mancalledsting Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, mishra said: Relieve Kohli of Captaincy. Make Rahane the Captain. Shashtri should be asked to pack his bag. Kumble should take over as interim coach till a new one is found and we may have a chance. I dont see that happening. Hence we will be lucky to avoid a white wash. why not get sunny gavaskar to open the batting whilst we're at it... express bowling 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Another poster who deserves this tribute Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 More chance of BCCI disbanding the IPL than India winning next two tests GoldenSun 1 Link to comment
mishra Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, mancalledsting said: why not get sunny gavaskar to open the batting whilst we're at it... Rahane has captained in absence of Kohli and has done very well. I am not talking about result but resource utilisation. Link to comment
WC2011INDIA Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 3 hours ago, goose said: if not we want a topless picture of your ex Why didn't you just go for the kill? Link to comment
ungboysj Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) Statsalert Kohli has lost only 4 tests thus far guess what all those were first test of series. I m pretty sure india is winning this series its destiny Edited January 9, 2018 by ungboysj GoldenSun 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 @Austin 3:!6 did you move to California? https://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/12/30/us/ap-us-california-marijuana-things-to-know.html adi B 1 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Why you guys are so down and out? Chin up...its just first game, entire series left. Jeez.We are winning this series.#IsBaarAfricaPeWaarSent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Sgattick10 and Laaloo 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Why you guys are so down and out? Chin up...its just first game, entire series left. Jeez. We are winning this series. #IsBaarAfricaPeWaar Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk You need a 16 6s or a highest odi score or fastest T20s 100 type of innings for that happen...do these miracles happen-Yes!!! But for that you need to keep faith in the right things. just saying we will win is very generic. Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 We were able to take 20 SA wickets for only 416 runs bowling to batters who grew up batting in these conditions. That is a big plus for me. The other plus is ..... Kohli, Pujara and Rahane all averaged between 68 and 70 on the last SA tour ..... and Vijay was able to play 95 balls per innings. Rahul has a century in bouncy Australia. Also remember that the SA batting looks weak. We have nothing to lose ... our team should focus on the above 3 factors and get themselves motivated ..... practice hard .... forget selfies in tourist spots for a few days ..... include Rahul and Rahane in place of Dhawan and Rohit ..... and focus on the job at hand. We have a good chance of winning the next test. New guy, Mosher, AuxiliA and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, express bowling said: We were able to take 20 SA wickets for only 416 runs bowling to batters who grew up batting in these conditions. That is a big plus for me. The other plus is ..... Kohli, Pujara and Rahane all averaged between 68 and 70 on the last SA tour ..... and Vijay was able to play 95 balls per innings. Rahul has a century in bouncy Australia. Also remember that the SA batting looks weak. We have nothing to lose ... our team should focus on the above 3 factors and get themselves motivated ..... practice hard .... forget selfies in tourist spots for a few days ..... include Rahul and Rahane in place of Dhawan and Rohit ..... and focus on the job at hand. We have a good chance of winning the next test. All those positives. .....which didn't help in the first test .....you are still 1 - 0 down and facing a big upward struggle Link to comment
maniac Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, express bowling said: We were able to take 20 SA wickets for only 416 runs bowling to batters who grew up batting in these conditions. That is a big plus for me. The other plus is ..... Kohli, Pujara and Rahane all averaged between 68 and 70 on the last SA tour ..... and Vijay was able to play 95 balls per innings. Rahul has a century in bouncy Australia. Also remember that the SA batting looks weak. We have nothing to lose ... our team should focus on the above 3 factors and get themselves motivated ..... practice hard .... forget selfies in tourist spots for a few days ..... include Rahul and Rahane in place of Dhawan and Rohit ..... and focus on the job at hand. We have a good chance of winning the next test. On a pitch like this which gives our bowlers a shot...our batsmen will be sitting ducks. Despite the reputation and name value of the South African attack our bowling attack as a unit can match them especially on a track like this. On a flat pitch though, likes of Amla and AB will run away with the game in their home conditions. So even if our batting fires,it will either be a draw or a loss because South Africa usually don’t make too many mistakes in test cricket. our best bet is to get a dry surface like Srilanka got a few years back in Durbanwhere Ash and Jaddu or even our seamers who are good in such conditions especially Ishu,Shami and Umesh can come into play. While I understand optimism is good,there needs to be a logic around it. Edited January 9, 2018 by maniac adi B 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 South African batting looked vulnerable because it was a bowlers paradise. on a flat pitch likes of Amla and AB will hurt us bad. on a South African type flat pitch with true bounce our bowlers will struggle as they traditionally have going by what we saw in the recent Australian tours or even with some of the pitches we had in England in 2011. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Austin 3:!6 said: How badly I wished it to be a 4 or 5 match series. BCCI Can we scrap few LOIs and have a proper test series. The first test was already better than current Ashes series or any Ind-Sl test Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk I feel India is winning it. Our batting is going to click I am sure but not all of them will come to the party yet but we should post 350 after batting first and then bowl them out for around 240ish and take a 100 plus lead and will add 250ish and give them a target of 350ish and wll win by 160 some runs. Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Tattieboy said: All those positives. .....which didn't help in the first test .....you are still 1 - 0 down and facing a big upward struggle Because we arrived in SA just a few days before the first test ...... had just 3 practice sessions in SA ... no practice games .... team was still in Kohli wedding party mode in test one. We were woefully under-prepared and the planning for this tour was poor. This test gave us some actual game time and a jolt back to reality We will get some more practice sessions too inbetween tests. 2nd test may not be the same for us. Let's see what happens. Edited January 9, 2018 by express bowling Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, express bowling said: Because we arrived in SA just a few days before the first test ...... had just 3 practice sessions in SA ... no practice games .... team was still in Kohli wedding party mode in test one. We were woefully under-prepared and the planning for this tour was poor. This test gave us some actual game time and a jolt back to reality We will get some more practice sessions too inbetween tests. 2nd test may not be the same for us. Incompetency is an excuse? With a track record that India has outside Asia and that was the preparations for a test series? India deserves to be nothing else than 1 -0 down. GoldenSun and King Tendulkar 2 Link to comment
zen Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Too much focus on winning and losing. Enjoy the game! Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Tattieboy said: Incompetency is an excuse? Not an excuse but an explanation. They deserve the flak they are getting. 4 minutes ago, Tattieboy said: With a track record that India has outside Asia and that was the preparations for a test series? India deserves to be nothing else than 1 -0 down. Absolutely. Not preparing properly for SA leaves a bad taste. But next 2 tests may yield different results IF they become focused from now on. Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, express bowling said: Not an excuse but an explanation. They deserve the flak they are getting. Absolutely. Not preparing properly for SA leaves a bad taste. But next 2 tests may yield different results IF they become focused from now on. I admire your optimism lol Link to comment
goose Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, WC2011INDIA said: Why didn't you just go for the kill? what would that be? Link to comment
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