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[R!TTER]

So does anyone remember the last time Brat played the same eleven in two consecutive tests? IIRC Trent Bridge & then Southampton, needless to say almost everyone remembers what happened there 

[Serpico]

9 hours ago, sarchasm said:

KL's career resurrection will get aborted if he is made to open. Regardless of the result in the last match, both are terrible decision

Without Rohit and Kl playing out the new ball, our batting will collapse in every match. I don't think coming in at 30-4 is any less stressful than opening to Kl. Atleast now, he has a reliable partner who can last a 100 balls

[asterix]

The Rat always wanted his friend Ishu to be in the team. Luckily Shardul got “injured”. Whether he was forced to feign Injury by the Rat & Shastri duo or was genuinely injured, we won’t know. But Shardul played his last match in this series. 
 

For the good of Indian cricket future, the rat must lose this series as badly as possible. That’ll ensure Pujara to be dropped from the team & Rahane from the VC role. 

[R!TTER]

3 hours ago, asterix said:

That’ll ensure Pujara to be dropped from the team & Rahane from the VC role. 

What about Brat himself? Removing "some of the deadweight" is just shuffling chairs on the Titanic's d*** 

[nevada]

11 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

What about Brat himself? Removing "some of the deadweight" is just shuffling chairs on the Titanic's d*** 

One step at a time. He won't be removed right now. But if he is no longer the captain, he will lose the guaranteed spot status. So he will either start batting batting better or lose his spot if has continued failures despite playing as a batsman alone.

[Vijy]

19 hours ago, nevada said:

One step at a time. He won't be removed right now. But if he is no longer the captain, he will lose the guaranteed spot status. So he will either start batting batting better or lose his spot if has continued failures despite playing as a batsman alone.

BCCI doesn't have the guts to even dethrone rahane, let alone rattus (rat)