5th test Ind-Eng , Jul 1-5 Birmingham- pre-match discussion. Who replaces Rohit as captain and opener?

[nevada]

1 hour ago, raki05 said:

The way eng played against NZ looks like it will be difficult to get even a draw. However if somehow Kohli magically gain his form and some youngster like gill perform like he did in aus we might get a draw. Though knowing Macculuam he will never settled for a draw. Bumrah has to be at his best to get rid of root and Bairstow.

If it's one of those 250-300 run type of games, then a 50-60 from him will also be a very good contribution. Since he will play anyway, that's the best we can hope from him.

[Lone Wolf]

30 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Heard Edgabaston is England's forte. Is it really the case?

Australia breached the fortress in 2019...  India could have beaten them in 2018..  Stokes ran through the lower order.  DK's final test. 

NZ won last year there 

[coffee_rules]

7 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Australia breached the fortress in 2019...  India could have beaten them in 2018..  Stokes ran through the lower order.  DK's final test. 

NZ won last year there 

Seamer friendly, Siraj might be better than Prasidh who is more hit the deck pace variety 

[Lone Wolf]

44 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Seamer friendly, Siraj might be better than Prasidh who is more hit the deck pace variety 

In IPl it was seen that Siraj's seam position was total mess.  His outs winger isn't happening. He was terrible in short.  Prasidh was a proper menace with the new ball.  He has natural angle to LHB & can move the ball away to RHB as well.  I think Root won't fancy facing him. 

[nevada]

So Rahul is set to miss the match as he won't recover in time from his injury. 

Edited June 15, 2022 by nevada

[coffee_rules]

34 minutes ago, nevada said:

So Rahul is set to miss the match as he won't recover in time from his injury. 

I don’t know why he’s even going? Just 10 days before the test

[Norman]

2 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

DK's final test. 

 

That wasn't his last test. He played the next one at Lords too. 

[Norman]

Can't believe this game is just 2 weeks away. Time does fly. 

[Stan AF]

Root rises to No. 1 in Test batting rankings;

 

England batter Joe Root has replaced Australia's Marnus Labuschagne at the top of the ICC men's Test rankings, following his recent run of form.

 

 

Root, who recently became only the second England batter to score more than 10,000 Test runs, has been in fine touch during the ongoing home series against New Zealand, producing knocks of 115* at Lord's and 176 in Nottingham. As a result, Root earned 897 rating points, enough to take him above Labuschagne, who had held on to the No.1 spot since December 2021.

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

So gill will open now, last time anderson n india men SG ball bat pad ke beech men se nikal di thi do baar . Iss baar to duke ball hogi and weather to pata nhin hota

Gill biggest problem in career till has been noticed as fuller ball , he has scored heavy on short ball which those guys dont rely on much .  

Will be big test for Gill 

[Jay]

6 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

So gill will open now, last time anderson n india men SG ball bat pad ke beech men se nikal di thi do baar . Iss baar to duke ball hogi and weather to pata nhin hota

Gill biggest problem in career till has been noticed as fuller ball , he has scored heavy on short ball which those guys dont rely on much .  

Will be big test for Gill 

Seriously we cnt find 2 openers ffs? Your job is to survive the new ball and blunt it. Gill would be a perfect number 3 or 4 for india.

[Lone Wolf]

Gill batted well initially in WTC final...  Gave us a fast start.  Charging down to kiwi trundlers until Jamieson hit him on helmet & it went sideways after that. 

I hope he bats with positive intent & scores 30-40 runs at least. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

55 minutes ago, Jay said:

Seriously we cnt find 2 openers ffs? Your job is to survive the new ball and blunt it. Gill would be a perfect number 3 or 4 for india.

openers around the world are struggling its just not us, TBH our openers have done well in last year or so 

We are in bowling era in test cricket, batting hasnt been easy 

 

also facing anderson in his own backyard has to be one of toughest thing in the history

Edited June 16, 2022 by Ankit_sharma03

[deepdynamo]

KL Rahul officially out of England tour due to a groin injury...

 

Miraculously KL didn't miss any of the 14 IPL games and the injury conveniently come just after IPL.

Hate to see these modern players ( including Bumrah also) are more inclined towards not missing IPL at the cost of playing for India.

 

 

 

 

[Stan AF]

1 hour ago, deepdynamo said:

KL Rahul officially out of England tour due to a groin injury...

 

Miraculously KL didn't miss any of the 14 IPL games and the injury conveniently come just after IPL.

Hate to see these modern players ( including Bumrah also) are more inclined towards not missing IPL at the cost of playing for India.

 

 

 

 

 

17 Crores >>>>> 5 crore

[zen]

7 hours ago, deepdynamo said:

KL Rahul officially out of England tour due to a groin injury...

 

Miraculously KL didn't miss any of the 14 IPL games and the injury conveniently come just after IPL.

Hate to see these modern players ( including Bumrah also) are more inclined towards not missing IPL at the cost of playing for India.

No one can time injury (or COVID) … It can happen in any event anytime … No Indian player is going to miss IPL too if fit and selected 

 

For national games, the ideal way is to rotate players more and develop a strong bench strength 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2022 by zen

[coffee_rules]

5 hours ago, deepdynamo said:

KL Rahul officially out of England tour due to a groin injury...

 

Miraculously KL didn't miss any of the 14 IPL games and the injury conveniently come just after IPL.

Hate to see these modern players ( including Bumrah also) are more inclined towards not missing IPL at the cost of playing for India.

 

 

 

 

Erm..He got injured just a day before the first SA match. He was fine during IPL.

[express bowling]

My preferred playing 11 ....

 

1. Rohit

2. Gill

3. Vihari 

4. Kohli

5. Shreyas

6. Pant

7. Jadeja

8. Shardul

9. Shami

10. Bumrah

11. Prasidh 

[coffee_rules]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

My preferred playing 11 ....

 

1. Rohit

2. Gill

3. Vihari 

4. Kohli

5. Shreyas

6. Pant

7. Jadeja

8. Shardul

9. Shami

10. Bumrah

11. Prasidh 

My team replaces Vihari with Pujara. We need 40-50s from bats and we are golden