Should India play defensive and stack up the batting for the 5th Test ?

[express bowling]

3 minutes ago, YCCC said:

No never play defensive. Leads to a defeat more often than not in any sport. England in the Euro final being a recent example 

 

Agree.

[rkt.india]

There are also talks about resting Anderson.

[adi B]

27 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

If there is rain, pitch won't be dry. 

Is it raining today as well?

[express bowling]

6 minutes ago, adi B said:

Is it raining today as well?

 

 

Light rain is forecasted today. Not too much.

[New guy]

No matter how many batsmen we stack, we don't have the batsmen with technique to play out overs. Maybe pujara (but he gets bogged down) and maybe kohli in his prime but not now and rohit sharma till he reaches 50. All others need to feel bat on ball and play strokes, they dont have techniques to play for draws. Can you imagine rahul, rahane, pant, pandey,  current kohli, etc playing for draw? 

Edited September 10, 2021 by New guy

[nevada]

36 minutes ago, YCCC said:

No never play defensive. Leads to a defeat more often than not in any sport. England in the Euro final being a recent example 

+1. Also, this English side is so weak that anything less than a 3-1 scoreline would be unacceptable. 

[mishra]

11 hours ago, rkt.india said:

This looks like spinners pitch and assuming ball doesn’t seam. A double hundred from Root in first innings

[Lone Wolf]

36 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

look at the colour of the side pitch ,reminds me of australian unprepared pitches with high clay content ,which means they have to dry it out to make it quicker as it retains more moisture.

Pitch looks very close to the one we saw in Leeds..  It'll probably have high moisture content.  Cloud cover will only make it more useful for seamers. 

[Nikola]

No need we have been better side in this series and should go with our best playing xi. England will come back hard on day one but if we manage to play well then they will be on backfoot for rest of the match.

[rangeelaraja]

When play is possible, these are dream conditions for Jimmy Badal ka beta. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/weather/2643123

[mancalledsting]

No, that’s how Dhoni lost 2014 series. After going 1-0 up at lords he tried to defend what he had over last 3 tests and he ended up losing 3-1. Just play the best team for the conditions and back them.