Baffling tactics and captaincy from Kohli

[mishra]

^ See, I can understand why Kohli didnt take the new ball. May be run scoring may get easier. Edges fly here and there and thats not affordable.

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, CG said:

2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

If we have world class bowling , what do they have???

They don't have a spinner.We have all bases covered .

What are you talking about they have spinner who has won a test series for them in NZ and did very well in Australia which we cannot say we have  and their pace attack  better than ours.

[CG]

What are you talking about they have spinner who has won a test series for them in NZ and did very well in Australia which we cannot say we have  and their pace attack  better than ours.

That was because of their pace attack spinner got wickets when they target him.Maharaj is club level bowler.

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, CG said:

3 minutes ago, putrevus said:

What are you talking about they have spinner who has won a test series for them in NZ and did very well in Australia which we cannot say we have  and their pace attack  better than ours.

That was because of their pace attack spinner got wickets when they target him.Maharaj is club level bowler.

Who told you that , did you play him.He is the best spinner in their history. Ashwin at times has looked more like club level bowler this innings.

 

They were 3/2 and ended up with 286 that is the problem. It is not just due to odd dropped catches.It is also due to their inability to keep the pressure on for longer times.

[cric_fan]

You guys are about to win a Test match yet here you are bickering about Kohli & conspircies lol.

[Gollum]

35 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Spot on and I don't think they are capable than this. They simply don't have enough talent to take 5fers.

Bhuvi could have got a 5fer if not for that Dhawan drop in cape Town.

Ashwin could have got a 5fer in the 1st innings here if not for multiple drops.

Amidst all this **** show with the bat/team selection/catching you are blaming bowlers, incredible. This is what hateful jealous Pakistani say (not that I am accusing you of being one) about our bowlers, would expect better from Indian fans.

[putrevus]

8 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Bhuvi could have got a 5fer if not for that Dhawan drop in cape Town.

Ashwin could have got a 5fer in the 1st innings here if not for multiple drops.

Amidst all this **** show with the bat/team selection/catching you are blaming bowlers, incredible. This is what hateful jealous Pakistani say (not that I am accusing you of being one) about our bowlers, would expect better from Indian fans.

will you stop harping on dropped catches, catches are dropped by other teams too.No one stopped Bhuvi from taking 5fer except himself.

 

Ashwin again proved he needs assistance from pitches this innings , he was supposed to lead the attack and yet end up with one wicket which was a gift .He proved incapable of taking even tailender wickets that too left handed tailenders when they was purchase from pitch.

Edited January 16, 2018 by putrevus

[Dada's Army]

everything can be baffling in hindsight

[sergio04]

aswin is liability 

[rkt.india]

30 minutes ago, putrevus said:

Catches will be spilt what do you expect all catches to caught. how many catches have been dropped this innings, two if count Parthiv non attempt, second one came against Ashwin.

 

Question is are they capable of running thru sides, Answer is no. But they have exceeded my expectations. They are not reason why India is down this series.

Africa did not drop any catches. we dropped 3-4 catches in the first innings itself then some in second.

[cric_fan]

So tell me..what was all that fuss about K Rahul??

[Austin 3:!6]

5 minutes ago, cric_fan said:

So tell me..what was all that fuss about K Rahul??

Ask @Lannister

[Straight Drive]

Not giving the new ball to Shami was a mistake. Bad captaincy. 

[flat_wicket_bully]

baffling to say the least

Edited January 16, 2018 by flat_wicket_bully

[jf1gp_1]

Keep criticizing captain as much as you want. Bottom line its the batsman who lost us the series. Rahul looked like a school kid rohit as he was forced to bat. 

[mishra]

1 hour ago, cric_fan said:

So tell me..what was all that fuss about K Rahul??

He is good. Problem is with management who is allways ready to chop him. The shot he played to get out, He was in two minds. Its clear sign of insecurity

[Straight Drive]

3 hours ago, The Dark Horse said:

He rotates the bowlers well,  tbh

Not really a tough task to rotate bowlers when there are 5 of them and especially when the wickets for both tests were such that scoring 350 plus was a big task in itself.

[Gollum]

One of the most clueless and biased pieces of captaincy you will ever find. The myth of Kohli the great captain lies shattered. 

Edited January 16, 2018 by Gollum

[Deleted_User_1]

Look, whatever the total is, as long as the batting is spineless like this even 100 would be hard to score.

[New guy]

19 hours ago, putrevus said:

will you stop harping on dropped catches, catches are dropped by other teams too.No one stopped Bhuvi from taking 5fer except himself.

 

Ashwin again proved he needs assistance from pitches this innings , he was supposed to lead the attack and yet end up with one wicket which was a gift .He proved incapable of taking even tailender wickets that too left handed tailenders when they was purchase from pitch.

Bhuvi has taken 4 5-fer in 20 matches, that would have been his 5th. That would be one 5-fer every 4 matches. Yet you say no one can take a 5-fer in this team? He is the only bowler capable of constantly taking 5-fers, other fast bowlers can take 2-3 wickets per innings

Edited January 17, 2018 by New guy