India vs England | 2nd Test | Mumbai

[Saurav]

wow good decision to play Bhajji

 

[Indiafan]

wow good decision to play Bhajji

I dont think so. We needed a seamer as a backup. If it really spins, Ojha and Ashwin can take 10 wickets on their own

 

[leatherface58]

Virat Kohli can play as a 2nd seamer ala

 

[OutKast]

Bhajji to take a 5fer on his comeback...

 

[musaarthali]

I dont think so. We needed a seamer as a backup. If it really spins, Ojha and Ashwin can take 10 wickets on their own

We dont need one pacer alone...leave 2

Start with 2 spinners after we piled 500 runs...easy peasy

 

[IgnitedMind]

Pitch looks like has lot of grass....

 

[musaarthali]

Virat Kohli can play as a 2nd seamer ala

You forgot Dhoni

 

[musaarthali]

Pitch looks like has lot of grass....

Deception

 

[cricketworm]

green tinges on pitch. not sure it looks that bad toss to lose for eng.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Sachin's last test match at his home ground??-- harsha !!

 

[Shaheerthe2nd]

Did Collingwood just say Tendulkar is in good form?

 

[Kwremb]

I think the grass will fade away quickly

 

[W63L35]

Pitch looks like has lot of grass....

green tinges on pitch. not sure it looks that bad toss to lose for eng.

Dhoni and selectors are stuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid to add another spinner (Harbhajan) then?

 

[cricketworm]

let's hope for better umpiring.

 

[W63L35]

Sachin's last test match at his home ground??-- harsha !!

Wonder if he will get similar farewell like he got last he played a test vs England here?

 

[cricketworm]

Dhoni and selectors are stuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid to add another spinner (Harbhajan) then?

if it bounce it will help bhaji as well. need to use seam properly.

 

[leatherface58]

Match in Brabourne or Wankhede?

 

[IgnitedMind]

Lol...

First ball

 

[cricketworm]

4 lol.

 

[W63L35]

let's hope for better umpiring.

No chance..... since Sahiba or Jayaprakash or Tarapore are not standing in this game!

 

[IgnitedMind]

and

 

[ahamedirshad123]

Such a sad sight........... empty stadium..... !!!

England loses the toss.... India bat!

"Huge queue for tickets by Churchgate station" - mike selvey

 

[Ruri]

Anderson!

 

[cricketworm]

gone great come back.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[IgnitedMind]

It looks like it is missing leg...very close though

 

[Kwremb]

Hahaha Ghambir's time at the top is up, about time he's dropped

 

[OutKast]

Ftb gambhir gone to the first ball that swung lol.

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[leatherface58]

Tailender Gambhir )

 

[IgnitedMind]

Pujara average 71 :bradman

 

[cricketworm]

Marginal call. Would have tickled the leg stump means bails would have dislodged.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Rahane should come in next match

 

[Justcrazy]

England can only win if they somehow get Indians out cheaply in the first innings here. Need the bowlers to bowl magical spells.

 

[IgnitedMind]

swing and bounce in the pitch

 

[Ruri]

This pitch surely has the English bowlers happy.

 

[GentleMan]

how come there is some swing?? the curator deserves a paycut

 

[cricketworm]

Man! Umesh will be badly missed here! So will Finn.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Harsha

what nonsense is he talking about english aid ...

 

[Ruri]

how come there is some swing?? the curator deserves a paycut

Humid, bound to happen.

 

[W63L35]

if it bounce it will help bhaji as well. need to use seam properly.

Why do you make up this type of stuff or do you you have dreams about it????

OK... this is first time I have heard...
Grass helping spinners.....
Spinner using the seam......

Can you show any reference on internet for to be this true?

 

[Inswinger]

how come there is some swing?? the curator deserves a paycut

Not reliant on the pitch. Dhoni can't force nature's hand.

 

[Justcrazy]

5 / 1

 

[Kwremb]

Harsha Bhogle getting worse with age

 

[cricketworm]

Man this guy plays flick so wristy! Good to watch.

 

[OutKast]

Dhobi played 3 spinners on this pitch.

 

[Kwremb]

Why do you make up this type of stuff or do you you have dreams about it????

OK... this is first time I have heard...
Grass helping spinners.....
Spinner using the seam......

Can you show any reference on internet for to be this true?

If the ball hits the seam it bounces more for the off spinners straighter one

 

[cricketworm]

Why do you make up this type of stuff or do you you have dreams about it????

OK... this is first time I have heard...
Grass helping spinners.....
Spinner using the seam......

Can you show any reference on internet for to be this true?

LOL you have no idea of bowling don't you? Why am I not surprised! go and google Uncle ji!

 

[Justcrazy]

England must make the new ball do some damage early on.

 

[Kwremb]

Harsha

what nonsense is he talking about english aid ...

Had to mute for a minute

 

[GentleMan]

Dhobi played 3 spinners on this pitch.

i hope that is genuine typo.. otherwise using a caste name is just not on

 

[Random Aussie]

The Angry Dwarf perishes early. He gone be angry.

 

[W63L35]

"Huge queue for tickets by Churchgate station" - mike selvey

Good! Not too long ago, every single seat would be taken in a test match in India.... even Eden Gardens.... that was the thing I liked the most about test matches in India!

 

[IgnitedMind]

LOL you have no idea of bowling don't you? Why am I not surprised! go and google Uncle ji!

Or statsguru

 

[GentleMan]

i didnt come here to watch sehwag bat in swinging conditions..it is his 100th test match

 

[OutKast]

This is a better test wicket than the phlaaat one at Adelaide.

 

[James]

England must make the new ball do some damage early on.

Honestly, I think if we erased this guy's every post from a match thread, it would be the same match thread.

 

[W63L35]

The Angry Dwarf perishes early. He gone be angry.

Next on deck!

 

[IgnitedMind]

What a shot

 

[cricketworm]

Booom 4.

 

[Justcrazy]

11 / 0

 

[W63L35]

i didnt come here to watch sehwag bat in swinging conditions..it is his 100th test match

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Well.... pick up the video of his king pair... if you are so desperate!

 

[Random Aussie]

Aunty belts a four

 

[Justcrazy]

With Harbhajan back in , India Batting has more depth.

 

[GentleMan]

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Well.... pick up the video of his king pair... if you are so desperate!

i want him to make a hundred..he should have batted when there is no swing.. javed miandad was also given a flat pitch much against the wishes of imran khan, because it was his 100th test.. greats deserve it

 

[OutKast]

i hope that is genuine typo.. otherwise using a caste name is just not on

Dhobi is a caste name? Doesn't it mean washerman? I used that term because it's similar to Dhoni. Don't take little things so seriously.

 

[W63L35]

With Harbhajan back in , India Batting has more depth.

At home, all you need to do is... just play Sehwag..... and others as 10 bowlers. He'll do all the scoring that you want.

 

[IgnitedMind]

Oh God, Harsha....Nonsense again...

You have Sunil Gavaskar beside...and you are talking abt Vijay Merchant and Sehwag as openers!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Honestly, I think if we erased this guy's every post from a match thread, it would be the same match thread.

Man , my posts are within the limits set by this forum , I am not by passing that, if moderators do not have any problem with me , why are you having. You are not given the job of judging the quality of posts.

 

[AlizeeFan]

England shouldn't get carried away by bounce and try to bowl full.

 

[Ruri]

One end there's a decent bowler, the other, there's a little brat... (Seriously, what was with that appeal in his first over?)

 

[IgnitedMind]

Sehwag is being kept away from strike for far too long...I have seen sehwag get restless and get out after long breaks

 

[Justcrazy]

another single , India move to 13 / 1

 

[GentleMan]

Dhobi is a caste name? Doesn't it mean washerman? I used that term because it's similar to Dhoni. Don't take little things so seriously.

yes...dhobi is a a caste whose profession was ashing clothes..just like chamar is a caste who were into leather profession.. it is not so little thing, because caste based slurs were used to insult people and is now a crime in india.. some people use marasi, chamar, chhura as insults..but they are names of castes..

 

[cricketworm]

England shouldn't get carried away by bounce and try to bowl full.

I agree. Let's see what Anderson does. Broad is losing a plot a little here, bowling back of the length mostly.

 

[Kwremb]

England shouldn't get carried away by bounce and try to bowl full.

True, wasting the little swing on offer by bowling short. Getting carried away with the bounce available. Swann would enjoy the bounce.

 

[Random Aussie]

Sehwag is being kept away from strike for far too long...I have seen sehwag get restless and get out after long breaks

Sounds like a PP excuse for Afridi/Umar Akmal.....

 

[OutKast]

Man Yadav would've been deadly on this wicket.

 

[Random Aussie]

Stuart Broad, 52 Tests averaging 31, playing half your games in England.

Sonny, you are average.

 

[Random Aussie]

Man Yadav would've been deadly on this wicket.

Ishant would have been unlucky on this wicket