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

[beetle]

Chotu moto gone!

[bowl_out]

Throws it away.. Should have stayed on after Rahul's wicket..  1-4 imminent

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Gayi bhains paani mein ..Anyway, well played Pant ..still it would be a miracle if Jadeja and Ishant can save the game.

[Nikola]

Actually its better to loose after coming this close than drawing a dead rubber. Atleast they tried to win and stay positve.

Edited September 11, 2018 by Nikola

[raki05]

12 minutes ago, putrevus said:

he went to his shell.

Man you really hate him....from all this time you only appeared when he got out.

[beetle]

Kya yaar....draw to kar he lete.

[Temujin Khaghan]

But why go for the win when klr got out?

 

Jadeja is our last resort for defence. He cannot win us the game along with pant. What was pant thinking??

[Shunya]

bey yaarrr.... learn to shut the shop...

[Pollack]

3 minutes ago, zen said:

That's sports! .... Ind still needs 130+ runs. It is not even close to winning yet (less than 50 to get) .... Pant does not need to go in to his shell. It should play normally 

Pant out. That's match now. Even draw not possible now.

[beetle]

Well played rahul and pant.

 

 

[PBN]

exciting partnership btw rahul and pant.

 

time to to turn off the tv

[Switchblade]

Under Kohli for some reason it’s always so near yet so far wish he had bit of luck.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

Just now, Switchblade said:

Out threw his wicket 

I reckon he has graduated from Sehwag school of batting ..don't think he could have survived if he  tried to defend only . 0 (29) is not his game. At 20 year old , pressure to carry the whole team's chances is unfair .It's Rahane and Dhawan like fuddus who deserve the flake.

[RAZPOR]

Well good try ..can't blame Rahul and pant here....one more contribution for top would have been a victory here ...even 30 runs each would have gone a long way

[Shunya]

Jadeja is capable enough to play out 20 overs...hat yaar... should have toned it down ...

[zen]

3 minutes ago, Nikola said:

Actually its better to loose coming this close than drawing a dead rubber. Atleast they tried to win and stay positve.

Agree. Countries that have great sports culture would go for a win or at least play normal cricket ....  and not play for margin of loss in a dead rubber   .... this is what is lacking in India. Sports is not accounting 

Edited September 11, 2018 by zen

[Pollack]

2 minutes ago, Nikola said:

Actually its better to loose after coming this close than drawing a dead rubber. Atleast they tried to win and stay positve.

Yes lsoing 4-1 is a much better result to throw at Shastri "we are best touring team" face

[Switchblade]

29 year old Shami bhai is padded up 

[nitinbwj]

Pant clearly was rattled by Rashid’s big spinning deliveries. Chose the easy way out..slog. Well, he couldn’t have survived with defence either.

 

[Clarke]

Isnt rashid bowling no balls super wide off the crease ? His front foot is landing way outside.