Savak
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They looked pretty comfortable in Australia in 2018 and 2020 against an Australian attack which was regarded as the best in the world in both the series and they came out on top twice in succession with their A team and then later their C team.
However the same Indian team has lost their last few series in England i.e. 2014, 2018 and their last few series in NZ i.e. 2015 and 2018.
To me this clearly indicates the following
- Indian batsmen are very comfortable on the fast flat wickets in Australia where the ball rarely swings, seams
- The Australian team in general has a mental block against the Indian team and just go on the defensive against them. The way the Australian side recently bottled it when they had a 1-0 lead against an Indian side without Kohli, riddled with injuries and Bubble fatigue was very telling. I have never seen an Australian side with all their A players available playing with such a scared to lose mentality
- Indian batsmen while being absolute masters on flat placid wickets get shown up on wickets with grass and seam/swing on offer. I found it absolutely riddiculous the manner in which Pant played with total disregard and disrespect to the pitch conditions and opposition. I mean you are playing test cricket for your country on the biggest stage, show some actual guts and grind it out, this play your shots fearlessly T-20 style batting is not going to work on difficult pitches.
- Kohli's captaincy is incredibly over rated. He reminds me of Michael Clarke's gung ho attack at all costs with utter disregard for the match situation, pitch conditions. All those praising him for picking a balanced bowling attack with 3 pacers and 2 spinners were just buying into the hype whereas NZ picked their side based on the pitch conditions and their strengths. Jadeja lets be real is a hack of a batsman who does not have the ability to grind out a test match innings in tough situations when the team demands it.
- India perhaps has their best bowling attack in history but i think they also need to stop buying into this hype that their world class bowling attack is going to bail out their inspid batting line up most of the times.
- Pujarra is another guy whom i feel is just an Indian HTB or an Australian bully, he is always found wanting in conditions where the ball seams and swings. Atleast Kohli has evolved his game but my goodness Kohli must be going through the biggest lean patch of his career, i can't remember the last century he scored in any format, he is just very lucky that Team India has the best bowling attack ever in its history and that the team for the most part keeps winning which takes the attention of his batting.
However the same Indian team has lost their last few series in England i.e. 2014, 2018 and their last few series in NZ i.e. 2015 and 2018.
To me this clearly indicates the following
- Indian batsmen are very comfortable on the fast flat wickets in Australia where the ball rarely swings, seams
- The Australian team in general has a mental block against the Indian team and just go on the defensive against them. The way the Australian side recently bottled it when they had a 1-0 lead against an Indian side without Kohli, riddled with injuries and Bubble fatigue was very telling. I have never seen an Australian side with all their A players available playing with such a scared to lose mentality
- Indian batsmen while being absolute masters on flat placid wickets get shown up on wickets with grass and seam/swing on offer. I found it absolutely riddiculous the manner in which Pant played with total disregard and disrespect to the pitch conditions and opposition. I mean you are playing test cricket for your country on the biggest stage, show some actual guts and grind it out, this play your shots fearlessly T-20 style batting is not going to work on difficult pitches.
- Kohli's captaincy is incredibly over rated. He reminds me of Michael Clarke's gung ho attack at all costs with utter disregard for the match situation, pitch conditions. All those praising him for picking a balanced bowling attack with 3 pacers and 2 spinners were just buying into the hype whereas NZ picked their side based on the pitch conditions and their strengths. Jadeja lets be real is a hack of a batsman who does not have the ability to grind out a test match innings in tough situations when the team demands it.
- India perhaps has their best bowling attack in history but i think they also need to stop buying into this hype that their world class bowling attack is going to bail out their inspid batting line up most of the times.
- Pujarra is another guy whom i feel is just an Indian HTB or an Australian bully, he is always found wanting in conditions where the ball seams and swings. Atleast Kohli has evolved his game but my goodness Kohli must be going through the biggest lean patch of his career, i can't remember the last century he scored in any format, he is just very lucky that Team India has the best bowling attack ever in its history and that the team for the most part keeps winning which takes the attention of his batting.
