The Realist Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Scoring 50s is impossible, forget 100s Link to comment
Serpico Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 86 now. Can they make it 100? Vijy, Cricspin and nevada 3 Link to comment
nevada Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 5 hours ago, The Realist said: Scoring 50s is impossible, forget 100s They will lobby to make 25 a milestone and raise their bat after crossing quarter century! express bowling 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Serpico said: 86 now. Can they make it 100? given that nortje, rabada, olivier, maharaj and pretorius/stuurman/mulder will be licking their lips in anticipation followed by the SL spin battery, yes it's likely to be over 100 innings without a century express bowling 1 Link to comment
sage Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 36 minutes ago, Vijy said: given that nortje, rabada, olivier, maharaj and pretorius/stuurman/mulder will be licking their lips in anticipation followed by the SL spin battery, yes it's likely to be over 100 innings without a century eventually puj will be dropped so it'll just be rat limping along so will take a while to get to 100. you can't do +3 every innings like we could until recently. Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 1 minute ago, sage said: eventually puj will be dropped so it'll just be rat limping along so will take a while to get to 100. you can't do +3 every innings like we could until recently. I don't think either Gujara or Hahane will be dropped any time soon. Rat needs his fellow underperformers to make himself look good. express bowling and raki05 2 Link to comment
sarcastic Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 9 hours ago, sage said: eventually puj will be dropped so it'll just be rat limping along so will take a while to get to 100. you can't do +3 every innings like we could until recently. All they need to play is 3 test matches together. It can go up to 18 more innings and 86 + 18 > 100. One full 3 test series without a hundred and with these three and 100 is up. Vijy 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 15 hours ago, nevada said: They will lobby to make 25 a milestone and raise their bat after crossing quarter century! Tentury instead nevada, Vijy and express bowling 3 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 What are you talkin about? Kohli scored triple tentury this test. Link to comment
Vijy Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 2 hours ago, sarcastic said: All they need to play is 3 test matches together. It can go up to 18 more innings and 86 + 18 > 100. One full 3 test series without a hundred and with these three and 100 is up. a most ignominious 100 that I'll be looking out for raki05 and sarcastic 2 Link to comment
The Realist Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Rahane's last 10 innings read like this: 15, 5, 1, 61, 18, 10, 14, 0, 35, 4 for a horrid total of 163 runs at a minuscule average of 16.32. Pujara's numbers are slightly better with one more half-century and for a total of 306 runs in his last 10 innings. They are 9, 45, 1, 91, 4, 61, 26, 22, 0, 47 at an average of 30.6. But is the Indian team ready for a middle order shake-up? "It's a good situation to be in," said coach Rahul Dravid without actually making a commitment. "Good to see the boys step up and take their opportunities, we were missing a few seniors, but the youngsters have taken their chances. A lot of these guys don't get the opportunity to play a lot (of Test cricket), but it's nice to see them do well, especially the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Mayank Agarwal, Axar Patel and Jayant. That gives us a lot of choices when the seniors do return." Virat Kohli acknowledged the pressure from outside,but sounded indifferent to changes. "There's a lot going on outside and we can't let those things affect the way we play. We support everybody in the side, Ajinkya or anyone. We don't take decisions based on what happens outside," the skipper said adding, "That's a discussion (about middle-order changes) that needs to take place. Who we think are the specialists for certain positions and so on will be covered there. These aren't things I can answer in a press conference, we need to sit down with it and come to collective decisions. That's the same process we will follow. Everyone puts in their ideas and then we make our decision." https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/120158/tough-calls-await-india-after-stand-in-players-shine Link to comment
nevada Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Kohli backs Rahane, but hints at 'discussions' ahead of South Africa tour "Don't Take Decisions Based On...": Virat Kohli Backs Struggling Ajinkya Rahane. Virat Kohli backed Ajinkya Rahane despite the veteran batsman's dry spell and absence from Monday's thumping second Test win over New Zealand, promising his team will support past performers. Link to comment
putrevus Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 13 hours ago, rkt.india said: What are you talkin about? Kohli scored triple tentury this test. So you think Kohli should be dropped? Link to comment
G_B_ Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 The problem is likes of kl rahul vihari shaw or the replacements have not really set the world on fire. Kl rahul has played 40 tests and averages 35... sandeep and Vijy 2 Link to comment
sandeep Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 22 minutes ago, G_B_ said: The problem is likes of kl rahul vihari shaw or the replacements have not really set the world on fire. Kl rahul has played 40 tests and averages 35... Even Gill has shown that he's a work in progress in test cricket. All these excitable folks getting carried away with Mayank and Shreyas will be the first ones with knives out after a couple of failures. Not to say that the extended lean returns of our middle order are justifiable, but its not as clear as its made out to be. Link to comment
ash Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Rahanr and Pujara are done. Kohli still seems to be in form, just need one good big score to come out of the rut. Hope he comes back soon. Link to comment
New guy Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 59 minutes ago, G_B_ said: The problem is likes of kl rahul vihari shaw or the replacements have not really set the world on fire. Kl rahul has played 40 tests and averages 35... Why do they need to set the world on fire to replace batsmen averaging in the 20s? What? express bowling and raki05 2 Link to comment
New guy Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 3 hours ago, putrevus said: So you think Kohli should be dropped? According to your posts on the sachin vs kohli thread, these stats are signs of a washed out player who is not even a shell of themselves and overstaying their welcome. GoldenSun 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 6 hours ago, sandeep said: Even Gill has shown that he's a work in progress in test cricket. All these excitable folks getting carried away with Mayank and Shreyas will be the first ones with knives out after a couple of failures. Not to say that the extended lean returns of our middle order are justifiable, but its not as clear as its made out to be. Iyer, Mayank can at least score at home unlike the Trimurti. Even against England at home, openers and lower order saved us. Any half decent domestic middle order batter will do better than them at home. raki05 and Vijy 2 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Jis team ke 3 middle order batsmen ka 2 saal me 25 average ho uska bhagwan hi Malik hai. It's Zimbabwe level batting. We should have been languishing at 6-7 with this kind of batting. Lord, New guy and raki05 3 Link to comment
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