India tour of Eng - Tour Match, Chester-le-Street (3 day match)

[Lone Wolf]

That Pitch looks like a batting beauty...  The batting line up in Sri lanka tour would smash these county players & score 300 easily here. 

[QuarantineTormentino]

Looks like we’ll be chasing a similar score as last time

[VT87]

Rohit scored 100 

[Austin 3:!6]

Avesh Khan thumb dislocated

[vvvslaxman]

10 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

34 year old Rohit,  33 year old Rahane 32 year old Kohli..  These are the ages of our premier batsman.  They are either past their prime or simply playing on reputation. 

One of the laughable prime has to be Rahane's. He touched a career average of 50 just once in his life. It lasted just one innings. 

[Lone Wolf]

I am hoping against hope that Rahul scores big here...  He is the only guy that can knock Pujara out of the first test.  Come on man score a hundred here. 

Vihari will anyways be benched. 

[CodeOfWisden]

Yes, Rahul scoring a century would be the best thing to happen to our test team, Pujar needs to be replaced. 

Same goes for Rahane, we need Washington Sundar in place of Rahane, by this way we will have an extra bowler too. 

[Sandeep99]

Let me get this right - Are we going to play Pant at 6 and then followed by 5 bowlers - Jadeja, Ashwin, 100 test gadha, Bumrah, Shami yet again? This when the top order is Rohit, clown, pujara, rahane?

[CodeOfWisden]

1 minute ago, Sandeep99 said:

Let me get this right - Are we going to play Pant at 6 and then followed by 5 bowlers - Jadeja, Ashwin, 100 test gadha, Bumrah, Shami yet again? This when the top order is Rohit, clown, pujara, rahane?

We aren't gonna play two spinners in the first two test for sure. 

 

So Shardul might play ahead of Jaddu and that's the only way we can balance this lineup. 

Also Siraj will surely play ahead of Ishant. 

[CodeOfWisden]

Hanuma Vihari doesn't belong in international test cricket. 

Simple lack of talent. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

mayank opening in england scares me more then dhawan opening in england

[The Realist]

112/4 

 

Oh dear. This does not bode well at all. Into the very long tail. Likely to be out below 200 to a county select I

[CodeOfWisden]

Just now, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

mayank opening in england scares me more then dhawan opening in england

What do you think of Vihari? 

[CodeOfWisden]

I thought we played well without the panauti Kaptaan but looks like this doesn't work in England. 

We don't have a single batsman apart from Pant and Kohli( i dont know if i should count him anymore) who can handle some swing 

[CodeOfWisden]

1 minute ago, sarchasm said:

Would be a massive miss if KL isn't accommodated in the playing XI for this series.

Needs to go big here, these 30s don't leave a mark. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

2 minutes ago, CodeOfWisden said:

What do you think of Vihari? 

always thought of him as a good player of spin n slow wkts but overseas never had any confidence in him . 

[Norman]

Why on earth are we 115/4 against some county cricketers? 

[Forward Defence]

Just now, Norman said:

Why on earth are we 115/4 against some county cricketers? 

Its England and the dukes red ball. Why are you surprised?

[Ankit_sharma03]

Really liked KL till now, Middle order wud suit him. 

[Sandeep99]

11 minutes ago, CodeOfWisden said:

Hanuma Vihari doesn't belong in international test cricket. 

Simple lack of talent. 

He never belonged in international cricket. He's here thanks to his Andhra selector MSK Prasad.