sensible-indian

Every fan needs to realize this. Its NOT the players who need to quit. Its the selectors who need to drop them. When selectors and coaches don't do the job, the only thing left is to ENJOY the team's misery and losses.

If spinners are not in form, fast bowlers will DEFO breakdown in Aus. Especially Bummy. We need spinners to bowl long spells blocking one end up at 2 rpo.

This the logic they give to fool themselves and the masses lol. Intellectually sound. Practically yuseless. Perfect example of Operation successful but patient is dead.

Itne kahan se aa gaye... Surely cant be 12 Thats insane Even peak bowling attacks cant make do with 12 drops

Unreal. First umpires call. Then this. Poor Ash. Already bowling badly and on top of that, this nonsense. But chalo atleast he now knows where he stands.

Ritter is saying 12. You are saying 5. Bhai koi tho list dedo

Which wicket was this? Also didnt Rohit miss a catch today? Tho that was too late and wouldnt have changed the result

Ghatiya pacers Ghatiya spinners Ghatiya batsmen Ghatiya captaincy If players don't really work on their skills asap.....Aus is gonna take out all their frustration on them.

Oh yes it can. It can make Aus and Eng 2011 look like a picnic if we operate this way.

How much excuses can you give after getting beaten black and blue 0-5. We shall see. Either they should perform and be ready to face humiliation.

No. Abhi aur humiliation baaki hai Aus mein.

As usual, we learnt the wrong lessons from that series. Instead of tightening up our batting, we thought we could always ride out the luck. Luckily for us, Eng 2021 batting lineup was EVEN more shambolic so our moves didn't get exposed. By 2022, Eng had their lineup sorted....so they drew the series.

Aus 2020 series - Poora series we were riding on luck (batting wise) and needed inspired performances which came through. We were barely in control when we batted. Iconic series. Had Tim Paine been a half decent keeper, Aus could have thrashed us that series. Easy wins in Sydney and Gabba.

Yes he has played some insane clutch knocks. The thing is....we have soooo many instances of our batting flopping and getting saved by a single batsman or a combo of lower order bats.

Just take a look at the dismissals in the 2nd innings... Could have applied a bit more and 300 was guaranteed.

The shot that signalled India is gonna win it. Like the fatal blow.

Umpires call is a scam. Was and will always be. My stance ever since it was introduced. I get the technical explanations but human beings are flawed and will get influenced by many factors whether they accept it or not. A dismissal is either out or notout. Shouldn't be based on umpire's mood.

We literally have NO batting lineup. Just 2-3 bats and a blind hope that others will chip in 30-40 runs here and there.

Confirmed XI 1. Jaiswal - Star 2. Rohit - Can't last long 3. Gillie gillie akka - Can't play spin. Can't play swing. Only bounce - Might work in Aus 2024 or sink without a trace 4. Kozhi - lol (he could work in Aus 2024 tho) 5. Sarfraz - Looks like a solid player but too flashy with high risk shots. Unsure how good he is against good pacers on a lively pitch. 6. Pant - Star 7. Jaddu - Steady (hoping he is not over the hill yet with the bat) Out of these 7, we are operating with 2 solid bats and 2 decent bats and 3 complete liabilities. Rest Sundar - Solid Potential Ash - Will bat well once in a bluemoon Kela - LMAO (if he bats well, he would score once per series and be a complete liability for the rest) Jurel - Solid potential (not sure about his current form tho) Out of the rest, only Sundar and Jurel look good (that too based on potential and past results) Bottomline - Excluding lower order, our batting lineup is basically Jaiswal + Pant. No wonder NZ have body slammed us at home. If you get all out for 156 on a pitch where a half decent lineup would make ATLEAST 250...how can you hope to win any test match? Now we are hoping for a miracle chase. Even if we do chase this, it doesn't solve the fundamental issue that these dakkans can't bat. Remember the twin whitewashes in 211 were mainly because our batting JUST GAVE UP. We never got thrashed badly in overseas even with okayish bowlers. Once you are 100-150 runs behind by the end of first innings, everything falls apart.

Well..the BGT could get whitewashed 0-5. So your priorities are correct.

Last test I mentioned 0-5 was not outside the realm of possibility. Looks like we should be saying AVOIDING 0-5 is not outside the realm of possibility.

Completely agree. But surely a pacer can survive a rare 8 over spell...

Still on the 4 pacer bandwagon bhai? Atleast in 2021...we had 4 pacers. Right now we don't have 3 reliable pacers (newbies unknown). Both Aussie series wins would NOT have been possible if spinners didn't do the grunt over and go for 1-2 rpo. Check the scorecards. Adelaide 2018 Melbourne 2018 Melbourne 2020 Gabba 2021 (this I am not too sure but the rest I am sure) 4 pacers would have given us GHANTA wins.

I know. Just pointing it out

Internet is flooded with these articles. Goenka PR team hard at work LOL.