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The race between Pakistan and India for scoring in alien conditions
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Varun
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Confident that our batsmen will come good at one point.
Worried about Vijay a bit though, been a while since he actually made a score in testing circumstances.
Worried about Vijay a bit though, been a while since he actually made a score in testing circumstances.
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Yes, its on. Lets see who does it first.
Fakhar scored 82 which is more than what Indian top order scored combined.Pandya is not a specialist batsman so he does not count.
So we have already won the race.
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I genuinely believe that India is a better team than South Africa and it will become even more obvious as this series will progress. The next series between these two teams, wherever it happens will be totally dominated by India.
Kohli is an excellent captain who is making the right decisions. This also includes backing players like Rohit over Rahane and Dhawan over Rahul. This is letting guys know that they need to play a certain brand of cricket to be considered as Indian players and that's a great message to deliver. Maybe Rahul over Dhawan is a 50/50 where he went in with his gut feel but Rohit is an amazing player and there's no batsman his calibre in the world right now. It's about time that he will start delivering in tests as well.
This is something that Indian fans may not see now but this is what Pakistani teams used to do in the past. Play cricketers who had higher ceilings and ability to do something out of the ordinary rather than pick a generic good to average reliable cricketer. Yes, some of the players that were backed like Manzoor Akhtar never amounted to anything good but it also created an aggressive dna for our teams in the past and people knew that to play they needed to have a certain mongrel within them.
Kohli and Shastri are a great combination, and they definitely are way above everything that we have right now. As a cricketing nation, we are struggling and there are no immediate signs of it getting better any time soon.
Kohli is an excellent captain who is making the right decisions. This also includes backing players like Rohit over Rahane and Dhawan over Rahul. This is letting guys know that they need to play a certain brand of cricket to be considered as Indian players and that's a great message to deliver. Maybe Rahul over Dhawan is a 50/50 where he went in with his gut feel but Rohit is an amazing player and there's no batsman his calibre in the world right now. It's about time that he will start delivering in tests as well.
This is something that Indian fans may not see now but this is what Pakistani teams used to do in the past. Play cricketers who had higher ceilings and ability to do something out of the ordinary rather than pick a generic good to average reliable cricketer. Yes, some of the players that were backed like Manzoor Akhtar never amounted to anything good but it also created an aggressive dna for our teams in the past and people knew that to play they needed to have a certain mongrel within them.
Kohli and Shastri are a great combination, and they definitely are way above everything that we have right now. As a cricketing nation, we are struggling and there are no immediate signs of it getting better any time soon.
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Yes, its on. Lets see who does it first.
What is this race? Is it for team or individual? Is it for Test or ODI?
Set a target, be more specific, if not, this thread will drag n drag....
What is this race? Is it for team or individual? Is it for Test or ODI?
Set a target, be more specific, if not, this thread will drag n drag....
Batting, Score 300+ for ODI and 400+ for Test, Team and Combined!
Fakhar scored 82 which is more than what Indian top order scored combined.Pandya is not a specialist batsman so he does not count.
So we have already won the race.
We are YET to WIN
Coming good on dead rubber doesn't count. It should be a winning contribution on a lively pitch.
Varun
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There are really no dead rubbers in a test series. Even if we're 0-2 down, I would be happy if we won the final test and made it 2-1. It's better than nothing.
ODI series are a different story.
India wont be able to score 400+ if they weren't dead rubbers.
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Got beat by Sri Lanka in UAE.
Pakistan Test team is not in the greatest shape, fragile batting, inexperienced bowlers barring Amir and Yasir.
Pakistan failed today. But luckily will be having 3rd ODI before the 2nd Indian test.
That was Sarfraz's first test as captain without two greats. That was bound to happen. Doesnt mean we cant win there.
That was Sarfraz's first test as captain without two greats. That was bound to happen. Doesnt mean we cant win there.
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