Australia A vs India ¦ 2nd practice match! December 11! SYDNEY

[Real McCoy]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

LMAO even someone like Dhoni wasnt required to score over seas 100s. Dravid has a single 100 in Australia. Sehwag has 0. Laxman never scored a single 100 in England. What the * kind of expectations is this from a 23 year old wicket keeper?

 

He has already been keeping really well so far. He never had a problem keeping in tests. Never had a problem keeping against pacers. Never had a problem keeping in SENA

He's been in good keeping form. Batting is just an added bonus. Just for the record, Sehwag has 2 centuries in Aus.

[T20]

Wickets will come in the evening. 

 

IMO it was the wrong decision to declare overnight. Should have got more batting practice in the 1st session. The bowlers will have to bowl 90 overs today.

 

India's real weakness is batting. We have the weapons to take 20 wickets a match. Not sure we have the weapons to score 350+ runs batting first.

[Forward Defence]

Conditions looking great for batting right now. It is for these stretches that a spinner may come in handy to get through the overs without needlessly tiring out our pacemen. Since the tea break only one ball from Bumrah has beat the bat. 

[Austin 3:!6]

Bumrah's bowling getting worse day by day.

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[Sandeep99]

Siraj bowing really well given conditions are not supporting but Bumrah has regressed. He is bowling tad too short. Even Australian reserves are playing him without any issues. Lot of onus on Shami if India are to get anywhere close to 20 wickets and especially against Smith. 

[Sandeep99]

11 minutes ago, T20 said:

Wickets will come in the evening. 

 

IMO it was the wrong decision to declare overnight. Should have got more batting practice in the 1st session. The bowlers will have to bowl 90 overs today.

 

India's real weakness is batting. We have the weapons to take 20 wickets a match. Not sure we have the weapons to score 350+ runs batting first.

They have done the right thing. India needs to figure out plans should Australia win toss and bat first. No point in getting some cheap wickets under lights. It only covers up the potential grey areas we have. 

[T20]

On current form you could argue that Ashwin, Shami, Umesh and one of Saini/Siraj is the better bowling lineup with Bumrah left out.

[T20]

4 minutes ago, Sandeep99 said:

They have done the right thing. India needs to figure out plans should Australia win toss and bat first. No point in getting some cheap wickets under lights. It only covers up the potential grey areas we have. 

 

Wrong.

 

Thats ok, you dont know anything about cricket at Adelaide Oval. I will teach you.

 

The majority of wickets taken at Adelaide Oval fall during the night session. The caveat being is that you want newish batsmen at the crease during the evening session.

 

So if Australia bat first, the most important thing India can do is to make sure it makes some inroads into the batting lineup, by taking 2 or 3 wickets before the evening session. 

Teams at Adelaide Oval under lights have collapsed plenty of times.

Edited December 13, 2020 by T20

[VT87]

Siraj is getting some reverse swing.

[nevada]

2 hours ago, New guy said:

LMAO even someone like Dhoni wasnt required to score over seas 100s. Dravid has a single 100 in Australia. Sehwag has 0. Laxman never scored a single 100 in England. What the * kind of expectations is this from a 23 year old wicket keeper?

 

He has already been keeping really well so far. He never had a problem keeping in tests. Never had a problem keeping against pacers. Never had a problem keeping in SENA

They are TM's expectations, not mine. No other TM would have abandoned him altogether after he got hit while batting, replacing him permanently witha makeshift keeper.

[Sandeep99]

18 minutes ago, T20 said:

 

Wrong.

 

Thats ok, you dont know anything about cricket at Adelaide Oval. I will teach you.

 

The majority of wickets taken at Adelaide Oval fall during the night session. The caveat being is that you want newish batsmen at the crease during the evening session.

 

So if Australia bat first, the most important thing India can do is to make sure it makes some inroads into the batting lineup, by taking 2 or 3 wickets before the evening session. 

Teams at Adelaide Oval under lights have collapsed plenty of times.

It depends on the pitch as well. We’ve seen how Warner continued and scored 300 against a decent bowling attack last year. While I agree India should avoid batting under lights as much as possible, sometimes it’s unavoidable and team needs to have plan B.

[Lone Wolf]

Ashwin will be critical during this day session.  Teams look to score fast during this time period.  Ashwin can pick wickets as well.  Saini is a tempting option. He can be spray gun & leak plenty of runs or pick wickets in a heap.   It can go either way with him.  I think his bouncers are effective & he needs to be used as an enforcer.  Siraj is impressive as well & is bowling tight lines. 

[Sandeep99]

Siraj has been the 2nd best bowler of the day after Shami. 

[Forward Defence]

Shami has taken a blow on his bowling hand. Siraj is bowling a probing line. Making a good case for himself. 

[Lone Wolf]

Shami should not bowl till evening session now.  Give him a break & let Vihari & Mayank bowl to lefti Carey.  Meanwhile Siraj is bowling well

[New guy]

Siraj bowling well. We need a bowler who can keep it tight ball after ball, in Australia, instead of leaking runs and taking pressure off

 

Meanwhile, Saha is keeping and Pant fielding now

[nitinbwj]

The commentary team on Sony six HD are a bunch of whack jobs ..laughing creepily..

[nitinbwj]

Saini is leaking runs

[Sandeep99]

Bumrah - Shami - Siraj should definitely start in Adelaide. Siraj is surprisingly the most disciplined bowler of this lot. He will help Shami and Bumrah pick up a lot of wickets. 

[Adamant]

Umesh should be preferred over Saini. 

His bowling is not economical and he does not move the ball much

Edited December 13, 2020 by Adamant