ShoonyaSifar

So called knowledgeable cricket fans having a go at Gill for a neck spasm, likely a spinal cord trauma and comparing it to finger injuries/toe fracture. Still hurting that they got slapped hard by Gill since he took over as test captain. Can't see any other reason. Did Gambhir ask Iyer to continue fielding after his recent spleen injury? This forum continues to keep falling to absolute pits and it's always the same set of posters involved indulging in non-stop abuse, name calling and mocking in the name of being critical. Was a mistake to get back to posting here again. @Gollum Before I stop posting here let me say this to you. You have become one of the worst double faced hypocrites on this forum. The recent Women's WC was a classic example. When the team lost you were mocking every player and when we won you were quoting some odd posts as if there is no bigger Women's cricket supporter than you. Enjoy the filth you and your friends here post.

Spineless from Gautam Gambhir to go back to the same pitches as in the NZ series. With this mindset, forget the WTC. Thoroughly disappointed. Looks like despite Ganguly saying TM made no request on pitch, GG has used his old connections with the Eden curator from KKR days to get a tailor made pitch. The same curator in the last IPL refused to accept Rahane's request for KKR home ganes.

So the best bowler of the day is getting shifted! BCCI clearly is looking for tall seamers who can get bounce. If he can get to 135-136 kmph regularly, with that height and control, he could be such a wonderful addition to our bowling attack. He bowled quite well in Duleep Trophy, has been among wickets in Ranji recently, picked wickets today as well. Tougher tests await for him, with some strength training and conditioning, he could move to the next level in 12-15 months.

Excellent chase by Ind A, were in control through the innings. Great to see Ruturaj score runs and NKR finish a game. Harshit picked 2/49 and hit the winning 6. Keeps performing. Good lad with huge upside potential. Good game for young Nishant Sandhu as well. Still only 21, seems as if he has been around for lot longer. Good utility cricketer

I am sure you would have said the reverse if I said no T20I players should play VH series. In any case T20 team is young, will be good for them to keep playing as much LO cricket as they can. Else they will sit at home from Dec 20 to January 20.

Axar is yet to play a test match under Gambhir. Unlikely he will get picked at Eden out of the blue. His test bowling suffered as he improved as a super valuable LOI all rounder. Going by he performed in home tests vs Aus and Eng, he is now a batsman who can also bowl

Unlikely. Yashasvi, Rahul, Sai, Gill, Pant, Jadeja Jurel at 7 Washi 8 Kuldeep 9 Bumrah at 10 Siraj 11 Unless they decide to drop Sai, play Jurel at 3 and pick Akashdeep as 3rd pacer at Eden. Looks unlikely though

Shame on SLCB to put a gun on players head when they fear for their life. There was a blast near their hotel killing 12 people and yet players who don't want to play are being threatened with bans.

Why shouldn't he after scoring 87 and 39 in his last test. Batted well. He isn't as weird as it looks on TV. Watched him bat at Kotla vs WI. His head does fall over a bit exposing him to sharply incoming deliveries but that can be sorted out. Many of our young batters have had this issue and sorted it through slight tweaks. Didn't do well vs SA A, but it's okay. He's being backed and should be assessed only after this series (we don't play a test till July next year).

NKR released from the first test squad, will join India A for the one day series. As confirmed by RTD, Jurel will play at 6 as specialist batter.

There is a 3 week gap between the SA T20s (5th T20 on Dec 19) and 1st ODI vs NZ (starts Jan 11). VH trophy starts from Dec 24. BCCI should ensure every single current LOI player including Bumrah plays at least 3-4 matches in VH trophy before the NZ series

Christmas and new year plans derailed for RoKo! No more turning up only for ODIs Rohit does seem damn serious about extending his career. Massive weight loss, now this, looking good for him. Upto the domestic bowlers now to give him a tough time

So Hazlewood and Abbott had hamstring scans during their Sheffield Shield match. Abbott is out while Hazlewood has been cleared. The Aussie bowling unit can crumble by the end of the Ashes. All of them are in mid 30s and a few of them now have an injury overhang. If Jofra, Wood, Tongue, Carse can be fit for first couple of matches at Perth and Gabba, could really become super interesting.

My wish is to see all 5 tests go to the last day and a hard fought sea saw battle. No 2-3 day tests please.

Figured out the reason. A lot of our players have withdrawn at the last minute to manage their workload. Naturally that leads to loss of credibility with franchises.