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Flashback to Leeds test 16 years ago - This Happened


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Those were tough conditions to face on day 1 ,overcast and wet conditions to face two good new ball bowlers in higgard and Caddik (both averaged under 28 at home iirc) .pretty sure these jokers would have bundled under 200 with only kohli making a mark

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11 minutes ago, Adi BB said:

Those were tough conditions to face on day 1 ,overcast and wet conditions to face two good new ball bowlers in higgard and Caddik (both averaged under 28 at home iirc) .pretty sure these jokers would have bundled under 200 with only kohli making a mark

Wo team thi yar they were ready to fight it out and play for the country,not for their brand value or batting as if they were mentally shot.They had the hunger and desire to do well.

I remember Sachin and Ganguly went after the bowlers and Sachin missed his double hundred by 8 runs.

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1 hour ago, Chandan said:

Just before that Leeds test, how had they saved the Trent Bridge test was also one to remember.

https://goo.gl/2t7nER

Scorecard

Dravid 115

Sachin 92

Ganguly 99

After Sehwag was dismissed for 0 and Jaffer had gone for 5 in the 2nd inning. They were 250+ runs behind then. And saved the match, to win the next one and square the series.

Yup ,they showed great character and escaped with a hard earned draw .can we even think of something like this happening with this pathetic batting unit ,they'd get bundled out by lunch lol 

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1 hour ago, div said:

This was Hoggard's 14th test match,the current English pace attack is far more experienced.

Hoggard had decent county experience behind his back and knew the conditions well ,even a 20 year old Curran phacked us !forget that ,in 2011 Trent bridge test ,the conditions were very tough to bat and the pitch was responsive and still our over the hill marathas managed to score 288 against a strong English attack similar to this lords test .do you think our current batters would go past even 170 on that pitch against a rampaging Anderson and broad of 2011 ?

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Why is there such a contrast? And it wasn’t as if India’s batting wasn’t getting bundled out for atrocious totals back then. It was happening, but the frequency was much less. 

 

Even on a pitch with ambient conditions for bowling 175-200 is something that is not out of reach. That still might not be enough to win the test, but it shows basic application and courage to counter tough situations.

 

Even in the 90s, when India failed to register a win, they fought a number of close tests. The ‘91-‘92 Australia tour or the ‘98 South Africa tour could easily have been 2-3 or 1-2. 

 

The difference from then to the the current scenario is the absolute demolition of the batting and bowling units to put up a fight.

 

If one goes by skills, Prasad was very ordinary compared with the fast bowlers in the team today. But look up at the number of matches he kept the team in contention with a performance here or there.

 

 

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50 minutes ago, Adi BB said:

Hoggard had decent county experience behind his back and knew the conditions well ,even a 20 year old Curran phacked us !forget that ,in 2011 Trent bridge test ,the conditions were very tough to bat and the pitch was responsive and still our over the hill marathas managed to score 288 against a strong English attack similar to this lords test .do you think our current batters would go past even 170 on that pitch against a rampaging Anderson and broad of 2011 ?

:rofl: 70 ke aage 1 kya kar raha hai?

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