England vs India, 5th Test, 7th-11th Sept - The Oval

[Austin 3:!6]

Preview:

It will be the final time India and England clash in this 2 month long series. Team India went into this series with lots of expectations but only have T20 series victory to show against its name. Having lost both ODI and Test series, they would like to finish in a high. From a series perspective, this test may be a dead rubber but with test championship upcoming all tests are crucial. India having come close to victory on both Edgbaston and Southampton tests but couldn't get the job done. This was a series lost not because Eng played some brilliant cricket but rather India played poorly. It will also be Alastair Cook's last test and Eng will try their best to give cook a winning farewell.

 

Its also the first time team India will be playing at Oval since the last year's CT debacle.

 

India is expected to make few changes with young Prithvi Shaw may replace Dhawan and Ashwin's injury should make way for Ravi Jadeja. England expected to go unchanged.

 

So can India salvage some pride and make it 3-2 or Cook will get a fitting farewell with 4-1 victory for Eng?

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by Austin 3:!6

[UrmiSinhaRay]

Heard Kartik is replacing Pant

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[Austin 3:!6]

2 minutes ago, UrmiSinhaRay said:

Heard Kartik is replacing Pant

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Hope not. That is the last thing you can do to a youngster

[UrmiSinhaRay]

Hope not. That is the last thing you can do to a youngster

Read in CricTracker - might as well come true... Was seen doing Keeping Practice..

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[WeStMiDz]

1 minute ago, UrmiSinhaRay said:

Read in CricTracker - might as well come true... Was seen doing Keeping Practice..

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A keeper doing keeping practice. Would you believe it. 

[UrmiSinhaRay]

A keeper doing keeping practice. Would you believe it. 

I get that but if Pant is certainty , why would Dinu do keeping?


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[zen]

A dead rubber, so less pressure on both teams. Below are the strengths and weaknesses of Ind based on performances so far:

 

Weaknesses:

• Openers
• Rahane - hasn't performed up to expectations esp. being a SENA specialist
• Spinner - Ashwin or Jadeja, in the larger scheme of things would not matter. Because If Jadeja is not playing, we think he would have done better. If Jadeja was playing, we would have thought Ashwin would have changed things  
• WK - Karthik did poorly. Pant is new so still adjusting to the learning curve 

 

Strengths:

• Kohli - How consistent can be remain
• Pujara 
• Pandya - Impact player. Won Ind a test 
• Pace bowlers 

 

Questions: 6th batsmen, 5th bowler or all-rounder. Again, if 6th batsman was playing, we would have thought the 5th bowler / All-rounder would have been better. If the 5th bowler were playing, we would have thought the 6th batsman / All-rounder would have changed things

 

Anyways, I hope that somehow someone will have an impact game to make it 2-3. And with that Shastri will have the last bark 

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by zen

[The Realist]

Vihari for Pandya

Jadeja for Ashwin

 

Are the rumoured team changes. Kohli is due a failure sooner or later and if it happens here could be looking at a sub-200 score.

[UrmiSinhaRay]

Vihari for Pandya
Jadeja for Ashwin
 
Are the rumoured team changes. Kohli is due a failure sooner or later and if it happens here could be looking at a sub-200 score.

I don't think Pandya is going to be thrown out.

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[beetle]

I hope we see atleast one more debutant in the last one.

Pant getting dropped would be mindless and idiotic.

 

[Laaloo]

Ugh. Pura mood off ho gaya. Was really pumped for this series. Bumrah was a huge miss the first two tests. Shami and ishant are average. We had a great chance to win this time and blew it. So disgusted.

[kohli]

55 minutes ago, The Realist said:

Vihari for Pandya

Jadeja for Ashwin

 

Are the rumoured team changes. Kohli is due a failure sooner or later and if it happens here could be looking at a sub-200 score.

Why not Shaw.kohli should learn something from root to give 20 year old player chance.if curren played like this,shaw will do also

[vvvslaxman]

I don't care if we win or not. I want to get Sam curan out for single digit assuming cook suddenly doesn't decide o score a 100.

[Nikola]

Will be Vihari replacing Pandya. Jadeja for Ashwin & Umesh/Shardul for Shami.

[UrmiSinhaRay]

Will be Vihari replacing Pandya. Jadeja for Ashwin & Umesh/Shardul for Shami.

Do you have some inside info lol ?
Pandya will never be kicked out of Playing XI

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[UrmiSinhaRay]

Will be Vihari replacing Pandya. Jadeja for Ashwin & Umesh/Shardul for Shami.

Also Shami was the top wickettaker along with Bumrah last match


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[Nikola]

4 minutes ago, UrmiSinhaRay said:

Do you have some inside info lol ?
Pandya will never be kicked out of Playing XI

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Everyone is saying vihari is making debut. I doubt Shaw will get chance. Jadeja is surely playing for ashwin. Vihari will either replace Pandya or Shami.

Edited September 6, 2018 by Nikola

[UrmiSinhaRay]

To be fair everyone is saying vihari is making debut. I doubt Shaw will get chance. Jadeja is surely playing for ashwin. Vihari will either replace Pandya or Shami.

Everyone is saying doesn't necessarily mean he'll play.
Pandya is one player Kohli Is not gonna drop off from Playing XI - Does Vihari provides a bowling option like Pandya?

I see Dhawan/Rahul being dropped for Prithvi and maybe Kartik for Pant

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[zen]

If Ind wants to experiment, rest all those playing in the Asia Cup 

[Shunya]

want to see cook daddy hundred, Ashwin fifer and Pant scoring 70 ball 100