wanted_desi Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 56 minutes ago, Laaloo said: I dont think we will see Kuldeep in the test series. Thats what i realized, Kuldeep is a risk. He can get you wickets, but also can have an off game which mean South Africa can score easily and quickly. Link to comment
maniac Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Where is this optimism coming from??? Now it is one thing to hope for India to win and win handsomely but delusion is off the charts....This is not the best Indian team to tour South Africa...the teams in 2010-2011 was the best....now yes South Africa Team is not as good as it was in the last few years but Settled side - I don’t think we ever toured South Africa with a rookie side....2001 would be the closest I think. No major injury concerns-ok fair enough confidence high-well I have been watching cricket for over 25 years and we have always rolled over teams at home...infact bigger and stronger teams than what we have been crushing recently. So what is this new found confidence? Captain aggressive- well Kohli is a pretty good test captain I will give you that but he his on field strategy is not exactly a trend setter and neither is his selection...he is good but this aggressiveness is almost becoming a legend Players have gelled- we are not Pak...our teams have always played as a unit he’ll even during Chappell saga or Kumble saga the problem was with coach not within the team so what exactly is this new super power we have that every one keeps talking about? compared to 2011,the only thing that is an upgrade is ground fielding and to some extent fast bowling that’s about it. Batting consistency,fielding etc are worse than they were before. I am baffled by this bravado...it is one thing to say that this team is well equipped to do better than the predecessors but the way we are hyping this it seems like we are touring Bangladesh/Zimbabwe jeez Link to comment
gattaca Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Batting is weak. Rahane out of form and rohit sharma even a monkey with little training can defend well. These guys occupy most important positions that change the game. Laxman used to bat at 5. He was the reason we won in Durban and Adelaide. Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 We have drs now. If we had drs for last17 years would have done better as by and large been on wrong end of deceiosns so another reason for me to say india wins Link to comment
Shunya Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 12 hours ago, Vilander said: actually these guys were not outplayed in 2010. But Kallis outplayed everyone in that last test, it was unreal he just decided India will not win it. And first test loss was pathetic scheduling from BCCI. I think SA should be 5 tests, they would have won the 2010-11 series if it was. In 2011 bowlers came up short when batsman did their job, in 2006 batsman came up short when our bowlers were on fire. All in all, those were few of the ATG players India produced but still we could not end up winning. This team is nowhere near those players, but they are in top form and IMO will come out winning a series finally. Link to comment
Vilander Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Shunya said: In 2011 bowlers came up short when batsman did their job, in 2006 batsman came up short when our bowlers were on fire. All in all, those were few of the ATG players India produced but still we could not end up winning. This team is nowhere near those players, but they are in top form and IMO will come out winning a series finally. The thing is ATG is based on a career. But the operative point is whether or not a player or the set of players are playing well at that given point in time. Meaning how many were in top 20 in batting and bowling, and how many had the skills for the conditions. Thats more tricky to gauge. Link to comment
mishra Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 One indicator will be If our top 5 outscore bottom 6 by atleast 50+ runs, we will be fine. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Our tail is way too long. I don't think this is the best chance to win. I would be happy if we could draw the series. Link to comment
Temujin Khaghan Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Plz Ban the thread starter Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 11/30/2017 at 10:17 PM, sourab10forever said: *Good set of players with every position having a good back up and all players getting in some good match practice. *Settled side. *No major injury concerns..atleast for now. *Confidence is high. *Captain is aggressive. *Players have geled well as a team. This is India's best chance of winning in SA with SA not being the best that they can be. They are vulnerable and a 3 match series is also in our favour. Series victory is definitely on. Least settled side Low confidence Clueless captain Players don't know the team Fitness is mystery. Gollum 1 Link to comment
The Realist Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Laaloo, Tattieboy, maniac and 2 others 5 Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes a good opportunity to get ripped open until England & Australia tours come again to get violated so bad that no proctologist would be repair the damage Gollum 1 Link to comment
adi B Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Lol @ settled side,this is the most unsettled indian side ever Gollum 1 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, adi B said: Lol @ settled side,this is the most unsettled indian side ever OP can't name even next XI with confidence. adi B 1 Link to comment
Stuge Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Captain asks journalist to tell him best xi lol Link to comment
AmreekanDesi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 This has been very disappointing personally speaking I feel deflated and totally sapped of any energy. Such a letdown Link to comment
Tattieboy Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Come on guys be did get no major injuries correct Link to comment
The Dark Horse Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 19 hours ago, Temujin Khaghan said: Plz Ban the thread starter TBH, this was the perfect opportunity. They gave us a lot of chances, choked when the going got tough still we let them get the better of us. I doubt if any other team will give so many chances to come back. Link to comment
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