India A tour of England

[rkt.india]

3 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said:

 

Well isnt that a testament on how ordinary Indian bowlers have been that it took them 145 overs to bowl out a ordinary opposition and allowing them to make 3 hundreds between them?

 

I think there is another one- but its an intra squad one..

England bowlers were as ordinary.

[rkt.india]

5 hours ago, putrevus said:

No wonder Indian team does not want to waste their time on these tour games. Visiting teams hardly get proper tune up with these matches.Inter squad matches with intensity might be better option to prepare.

This is not a tour game.

[putrevus]

3 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

This is not a tour game.

I know, I was talking about general complaint about Indian teams not playing tour games before test series.

 

There is no value for playing in these types of matches IMO .

 

Edited June 2, 2025 by putrevus

[Lone Wolf]

32 minutes ago, putrevus said:

There is no value for playing in these types of matches IMO

There is... These guys are playing FC cricket after a gap of allmost 6 months.

 

Pacers need to have some overs under their belt. 

Bowl as much longer spell as you can for what's to come.

 

Tonty Tonty cricket mostly ruins bowlers not batters that much.

[The Realist]

Who picked this squad?

 

Looks like a random collection of has-beens and those who will never make it.

 

Bowling cupboard is bare and the door has fallen off. Soon to be 34 Thakur with his belly sums it up.

 

[lemsip]

11 hours ago, rkt.india said:

England bowlers were as ordinary.

The difference is that the England  Lions  side that played in this game was mostly kids none of whom are anywhere near the test team. The India A outfit is supposed to be viable test cricket contenders.

Edited June 3, 2025 by lemsip

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, lemsip said:

The difference is that the England  Lions  side that played in this game was mostly kids none of whom are anywhere near the test team. The India A outfit is supposed to be viable test cricket contenders.

But they are playing at home. 

[rkt.india]

13 hours ago, putrevus said:

I know, I was talking about general complaint about Indian teams not playing tour games before test series.

 

There is no value for playing in these types of matches IMO .

 

With so much loi cricket, art of batting long is lost. These games give batsmen to bat long. Bowlers to bowl 20 overs a day even if the opposition isn't the strongest.  Nst practice can never replace match practice.

[lemsip]

17 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

But they are playing at home. 

 If you put up junior club cricketers with limited experience against a team comprised of very experienced first class batters,  they are expected to struggle regardless of whether it is home or away. The Indian bowlers on the other hand all had significant first class and international experience and were bowling to batsmen mostly in their teens and early 20s with very limited experience. 

[LordPrabhzy]

25 minutes ago, lemsip said:

 If you put up junior club cricketers with limited experience against a team comprised of very experienced first class batters,  they are expected to struggle regardless of whether it is home or away. The Indian bowlers on the other hand all had significant first class and international experience and were bowling to batsmen mostly in their teens and early 20s with very limited experience. 

some people are just not ready to accept that our red ball pipeline stock is very mediocre in unfamiliar conditions

[Gollum]

22 hours ago, lemsip said:

Possibly but I don't think anyone in the English game cares that much about this meaningless match or to rely on skulduggery to beat India. England are very strong at home and have not lost a series at home  for 13 years ( to India for 18 years)  and whatever the ball the new look Indian side is unlikely to do any better than much more experienced sides could

Lankans beat them in 2014, NZ in 2021. 

[Gollum]

Poms earlier made greentops for Broad-Anderson, Broad 600 wickets, Anderson 700. Now they will make roads to help their bazballers and for Root to get past Tendulkar.

 

Yet they moan about how they don't tailor pitches for home advantage and stat padding. 

Edited June 3, 2025 by Gollum

[lemsip]

58 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Lankans beat them in 2014, NZ in 2021. 

yes you are right. Forgot those. Both 2 test series though if I remember correctly

Edited June 3, 2025 by lemsip

[putrevus]

4 hours ago, rkt.india said:

With so much loi cricket, art of batting long is lost. These games give batsmen to bat long. Bowlers to bowl 20 overs a day even if the opposition isn't the strongest.  Nst practice can never replace match practice.

You are right in theory but I don't think batting long is going to be learnt in one or two tour games.

 

Bowling 20 overs again cannot be learnt by bowlers in tour games.Will they bowl 20 overs with same intensity?

 

India A tours like this match is good option but I would have liked bit more help for bowlers .

[rkt.india]

3 hours ago, Gollum said:

Lankans beat them in 2014, NZ in 2021. 

Lanka was two test only. Can't call it a series.

[vvvslaxman]

Poor bowlers had to slog through. Can't blame them much. Having said that this unit lacked a proper swing bowler. Thakur used to swing. Not sure if he does the same. Hope he has something left in him.  Reddy does swing. But lacks control. Also he bowls too slow even by English trundling standard.

[Gollum]

20 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Lanka was two test only. Can't call it a series.

Anything more than one match is a series. What else will you call it?

[Nikhil_cric]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Lanka was two test only. Can't call it a series.

NZ also won a 2 Test series in 2021

[lemsip]

2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Poor bowlers had to slog through. Can't blame them much. Having said that this unit lacked a proper swing bowler. Thakur used to swing. Not sure if he does the same. Hope he has something left in him.  Reddy does swing. But lacks control. Also he bowls too slow even by English trundling standard.

Thakur is clearly over the hill and neither his bowling nor batting is worth a place now.  He is living off rescue performances from 4 years ago but time moves on. He is now an innocuous trundler at best. They need to bit the bullet and move on to younger options even if doesn't pay off immediately.

Edited June 3, 2025 by lemsip

[vishalvirsingh]

On 5/30/2025 at 5:19 PM, test fan said:

Karun Nair is fine touch so far. 21*

 

Jaiswal 

KL 

Sai

Gill 

Pant

Karun nair

Jadeja

Thakur 

Prasidh 

Siraj

Bumrah 

 

This should be playing Eleven for first test .

Yashasvi

KLR

Sai

GILL

Karun Nair

Pant

NK reddy OR Harshit Rana

Washington OR Jaddu Or Kuldeep- if Jaddu or Washie are selected i will want to play Harshit Rana ahead of NK reddy as our spinner will be a batsman so we can afford harshit ahead of NKR..harshit is a better bowler than NKR and NK reddy is a better batsman then harshit

Prasidh

Siraj 

Boom