Ashwin press conference Feb 27 - legendary stuff

[BacktoCricaddict]

 

This guy pulls no punches.  His brutal honesty, and non-PC answers are exactly why he will never get to be the captain.  He is like an enforcer.  A legendary one.    

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2021 by BacktoCricaddict

[rangeelaraja]

It was good, but he missed several tricks.

 

He should have said that Indian teams have been bowled out for cheap in very tough conditions in England have had questions asked of them about their technique and skills 

- and the same questions England team should ask of themselves.

 

He should have said that on the recently concluded Aussie tour - India did not complain about the pitch when we got bowled out for 36 with the Pink ball. 

 

Half the side got battered physically, with several injuries because of the pitch but we never complained and went on to win the series. 

 

This is how you build a counter narrative. 

[Bigg Brother]

Around 10 minutes mark, He smashed that UK commie who asked him about Good Surface

[BacktoCricaddict]

Just now, Bigg Brother said:

Around 10 minutes mark, He smashed that UK commie who asked him about Good Surface

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[Bigg Brother]

Just now, BacktoCricaddict said:

Like your profile picture.  

It is for all whining Poms and Padosis

[express bowling]

4 hours ago, Bigg Brother said:

Around 10 minutes mark, He smashed that UK commie who asked him about Good Surface

 

 

Wonderful answer !

 

 

 

 

 

[mani sha]

What a correct answer

 

we Expect a good match !

[Gollum]

Good, sometimes need an attack dog approach to fend off overenthusiastic reporters in PCs. We have played the acchaa bacchas for too long and I am sick and tired of typical Indian apologetic stance. Can and will still discuss these matters (like pitch) internally but if firangis want to corner us regarding the same, if they want to give us gyaan about 'these conditions', unko pelo, bindaas hokar. 

[jf1gp_1]

lets stop  shamelessly defend a sub standard pitch. Answering question with a question nonsense is what we should leave for our politicians. Whats a good pitch ? one where we have sort of even  contest, where a game between two equal teams can last 5 days. Someone should have asked ashwin whats his view on shrinking test cricket to 4 days or in case we plan to keep dishing out such crap surfaces then a 3 day test. 

Edited February 28, 2021 by jf1gp_1

[rollingstoned]

did he seem more irritated and confrontational than usual or was it just me?

[Vilander]

3 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Answering question with a question nonsense is what we should leave for our politicians.

I see this a lot lol there is no reason not to ask questions in order to understand a point of view to address the said point of view in a response. Its OK to ask a question in response but not to reject the original question out right as absurd rightaway, if it is absurd it can be called as such later. 

[Vilander]

3 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

such crap surfaces

What is a crap surface exactly what in the last surface made batsmen bat poorly and loose wickets can you please explain clearly. Dont tell me it turned square tell me what in the pitch made is bad. Give a full answer. 

[Soumo]

14 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

 

This guy pulls no punches.  His brutal honesty, and non-PC answers are exactly why he will never get to be the captain.  He is like an enforcer.  A legendary one.    

 

 

 

He is f*ing champion , hopefully he has a long commentary stint after he retires.

[neel roy]

The ICC Rulebooks which every one is crying about was written by some white English men sitting on their mahogany wood chair and table ( swindled from forests of india) and drinking darjeeling tea ( taken from tea gardens in india). So dont be apologetic when Ashwin says who made the rulebook and who decides its a good pitch or bad pitch.. absolute legendary.. 

[jf1gp_1]

3 hours ago, Vilander said:

What is a crap surface exactly what in the last surface made batsmen bat poorly and loose wickets can you please explain clearly. Dont tell me it turned square tell me what in the pitch made is bad. Give a full answer. 

The day we saw a test match get over in 5 sessions, down under in a t20 game we saw more runs scored. Eng are 50 over champs, India is a decent limited over side, what could be the difference between a 40 over game and upto 450 over game ? (yes will answer question with a question considering you are for it ) 

 

 

[Jay]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

The day we saw a test match get over in 5 sessions, down under in a t20 game we saw more runs scored. Eng are 50 over champs, India is a decent limited over side, what could be the difference between a 40 over game and upto 450 over game ? (yes will answer question with a question considering you are for it ) 

 

 

india is not a decent odi side. england are yet to win an odi series in india in recent years even at their best. India are a very good odi side led by a mediocre odi captain. 

India is on par with australia in odi despite odi being our weakest format. So number 2 is very reasonable for full strength india which england never faced. I wouldnt write india off. 

[Rasgulla]

What a rockstar  Nailed it!

[zen]

8 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

lets stop  shamelessly defend a sub standard pitch. Answering question with a question nonsense is what we should leave for our politicians. Whats a good pitch ? one where we have sort of even  contest, where a game between two equal teams can last 5 days. Someone should have asked ashwin whats his view on shrinking test cricket to 4 days or in case we plan to keep dishing out such crap surfaces then a 3 day test. 

Why would he not defend such pitches? And when his unidimensional supporters judge him based on how he does mostly on such pitches? 

 

as posted somewhere - Ind spinners outside Asia 

 

Primary team India

Opposition team Australia  or England  or New Zealand  or South Africa  or West Indies

Home or away away (home of opposition)

Start of match date greater than or equal to 1 Jan 1950

Type of bowler (by style) spin bowler

Qualifications wickets taken greater than or equal to 40

Ordered by bowling average (ascending)

 

Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
BS Chandrasekhar	1967-1979	23	38	6202	2881	92	6/38	12/104	31.31	2.78	67.4	8	1
SP Gupte	1953-1959	10	16	3175	1378	44	7/162	7/164	31.31	2.60	72.1	3	0
BS Bedi	1967-1979	34	58	10145	3901	123	6/127	10/194	31.71	2.30	82.4	6	1
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	25	42	7174	2931	92	8/76	11/140	31.85	2.45	77.9	5	1
RA Jadeja	2013-2021	16	28	3664	1670	50	6/138	7/258	33.40	2.73	73.2	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2011	27	50	6817	3407	98	7/120	8/180	34.76	2.99	69.5	6	0
A Kumble	1990-2008	46	84	14215	6632	186	8/141	12/279	35.65	2.79	76.4	8	1
R Ashwin	2011-2021	24	41	6086	2921	80	7/83	7/121	36.51	2.87	76.0	2	0
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	30	48	6144	2439	64	5/125	8/179	38.10	2.38	96.0	1	0
S Venkataraghavan	1967-1983	25	41	6602	2753	62	5/95	6/96	44.40	2.50	106.4	1	0

 

[Vilander]

4 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

The day we saw a test match get over in 5 sessions, down under in a t20 game we saw more runs scored. Eng are 50 over champs, India is a decent limited over side, what could be the difference between a 40 over game and upto 450 over game ? (yes will answer question with a question considering you are for it ) 

 

 

It ended soon because of ineptitude of batsmen from eng in both inning and Indians in first inning. They needed to play the odd ball not play the turn in every ball. It was simple adjustment that Rohit made in second inning. And kohli Rohit did show in first inning as well. Root got a genuinely great ball. India and England as a whole are not that good against spin, I would say India is on par or even poorer at times against spin. Barring old pujara. 

[Vilander]

11 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Whats a good pitch ? one where we have sort of even  contest, where a game between two equal teams can last 5 days.

Again several questions. define Even contest define equal teams. One team wins one team looses unless there is a draw do you mean draws mean good pitches ? So good is when there is a draw ? . Equal teams by what measure how are two teams equal ? 

 

Please provide elaborate definitions.