2nd test: India Vs England at: 3.30 pm IST on 9 August at Lords

[Sgattick10]

Maninder wants Rahane to be droped and Rahul playing at 5 with Pujara coming at 3.

[BERGKAMP]

It will be the flattest pitch of the series

 

Lords always sells out tickets for days 1-4 and they want as long a test match as possible to make maximum revenue from tickets, food, alcohol etc

 

All pitch/weather conditions should be largely ignored and aim should be to bat first and bat long, 400+

 

I would go with 

 

Vijay

Rahul

Pujara

Kohli

Karthik

Pant

Ashwin

Kuldeep

Shami

Ishant

Bumrah

Edited August 8, 2018 by BERGKAMP

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[SRT100]

Dhawan

Vijay

Pujara

Kohli

Rahane

Karthik

Rahul

Kuldeep

Ashwin

Ishant

Shami

 

Bowling is weakened but in reality what use is Pandya when he has poor bowling average in Test Cricket.

 

Almost be better of having Kohli bowl 10 overs if thats all Pandya was going to be used for.

 

 

[Lannister]

I would drop Pandya and bring in Kuldeep. No other changes. Give short spells to bowlers and tell them to atleast restrict runs if wickets are not coming. 

[saik]

Hope we don't give newbies like Pope a career boost like we did with Curran.

[SRT100]

Is Stokes not playing because of his legal case?

[tweaker]

12 minutes ago, SRT100 said:

Is Stokes not playing because of his legal case?

Yes

[tweaker]

https://m-timesofindia-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/india-in-england/virat-kohli-calls-on-fans-to-support-all-team-members/amp_articleshow/65326062.cms?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1#amp_tf=From %1%24s

 

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli

 has called on fans to support the entire team and not focus on just one or two players.

 

Addressing a gathering of senior diplomats, business chiefs and politicians at a special reception hosted by the Indian High Commissioner to the UK YK Sinha at his London residence on Tuesday evening, the batsman praised his fellow teammates for their hard work.

[tweaker]

England have trimmed their squad of 13 to 12 for the second Test, as Joe Root confirmed that Ollie Pope will debut at number four.

 

The decision to be made before the toss  will be whether Chris Woakes or Moeen Ali will make it into the starting XI.

[zen]

Below is the ICF polled 11:

 

• Vijay
• Rahul (100% votes)
• Pujara
• Kohli (100% votes)
• Rahane
• Pant
• Pandya
• Ashwin (100% votes)
• Kuldeep / Yadav (equal votes) 
• Shami
• Ishant

Crowd is wise

 

 

 

[tweaker]

https://amp.sports.ndtv.com/england-vs-india-2018/virat-kohli-says-playing-two-spinners-against-england-at-lords-a-tempting-thought-1897406?akamai-rum=off

 

Virat Kohli  said that it is tempting to field two spinners for the second Test against England . Kohli said the pitch looked really hard, dry and it will definitely be an all-round wicket. "Playing two spinners could be a very tempting thought. The pitch looked really hard, the surface looked dry. It has been very hot in London for a last couple of months. It is good that it has grass on the wicket and basically it is required to keep the wicket like that otherwise it's gonna be very difficult for the pitch to hold itself even in the first few days," Kohli said.

[Vk1]

This is a make or break test for India. Drawing this could give us a lifeline whole defeat will most likely shut the door for any chance of series victory

[Lala]

All the best India!! You can win this 

[shortbread]

Will be rained off today!

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

[Forever Indian]

Rain forecast for whole day. If there is any play today, Good luck to the batsmen 

[Austin 3:!6]

Very overcast now 

[Forever Indian]

3 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Very overcast now 

And a heavy drizzle...

[shortbread]

Likely be a 4 day test, with at-least a days worth of overs to be lost due to interrupting rain the coming days.

 

I suggest India go aggressive with 5 bowlers (2 spin + 3 seam combo). The seamers will lave a lot less overs to bowl in these conditions and likely to get breaks/breather. 2 spinners will bring in a lot of variety. Persistent dry weather for months plus recent rain, I think the pitch will be unpredictable and India is prepared either ways.

 

Stick to the same batting line up, hopefully even if they do not fire the second time the reduced game time/overs means there is hope of drawing it.