Forever Indian

Seniority plays a major part in these contract gradings, as one format players like Rohit and Kohli are on A+ grade contracts. Also have seen so many Grade A and B players suddenly without contract in following year because they are no longer in scheme of things. So it all fluctuates and the contract grading happens only once a year, so it's not Black n White...

Well done. Peaked at right time and Two B2B near perfect matches...

If Shami is bowling at his usual pace, there is no reason to exclude him just because of age... A lot of Indian bowlers usually reduce speed as they age reducing their effectiveness. Shami meanwhile post his injuries previously was able to maintain his pace of mid to high 130ks. So selectors will have to physically go to the venues he is playing to see how he is bowling...

Even last match Siraj dropped a dolly off him which changed the game...

Someone else has six packs fitness and likes to eat only Ducks for breakfast, lunch and dinner...

DLS takes into account a lot of things and prime amongst that is how many wickets were lost at time of rain break. So in this case England were 79/7 in a 50 over game when rain break happened, so had it continued it is very likely they would have been allout for less than 150 in 50 overs game. Now when game gets reduced for both teams and Pakistan is also reduced overs, in order to not disadvantage Pakistan the 150 is reduced to cater to the reduced overs they need to face. Had Engalnd been 79/3 instead of seven down, the score would have been way higher because they had the wickets to end closer to 250 for example. DLS may not be perfect but it is the best of what we have for now. Now that AI is booming Cricket should start using that for these score revisions/predictions.

This is what has been put on Espncricinfo Commentary section: "A fair few messages asking how and why the target is less than England scored? It is because England's innings was wrecked before the rain came, and therefore the loss of overs was actually to their advantage, as they were able to play more aggressively on the resumption, knowing that they didn't have to survive for 25 overs. Had they continued in a 50-over game from 79 for 7, they might well have been bowled out more cheaply."

Not as much abuse as Gambhir would have got and his CV would have looked damn bad with 3 straight Test series losses! Just look at the celebrations and how Gambhir looked like a man who just got news that he saved his million dollar job!

Ah, you are missing Kohli and Rohit I see!

This guy is a proper allrounder, not bits & pieces as some are. He needs to handled well, and hope Gill keeps belief on him as his premier spinner!

India trying to set unbreakable record that will stand the test of time...

Bumrah to miss Oval Test against England; Akash Deep likely to replace him https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jasprit-bumrah-to-miss-the-fifth-test-against-england-1497282

they usually cut a day before...

any recent source?

I liked the way Sundar handled Jadeja's fake run starts. He literally turned his face/body to other side and not even looked at Jaddu when there was No run!