Popular Post BacktoCricaddict Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 Dear Team India, Ticku-taaku. Ticku-taaku. Patthu naaLthaan keedhu. (translation: "Tick tock tick tock. Only 10 days left") It's been a week since Australia. Enough giving interviews to discuss Gabba, praise both captains, all coaches, team spirit etc. etc. Get back into the groove and prepare for Root's baays. Leave the hangover celebrations to the fans. Cricspin, raki05, jf1gp_1 and 13 others 3 4 4 5 Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) Exactly ! Need to plan clearly and prepare hard for the England series. Complacency and losing focus can be our biggest enemies in the upcoming series. And before we know it, we can be 0 -1 down. Edited January 25, 2021 by express bowling Mosher, Forever Indian, Forward Defence and 2 others 5 Link to comment
rollingstoned Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 If we do not lose a test match in this series i will be impressed. After winning both wcs we got thrashed in tours. Getting your head back in the game is easier said than done. express bowling and Forward Defence 2 Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, MultiB48 said: Can't blame them, it's been such a crazy win , 1 week is too early for things to settle down. This is where coaches and senior players mentoring the youngsters becomes important. Forward Defence 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Kohli will be eager to prove a point, both as batsman and skipper. Also Rohit, Che, Kohli, Pant haven't scored 100s in a long time...Gill yet to score one. Motivation will be high. Good in a way that Rohit arrived in Aus late, so will be more fresh. Bumrah, Ash had rest after 3rd test, few players (Rahane, Che, Ash...) had their families with them in Aus. Kohli, Axar, Ishant, Kuly will be itching to take the field, no cricket in a long time for them. Sgattick10 and Forward Defence 2 Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Erre chill no one practices 24 hours, they hve earned every bit of celebration. They anyways will 1st have to quarantine then practice so they ll be doing few more. kirkutfan and New guy 2 Link to comment
vaul Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 In comparison to SA in 2019,England is much stronger side.Archer can wreak havoc on any kind of pitch with his sheer pace and accuracy.Their spinners have done great job in SL.Root and Stokes are in their prime.Therefore,it is going to be a tough series. Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Not the players but coaches need to be thinking about the plans they've to come up with. Ashwin the kind of guy he is.. will look to find Chink in Root's armor. express bowling 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 33 minutes ago, Gollum said: Kohli will be eager to prove a point, both as batsman and skipper. Also Rohit, Che, Kohli, Pant haven't scored 100s in a long time...Gill yet to score one. Motivation will be high. Good in a way that Rohit arrived in Aus late, so will be more fresh. Bumrah, Ash had rest after 3rd test, few players (Rahane, Che, Ash...) had their families with them in Aus. Kohli, Axar, Ishant, Kuly will be itching to take the field, no cricket in a long time for them. I just hope Mayank plays - that guy is a beast at home and can put up that big double hundred that the team will need. But unlikely for T1, especially if all the top order bats are fit - Puji, Rohit, etc. I have a feeling Gill is going to get dismissed cheaply a couple of times early in the series.... raki05 1 Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 We will destroy england. Preparation or no preparation Sgattick10, Banton, sandeep and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, sandeep said: I just hope Mayank plays - that guy is a beast at home and can put up that big double hundred that the team will need. But unlikely for T1, especially if all the top order bats are fit - Puji, Rohit, etc. I have a feeling Gill is going to get dismissed cheaply a couple of times early in the series.... I want Mayank to open with Rohit and Gill at #5, Pant at #6. Rahane is a waste of a spot in India. prashan 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Or Gill-Rohit to continue as openers, Mayank at #5. Is Gill long term opener? I see him more as a #3 batsman. sandeep and helperononline 2 Link to comment
prudent_kreeda Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 46 minutes ago, sandeep said: I just hope Mayank plays - that guy is a beast at home and can put up that big double hundred that the team will need. But unlikely for T1, especially if all the top order bats are fit - Puji, Rohit, etc. I have a feeling Gill is going to get dismissed cheaply a couple of times early in the series.... Is our expectation not too high ? Whatever is seen so far , one fear is that right now he may find swing a bit tough to face and to boot that he will face Andu for the first time . So there will be some hiccups . Since he is a free flowing batsmen he needs to guard for change of pace from Broad too while driving on offside . In fact even in FC ( poor quality teams) , he has made 50+ only 20 times out of 44 attempts ! My expectation is 50% success to reach 40+ in 8 innings . Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 hour ago, vaul said: In comparison to SA in 2019,England is much stronger side.Archer can wreak havoc on any kind of pitch with his sheer pace and accuracy.Their spinners have done great job in SL.Root and Stokes are in their prime.Therefore,it is going to be a tough series. Rabada is a far better red ball bowler than Archer, it isn't even a contest. And we handled him just fine in 2019. Maharaj is a better spinner than anyone from England since Swann/Monty retirements. This English side is good, but let us not overrate them based on their performance against a bunch of schoolkids in Lanka. GoldenSun 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Say we play 3+2 attack, likely XIs in Chepauk. Rohit>Sibley Gill>Burns Che>Lawrence/Crawley? (Bairstow unavailable, remember? and their best batsman Root will stay at #4 after his recent exploits) Kohli=Root Rahane<Stokes Pant=Buttler Sundar/Axar<Moeen (based on reputation, reality may be different) Ashwin>Bess Ishant=Archer/Broad (only cause Lambu is coming back from injury) Bumrah>Anderson Siraj>Leach The way I see it Ind 6, Eng 2 and 3 positions equal in strength. Link to comment
express bowling Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said: In fact even in FC ( poor quality teams) , he has made 50+ only 20 times out of 44 attempts ! That is quite good actually. For reference, Dravid has 86 scores of 50+ from 211 FC innings excluding test matches .... 41 % Tendulkar has 78 scores of 50+ from 161 innings excluding tests .... 48 % For Gill it is 18 scores of 50+ from 38 innings excluding tests .... 47 % Edited January 25, 2021 by express bowling Link to comment
sandeep Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said: Since he is a free flowing batsmen he needs to guard for change of pace from Broad too while driving on offside . This is how he got out in his NZ ODI debut game if I remember right. 49 minutes ago, prudent_kreeda said: Is our expectation not too high ? yeah, I was sort of alluding to that point about the unrealistic expectations of fans - if he plays the first 2 tests and doesn't put up a big score, you will start to see the true colors of some of the fair-feather faandus even on this forum. Link to comment
prudent_kreeda Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, express bowling said: That is quite good actually .... 45% For reference, Dravid has 86 scores of 50+ from 211 FC innings excluding test matches .... 41 % You did not get me . I was commenting to below quote "I have a feeling Gill is going to get dismissed cheaply a couple of times early in the series...." 2 failures out of 8 possible innings . Such high expectations from a player of 3 tests ?. Just pointing out , he has not achieved such things even in his domestic matches with poor quality teams. Link to comment
prudent_kreeda Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, sandeep said: This is how he got out in his NZ ODI debut game if I remember right. yeah, I was sort of alluding to that point about the unrealistic expectations of fans - if he plays the first 2 tests and doesn't put up a big score, you will start to see the true colors of some of the fair-feather faandus even on this forum. Yes . Agree fully. Link to comment
ShoonyaSifar Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 We are not done till our coach motormouth thunders "this is the greatest test series win ever in the history of cricket". Contrast how after the 2018 series win our coach Captain duo roared "we are in the same league as WI and Aus sides" to the stories this time about how greatly Kohli planned everything for Rahane and what a great coach Shastri is. Link to comment
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