sage Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Nearly our full playing XI are injured England are the only ones to beat us at home in over a decade and they're coming off a high. Will our home fortress give way? Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 No gill rohit pujara Kohli Pant Rahane (will do well in atleast some innings) Will pile on enough runs Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Bhuvi , Ishant are perfect for Pink ball test but if bumrah, Shami, Umesh isnt fit for SG ball test then our attack looses some teeth . Ill go for like to like replacement of Jaddu in Axar Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 If we loose Shami, umesh, bumrah, Jaddu, Ashwin all at best then also england has a chance to draw coz still they ll need bowling to win . Also their batting is extremely inexperienced Link to comment
Serpico Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 England have already written off the test series lol, already announced that their key all format players will only play two matches. It doesn't matter even if Bumrah, Shami, Jadeja won't play. Rohit, Gill, Pujara, Kohli.. you're not outbatting that line-up in india regardless of toss and bowlers. Maybe they can sneak in a draw somewhere, but that's it Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Prepare dustbowls and unleash Kuldeep, Nadeem, even Rahul Chahar and other fringe spinners (Roy?). Play Saha or another pure keeper and Pant as a batsman. It won't hurt also to bribe a chef into "mistakenly" adding extra chillies to their chicken tikka masala dinner. Rightarmfast, sage and Sgattick10 3 Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Nope we don't need Bumrah & Shami anyways at home. Ishant Umesh & Bhuvi/Siraj can do the Job at home I think. Jadeja is a loss though but I think India will go with proper 5 bowlers against England. If Root's luck with toss doesn't happens.. I see a 4-0 easy. Link to comment
Norman Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Kohli will be back...... Link to comment
Majestic Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I hope Bumrah is available for first two tests. Then Yadav comes in place of him from 3rd test. 1st test -Bumrah, Ishant, Siraj 2nd test- Bumrah, Ishant, Siraj (Saini as backup) 3rd test- Umesh, Ishant, Siraj or Saini 4th test- Umesh and two of other three Link to comment
Norman Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Kuldeep Yadav Shahbaz Nadeem Axar Patel Washington Sundar Rahul Chahar Varun Chakravorti Frikkin Ravi Bishnoi... Pick any two of these and Poms won't cross 350 on an average indian wicket. Sos to Chawla ji or Mishra ji....and even they will do the job. Kaha se jeetenge..... Link to comment
Bigg Brother Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 24 minutes ago, Serpico said: England have already written off the test series lol, already announced that their key all format players will only play two matches. It doesn't matter even if Bumrah, Shami, Jadeja won't play. Rohit, Gill, Pujara, Kohli.. you're not outbatting that line-up in india regardless of toss and bowlers. Maybe they can sneak in a draw somewhere, but that's it When did they say that? All format players means - Root, Stokes, Woakes, Jhonny, Buttler, Rashid, Chhota Curran. Link to comment
KiraReturns23 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Jayant Yadav is enough to beat the English Vickydev and BacktoCricaddict 2 Link to comment
RajBan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 53 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: No gill rohit pujara Kohli Pant Rahane (will do well in atleast some innings) Will pile on enough runs And then Mayank as backup opener who I am pretty sure will not struggle that much in India. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 India's 1st choice XI is the GOAT home side, what is the record 34-1 with 4-5 draws since 2013? Put them in time machine, even Lloyd's WI, 2000s Aus, Fab 5 India will be demolished. India with half the first choice players unavailable is still a super strong side, not invincible but will get the job done 9/10 times. 2004 Aus, 2010 RSA, 2012 Eng, 2000s India are probably as good or slightly better than our B side, this Eng team is not in that league. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 At least in final 2 tests of Eng home series I want to see: Gill/Mayank Rohit Pujara Kohli Rahane/Pandya Pant Jaddu Ashwin Ishant/Umesh Shami Bumrah We have never played our full strength side in India yet, Bumrah is yet to play a home test. Against this side I don't think ROW XI can avoid innings defeat. Link to comment
RajBan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gollum said: At least in final 2 tests of Eng home series I want to see: Gill/Mayank Rohit Pujara Kohli Rahane/Pandya Pant Jaddu Ashwin Ishant/Umesh Shami Bumrah We have never played our full strength side in India yet, Bumrah is yet to play a home test. Against this side I don't think ROW XI can avoid innings defeat. Pandya is not there yet to play test purely as a batsman. Unless he is able to make contributions with the ball, he should not be part of Test team. Additionally I think there is also an understanding behind the scenes to preserve him for ODI and T20 given his injuries. Instead Gill or Rohit can drop down to MO if needed. If Mayank can do a job as well given he is one of the best players of spin in the current squad. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, RajBan said: Pandya is not there yet to play test purely as a batsman. Unless he is able to make contributions with the ball, he should not be part of Test team. Additionally I think there is also an understanding behind the scenes to preserve him for ODI and T20 given his injuries. Instead Gill or Rohit can drop down to MO if needed. If Mayank can do a job as well given he is one of the best players of spin in the current squad. Just a wish man, know it won't happen. Pandya can play as pure batsman in SC conditions, will not average in high 50s but will be devastating and fun to watch, imagine Pandya-Pant in full flow on day 1/2 pitch against any bowling attack in the world. I don't rate Rahane as part of our best XI in Indian conditions, but unfortunately in Indian cricket 'horses for courses' policy is applicable only to spinners. Imagine Mayank/Rohit opening, Che/Kohli to follow and Gill at #5 Edited January 12, 2021 by Gollum Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, RajBan said: Pandya is not there yet to play test purely as a batsman. why ?? he is good enough to play as bat in home condition. He will masacre whatever altuu faaltu spinner they will come in with, his batting against pace is as good as any Edited January 12, 2021 by Ankit_sharma03 express bowling 1 Link to comment
zen Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, RajBan said: Pandya is not there yet to play test purely as a batsman. FYI, avgs 60+ with the bat in the subcon Link to comment
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