Trichromatic Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Basically tail starts from after no 5. Dhawan is known failure. Rahul for so much hype keeps playing poor shots and if he continues this way he will have career similar to Pujara or worse. Rahane - when was last time an Indian batsman was so poor in India and even overseas performances aren't consistent. Keepers - no 11 - tail enders. Bowling is no different. Kohli is only world class batsman in this team. DHONI_FANN, asterix, Number and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Who has hyped it? No one stands out apart from Kohli eeally Clarke 1 Link to comment
zen Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) If our tail started at 5, it would be a good thing as we can at least expect consistent performance from the top 4-5.... I would say in non-sub con conditions, we have batsmen performing like tailenders spread out throughout the 11 so the consistency is lacking Only Kohli and to some extent Pandya, who plays gems here and there, have the ability, with some luck, to take on Eng on their day Edited August 2, 2018 by zen nevada 1 Link to comment
Number Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Kohli came good today due to missed chances, poor captaincy by Root any decent captain would have killed this game by now. But this generation of players is total begairat, no self respect, no pride in test performances. They are making money from nanga naach league and are very content with it. Batting is one issue but look at their catching. These people get 1.5 million rs for a frigging test match but they can't catch more than 50% of chances. And this sh!t show is going for last 5 years. Very similar team was butchered in 2014 in England. These bunch of bozos had 4 years to learn from that, work on their game to make themselves better players. But what is the need. Their IPL franchises will make cheerleaders dance in sultry dresses and masses of this country will run to stadium to watch that and they will earn their pie for throwing bats like baboons. Bhaad me jaaye test cricket. raki05, Stradlater, Vk1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment
kohli Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 When our 2nd best batsman average below 45,u can guess the quality of batting Link to comment
adi B Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I don't think there is much quality in this line up as hyped up by the fans and cricket experts outside SC Link to comment
The Realist Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I don't think anybody who watches cricket has hyped this team. There's is not much test quality in there apart from Kohli and Ashwin, the rest are mostly passengers who crumble as soon as they are out of their comfort zone. More than technique and skills, mentally this team is just so weak. raki05, Vk1, Turning_track and 1 other 4 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Agree with Op.we can't win with this lineup in SENa. Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 If Kohli keeps up his good work ... and Rahane can rediscover his SENA form from last time ... things will look different as other batters can contribute around 2 solid performers. Mosher 1 Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Could not have said it better myself. This team is full of baggage with the lone man Kohli in batting and Ashwin to some extent with bowling. I cannot believe Nasser said they needed 500 against India. Are you phucking kidding me? If kohli did not survive those two chances (the first one was easy), this match would be over now. nevada, DHONI_FANN and adi B 3 Link to comment
express bowling Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, dandaroy said: Could not have said it better myself. This team is full of baggage with the lone man Kohli in batting and Ashwin to some extent with bowling The bowlers have been good for 3 years now both home and away in tests ... especially Ashwin, Jadeja, Bhuvi, Shami and Bumrah. Edited August 2, 2018 by express bowling Mosher 1 Link to comment
singhprakash72 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, dandaroy said: Could not have said it better myself. This team is full of baggage with the lone man Kohli in batting and Ashwin to some extent with bowling. I cannot believe Nasser said they needed 500 against India. Are you phucking kidding me? If kohli did not survive those two chances (the first one was easy), this match would be over now. Match is still over if England score anything around 200...because chances of English fielders giving life second time around is low and conditions more lively. Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 4 hours ago, singhprakash72 said: Match is still over if England score anything around 200...because chances of English fielders giving life second time around is low and conditions more lively. Oh yeah. Indians will struggle to score anything over 150 unless Kohli fires again. Too much to expect from one player! Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 7 hours ago, Number said: Kohli came good today due to missed chances, poor captaincy by Root any decent captain would have killed this game by now. But this generation of players is total begairat, no self respect, no pride in test performances. They are making money from nanga naach league and are very content with it. Batting is one issue but look at their catching. These people get 1.5 million rs for a frigging test match but they can't catch more than 50% of chances. And this sh!t show is going for last 5 years. Very similar team was butchered in 2014 in England. These bunch of bozos had 4 years to learn from that, work on their game to make themselves better players. But what is the need. Their IPL franchises will make cheerleaders dance in sultry dresses and masses of this country will run to stadium to watch that and they will earn their pie for throwing bats like baboons. Bhaad me jaaye test cricket. You can't blame Kohli for the missed chances. Yes he was lucky, but sometime fortune favors the brave. Many players have gone on to score big after they are let off. Gavaskar was left off 4 times in an innings in WI tour of 1970-71. There is no doubt that he is determined to score in England and after a nervous start, he did make some adjustments with batting out of his crease and playing late under his eyes. When was the last time we had a player that basically brought us back into the game single-handedly from a losing position? I think last time was VVS Laxman who did this with some consistency. I agree about the rest with you. Bunch of jokers in the team. Very disappointing. Mosher 1 Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Disagree. Stick to VJ/Rahul/Che/Kohli/Rahane and the results will follow. MCcricket, express bowling and Lannister 3 Link to comment
Switchblade Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) Our golden period in overseas conditions was from 2006-2010,post WC 2011 we have been hammered in SENA countries.You cannot win with one or two players it has to be a team effort unfortunately we have so many passengers in our team.Even with fab 4 we lost overseas but you can't compare likes of Sachin,VVS,Dravid with current lot. Dhawan-Apart from one century in New Zealand has failed everywhere looks like a hack playing abroad Vijay-He scored well from 2013-2014 after that he has regressed Pujara-Proven failure in overseas conditions KLR-Boom or Bust either scores centuries or gets dismissed cheaply.His first tour hope he improves his batting and does well next time Rahane-Another player who has been on a downhill trend has played some good innings overseas but gives the impression that he can lose his wicket anytime DK/Pant-DK despite playing for 10 years has been a failure unfair on Pant to expect him to score heavily in these kind of conditions Pandya-Bits and Pieces player plays one good innings then flops though played well for his 21 yesterday. Except Virat rest of them are poor and over hyped due to their exploits in home conditions or IPL.They just don't look like competing. Edited August 3, 2018 by Switchblade adi B 1 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Rahul is there pandya is there bring in pant and we have enough talent to blow away any team, says most icf posters. In fact per most Rahul is better than kohli. Its just that kohli is so jealous of rahul over shadowing him that he will drop rahul soon. Switchblade and DHONI_FANN 2 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) This line up is spitworthy,they failed to chase 108something in Sa very recently,cant be trusted ,Ranji lineups looks more convincing than this lot Edited August 3, 2018 by Suhaan Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 We should try this legend in Tests :) The Dark Horse 1 Link to comment
Switchblade Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: We should try this legend in Tests :) Might be suitable for test format the way he bats. Link to comment
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