India Vs England, 2nd ODI, Lords (London), 14th July 2018, 11 AM BST (3:30 PM IST)

[raki05]

1 minute ago, speedheat said:

4 by pandya at least this guy is trying something but the selflezz stantaclaus on the other end trying hard to stay not out

And than usual suspects will bring dadu last 2 year AVG in every discussion to defend him.

[bowl_out]

1 minute ago, asterix said:

Dhoni needs 19 more runs for his record in this match... Hopefully he gets it else his fans will be disappointed...

Hopefully he gets it and gets out forever

[Scarface]

Pitch is slowing down and Kohli wanted to chase 

[Number]

Last time Moeen Ali troubled us a lot in Tests. 

This time we will unleash Pandya on him if he is there in Englans Test XI.

[chewy]

1 minute ago, GautiMaan said:

Who has been more embarassing Dhoni or Raina.

Raina - past it

[velu]

whenever dhoni come down the track , i fear a single or a dot ball

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, jusarrived said:

I don't trust Dhoni to pull this of either and I have said this a millionth time that he's not the same player, that doesn't mean you blame him for every loss. The bigger problem and something which can be easily fixed is top order. Middle order cannot be fixed before the WC, we just don't have players who can mature into finishers in such a short time. 

Pant can still play ahead of Raina, he does not have to be Dhonis replacement. 

If Pant is a better batsman than Dhoni, he should play ahead of him. There's no we can justify playing an allrounder like Pandya without having the keeper score runs if necessary. That weakens the batting lineup. The top order is weak no doubt and ideally we need better batsmen but that is actually harder to replace since Rohit and Dhawan has scored tons recently. Dhoni hasn't done anything with the bat against a quality bowling lineup or in an important chase in ages. 

[bowl_out]

1 minute ago, RAZPOR said:

thats thier solution to every problem apparently,they might try and  turn rahul into t20 expert

Yup. T20 and Test specialist, but they won’t give him a place in the ODI side

[adi B]

1 minute ago, jusarrived said:

I don't trust Dhoni to pull this of either and I have said this a millionth time that he's not the same player, that doesn't mean you blame him for every loss. The bigger problem and something which can be easily fixed is top order. Middle order cannot be fixed before the WC, we just don't have players who can mature into finishers in such a short time. 

Pant can still play ahead of Raina, he does not have to be Dhonis replacement. 

I am not blaming dhoni alone ,he should not be even in the team if we look to build for the future,it's our poor planning that has failed to draft in the proper talented players to build up a squad of 2019 .

ship has sailed long ago,we will be completely dependent on our top order as always and they have a tendency to go missing in big matches 

[RAZPOR]

why are we playing a test with colored clothes here.....confusing

[raki05]

10 minutes ago, Number said:

May be what we should do is kick Rohit Kohli and Dhawan out of the team because they only score while chasing 280 and let the middle order and non playing captain do their ****.

Absolutely some people are still blind , may be that is what needed to open their eyes.

Edited July 14, 2018 by raki05

[adi B]

1 minute ago, velu said:

whenever dhoni come down the track , i fear a single or a dot ball

He is breaking the pitch further 

[asterix]

I see the fanboys are defending by blaming the top order for this unnecessary discomfort to their favourite player...

[Mosher]

3 minutes ago, velu said:

what a running by dhoni  

faster than light

Inspiration for Hima Das 

[Suhaan]

They should play dk for raina

[RAZPOR]

really dissapointing batting by dhoni today,has shown zero intent.

raina is definitely past it too

 

selectors need to be sacked for such uninspired selections.

[velu]

need 14 more runs

be patient 

[Laaloo]

Just now, asterix said:

I see the fanboys are defending by blaming the top order for this unnecessary discomfort to their favourite player...

They are enjoying thaliavas unselfish batting

[Bigg Brother]

Dhoni will have to realize that He is batsman..There is batsman tag put ahead of his name while introducing in team not finisher..The term 'finisher' has been coined so excessively and overhyped that people believe that his job is to hit only last few runs for which top order worked hard.

 

Cant recall when did he pull out victory with us being down at 150/4...

[SandeepMotta]

Well left by Dhoni. Its very important to stay not out.