Ravindra Jadeja could miss two tests due to concussion and dodgy hamstring

[Gollum]

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Hamstring injury will take at least 3 weeks for recovery 

No Kohli for 3 tests, no Ishant (Ishant Sharma Ruled Out Of Australia Tour), no Rohit (could have done well at MCG, SCG  ) and now Sir Jaddu....why does this happen before important away tours?

 

Play Kuly in D/N test, at least has X-factor. Or go with 4 quicks+Vihari's offies. If that doesn't work out maybe bring Ashwin in for Boxing Day. 

[Gollum]

Will miss Sir's batting . Playing Saha ahead of Pant will be nuts now but won't put it past this stupid TM. 

[Gollum]

If hamstring injury is serious don't think we need to hurry Jaddu to get fit, let him take his sweet time. So much cricket to be played next year. Definitely going to get smoked in this series now, need miracles. 

Edited December 7, 2020 by Gollum

[sandeep]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

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Hamstring injury will take at least 3 weeks for recovery 

No Kohli for 3 tests, no Ishant (Ishant Sharma Ruled Out Of Australia Tour), no Rohit (could have done well at MCG, SCG  ) and now Sir Jaddu....why does this happen before important away tours?

 

Play Kuly in D/N test, at least has X-factor. Or go with 4 quicks+Vihari's offies. If that doesn't work out maybe bring Ashwin in for Boxing Day. 

4 quicks is a terrible idea.  We have question marks for the 3rd seamer right now.  And people forget that the pink ball has massive stretches of time where the track is flat AF.  India need a quality spinner in their ranks.  There's a reason why the pink ball is juiced with extra "varnish", and the tracks left green.  Because otherwise it would be batsmen feasting away.  Still after all that juicing, all you get is certain time periods where the conditions suddenly favor the bowlers - twilight or whatever, when the ball swings massively under lights especially the new one.  You don't need 4 quicks to exploit that, just a couple of good ones.  

 

After watching Kuldeep and Ashwin bowl in the practice game, I'd go with Ash ahead of Kuldeep for now.

[sandeep]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

If hamstring injury is serious don't think we need to hurry Jaddu to get fit, let him take his sweet time. So much cricket to be played next year. Definitely going to get smoked this series now, need miracles. 

Ishant and Jaddu are massive massive keystones for our Test XI.  Not having them hurts us terribly.  Folks do not realize their test match value because of their terrible mid-decade performances especially in ODIs etc.  

 

 

[Gollum]

10 minutes ago, sandeep said:

4 quicks is a terrible idea. 

Agree, would have been good if we had Ishant and Bhuvi just for the variety....like in the 2018 Jo'burg test. Anyway I was just throwing an idea, if push comes to shove I wouldn't recommend 4 quicks when I must pick the remaining 2 from Umesh/Siraj/Saini. 

 

Didn't watch this practice match, only saw the scorecard. Kuly has that X-factor and can account for Smith. Ashwin can be a reliable workhorse who can hold one end up when pitch is flat. Don't expect him to pick heaps of wickets but he has the ability to bowl 40-50 overs in an innings at 2.5-2.7 rpo plus a couple of wickets, has done that many times in the past. If his batting hadn't declined so much I would have had so much more confidence in him. 

Edited December 7, 2020 by Gollum

[Gollum]

9 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Ishant and Jaddu are massive massive keystones for our Test XI.  Not having them hurts us terribly.  Folks do not realize their test match value because of their terrible mid-decade performances especially in ODIs etc.  

Exactly, people underrate those 2 so much especially Ishu.....also Bhuvi in SENA tests. Sure he can't play all tests because of his limitations but I would have loved to have him as an option in this D/N test not just for his new ball skills but also late order batting. Missing Bhuvi in Eng, then NZ, now this D/N test is tough to accept, this team's legacy could have been so much better with a fully fit Bhuvi. 

[Gollum]

Anderson who has been underwhelming all his life in Aus. We are missing a good swing bowler. NZ series too was lost cos we kept on wasting the new ball. 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

I have a feeling this cud be Ashwin tour like kumble 2003 but then his batsman were putting runs on board, if our batsman dont do that spinners cant do much overseas

[Gollum]

Latest development about Jaddu changes everything. If still TM insists on benching Pant, heads must roll. 37 yo Saha must not be played in SENA when we have such a weak lower order, hell I don't even have confidence in Rahane and Vihari's batting, our #5 and #6. And Kohli barring that 254* against RSA last year has had a torrid time in tests for over 2 years now. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

25 minutes ago, Gollum said:

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Hamstring injury will take at least 3 weeks for recovery 

No Kohli for 3 tests, no Ishant (Ishant Sharma Ruled Out Of Australia Tour), no Rohit (could have done well at MCG, SCG  ) and now Sir Jaddu....why does this happen before important away tours?

 

Play Kuly in D/N test, at least has X-factor. Or go with 4 quicks+Vihari's offies. If that doesn't work out maybe bring Ashwin in for Boxing Day. 

At least we will have some good excuses if we end up losing, unlike the "but we didn't have our cheat-arse chootihaas" excuse we got from the Ozzies last time.  

[Gollum]

Just now, BacktoCricaddict said:

At least we will have some good excuses if we end up losing, unlike the "but we didn't have our cheat-arse chootihaas" excuse we got from the Ozzies last time.  

Man you hate Smith so much 

I like you as a poster but Smith also happens to be my fav non-Indian batsman you know!!!

[Gollum]

Also blame BCCI for scheduling these stupid white ball matches before an important test tour. Aussies always come here for 4 tests or ODIs+T20s, since 2001 they haven't played white ball and red ball cricket in same tour. And even if they do so in the future I am sure they'll insist upon playing tests first. 

[maniac]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Will miss Sir's batting . Playing Saha ahead of Pant will be nuts now but won't put it past this stupid TM. 

Saha  over Pant in pink ball test makes sense

[sandeep]

10 minutes ago, maniac said:

Saha  over Pant in pink ball test makes sense

No it doesn't.

[Khota]

Depends on the extent of injury. It could be weeks to months depending upon the condition.

[LordPrabhzy]

I dunno why you guys are worried so much. Either way we are going to lose 4-0.  Our opener is not playing the practice 3 day match and most probs sit in on the bench for the 3rd T20. Our captain sahab is not playing warm up either.  I mean this the the importance we are giving to the tour.

 

let them enjoy their sightseeing and shopping tour in peace. 

 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

37 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said:

I dunno why you guys are worried so much. Either way we are going to lose 4-0.  Our opener is not playing the practice 3 day match and most probs sit in on the bench for the 3rd T20. Our captain sahab is not playing warm up either.  I mean this the the importance we are giving to the tour.

 

let them enjoy their sightseeing and shopping tour in peace. 

 

 

 

Agreed even a full side wont have won this time . 

 

[T20]

3 hours ago, Cricspin said:

Damn, That disturbs the team balance. 

 

Hope Jadeja recovers quick.

 

 

 

Jaddu, Pant and Ashwin, you can almost get a quality test batsmen if you combined them. 

 

Its a big loss, but not so much for the Adelaide test.