What should we do to avoid a whitewash?

[urbestfriend]

OK, now that our premier bowler is also out of the series and best batsman not available, it is almost inevitable that India is whitewashed 4-0. We had lost 4-0 in the past also , but it never happened that fans were so sure of whitewash just after 1 match. So it is going to be painful time to watch the series when it is guaranteed that no match will go to 5th day.

 

This thread is to discuss what should be our strategy in order to compete against aussies. 

 

Given a chance, I'd have played SDP for Vihari at 6, and give him full freedom to go after the aussies.

Question is how do we score runs against this bowing attack so that we can be competitive? We need to score 350-400 runs if there is an iota of chance to win. How do we do that? 

 

Should we go after the aussies from the beginning  like Sehwag used to do?

Should we play a safer game against the pacers and tier the bowlers before scoring runs with brisk pace? 

Should we change the batting order and expect something to happen? 

 

I think best way is bat watchfully for first 15-20 overs so that the ball becomes little older  and then take your chances to score freely even if we are losing the wickets. If we start scoring with a brisk pace like Paide did in first match, it may lead to bowler erring the line which can gets us more scoring opportunity. I don't think it is a good idea to plan for 350 in 120 overs, 350 must come in 80 overs i.e within one day. Bowlers firing to defend this and getting them out seems to be reasonable option for us. 

 

 

[R!TTER]

Just don't field an 11, make up fake injuries 

[Ankit_sharma03]

it cant be avoided it will happen, only chance is if Pujara n rahane steup 

[zen]

Everyone would need to set up .... even if Pujara gets a 100, Ind could be bowled out for 250 .... MCG & SCG can be relatively batting friendly but Ind can even make those appear as batsmen’ graveyard 

 

Also due to quarantine laws difficult for replacements to come in and be match ready 

[maniac]

3 minutes ago, zen said:

Everyone would need to set up .... even if Pujara gets a 100, Ind could be bowled out for 250 .... MCG & SCG can be relatively batting friendly but Ind can even make those appear as batsmen’ graveyard 

 

Also due to quarantine laws difficult for replacements to come in and be match ready 

If Pujara gets a 100, India would automatically get a 400+ score because that means he would be around for 80-85 overs.

 

Anyway right now we can use 3-4 Pujara’s in the side.

[Franco Vazquez]

Pray for rain

[zen]

7 minutes ago, maniac said:

If Pujara gets a 100, India would automatically get a 400+ score because that means he would be around for 80-85 overs.

 

Anyway right now we can use 3-4 Pujara’s in the side.

 

Not really as in 2018, Pujara got 123 at Adelaide, Ind was bowled out for 250 - Link 

 

PS Pujara can play nicely w/ the tail too (in below was the 9th wkt)

 

 

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
TOTAL	(88 Ov, RR: 2.84, 388 Mts)	250
KL Rahul	c Finch b Hazlewood	2	8	10	0	0	25.00
Murali Vijay	c †Paine b Starc	11	22	34	1	0	50.00
Cheteshwar Pujara	run out (Cummins)	123	246	376	7	2	50.00
Virat Kohli (c)	c Khawaja b Cummins	3	16	17	0	0	18.75
Ajinkya Rahane	c Handscomb b Hazlewood	13	31	43	0	1	41.94
Rohit Sharma	c Harris b Lyon	37	61	71	2	3	60.66
Rishabh Pant †	c †Paine b Lyon	25	38	51	2	1	65.79
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Handscomb b Cummins	25	76	103	1	0	32.89
Ishant Sharma	b Starc	4	20	41	1	0	20.00
Mohammed Shami	c †Paine b Hazlewood	6	10	28	1	0	60.00
Jasprit Bumrah	not out	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1)	1

 

 

 

PPS Another one from the top of the mind recall: Pujara 132* in Eng - Link

 

INDIA 1ST INNINGS

 

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
TOTAL	(84.5 Ov, RR: 3.23)	273
Shikhar Dhawan	c †Buttler b Broad	23	53	85	3	0	43.40
KL Rahul	lbw b Broad	19	24	35	2	0	79.17
Cheteshwar Pujara	not out	132	257	355	16	0	51.36
Virat Kohli (c)	c Cook b Curran	46	71	100	6	0	64.79
Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Stokes	11	14	29	1	0	78.57
Rishabh Pant †	lbw b Ali	0	29	47	0	0	0.00
Hardik Pandya	c Root b Ali	4	5	10	1	0	80.00
Ravichandran Ashwin	b Ali	1	7	10	0	0	14.29
Mohammed Shami	b Ali	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Ishant Sharma	c Cook b Ali	14	27	40	2	0	51.85
Jasprit Bumrah	c Cook b Broad	6	24	70	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 1, nb 3, w 4)	17

Edited December 19, 2020 by zen

[Gollum]

Rain dance. 

[Lone Wolf]

Lol at Pujara stepping up..  Aussies have plans against him & he is going through a slump since that 2018-19 tour.  Another free loader...  Loading

[LordPrabhzy]

Come back home

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Radical change required

 

Rahane and Pujara are part of the problem.

 

Following team should be picked.

 

Rather lose with young stroke makers in team.

 

M Agarwal

P Shaw

S Gill

KL Rahul

H Vihari

R Pant (WK)

R Ashwin (C)

R Jadeja

U Yadav

J Bumrah

M Siraj

[Tattieboy]

1 hour ago, maniac said:

If Pujara gets a 100, India would automatically get a 400+ score because that means he would be around for 80-85 overs.

 

Anyway right now we can use 3-4 Pujara’s in the side.

You have just been bowled  out for 36 and Pujara is going to score a ton and the rest 300 between them ...I love your optimism , you should bottle it and sell it 

[RedFever]

Lol at some of pujara's fan boys in this forum. His 100 ball 20 are not helping the team. No 3 is the root cause of all India's problems 

[DeepSpace]

With Kohli gone and Shami out, expect a whitewash. Indians are generally not great in the mental grit department. Couple that with lack of technique and presence of a coach who is more interested in alcohol than cricket, the rest of the tour looks grim. Best would be if there is outbreak of COVID in the team and tour is cancelled.

[Kothili]

Hide the paint. 

[Kothili]

17 minutes ago, RedFever said:

Lol at some of pujara's fan boys in this forum. His 100 ball 20 are not helping the team. No 3 is the root cause of all India's problems 

Absolutely ugly player. Who'd pay to watch him play?

[WC2011INDIA]

Cancel the series like SA vs Eng one. Someone in BCCI/team India will have to somehow doctor a fake covid19 case. Everyone relaxes in Australia for 14 days or so and then return home.

[ThirtyD.]

Aussies will grind the living **** out of us at pattas like MCG and SCG. Another scary fact is that Steve Smith did not have to inflict world of hurt in the first test and we still managed to lose it. Imagine when he gets his chance to bat on these pattas.

 

Covid or not, there was no plan in place for this series and it clearly shows. You cannot pick your squad which exposes your debutants when your premier bowler gets injured.

[The Realist]

SOS to MSD & RP Singh to replace Kohli & Shami  

[LordPrabhzy]

2 hours ago, ThirtyD. said:

Aussies will grind the living **** out of us at pattas like MCG and SCG. Another scary fact is that Steve Smith did not have to inflict world of hurt in the first test and we still managed to lose it. Imagine when he gets his chance to bat on these pattas.

 

Covid or not, there was no plan in place for this series and it clearly shows. You cannot pick your squad which exposes your debutants when your premier bowler gets injured.

 

When your two most senior players dont play the pink ball warm ups... and the captaan prioritising the dead rubber t20 match over warm up, then you know this team is just here for a free holiday.