Pakistan competed much better that we did on our last England tour

[Ankit_sharma03]

22 hours ago, Skipper said:

look at kohli face. Going through constipation?

He looks like the captain whose team won 5-0 but instead it was 1-4 

[Sandeep99]

If not for some harrowing display of cricket, Pakistan would have won this series 1-0 o rat max drew it 1-1. Let's look at few factors -

 

1. They won 2 out of 3 tosses

2. Selected the right team combination

3. The batsmen actually clicked - both the openers, Azam and Azhar Ali

4. They arrived at least 2 months before the first test and were well prepared by playing multiple practice matches

 

Indian bowling is at a different pedestal compared to Pakistan but surprisingly our batsmen were poor apart from Lolli. I fully expect us to repeat same old mistakes and wonder what could've been AGAIN.

[Skipper]

On 8/27/2020 at 2:06 PM, Lone Wolf said:

Scoreline Justifies that 1-0 seem fair result.  Apart from one bad session Pakistan were ahead in the game in 1st test.  Inexperienced bowling line up as well.  Meanwhile if it was lolli & Shastri they would've made this as 2nd best Indian performance overseas.  Gavaskar & VVS would be showering praises How Good is this team

Glad that eng won that first match or else Pakistani would be hyping like rain snatched 3-0 victory from them.

[Lone Wolf]

4 hours ago, Sandeep99 said:

If not for some harrowing display of cricket, Pakistan would have won this series 1-0 o rat max drew it 1-1. Let's look at few factors -

 

1. They won 2 out of 3 tosses

2. Selected the right team combination

3. The batsmen actually clicked - both the openers, Azam and Azhar Ali

4. They arrived at least 2 months before the first test and were well prepared by playing multiple practice matches

 

Indian bowling is at a different pedestal compared to Pakistan but surprisingly our batsmen were poor apart from Lolli. I fully expect us to repeat same old mistakes and wonder what could've been AGAIN.

Batsman need to come up with different tactics.  Play the ball late & score majority of runs square of the wicket & not in the V.  Play square cuts,  square drives.  Kohli doesn't play square cuts but he found a way to score there. 

Mayank is one guy who plays late & scores runs square of the wicket as well so he may succeed.  Prithvi plays square cut pretty well but needs to keep full blooded drives away at the start. 

Gill can work too as he would not let spinners settle unlike Rahane. 

Pant is good as well.  Need a counterattacking player & a lefti. 

My Top 5

Mayank

Shaw

Pujara (even if he fails in Australia I'll give him one more shot) 

Kohli 

Gill

Pant

This top 5 has potential to do wonders if we plan well.  Also Rahul at no 6 may not be bad too

[kubrickian]

Pakistani cricketers play country cricket on a regular basis in England and that's why they do relatively well in England compared to their performances in other countries. Check their stats in Australia and SA. For instance, they havent won a test match in Australia for over 25 years.

[Vilander]

Pakistan have been very good in England.. Deserve praise. 

Its because of their fast bowling and fearless batting.. Unlike the city based indian team that has many midgets that are weak in mind and body hope Indians improve.. 

[rollingstoned]

nah our last tour wasn't as bad as it looked. i thought personally 2014 was worse when Kohli kept getting dismissed by anderson. Even that series would have been a win for us if it was just a 2 test series. Sam curran decided games when they were quite close and we missed our best bowler in those conditions due to our own stupidity.

Pakistan otoh have looked unthreatening with the ball despite everything going their way that first test.