't just a bit of luck, he got two wickets off rank bad balls. Indian batsmen were simply not patient enough to bat time on that pitch, which was how England batted on the first two days. Anyone arguing against Indian complacency in the first test is being disingenuous.
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England could do that because there wasn't much on the pitch for the first two days. We will see today how much patience do they actually have.
 
Perhaps an extra batsman/allrounder could have been handy here for India instead of the 5th bowler.
 
raashidkhan89079 said:
No its because i love virat's character
Keep that on field thing aside
But he is a good person
Better than rohit atleast he us full.of ego
Even my family now adays love virat
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Just playing. Rohit has set me on fire this morning :afridi1

Rohit's fine. Look at the way his teammates react to him. He's got an attitude that looks lazy and bored which can be confused as arrogance.
 
If not for Rohit's positive intent, this would have been an embarrassing morning for us ...
 
Rohit once again showing why he should have been the first choice opener for India in Asian conditions all this time.

India wasted 4-5 years of his Test career just because of the idea that he is not a conventional Test opener, but neither was Sehwag and we saw how that worked out.

Few better sights in cricket than Rohit in full flow. Majestic, glorious batsman.

This 80 odd so far is worth more than a 150+ on most pitches and in most situations.
 
In WTC

Kohli average 46.35
Rahane 47.09

Team records :

Under Kohli : 0-2 vs NZ,36 all out and big loss at home
Under Rahane : 2-0 in Aus with severely depleted side


Yet its Rahane who should be dropped and Kohli is the saviour :))
 
Pitch is hard to bat. If Rohit stays one more session, he will add too many runs.
 
Justcrazy said:
India on top here after winning the toss here , Poms have to bowl well here to get back.
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Not much batting to come after this pair. Pant is a bit of lottery and rest are a bunch of jokers with the bat. I say it’s even right now.
 
This has been a brilliant innings by Sharma. I doubt anyone other than Sehwag could have batted with such intent on this pitch. It's the only approach that can work on pitches that turn square.
 
Mamoon said:
Rohit once again showing why he should have been the first choice opener for India in Asian conditions all this time.

India wasted 4-5 years of his Test career just because of the idea that he is not a conventional Test opener, but neither was Sehwag and we saw how that worked out.

Few better sights in cricket than Rohit in full flow. Majestic, glorious batsman.

This 80 odd so far is worth more than a 150+ on most pitches and in most situations.
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For all his faults,Sehwag had tons in Eng,SA,Aus. Most of those in his first tours too.

Rohit still hasnt got in 7 years

Ridiculous comparison


Lets see if he can convert this into big one here.Sehwag dealt in 200s and 300s
 
Right selection to get Kuldeep,but hard on Sundar to be dropped after scoring 85.
 
Saurav said:
For all his faults,Sehwag had tons in Eng,SA,Aus. Most of those in his first tours too.

Rohit still hasnt got in 7 years

Ridiculous comparison


Lets see if he can convert this into big one here.Sehwag dealt in 200s and 300s
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Rohit is more talented batsman the sehwag , Rohit is one of the best in the world at the moment.
 
Last Monetarist said:
This has been a brilliant innings by Sharma. I doubt anyone other than Sehwag could have batted with such intent on this pitch. It's the only approach that can work on pitches that turn square.
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Pitch is hard, but not as hard as Indians are making it seem. Kohli had no business playing that shot when he was so new there. The opener did not offer a shot. Pujara normally plays those balls much better.


Pujara not staying long should help Eng here. He is the only one who plays spin well from this Indian side.
 
Dingolfy said:
England could do that because there wasn't much on the pitch for the first two days. We will see today how much patience do they actually have.
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The patient approach won't work on this wicket, Rohit Sharma is actually showing everyone how to bat on it. The England batsmen will be sitting ducks if they play defensively. I'd have said the same even if they were batting first incidentally.
 
India won a great toss here. Losing the toss here would certainly have meant going 2-0 down in the series.
 
Buffet said:
Pitch is hard, but not as hard as Indians are making it seem. Kohli had no business playing that shot when he was so new there. The opener did not offer a shot. Pujara normally plays those balls much better.


Pujara not staying long should help Eng here. He is the only one who plays spin well from this Indian side.
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To be fair, the mind plays terrible tricks when the pitch is turning. Gill's shot was unacceptable but it's a bit harsh to criticize Pujara and Kohli.
 
Saurav said:
For all his faults,Sehwag had tons in Eng,SA,Aus. Most of those in his first tours too.

Rohit still hasnt got in 7 years

Ridiculous comparison


Lets see if he can convert this into big one here.Sehwag dealt in 200s and 300s
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Rohit would have scored a few centuries outside Asia as well had India trusted him as an opener.

He should have been the first-choice opener for India since 2014-15 when he had already established himself as a world class ODI opener.

Rohit in the middle-order didn’t work in LOIs and it wasn’t working in Test cricket either but India kept on persisting with a failed method.

You cannot leave a player of his talents out, it is criminal. Apart from Vijay in his purple patch, no Indian opener of his generation has scored consistently overseas, so this whole agenda against Rohit’s credentials outside Asia did not make sense.

India missed out on a lot of massive hundreds and double-hundreds by refusing to give him a chance at the top of the order.
 
Justcrazy said:
Rohit is more talented batsman the sehwag , Rohit is one of the best in the world at the moment.
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oh that word talent :)))

at 34 years thats still the word for Rohit :))

The best in the world has highest overseas score of 72 :))
 
Last Monetarist said:
To be fair, the mind plays terrible tricks when the pitch is turning. Gill's shot was unacceptable but it's a bit harsh to criticize Pujara and Kohli.
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Pujara was acceptable, but not Kohli. Kohli already knew that the pitch is turning and he had just come. I don't think it was the right shot to play so early.
 
Buffet said:
Pujara was acceptable, but not Kohli. Kohli already knew that the pitch is turning and he had just come. I don't think it was the right shot to play so early.
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It was obviously not the right shot, but I can understand why he made that mistake. He'll always find it hard to rein in his arrogance (and I don't mean that negatively).
 
England is in good Position to wrapped India under 200 then win the match
 
Mamoon said:
Rohit would have scored a few centuries outside Asia as well had India trusted him as an opener.

He should have been the first-choice opener for India since 2014-15 when he had already established himself as a world class ODI opener.

Rohit in the middle-order didn’t work in LOIs and it wasn’t working in Test cricket either but India kept on persisting with a failed method.

You cannot leave a player of his talents out, it is criminal. Apart from Vijay in his purple patch, no Indian opener of his generation has scored consistently overseas, so this whole agenda against Rohit’s credentials outside Asia did not make sense.

India missed out on a lot of massive hundreds and double-hundreds by refusing to give him a chance at the top of the order.
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Middle order batting is easier overseas,Rohit failed even there.And he'd done well as opener?:)).He still cant handle swing

In ODIs opening is easier on pattas,hardly comparable.Everyone lines up to open in LOIs,how many want to open in Tests?
 
Lol During post lunch session , commentrators are discussing about IPL auction, rather than this match. Discussing about which franchies will brought glen maxwell
 
Saurav said:
oh that word talent :)))

at 34 years thats still the word for Rohit :))

The best in the world has highest overseas score of 72 :))
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Rohit is a different player when he opens and when he bats in the middle-order. India should have realized that after the way Rohit transformed after becoming an opener in white ball cricket.

He should have been trusted as Test opener since 2014-15 when he established himself as a world class ODI opener.

His overseas career would not have been any worse than Sehwag. Like Sehwag, he would fail often but would play a few glorious knocks as well, especially in places like Australia.
 
guna said:
They dropped Sundar for a darter that cannot bat. Great selection by Kohli once again.
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Axar will bowl well on this pitch.Will get quick turn like Jaddu

Batting is bit light yes.

Also I wanted Siraj ahead of Ishant
 
Mamoon said:
Rohit is a different player when he opens and when he bats in the middle-order. India should have realized that after the way Rohit transformed after becoming an opener in white ball cricket.

He should have been trusted as Test opener since 2014-15 when he established himself as a world class ODI opener.

His overseas career would not have been any worse than Sehwag. Like Sehwag, he would fail often but would play a few glorious knocks as well, especially in places like Australia.
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Dude are you seriously equalling opening in Tests to that in ODIs?

By your logic Finch,Roy et al would be great Test openers because they were good in ODIs
 
Saurav said:
For all his faults,Sehwag had tons in Eng,SA,Aus. Most of those in his first tours too.

Rohit still hasnt got in 7 years

Ridiculous comparison


Lets see if he can convert this into big one here.Sehwag dealt in 200s and 300s
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Calm down. Rohit has just started as an opener in tests. For a while during his ODI career as an opener, he faced a lot of heat before he shut everyone up with all those doubles.

Rohit will be the first Indian batsman among the current lot to score a triple in tests :afridi1
 
Ind - 106/3; Rohit Sharma - 80*; Cheteswar Pujara - 21
 
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Saurav said:
Dude are you seriously equalling opening in Tests to that in ODIs?

By your logic Finch,Roy et al would be great Test openers because they were good in ODIs
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Thankfully you weren't chief of selectors when Warner as a test opener was being discussed :rabada2
 
Saurav said:
Middle order batting is easier overseas,Rohit failed even there.And he'd done well as opener?:)).He still cant handle swing

In ODIs opening is easier on pattas,hardly comparable.Everyone lines up to open in LOIs,how many want to open in Tests?
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Every player is different. Just because it is easier for most players it doesn’t mean it is easier for everyone.

Rohit has always struggled with handling different situations when he arrives to the crease because he cannot bat with a muddled head.

He is not the type of player who can adjust from arriving to the crease at 200/2 one day and 10/2 the next day, that is his weakness.

When he opens he is in control of the situation and can look to dominate from the word go. He doesn’t have to deal with the match situation because he has the opportunity to set the tone himself.

Sehwag was similar, and that is why he was always going to have a better career as an opener as opposed to a middle-order batsman.
 
pillionrider said:
Calm down. Rohit has just started as an opener in tests. For a while during his ODI career as an opener, he faced a lot of heat before he shut everyone up with all those doubles.

Rohit will be the first Indian batsman among the current lot to score a triple in tests :afridi1
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He's already 33-34.Better score that triple soon

ODI doubles on pattas means he would be good Test opener.Great logic
 
And what's with people laughing at Axar's batting skills. Think I remember him smashing bowlers somewhere. Several times over.
 
This series so far has been a carbon copy of that Australian series in 2017.

India loses the toss in the first test opponent captain scores a big one... India loses badly....

Second test... India wins the toss on a square turner and an opener plays a blinder of a knock.... :)

Now all that's left is Ishant to pull a :ishant on Root....
 
Saurav said:
Dude are you seriously equalling opening in Tests to that in ODIs?

By your logic Finch,Roy et al would be great Test openers because they were good in ODIs
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Finch and Roy are not half the players Rohit is.

Plus it is a different context when you are playing your home games in India.

Roy would not do badly as a Test opener if he was playing his home matches in Asia. He will do a lot of damage especially against weaker bowling attacks.

If India was playing its home matches in England I wouldn’t want him to open.

Rohit is very, very good on Indian pitches and he has proved it in the two series (SA and this one) where he has opened.

No other Indian opener of the last 5-6 years has performed consistently overseas. Vijay was the last one to do so and his purple patch ended years ago.

There is no justification for not opening with Rohit all these years. He proved his worth at home and other openers did not uproot trees overseas.

Rohit is better than Dhawan, should have had his place in the Test team and opened with KL Rahul all these years.

Dhawan got 34 Tests as opener, Rohit deserved 40+.
 
Mesozoic said:
Ye kuch zyada ho gya..... :viru
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There will be many Sehwags , who will come and go , but India will not have a Rohit in next 100 years , a once in a generation player. You see how he dominated the bowling today , He himself can get a 150 here alone. Alone the amount of runs he will get I doubt whole England team will fail short of that.
 
I've been very impressed by Ollie Stone, only if he can stay injury free cause this guy has hugh ability.
 
Rohit shutting up the haters including me lol
 
Manunited18 said:
I've been very impressed by Ollie Stone, only if he can stay injury free cause this guy has hugh ability.
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In the next session India will hammer him to submission , Just wait Axar to come out to bat , He will make sure Stone is completely stoned :))
 
Justcrazy said:
There will be many Sehwags , who will come and go , but India will not have a Rohit in next 100 years , a once in a generation player. You see how he dominated the bowling today , He himself can get a 150 here alone. Alone the amount of runs he will get I doubt whole England team will fail short of that.
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Lol enough boy...
 
Lol that doesn’t even mathematically check out
 
pillionrider said:
Thankfully you weren't chief of selectors when Warner as a test opener was being discussed :rabada2
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Players like Sehwag and Warner worked because they had workable defense and on their day they could dominate(SR of 70+).Rohit doesnt have that
 
Ball is going through the top on the first session of the first day.

Rohit seems to be trying to get the runs now, knowing that it will get harder.

India to win. Ashwin will clean up.

What was Kohli doing, standing there after he was clean bowled? Shades of WG Grace....
 
Mamoon said:
Every player is different. Just because it is easier for most players it doesn’t mean it is easier for everyone.

Rohit has always struggled with handling different situations when he arrives to the crease because he cannot bat with a muddled head.

He is not the type of player who can adjust from arriving to the crease at 200/2 one day and 10/2 the next day, that is his weakness.

When he opens he is in control of the situation and can look to dominate from the word go. He doesn’t have to deal with the match situation because he has the opportunity to set the tone himself.

Sehwag was similar, and that is why he was always going to have a better career as an opener as opposed to a middle-order batsman.
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Both Sehwag and Rohit played for India after succeeding batting in middle order in Tests.So wrong to say its a mental issue

Sehwag was made to open because there wasn't a vacancy in middle order,not because he'd have failed there
 
Robert said:
Ball is going through the top on the first session of the first day.

Rohit seems to be trying to get the runs now, knowing that it will get harder.

India to win. Ashwin will clean up.

What was Kohli doing, standing there after he was clean bowled? Shades of WG Grace....
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You are gonna miss the legend Dom Bess on this pitch
 
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