ravishingravi Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) Again not following games very closely, but I see a big time drubbing coming in Australia. Australia has everything to play for to win back the BG trophy and humiliate India. Oddly reminds somewhat of 2012 series where we were carrying some folks at similar stage of career as Kohli and Rohit. Australia tour generally serves as career Terminator for many laggards and bright ones becomes heroes. Bowling looks okay actually. But it's batting which will really get tested. Apart from Pant and Gill no one was on previous tour. Rohit to some extent but he didn't perform. This will be tough for Gambhir to manage. Team is not sharp and batting will get tested. Australia is always dangerous when they are motivated to respond. India have won two away series in a row. So... Edited October 24 by ravishingravi Link to comment
nevada Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Yes, not getting a good feeling about the series at all,ever since we slumped to three down for next to nothing against BD recently. The 46 all out collapse against NZ reinforced the concerns. The Aussies will be eager to avenge the last two home series losses and our batting is very fragile, with washed up players making up the majority of the lineup. Bowling is also iffy with Shami out and Bumrah at risk of wearing himself out. The erratic Siraj is the only other *senior* option we have. We should have tried one more new bowler like Akashdeep. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 long way to go and Australia can lose at home as they have shown recently,we have a chance if we ditch dead wood from the team. Link to comment
tweaker Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 2 minutes ago, nevada said: Yes, not getting a good feeling about the series at all,ever since we slumped to three down for next to nothing against BD recently. The 46 all out collapse against NZ reinforced the concerns. The Aussies will be eager to avenge the last two home series losses and our batting is very fragile, with washed up players making up the majority of the lineup. Bowling is also iffy with Shami out and Bumrah at risk of wearing himself out. The erratic Siraj is the only other *senior* option we have. We should have tried one more new bowler like Akashdeep. Too late now and the A team have Saini,Mukesh,Dayal,Khaleel. In today test they could have tried Harshit or Mayank as they have selected them in reserve. nevada and Sgattick10 1 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 It is fast bowling which is worrying me. Batting will be fine. Link to comment
tweaker Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 2 minutes ago, putrevus said: It is fast bowling which is worrying me. Batting will be fine. Bumrah is overworked Shami is recovering Siraj is off radar Akashdeep is new Link to comment
putrevus Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) 6 minutes ago, tweaker said: Bumrah is overworked Shami is recovering Siraj is off radar Akashdeep is new Akashdeep like many other new fast bowlers bowls too many boundary balls.India does not have anyone who will do damage with new ball.Bumrah needs a break. If today was in Australia , score would have been 350/3 . Edited October 24 by putrevus ravishingravi and tweaker 2 Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Bowling doesn't look ok too. Pacers Bumrah - Solid (shouldn't be overworked) Shami - Doubtful to start Siraj - Bhai tu rehne de Then newbie pacers Spinners Ashwin - No guarantee Jaddu - You know what to expect Washi - Good support bowler but would be madness to expect him to do the job of a main spinner Kuldeep - Huge potential but dunno if he would be played Axar - Won't get a chance On top of that, we have the LEGENDARY captaincy of Rohit Sharma who would make even bowlers going through a good spell look bad with his field placements lol. All in all, we have a cluster* on our hands. Lots of things to sort. Gambo and his team have a huge task on their hands. Sgattick10, putrevus, ravishingravi and 2 others 5 Link to comment
Frustrated Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Please replace "could be" with "will be". AKane 1 Link to comment
Prabhdeep Singh Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Rohit needs fire otherwise India are doomed. Before he was just player but now he is captain, if Australia get top of him it will be all over. Rohit has 7 test innings since Bangladesh test series only 1 half century. Not sure why Rohit was defending today should have attacked as they were quite a few overs bowled. Link to comment
tweaker Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 11 minutes ago, Prabhdeep Singh said: Rohit needs fire otherwise India are doomed. Before he was just player but now he is captain, if Australia get top of him it will be all over. Rohit has 7 test innings since Bangladesh test series only 1 half century. Not sure why Rohit was defending today should have attacked as they were quite a few overs bowled. After Rahul exit focus shifts to other seniors Link to comment
putrevus Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 3 minutes ago, tweaker said: After Rahul exit focus shifts to other seniors Rightly so. Lord 1 Link to comment
tweaker Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 The core of the team Jaiswal Pant Bumrah Is good. The team should be constructed around them Gill, Sarfaraz Would have to up their game. Siraj Should get in wicket taking form. Akashdeep Has shown he could be good support bowler. Ashwin Jadeja Should do what they always do ,put some runs when needed and take wickets in the middle overs. Virat Rohit Plays their average game and are successful in 2,3 innings we can win the series. Shami If gets match fit,the bowling will get better. The rest of the squad should be choose such.that they are ready to perform whenever their is opportunity Sundar Will be good addition. The main headache will be selection of support fast bowler,which it looks like Mukesh, Will be preferred. Rahul Will be back in squad on experience quota. ravishingravi 1 Link to comment
RajBan Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) 15 hours ago, ravishingravi said: Again not following games very closely, but I see a big time drubbing coming in Australia. Australia has everything to play for to win back the BG trophy and humiliate India. Oddly reminds somewhat of 2012 series where we were carrying some folks at similar stage of career as Kohli and Rohit. Australia tour generally serves as career Terminator for many laggards and bright ones becomes heroes. Bowling looks okay actually. But it's batting which will really get tested. Apart from Pant and Gill no one was on previous tour. Rohit to some extent but he didn't perform. This will be tough for Gambhir to manage. Team is not sharp and batting will get tested. Australia is always dangerous when they are motivated to respond. India have won two away series in a row. So... Kohli with his current indifferent form and attitude will be taken to cleaners. So will be Rohit who is at risk of finishing his career as Rohit, same stage where he spent his lengthy formative years. It will be a travesty if we play KL but he will be played and he will piss in his pants when the Aussies hunt him as a pack of Wolves. They will add Ruturaj as backup opener who will also lay eggs. Jaiswal, Pant, Gill and Sarfaraz need to step up when played. Remember one of them, likely Sarfaraz will always get droped as TM will play seniors. Edited October 25 by RajBan Lone Wolf and tweaker 2 Link to comment
tweaker Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 There is total mismanagement in selection of support bowlers. Mayank, Harshit, Nitish are selected as travel.reserve and it is made clear they will be in selected for the Australia series. Then why they are not being played against New Zealand. On today test match there would be no pressure on fast bowlers as bulk of the bowling would be done by spinners. They could have rested Bumrah and select new pacer. The A team have Mukesh, Saini,Dayal and Khaleel.Most probably Mukesh would be selected as he is with the team from last.year. Ideally Harshit, Mayank, Nitish should have been with A team . Link to comment
tweaker Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Selectors have not identified replacement for Rohit,Virat and Rahul. Reserve openers are not given enough exposure. Eashwaran,may be front runner but it seems the team management is not impressed with him. The selectors have not identified any middle order batsmen and it portrays that there is no substitute for Rahul. A team consist of openers and middle order batsmen are Bhui and Indrajit. Link to comment
gakgupta Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 2 hours ago, ravishingravi said: Again not following games very closely, but I see a big time drubbing coming in Australia. Australia has everything to play for to win back the BG trophy and humiliate India. Oddly reminds somewhat of 2012 series where we were carrying some folks at similar stage of career as Kohli and Rohit. Australia tour generally serves as career Terminator for many laggards and bright ones becomes heroes. Bowling looks okay actually. But it's batting which will really get tested. Apart from Pant and Gill no one was on previous tour. Rohit to some extent but he didn't perform. This will be tough for Gambhir to manage. Team is not sharp and batting will get tested. Australia is always dangerous when they are motivated to respond. India have won two away series in a row. So... may be a 2-1 or 1-1 or 1-2 but it will not be a drubbing for sure -- What is missing is pujara's role....to tire the bowlers and ready to take the blows express bowling 1 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Drop the seniors and we may yet have a chance. Seniors hamein kahin ka nahin chodenge express bowling 1 Link to comment
mani sha Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Chill gambhir is smart and bringing in sundar today is part of masterplan in Australia Jaiswal rohit sampson as reserve opener gill kohli pant Sarfaraz jadeja / sundar thakur bumrah Akashdeep Siraj / Shami / mayank ashwin / Kuldeep rahul / ruturaj / eshwaram team will be good . Kohli is my only worry . Link to comment
neel roy Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 If everyone is reading news Pujara is in fray to make a comeback Sgattick10 and Ultimate_Game 2 Link to comment
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