Ashwin needs to lift his game in this series

[ash]

19 hours ago, Real McCoy said:

Zen is always stuck with his beliefs even after proven wrong. He always backs certain players and not others. When someone is so stubborn, its sad and there is no point arguing with him on this

Yup . believes in Pandya more than Pandya's family tbh  Just pure hatred on certain players and Unwavering support on others irrespective of what happens. I mean if he thinks Pandya is a better match winner than Ashwin then God save him

Edited February 25, 2021 by ash

[zen]

Axar just exposed Ind’s experienced spinners ... a big question mark on their records 

[kohli]

9 minutes ago, zen said:

Axar just exposed Ind’s experienced spinners ... a big question mark on their records 

Same like pant , gill , sunder & shardul exposed india best batsman in Brisbane 

[zen]

3rd 5-er in a row by the new bee Axar ... play any good spinner in Ind, he will shine 

[ash]

9 minutes ago, zen said:

3rd 5-er in a row by the new bee Axar ... play any good spinner in Ind, he will shine 

What about Nadeem in 1st test. No need to degrade spinners here. Axar is a great talent

[ash]

But I think I know why this hate against our spinners now. After Sydney test it is pretty much confirmed that both Ashwin and Jadeja would be in the team from the next overseas series. Pandya's test career is closed for now 

[maniac]

 

[Gollum]

21 minutes ago, maniac said:

 

And 5 100s, 11 50s....he has the ability to increase the count in next 3-4 years. 

 

Dhoni in his 90 tests long career scored 6 100s, none outside Asia.

 

For all the hype Imran scored 6 100s despite batting so much at #5, #6 and in home umpiring era when no Pak batsman would be given out LBW or even caught close-in. Hadlee/Pollock had 2 test 100s to show for all their batting efforts. 

 

Among Indians, Ashwin has more test 100s than Engineer, Jaisimha, Wadekar, Sandeep Patil, Srikkanth, Manjrekar, Yuvraj, ...all with decent sample size. Level with proper batsmen like Borde, Sardesai, Jaffer, KLR.

 

Very tough to replace Ashwin and Jadeja once they are done, even Kohli can be replaced I think, not these two. I know we love to whine and moan about CSK/Srini/Dhoni but credit should also go to them for identifying, backing, promoting these two modern day greats. 

Edited February 27, 2021 by Gollum

[zen]

Super flop in SA 2022 

 

Time to accept that that these are rank turners specialists who will usually only do well in patches overseas when the the pace bowlers have put the pressure 

[vvvslaxman]

He was a no show in this series.  Bowled okay in the first Test. 2nd test not much scope. 3rd Test 2nd innings is where he should have stepped up. Instead lost his mind.  Below average series. But his batting in the third test was irresponsible. Should have defended like he did at the SCG and gave company to Kohli in the first innings and Pant in the 2nd innings. 

[CG]

35 minutes ago, zen said:

Super flop in SA 2022 

 

Time to accept that that these are rank turners specialists who will usually only do well in patches overseas when the the pace bowlers have put the pressure 

Its about pitches.In Low scoring games spinners hardly matter on sa pitches.Unless you are once in a generation Shane Warne.If we would had some flat pitches spin would have played a role.Last Test  WTC final Ashwin did well .

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

He was a no show in this series.  Bowled okay in the first Test. 2nd test not much scope. 3rd Test 2nd innings is where he should have stepped up. Instead lost his mind.  Below average series. But his batting in the third test was irresponsible. Should have defended like he did at the SCG and gave company to Kohli in the first innings and Pant in the 2nd innings. 

in the absence of jaddu, he knew that he would play all 3 tests. complacency breeds mediocrity in this team - case in point, our middle order

[gattaca]

He shouldn’t play in South Africa and may be NZ and to an extent in England. Reckless for a senior cricketer.

[zen]

Kiwis part timers showing that they too would have been “legends” if they played 50% of their cricket on such rank turners!

[CG]

4 minutes ago, zen said:

Kiwis part timers showing that they too would have been “legends” if they played 50% of their cricket on such rank turners!

 against this current Indian batting lineup anybody who bowls is a legend 

 

[Serpico]

4 minutes ago, zen said:

Kiwis part timers showing that they too would have been “legends” if they played 50% of their cricket on such rank turners!

And Mukesh Kumar would have been kiwi legend, what is your point?

 

Didn't see you since june, patiently waiting I guess for a loss 

[zen]

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Matt Henry	3	0	10	1	3.33	0	0
Ajaz Patel	14.1	1	57	6	4.02	0	0
Glenn Phillips	12	0	42	3	3.50	0	0

[zen]

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Tim Southee	6	1	18	1	3.00	0	0
William O’Rourke	3	2	5	0	1.66	0	0
Ajaz Patel	11	1	54	0	4.90	0	0
Mitchell Santner	19.3	1	53	7	2.71	0	0
Glenn Phillips	6	0	26	2	4.33	0	0

 

[zen]

Sundar could become a legend   
 

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Jasprit Bumrah	8	2	32	0	4.00	0	0
Akash Deep	6	0	41	0	6.83	0	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	24	2	64	3	2.66	0	0
Washington Sundar	23.1	4	59	7	2.54	0	1
Ravindra Jadeja	18	0	53	0	2.94	0	1

[Frustrated]

Phillips >>> Fat-win in all 3 depts.  Irrespective of the type of pitch