Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 183-186 now, courtesy NZ/Aus. Need to win all 4 tests this home season and get W/L above 1. Anyway NZ tour will be tough next year, mostly we'll get whitewashed again. May take 3-4 years for our W/L to stabilize above 1.
deathmonger Posted September 30 Posted September 30 1 minute ago, Gollum said: 183-186 now, courtesy NZ/Aus. Need to win all 4 tests this home season and get W/L above 1. Anyway NZ tour will be tough next year, mostly we'll get whitewashed again. May take 3-4 years for our W/L to stabilize above 1. Have 7 tests now before NZ tour. Afg should be win too. SL will be good contest.
Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 When it comes to win %, we are below Aus, Eng, RSA, Pak, SL, WI, Afg. Behind 3 other teams from Asia !!!! Long way to go, pre 2000s teams underperformed massively.
Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 4 minutes ago, deathmonger said: Have 7 tests now before NZ tour. Afg should be win too. SL will be good contest. RSA and SL will be tricky. Expect us to still beat RSA but on rank turners of SL, no idea. Lankans eviscerated NZ last year.
diga Posted September 30 Posted September 30 2 minutes ago, Gollum said: Long way to go, pre 2000s teams underperformed massively. Courtesy of fixeruddin
Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 1 minute ago, diga said: Courtesy of fixeruddin Azhar was still ok, at least dominated home tests. We are dogshit even in 60s, 70s, 80s. Think we lost 4 or 5 home series just in 80s, against WI, Pak, Eng. These oldies run their mouths a lot on TV, YT nowadays, need to remind them of their own pathetic record in their playing days.
Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 Kohli era India corrected many wrongs in our test resume. All said and done, Kohli should be on the Mt. Rushmore of Indian cricket just for reviving Indian test team after Dhoni's horror stint. rollingstoned and VT87 2
govinda Posted September 30 Posted September 30 42 minutes ago, Gollum said: RSA and SL will be tricky. Expect us to still beat RSA but on rank turners of SL, no idea. Lankans eviscerated NZ last year. Sl will be typical sub continent pitches. Even pak beat them we can too
govinda Posted September 30 Posted September 30 51 minutes ago, Gollum said: 183-186 now, courtesy NZ/Aus. Need to win all 4 tests this home season and get W/L above 1. Anyway NZ tour will be tough next year, mostly we'll get whitewashed again. May take 3-4 years for our W/L to stabilize above 1. If we win toss in nz we can win a match
deathmonger Posted September 30 Posted September 30 5 minutes ago, govinda said: If we win toss in nz we can win a match Need NKR to develop well for balance
deathmonger Posted September 30 Posted September 30 6 minutes ago, govinda said: Sl will be typical sub continent pitches. Even pak beat them we can too True. NZ whitewash was on Ro-Ko as well.
Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 3 hours ago, govinda said: If we win toss in nz we can win a match Should prepare for that series on war footing. 2026 calendar is very light (total 5 tests, 1 of them against Afghans...even ODIs/T20Is not much in second half of the year). Post IPL, all the focus should be on winning 2-0 in NZ. If we do that, will be Indian cricket's greatest achievement after 20-21 BGT.
Gollum Posted September 30 Posted September 30 -2 against Aussies, otherwise total domination @deathmonger rollingstoned 1
Lone Wolf Posted October 15 Posted October 15 On 9/30/2025 at 7:01 PM, Gollum said: -2 against Aussies, otherwise total domination @deathmonger Kiwis also have improved so much post 2005.. Always tough to overcome them even in bilaterals for us.
Gollum Posted October 15 Posted October 15 21 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said: Kiwis also have improved so much post 2005.. Always tough to overcome them even in bilaterals for us. Yeah, their greatest ever era, especially post McCullum's captaincy. And no signs of slowing down, great talent pool coming through especially in the pace department. In an AT NZ XI, there will be 6-7 players from the last 15 years. Deserved to win 2019 WC, made so many deep runs in ICC events, apart from a dominant home record also won in Ind, UAE, Eng. Only Australia remains a mental block. We won over there in 2009, but that was a weak team...2015-21 India would have whitewashed that NZ side. Lone Wolf 1
deathmonger Posted October 15 Posted October 15 7 hours ago, Gollum said: 185-186 now After Kohli captaincy India overtook WI and SL in W/L ratio. Pak should be done by next year.
Gollum Posted October 15 Posted October 15 2 minutes ago, deathmonger said: After Kohli captaincy India overtook WI and SL in W/L ratio. Pak should be done by next year. Yeah, things were looking bleak when Dhoni was captain. Pak in 1-2 years, Eng and RSA still far ahead, may take a decade or two. Aus we are never catching.
deathmonger Posted October 15 Posted October 15 4 hours ago, Gollum said: Yeah, things were looking bleak when Dhoni was captain. Pak in 1-2 years, Eng and RSA still far ahead, may take a decade or two. Aus we are never catching. Yup. Even Aus should be done but again very far in the future. By 2040 though can be no 2.
Gollum Posted October 15 Posted October 15 Since Kohli took over test captaincy, Aus still has a slightly better W/L than us. Since our 2015 tour to SL (when resurgence began), our W/L is 2.1 In the same period, Aus W/L is 2.1, with a WTC trophy as well. Though we beat them in away BGT twice. Incredibly close.
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