jalebi_bhai Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 My reaction after finding out that Dhawan was in the line up today: This team management is made up of a bunch of idiots. They continue to pick washed-up losers like Raina and Dhoni in ODIs and now they pick a guy who couldn't last an over in the practice game . ICFers, support my no confidence motion in the interest of Indian cricket UrmiSinhaRay, Adi_91, Suhaan and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment
Oldhere Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 No from me.. Would have supported if Dhawan was picked in place of Rahul.............. Pujara and Dhawan were both in same place. Happy to give dhawan this test or infact another too as that would mean him either getting finished or getting through difficulties and helping India. Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 people here ll cry no matter what team is selected. It was a good team today. Voted NO UrmiSinhaRay and Switchblade 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) TBH Pujara isn't a significant step up over Dhawan on this kind of pitch. May be on a green top I would have chosen Che but otherwise nothing to choose between the 2. Not playing Kuldeep over Ash is a blunder IMO...but since this is a long series I reckon everyone will get chances. I am happy to see Rahane in the XI, seriously thought he would be dropped by our troll captain . Edited August 1, 2018 by Gollum grammar UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
velu Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 dhawan selection is fine imo.. but our TM is crap though Link to comment
Khota Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Very happy with the batting line up. Disappointed thatthere are not two spinners. What is Pandya doing in the team? UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Selection calls made by Mr Wrogn. KLPD Rahul in the XI +1 Dhawan ahead of Pujara -2 Ashwin in the XI +1 Pandya ahead of Kuldeep/Jaddu -2 The most egregrious of the errors here is Pandya ahead of the 2nd spinner. With Karthik and Ashwin slotting in at 6 and 8, and Bhuvi's absence meaning we will have a less penetrative pace attack, weakening the bowling unit with Pandya ahead of Kuldeep/Jaddu is a mistake that might end up costing us the test. UrmiSinhaRay, Khota, sensible-indian and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 M happy with the team , although wud have preffered kuldeep over pandya but still its not that bad Pujara is no confidence so dhawan over him is fine sarcastic 1 Link to comment
speedheat Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Dhawan over chepu is fine tbh, pitch is looking slow, ball loosing its pace after pitching kuldeep shud have been playing over pandya.. But again I don't expect dorky shastri n kohli to read the pitch with that precision. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Have given some more thought...team selection is perfect. If we flunk blame the players, not the selection. UrmiSinhaRay and ravishingravi 2 Link to comment
sandeep Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, speedheat said: Dhawan over chepu is fine tbh, pitch is looking slow, ball loosing its pace after pitching kuldeep shud have been playing over pandya.. But again I don't expect dorky shastri n kohli to read the pitch with that precision. Pitch doesn't even come in much. Its simple logic - Pandya's bowling is a bigger downgrade from a Kuldeep or even a Jadeja, than the slight batting upgrade he potentially provides. Its a bad move period. UrmiSinhaRay and Khota 1 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Gollum said: Have given some more thought...team selection is perfect. If we flunk blame the players, not the selection. I'm a big believer in Pandya's role in balancing the team, but I don't think he belonged here. The only way he justifies his selection is by contributing 70+ runs across 2 innings with the bat, and hopefully a couple of wickets. I would rather have had Kuldeep/jadeja over him. Neither are mugs with the bat... Khota 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: M happy with the team , although wud have preffered kuldeep over pandya but still its not that bad Pujara is no confidence so dhawan over him is fine Its terrible - on the bowling side of things. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Those three pace bowlers are as good as it gets for India but there should have been two spinners. India's strength is spin and england has not seen that high quality spin bowling. It is all about mismatches for the upteenth time. sandeep and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 1 minute ago, sandeep said: I'm a big believer in Pandya's role in balancing the team, but I don't think he belonged here. The only way he justifies his selection is by contributing 70+ runs across 2 innings with the bat, and hopefully a couple of wickets. I would rather have had Kuldeep/jadeja over him. Neither are mugs with the bat... I think Kuldeep over Ash would have been a better choice. In hindsight I don't think playing 2 spinners would have worked here because we won't be bowling last...Kohli at the toss said India preferred to bowl 1st, now that means he was expecting support for the quicks. With that thought process they could play only 1 spinner and Pandya had to be accommodated. Let's hope at least he makes a good contribution with the bat, don't see any demons in it once the ball loses its shine. All in all we may have disagreements about the nature of the XI but at least we can agree that it wasn't bad selection. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 32 minutes ago, sandeep said: Its terrible - on the bowling side of things. 5th bowler most of the time wud be under used......so atleast pandya cover that up in other aspect N looking at the wkt before n in england u will have this temptation to for that extra seamer..... Link to comment
beetle Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Happy with the team..maybe kuldeep would have helped. Always happy to support no confidence against TM. Suhaan 1 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 33 minutes ago, Khota said: Those three pace bowlers are as good as it gets for India but there should have been two spinners. India's strength is spin and england has not seen that high quality spin bowling. It is all about mismatches for the upteenth time. i wud have preffered kuldeep but with pandya also i get the thought process I dnt get it when dhawan plays over rahul n rohit over rahane overseas Link to comment
putrevus Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Selection is fine, Ashwin has to play all five tests given no of lefties they have, People would have jumped on them if they dropped Hardik. Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 This is probably best team we have selected. Couple of debatable changes, but nothing outrageous. philcric, express bowling and Gollum 3 Link to comment
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