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India vs England, 4th test, Oval, Sep 2 - 6, pre-match discussion thread.


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Posted
21 minutes ago, Lord said:

I think Shaw is more orthodox with footwork.Sehwag had better eye.

shaw doesn't have much footwork. and sehwag had enough footwork to handle spin brutally.

Posted
1 hour ago, Lord said:

 

doesn't need to be Sehwag.That was extraordinary

 

We now have Kohli and Rahane both struggle against even Moeen.Shaw can't do much worse

Shaw is worse

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Gollum said:

Atm Root is too comfy facing this bunch of bowlers. Need a new challenge thrown at him, Ashwin is a must. He has the ability to target best opponent batsmen and get into their heads...Chanderpaul, Warner, Sanga, Amla, Williamson, Cook, Stokes, Karunaratne in the past...Smith in the recent BG series. Root may still not be troubled but high time we unleash Ashwin on him, last throw of the dice. 

Root struggled most against Jaddu in past and Aksar. No spinner is going to do anything against him on these pitches.

Edited by rkt.india
Posted
18 minutes ago, DeepSpace said:

Another test, another embarrassing loss coming! Chokohlibaba will score a king pair. I want him to.

Will be Awesome to witness..  More misery for his fans & PR.  

Posted

Usually after 3 tests, Ind has the tendency to be 2 -0 or 3-0 down. The series is still in the balance so if Ind can improve its game, it can pull of a win in one of the remaining two tests. 

Posted
16 minutes ago, zen said:

Usually after 3 tests, Ind has the tendency to be 2 -0 or 3-0 down. The series is still in the balance so if Ind can improve its game, it can pull of a win in one of the remaining two tests. 

that was a long time ago. even in the 2014 Eng tour, we were leading and then got hammered.

Posted
25 minutes ago, Vijy said:

that was a long time ago. even in the 2014 Eng tour, we were leading and then got hammered.

 

naah. aus 18-19, aus 20-21, even sl 15 to an extent.

 

in 2014 india were defeated heavily in the 4th 5th tests.

 

good this is here after the 78 we made 278 in the 2nd innings then collapse to 100 odd.

Posted

It looks like Pujara won't be dropped now.

 

Jadeja has a injury concern. Should try Axar, he can also bat.

 

Shami and Bumrah probably need a rest.

 

Rahane needs to be dropped or say he has a niggle if you don't want say he is dropped.

 

Team for Oval should be the following:

 

Rohit

KL

Pujara

Kohli

SKY

Pant

Ashwin

Axar

Thakur

Yadav

Siraj

 

Pace bowling is a bit inexperienced but you need to strengthen the batting. Some sort of batting upto number 9.

Posted
10 minutes ago, Prabhdeep Singh said:

It looks like Pujara won't be dropped now.

 

Jadeja has a injury concern. Should try Axar, he can also bat.

 

Shami and Bumrah probably need a rest.

 

Rahane needs to be dropped or say he has a niggle if you don't want say he is dropped.

 

Team for Oval should be the following:

 

Rohit

KL

Pujara

Kohli

SKY

Pant

Ashwin

Axar

Thakur

Yadav

Siraj

 

Pace bowling is a bit inexperienced but you need to strengthen the batting. Some sort of batting upto number 9.

 

bumrah and shami need to play. lesser workload maybe but absolutely need to. yadav/thakur are not strike bowlers. siraj is hot and cold.

 

bumrah/shami are the only ones (apart from ashwin) who can break open sessions when there are no wickets falling.

 

rohit

kl

pujara

kohli

sky/vihari

jadeja

ashwin

pant

shardul

bumrah

shami

 

batting till 9. jadeja can play himself in so up the order. pant can slog at the end with the bunnies.

 

bumrah/shami/ashwin as strike bowlers with shardul/jadeja support.

Posted
6 hours ago, Lord said:

I think Shaw is more orthodox with footwork.Sehwag had better eye.

 

Sehwag was fearless too.

 

To face the best fast bowlers of any SENA side and put them away with the new ball is special.

Posted

Must be the only team in world cricket where you hope your players get injured so that the best available team is then selected from the squad.

Posted
21 minutes ago, SRT100 said:

Must be the only team in world cricket where you hope your players get injured so that the best available team is then selected from the squad.

there were times when Pak did the same. kept fawad alam out for yrs and yrs.

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