Texan Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Dropping Bhuvi and using the same "Horses for Courses" policy that allows useless hacks like Rohit and Dhawan to play on seaming pitches but doesn't allow Bhuvi to play on what are viewed as flat pitches, Kohli deserves this slap on his face. Day 1 of away Test is best time for pacers to exploit the conditions and get early wickets. Instead what we got was 148/1 at one stage before Ashwin and some generous run-outs from the South Africans pulling things back. When Ashwin is your best bowler on Day 1 of an away Test, you know that your pacers were seriously cr@p. The Kohli-Shastri combo deserves this though. SA never drops Philander, who is even slower than Bhuvi, when they see a flatter pitch and they have got good dividends from that policy with Philander averaging 21 in Test matches after almost 50 Tests. This constant chopping from the team is eventually going to completely degrade Bhuvi's confidence and ultimately that seems to be Kohli's goal to get players like Bhuvi and Rahane, who quietly go about their work out of the team. BeautifulGame, Jimmy Cliff, Gollum and 5 others 1 1 6 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Bhuvi isn't ba mental midget like Yadav to lose confidence after a poor decision from the captain. Regarding the pitch, there is barely anything for pacers. Very disappointing pitch. No Pace or bounce. Very sluggish. It's a spinners deck. If we had Jaddu, i was confident of winning this game. beetle 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Ball was turn from the first over Ashwin bowled. Hope our batsmen dont mess up on this Pitch. Link to comment
Texan Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Get him loud mouths like Dhawan or "I can jump from 24th floor for captain" Ishant and he loves those personalities. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Texan said: Get him loud mouths like Dhawan or "I can jump from 24th floor for captain" Ishant and he loves those personalities. If he wanted Ishant then should have dropped Shami. Link to comment
Texan Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 1 minute ago, rkt.india said: Bhuvi isn't ba mental midget like Yadav to lose confidence after a poor decision from the captain. Regarding the pitch, there is barely anything for pacers. Very disappointing pitch. No Pace or bounce. Very sluggish. It's a spinners deck. If we had Jaddu, i was confident of winning this game. Day 1 of an away pitch always offers some juice. Our pacers were unable to exploit it. Don't sugarcoat every time they fail and provide excuses. They were cr@p. Pacers not able to swing or seam ball then default excuse is flat pitch. Gollum 1 Link to comment
Stuge Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Bhuvi isn't ba mental midget like Yadav to lose confidence after a poor decision from the captain. Regarding the pitch, there is barely anything for pacers. Very disappointing pitch. No Pace or bounce. Very sluggish. It's a spinners deck. If we had Jaddu, i was confident of winning this game. It's not a good sign for players in the dressing room barring his friends . Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 135/1 in SA on day 1 is ridiculous especially with 4 pace bowlers. This must be the worst pace bowling performance since last few decades. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Rkt didnt want to believe that Kohli is that dumb.sure Bhuvi would not have been able to replicate his first test form on this pitch but he would have done way better than Ishant freaking Sharma. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: Rkt didnt want to believe that Kohli is that dumb.sure Bhuvi would not have been able to replicate his first test form on this pitch but he would have done way better than Ishant freaking Sharma. Ishant has not done badly but problem was Shami. Ishant would have had two wickets today if Parthiv had taken Amla's catch. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Texan said: Day 1 of an away pitch always offers some juice. Our pacers were unable to exploit it. Don't sugarcoat every time they fail and provide excuses. They were cr@p. Pacers not able to swing or seam ball then default excuse is flat pitch. Yes. Pitch was flat. You probably didn't even watch the game. Any swing and seam depend on conditions and not on bowlers. Pitch does not have grass and is dry. Edited January 13, 2018 by rkt.india express bowling and CG 1 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Average first innings score at Centurian in last five tests is 463 which means it has been a flat pitch in recent history and same was the case today. Link to comment
surajmal Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Bhuvi would have been tonked on this pitch. Its actually better for his supporters that he got dropped. adi B, GoldenSun and New guy 1 2 Link to comment
beetle Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Bhuvi will take it in his stride.He has seen thos so often. Think of it as rest and do well in next if selected. Unlike shami and ishant, he will be playing the LOIs too. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 1 minute ago, surajmal said: Bhuvi would have been tonked on this pitch. Its actually better for his supporters that he got dropped. No. He should have played. Until he play, We won't know. He would certainly have been better than Shami. Shami is the bigger problem. Bumrah bowled his heart out in this heat, tried everything, just didn't get much response from the track. Short balls were looping up. Forever Indian and beetle 2 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Shami was supposed to be our strike bowler,he will definitely get dropped for the 3rd test.when we look back on this series it will be Shamis dismal form which is the biggest surprise and disappointment. Link to comment
New guy Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, surajmal said: Bhuvi would have been tonked on this pitch. Its actually better for his supporters that he got dropped. Lol sure he "would" have been tonked. I have to laugh at people who see Bumrah, Shami, Pandya ATCUALLY getting tonked and then speculate that Bhuvi MIGHT have been tonked. Elgar wasn't going to tonk anyone, he was begging for someone to take his wicket, all they had to do was make him play more balls Edited January 13, 2018 by New guy sensible-indian, GoldenSun, Texan and 3 others 6 Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) 39 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Ball was turn from the first over Ashwin bowled. Hope our batsmen dont mess up on this Pitch. You make it sound like this was a raging turner....it was gentle slow turn with pitch flattening out more. Edited January 13, 2018 by sensible-indian Link to comment
Samcric Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) 48 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Bhuvi isn't ba mental midget like Yadav to lose confidence after a poor decision from the captain. Regarding the pitch, there is barely anything for pacers. Very disappointing pitch. No Pace or bounce. Very sluggish. It's a spinners deck. If we had Jaddu, i was confident of winning this game. Benefit of hindsight. No one had predicted this even after a good look at the pitch. Edited January 13, 2018 by Samcric Link to comment
CG Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Credit to Pandya Ishant Bumrah they bowled and never let Sa get away On flat pitches abroad we concede 4 R.p.o on previous tours. express bowling 1 Link to comment
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