Match thread : India vs Bangladesh - world cup 2019 warm-up - Cardiff - 28 May 2019

[maniac]

Spare a thought for Rohit negating the 2 new balls  once again underrated performance worth its weight in gold 

[zen]

3 minutes ago, maniac said:

Spare a thought for Rohit negating the 2 new balls  once again underrated performance worth its weight in gold 

Good openers negate the new ball and score freely as well. It is not mutually exclusive 

[Norman]

So Tamim Iqbal is not playing  ? 

 

Could have been an interesting game!  

[ExtremeBrainfade]

7 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Pant is way below someone like Subhman Gill, Agarwal.  Don't fall for his "half balanced" slogs in the IPL. He has no ability to rotate the strike. With such a long tail you need someone who can play multiple roles like building an innings and taking on the bowling. It is all about taking on the bowling in one dayers as you saw today with Dhoni and KL Rahul. You need to groom a proper batsman.

We missed a huge trick by not grooming Agarwal for both tests and ODIs.  He got into the test team due to an injury and has made it his own.  He also has an outstanding List-A record.  Problem of course is that he is projected as an opener and the Sharma-Dhawan pair is unshakable.  As for Gill, he got 2 chances, looked unconvincing at #3, and was forgotten when VK came back.  

 

Anyway, it seems like we have an excellent bench to take over when the big post-WC purge happens.  

[zen]

BD is just having fun in this game. Tamin appears to be resting  

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, ExtremeBrainfade said:

We missed a huge trick by not grooming Agarwal for both tests and ODIs.  He got into the test team due to an injury and has made it his own.  He also has an outstanding List-A record.  Problem of course is that he is projected as an opener and the Sharma-Dhawan pair is unshakable.  As for Gill, he got 2 chances, looked unconvincing at #3, and was forgotten when VK came back.  

 

Anyway, it seems like we have an excellent bench to take over when the big post-WC purge happens.  

2 chances in seaming conditions where our openers also failed. Kohli also failed in the last match. That is totally unfair. Everybody that has seen him rates him well. That includes Kohli. 

[vvvslaxman]

3 minutes ago, Norman said:

So Tamim Iqbal is not playing  ? 

 

Could have been an interesting game!  

THey can claim "We would have chased if we had Tamim" lol

[vvvslaxman]

I just don't want our players to pick up any injuries. They should take it easy on the field. NO need of super man effort

[maniac]

10 minutes ago, zen said:

Good openers negate the new ball and score freely as well. It is not mutually exclusive 

Unless you are a Robot you cannot do all tasks 100% efficiently. A good opener negates new ball, provides good starts. A great opener negates, new ball, provides solid base and then goes ballistic and creates new records of set.

 

Todays innings was good not great but obviously greatness has been proved enough times that has even pushed the treshhold of what a normal human being is capable of.

[vvvslaxman]

Rat could lose this one with his captaincy lol

[R!TTER]

FTBs Guptill & sharma failing at the same time 

[zen]

Just now, maniac said:

Unless you are a Robot you cannot do all tasks 100% efficiently. A good opener negates new ball, provides good starts. A great opener negates, new ball, provides solid base and then goes ballistic and creates new records of set.

 

Todays innings was good not great but obviously greatness has been proved enough times that has even pushed the treshhold of what a normal human being is capable of.

Nightwatchman stuff .... No point in writing about your perception of "greatness" to those who think Rohit is a waste of space 

[Forever Indian]

20 minutes ago, maniac said:

Spare a thought for Rohit negating the 2 new balls  once again underrated performance worth its weight in gold  

This statement is on par with Kohli claiming Dhoni absorbing all the pressure in last match!

[maniac]

Just now, zen said:

Nightwatchman stuff .... No point in writing about your perception of "greatness" to those who think Rohit is a waste of space 

Yes 3 200s,highest individual score,most 6s etc etc  and the all the other world records happened in my dreams

 

Every one remembers the fastest runner in the world and world record holder , no one remembers the guy consistently being no.2 in most races.

[zen]

I hope we do not overbowl Bumrah .... Give him 3-4 overs

[Austin 3:!6]

Sorkar Da and Das babu batting well

 

My inner bong is rising

[ExtremeBrainfade]

6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

2 chances in seaming conditions where our openers also failed. Kohli also failed in the last match. That is totally unfair. Everybody that has seen him rates him well. That includes Kohli. 

Agree, but it was inevitable.  Selectors were still in the midst of the Rayudu/DK/MSD/Pant/Shankar "Kaun Banega#4" musical chair games.  It didn't help that Rayudu scored a 100 (or close to...) in the same match that Gill debuted.  Again, looking forward to the big purge.  

[zen]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

Yes 3 200s,highest individual score,most 6s etc etc  and the all the other world records happened in my dreams

 

Every one remembers the fastest runner in the world and world record holder , no one remembers the guy consistently being no.2 in most races.

not talking about "past", bilaterals, and so no 

[maniac]

Just now, Austin 3:!6 said:

Sorkar Da and Das babu batting well

 

My inner bong is rising

That doesn’t sound right 

[maniac]

Just now, zen said:

not talking about "past", bilaterals, and so no 

Given enough list of credentials in crunch games . Round robin stats don’t matter. Context matters in such games