There was no debate on No.4 and 5. We had decided 18 months ago only who were the contenders for that spot - Rahul Dravid

[Vk1]

21 hours ago, Lord said:

 

2019 we were chasing 240. Hows that 'far too many runs' in this age?

English overcast conditions, rain interruptions, juicy pitch etc.. regular pitch and conditions we would have beaten NZ 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Vk1

[R!TTER]

On 8/31/2023 at 9:52 PM, Lord said:

 

2019 we were chasing 240. Hows that 'far too many runs' in this age?

It was 50/50 at best given the conditions, we also played 3 W/K too many, a way OTH oldie, behaal & Bhukhe who were all massive passengers! Oh & the CT 2017 final definitely left scars, took BRat down a couple of pegs as well.

[coffee_rules]

Seems like KL Rahul is public enemy #1 in all ICF threads. He is getting trolled even in Chit-Chat section 

[Lord]

19 hours ago, R!TTER said:

It was 50/50 at best given the conditions, we also played 3 W/K too many, a way OTH oldie, behaal & Bhukhe who were all massive passengers! Oh & the CT 2017 final definitely left scars, took BRat down a couple of pegs as well.

 

Those are batting issues. Bowlers did well. Ofcourse Shami instead of Bhuvi/Chahal would have restricted score further and provided some batting depth but still score should have been easily chased.

[Lord]

On 9/1/2023 at 7:33 PM, Vk1 said:

English overcast conditions, rain interruptions, juicy pitch etc.. regular pitch and conditions we would have beaten NZ 

Even then 240 is easily chaseable.They batted like idiots

 

Regular pitch Eng would have scored more

[zubinpepsi]

This pathetic loser will screw us again like he did in 2007as a captain.. no settled team. They have no clue the entire team mgmt.. ridiculous with the amount of money bcci has they have put together a bunch of losers as team mgmt.. sickening.. think it’s good for everyone to make up their mind that we ain’t winning jack sh!t with this team and mgmt.. bye bye 2023 WC..

[wazza]

Oh please. 240 is so chaseable. India just made wrong batting selections yet again.

[Suhaan]

 

[singhvivek141]

2 hours ago, Suhaan said:

 

Iyer selling Banian's

[Majestic]

2 hours ago, Suhaan said:

 

Why was the girl opening her baniyan?

[Suhaan]

8 hours ago, Majestic said:

Why was the girl opening her baniyan?

Selfie ki age me autograph ke liye

 

Edited September 5, 2023 by Suhaan

[putrevus]

On 8/29/2023 at 1:34 PM, Lord said:

So why not prepare backups?

 

Though have to say Rahul's tenure has been unlucky with too many injuries

Injuries played a major role in 2019 too. If Dhawan was not injured, he was looking good, KL Rahul would have played at number 5 where he would have done better than DK.DK would not have played then.

[Lord]

2 hours ago, putrevus said:

Injuries played a major role in 2019 too. If Dhawan was not injured, he was looking good, KL Rahul would have played at number 5 where he would have done better than DK.DK would not have played then.

 

Thats only one injury. The farce of no. 4 position wasnt due to injury.

[singhvivek141]

11 hours ago, Majestic said:

Why was the girl opening her baniyan?

Maybe inspired by Delhi Metro

[Sandz]

2 hours ago, putrevus said:

Injuries played a major role in 2019 too. If Dhawan was not injured, he was looking good, KL Rahul would have played at number 5 where he would have done better than DK.DK would not have played then.

We would have won the whole thing if Dhawan wasn't injured, he is a clutch player and was in very good form.

[Lord]

11 hours ago, Majestic said:

Why was the girl opening her baniyan?

to promote her onlyfans?

[putrevus]

3 hours ago, Lord said:

 

Thats only one injury. The farce of no. 4 position wasnt due to injury.

It was not one injury.Dhawan is one of India's best  batsman in ICC tournaments.He scored a match winning century before getting injured.

 

Rahul would have played at number 4 breaking up all RHB in the top.It was a different lineup with Dhawan.

[Lord]

10 minutes ago, putrevus said:

It was not one injury.Dhawan is one of India's best  batsman in ICC tournaments.He scored a match winning century before getting injured.

 

Rahul would have played at number 4 breaking up all RHB in the top.It was a different lineup with Dhawan.

 

It was still one injury. Can happen to anyone.And he was hit by Starc on finger. Nowadays they get injured without playing.

 

They should have had more backup than moving no. 4 to opening.

 

And if Rahul was designated no.4 , why didnt he bat there before WC? Why waste time with Rayudu?

[Majestic]

32 minutes ago, putrevus said:

It was not one injury.Dhawan is one of India's best  batsman in ICC tournaments.He scored a match winning century before getting injured.

 

Rahul would have played at number 4 breaking up all RHB in the top.It was a different lineup with Dhawan.

 

20 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

It was still one injury. Can happen to anyone.And he was hit by Starc on finger. Nowadays they get injured without playing.

 

They should have had more backup than moving no. 4 to opening.

 

And if Rahul was designated no.4 , why didnt he bat there before WC? Why waste time with Rayudu?

Rahul was still very inexperienced back then. Not necessary that if he batted at 4, he would have done well.