Scar Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Well, he decided to sit the English tour out and was gone from the team for almost a year but as soon as he heard of INDIA at stone throw away, he came wagging his tail thinking of us as some easy meat and padding up his stats. IMO, he was more of the decisive factor in us loosing first match than the team selection. discuss. nevada 1 Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 There are many more other reasons for us still falling short, the main one being nepotism in selection beetle 1 Link to comment
Rightarmfast Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 we could have won the series had we been playing papua new guines and not south africa nevada, tweaker, Temujin Khaghan and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said: we could have won the series had we been playing papua new guines and not south africa Bit optimistic lol Rightarmfast 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Kohli was pestering him on social media to come back and play for Proteas. Dumb* kaptaan. Link to comment
Laaloo Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Someone else probably would have been a thorn in our sides. Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 We lost the series due to our lackluster batting. It has nothing to do with ABDV. Not able to chase 209 with the fame batting line up is a same. Link to comment
maniac Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 It’s not like AB is smashing 200s and 300s.....unless his replacement was Chris Martin the batsman don’t think it would have made a difference Link to comment
SG1994 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Ab big part cos he made crucial runs in 1st innings of 1st test Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 We could have won if our kaptaan had logical thinking. Link to comment
zen Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 If ppl follow cricket only to see Ind win (rather than also for quality of cricket), they should follow series played against much weaker teams Nonbeliever and sandeep 1 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Series was on our batsman and they failed so far. Link to comment
Nonbeliever Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 there is a series going on between bangla,lanka, Zimbabwe. Had we played in that series we would have won all the games. Link to comment
nevada Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 5 hours ago, zen said: If ppl follow cricket only to see Ind win (rather than also for quality of cricket), they should follow series played against much weaker teams BCCI addresses the need of such people by arranging impromptu series against SL and West Indies. zen 1 Link to comment
Sean Bradley Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) This thread displays a defeatist mentality, not good signs for the fans of a Team which is no.1 in the ICC rankings, well firstly to answer your questions, No, we wouldn't have won with or without ABD. In fact ABD is yet to find his feet in the series, and if he plays to his full potential then we could have kissed the series a good bye right from first test. What's more scary is, Virat has played the innings of his life in tough conditions and yet facing a defeat, we are in the course of losing the series due to poor squad selection, team selection, improper planning, lack of practice games, Pujara's poor form, below average catching and obnoxious keeping from pappu. Edited January 16, 2018 by Sean Bradley Link to comment
Scar Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Well it's just conjectures, and it's not like I am asking something completely irrational as he wasn't in test side for a long time. Secondly, NO, it would not have been same if anyone else replaced him, as nobody is capable of playing such counterattacking innings like he do. I think, everything which could've gone wrong this series have gone wrong. Link to comment
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