Rohit Sharma to continue as Test captain for England series

[Gollum]

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Rohit Sharma has got the backing of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and its selection panel to lead the team for the 5-match Test series versus England, which starts in Headingley from June 20

 

[Gollum]

Fatso will break Bumrah's back, latter should tactfully declare his unavailability as long as Rohit is there. Even if it costs India a marquee series, or Bumrah his legacy, no problem.....health first. 

[zaqw222222]

After CT win, this was bound to happen and also with Bumrah not being a certainty to last the complete test series will always dent his chances of becoming a full time test captain. It seems like once again bowlers will be changed for Eng series whereas there will be no changes in batting department.

[Gollum]

Jaiswal-KL opening jodi is India's best bet. Fatso will ruin that........apart from his defensive, clueless captaincy and non-existent catching/fitness. 

 

I can't believe he is facing no repercussions or disciplinary action for his disgraceful PR drama in the middle of 5th test. 

[Lone Wolf]

This will expedite his departure from Indian cricket.  

Indian fans will quickly forget CT win after disaster in England.

 

Overall a win win scenario.. we were anyways not winning with our bowling attack 

[neel roy]

18 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

This will expedite his departure from Indian cricket.  

Indian fans will quickly forget CT win after disaster in England.

 

Overall a win win scenario.. we were anyways not winning with our bowling attack 

Their bowling attack of atkinson Woakes potts are more inexperienced compared to shami bumrah siraj if it. Its the batsmen who will lay eggs on a cold damp morning in manchester and then the bowlers will be expected to miraculously hatch the chicken..

[Frustrated]

All the ICFers deserve a party in advance from @maniac@sage..

 

[Gollum]

His average has already dropped to 40 from 45-46. Will end in mid 30s, below Murali Vijay, Rahane. 

[Lone Wolf]

11 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Their bowling attack of atkinson Woakes potts are more inexperienced compared to shami bumrah siraj if it. Its the batsmen who will lay eggs on a cold damp morning in manchester and then the bowlers will be expected to miraculously hatch the chicken..

Their batters are more talented for their conditions..  Shami Siraj are worst possible bowlers out there .. Shami can't bowl on a spot anymore & can't even control white ball movement.  Guy wasn't able to bowl 4 overs on the trot without going off... Embarrassing to watch him.

Siraj is useless trundler.

Bumrah will be all alone.   Harshit ain't suited to those conditions.

 

English batting line up has many batters who are under age 30 & zero batters on the wrong side of 30.

We are basically opposite of that.

 

They will be motivated to beat us & will prepare hard.

Not enough talent in Indian batting group I am afraid.

Edited March 15, 2025 by Lone Wolf

[Lone Wolf]

If Rohit plays Gill be dropped.  Their returns will be similar in England anyways but it is Rohit's uninspiring captaincy & field placements that will hurt us.

 

India will be handicapped by Shami And Siraj two legit halwa bowlers.

Thakur will sneak into somehow (100%) making BazBalling effortlessly easy.

 

England needs to prepare batting beauties and simply out bat us 

 

Attack us with Atkinson Archer Woakes Josh Tongue, Potts.

Left arm spin of Hartley.

 

 

Jaime Smith MoTs

[Gollum]

Think Jaiswal will stamp his authority over them, another 500+ series loading. Hope he does a 2012 Amla on Poms. 

[Lord]

21 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Their batters are more talented for their conditions..  Shami Siraj are worst possible bowlers out there .. Shami can't bowl on a spot anymore & can't even control white ball movement.  Guy wasn't able to bowl 4 overs on the trot without going off... Embarrassing to watch him.

Siraj is useless trundler.

Bumrah will be all alone.   Harshit ain't suited to those conditions.

 

English batting line up has many batters who are under age 30 & zero batters on the wrong side of 30.

We are basically opposite of that.

 

They will be motivated to beat us & will prepare hard.

Not enough talent in Indian batting group I am afraid.

 

I feel they'll unleash Arshdeep there. Pace is enough for those conditions and has county experience. 

 

We can also expect Virat repeat edging into slips again

[Lone Wolf]

3 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Think Jaiswal will stamp his authority over them, another 500+ series loading. Hope he does a 2012 Amla on Poms. 

Or 2011-12 Dravid at least.  He will be the lone Ranger in our batting group.

It will be the weakest batting unit to ever tour England make no mistake.

 

Pant will likely push us to 250-280 type totals.

 

England will score 450+ with ease against our attack.  Root will again become Bradman but he will be aided by Brook and Smith Duckett.  Tall Crawley will be tough to dislodge for our oldies.  Kuldeep got him in India thankfully but he looked at ease against everyone else.  Might score daddy hundreds.

 

BCCI ideally needs a wholesale type of revamp of our test side.  

[Lone Wolf]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

 

I feel they'll unleash Arshdeep there. Pace is enough for those conditions and has county experience. 

 

We can also expect Virat repeat edging into slips again

Yeah Arshdeep isn't a bad choice.  I will take him over current Shami in a heartbeat..

Shami Siraj Bumrah the usual trioca will lead us to a thrashing of epic proportions against bazballers who smoked a much better Test attack of NZ in NZ.

Bumrah will be under injury cloud with Rohit over bowling him (will he even survive IPL?)

[Suhaan]

5 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

I feel they'll unleash Arshdeep there. Pace is enough for those conditions and has county experience. 

 

We can also expect Virat repeat edging into slips again

Arsh has nice pace,only need him to bowl at 135-135+ for 7-8 overs on the trott

If he does he can certainly wreck havoc in those conditions,Harshit should be there to feature in few and be all important cover for Bumrah also

Liked that guy Vaibhav Arora ,good pace with movement

[neel roy]

We still haveny found a replacement for a controlled swing bowler like Bhuvi. I wish NKR is being groomed to at least replicate some of it and bowl fuller. He can be a good choice if he increases speed by 5-7 kph at around 132-133 ish. 

[tweaker]

Selectors are mixing different format .Rohit has lost 7 tests ,both home and away .

If he is not captain ,he will not be selected in the playing 11. 

Edited March 15, 2025 by tweaker

[tweaker]

He was dropped as captain and player in the last test in Australia, why is he backed for 5 test series against England

[singhvivek141]

Smith who is 10x times more fitter than Rohit has retired from 2/3 formats, and is focusing on his best format.
Rohit's best format now is ODI's...stick to that and leave Tests to the players who actually care about winning.
Else, Rohit will see his stumps cartwheeling in the English conditions. Woakes, Atkinson, Robinson etc are good enough at their home.

[Suhaan]

32 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

Smith who is 10x times more fitter than Rohit has retired from 2/3 formats, and is focusing on his best format.
Rohit's best format now is ODI's...stick to that and leave Tests to the players who actually care about winning.
Else, Rohit will see his stumps cartwheeling in the English conditions. Woakes, Atkinson, Robinson etc are good enough at their home.

Time was perfect to hang his boots after receiving the trophy