Day 5: Bengal lead by 720 runs with 4 wickets remaining

[Trichromatic]

No intention of declaring?

[bowl_out]

Waiting for Majumdar's century... Kohli style

[Sachinism]

That's *ing absurd. 

Absolutely pointless exercise. 

You'd think a team would take some satisfaction is an outright win. There has been plenty of opportunity to go for that and not risk losing the game. 

[Trichromatic]

59 minutes ago, Sachinism said:

That's *ing absurd. 

Absolutely pointless exercise. 

You'd think a team would take some satisfaction is an outright win. There has been plenty of opportunity to go for that and not risk losing the game. 

Even the opposition wth best hitters in world won't chase 700+ in a day, this has gone beyond risk calculation and defensive play. It's just hunt for personal records now.

[chewy]

Pathetic, 

knockouts make no sense in Ranji, winning by first innings lead is such stupid rule, what if a team lead 1st innings by 1 ru?

 

just play a league system, and whoever finishes top declared a winner

[chewy]

No wonder bowlers have no value in India

[Laaloo]

Rujul Bhatt

[rkt.india]

17 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

Even the opposition wth best hitters in world won't chase 700+ in a day, this has gone beyond risk calculation and defensive play. It's just hunt for personal records now.

You think this is a defensive play? No. If they take first innings, they are in SF.  Why would they ask their bowlers, especially, fast bowlers to bowl again and leave them at the risk of injury when they are already in SF.  Rather giving them rest to prepare for the next game. This is strategic and no defensive.

[rkt.india]

16 hours ago, chewy said:

No wonder bowlers have no value in India

Bowlers have value that is why they kept batting. They wanted their bowlers to be fresh getting enough rest for the Semi Final. They would not their fast premier pacers like Dinda and Porel get and there is not much gap between the games to nurse niggles.

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

You think this is a defensive play? No. If they take first innings, they are in SF.  Why would they ask their bowlers, especially, fast bowlers to bowl again and leave them at the risk of injury when they are already in SF.  Rather giving them rest to prepare for the next game. This is strategic and no defensive.

 

Exactly