neel roy Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Its all about new ball. If indians can play off the new ball well in first innings we will win. Once ball becomes old its easy to negotiate spin with our best player of spin in absence of Pant in last two years coming at no 8 .. ashwin..it ll be difficult for Australia to get 9 top order indian wickets in every innings.. if we cant beat them with jadeja ashwin axar bowling in tandem we deserve to lose.. Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Holy fark. I never thought that, at my age, with a busy life, I would be getting butterflies thinking about a sporting event that is slated to start in 16 hours 10000 miles away in a place I've never visited involving people I'll never meet. But dammit ... it's happening. Bring on the arrogant, brainfaded serial cheaters in green and yellow. May the wounds of Gabba 2021 never ever heal! SRT100 1 Link to comment
gattaca Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Ravi shastri is saying Gill should get Rahul’s place considering form. Man he was always ridiculed but he makes sense most of the times. BacktoCricaddict and SRT100 1 1 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 hours ago, AuxiliA said: I am a huge supporter of rank turners and don't mind 2 days test matches at all. But this Left-Right differential pitch curating (if true) is not cool. We don't need this Chindi Chori to win in India. its a bit much,the icc will be keenly watching this pitch. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 hours ago, Lone Wolf said: Man Aussies have provided us fairest pitches among SENA teams... Saffers & Kiwis on the other hand deserve spitting cobras. This doesn't look good. the WTC is making teams behave in unexpected ways.Pakistani doctored their pitches and it backfired on them spectacularly. Link to comment
sandeep Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 hours ago, SRT100 said: If the curator comes to Melbourne, I will take him out for dinner. Beautiful turner of a pitch. Fatman must win toss, bat first and bat Australia out of the match. Dude you seem to have some PTSD from some dealings with Aussies.... Nikola, Stan AF, Lord and 2 others 5 Link to comment
Nikola Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 21 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: the WTC is making teams behave in unexpected ways.Pakistani doctored their pitches and it backfired on them spectacularly. Normally pakistani pitches have been on flatter side but this time they were bit too flat plus their bowling attack in test cricket has been really below average. Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Why is Rahul a sure starter in the side. Stupid team selections, Sarfraz should have been in the team in place of SKY. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Not complaining. But under Rahul Dravid pitch focus is more. If it backfires it will be on Dravid Link to comment
Bigg Brother Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Won't be able to watch the series except attending Ahmedabad test live... Would love any radio commentary stream from those who are in Australia.... Link to comment
AuxiliA Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 44 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Not complaining. But under Rahul Dravid pitch focus is more. If it backfires it will be on Dravid I feel Dravid interferes too damn much with the pitches, or atleast he's unable to conceal it. I don't think the current 'Left-Right pitch chutiyapa' is the brain child of the curators or the BCCI babus. The instructions must have come from the TM which Dravid heads. Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, putrevus said: Why is Rahul a sure starter in the side. Stupid team selections, Sarfraz should have been in the team in place of SKY. Fav son of Dravid and Co. They would have in T20 as captain over Hardik too if they were given choice. Selectors had to put paddle on the brakes to stop them. Only way he would be dropped: He has bad series and India loses. putrevus 1 Link to comment
Lord Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said: Not complaining. But under Rahul Dravid pitch focus is more. If it backfires it will be on Dravid it was always like this. Teams start whining moment they land here putrevus 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 minutes ago, wanted_desi said: Fav son of Dravid and Co. They would have in T20 as captain over Hardik too if they were given choice. Selectors had to put paddle on the brakes to stop them. Only way he would be dropped: He has bad series and India loses. He was awful in Bangladesh that too as captain in all four innings he batted in that series. I don't think he should be the opener. Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 5 minutes ago, Lord said: it was always like this. Teams start whining moment they land here It is good for us. They are't winning with that attitude. Lord 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) Nathan Lyon is a very good spinner, he will pose more questions than Mehdi did in Bangladesh.There is no Iyer or Pant which is making me very nervous. Edited February 8 by putrevus Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 4 minutes ago, putrevus said: He was awful in Bangladesh that too as captain in all four innings he batted in that series. I don't think he should be the opener. He shouldn't be. There are atleast 10 players in domestic I would take over him. I am not sure why Shaw is not being looked as opener in test matches; just one bad match in that 36 All-Out. If not Shaw, there is Jaiswal waiting in wings. Edited February 8 by wanted_desi Lord and putrevus 1 1 Link to comment
sandeep Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, wanted_desi said: He shouldn't be. There are atleast 10 players in domestic I would take over him. I am not sure why Shaw is not being looked as opener in test matches; just one bad match in that 36 All-Out. If not Shaw, there is Jaiswal waiting in wings. Shaw has been exiled from Indian test team over one pink ball test in Australia where entire team folded for 36. Shaw could have been Veeru's heir for India as opener, across formats. But for whatever reason, he's not being backed. Both Shaw and Samson are players that I personally feel have not gotten a fair shake. Lord, Norman and putrevus 1 2 Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 minutes ago, wanted_desi said: He shouldn't be. There are atleast 10 players in domestic I would take over him. I am not sure why Shaw is not being looked as opener in test matches; just one bad match in that 36 All-Out. If not Shaw, there is Jaiswal waiting in wings. Gill is there and in great form, he should be the opener.Taking punt on SKY is not a bad option but I would have given Sarfraz a go unless he failed in YO yo test. If Rohit can pass Yo YO test then Sarfraz can too. Link to comment
AuxiliA Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 20 minutes ago, wanted_desi said: It is good for us. They are't winning with that attitude. To be clear, it's their media, ex cricketers and fans who are whining. Their cricketers haven't uttered a word yet. They look dead serious about winning this series. Link to comment
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