Match Thread- IND vs NZ 1st test Feb 21-25 2020, Wellington

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Time to invest in attacking batsman with flair. No point having Pujara, Vihari and Rahane if you are going to score 160. Also it is a borefest.

 

Potential batting line up in next test series in Aus.

 

Shaw

R Sharma

KL Rahul

V Kohli

S Gill

S Iyer

R Pant

 

[Nikola]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

Is Ajaz Patel allrounder? Why did they pick a spinner just for the heck of it, Williamson would have been enough and they could have played Henry.

Maybe for 3rd/4th innings? spinner is must when pitch gets flat.

[maniac]

Damn excited to watch our bowling on this pitch.

[VT87]

2 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

NZ batsmen are experienced, feisty and mentally tougher than our boys.  They will rack up 500 runs unless pitch helps us a lot.

Then why they're shyting in Aus, (that was some minnows  level performance).every dog is lion in his own den.

[SRT100]

3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

NZ batsmen are experienced, feisty and mentally tougher than our boys.  They will rack up 500 runs unless pitch helps us a lot.

No they wont. This is SENA conditions, in India, these same batsmen would be opened up by our bowlers. If India can keep NZ down to under 225 they are a chance. But NZ should score around 300.

 

India need early wickets, Williamson and Ross are the keys to this NZ batting lineup.

 

 

[zen]

Definitely not a 165 all out conditions. With more effort, could have easily got 100 runs more .... ideally 300+ despite losing some wkts 

[Gollum]

Pumped up for this, just hold on to your catches .

[zen]

Pant run out could turn out to be the turning point (as he could have got 70+) 

[Gollum]

Remember this Kiwi batting unit carries scars from Australia, fresh ones a couple of months old. Won't be easy for them as well. 

[vvvslaxman]

India has to cut down loose balls like this.

[SRT100]

7 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Indian wickets:

Prithvi - Decent ball

Pujara - Great ball

Kohli - Threw away

Agarwal - Threw away

Vihari - Decent ball

Pant - Threw away

Ashwin - Decent ball

Rahane - Threw away

Ishant - Decent ball

Shami - Threw away

 

5 out of 10 wickets were gifts and threw aways.

 

Cant expect to win test match like this.

Correct weight.

 

Had India not thrown those wickets away, 300 in the 1st innings was on the cards.

 

India's pathetic innings had little to do with the conditions and pace of NZ.

 

Kohli, Agarwal and Pant could have easily taken the total to 300.

[SRT100]

Once the new ball is around 15 overs old, NZ should feel comfortable. Key here is not to lose early wickets.

[zen]

Just now, Gollum said:

Remember this Kiwi batting unit carries scars from Australia, fresh ones a couple of months old. Won't be easy for them as well. 

Bro, Ind has the tendency to heal scars .... and make hero out of unknowns 

 

But don’t want to get in the way of your enthusiasm 

[vvvslaxman]

He hardly made them play. Just one ball that was on the pads. 

[maniac]

Indian fast bowlers are usually better at home than overseas because in india they know they have to be disciplined but once they see green pitches they lose their mind. Hope they keep

it together.

[maniac]

8 more to go. Seems just like yesterday I started the Team Riss thread. 

[ssurenn]

Chris Gayle in the house. 

[zen]

Only time (from memory) when we have beaten a team that was down in spirits was Eng (smashed by WI if I am not wrong) in 1986 .... but we made it up to Eng in 1990 (esp to Gooch who got 333 in one of the tests) 

 

 

[maniac]

6 minutes ago, zen said:

Pant run out could turn out to be the turning point (as he could have got 70+) 

And what calculations did you use to come up with 70+ ?  . That seems too specific 

[zen]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

And what calculations did you use to come up with 70+ ?  . That seems too specific 

19+50+ runs more after settling down and hard work