Number Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 48 minutes ago, rkt.india said: He wasn't dropped after 300. He was dropped after being complete failure in BGT. His 300 was also a lucky innings with half a dozen drops. He didn't make it to the playing XI of next test in Pune. Which imo was a bad decision.
diga Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 Karun Nair is back to the squad after performing for 2+ years in domestics... think even he knows this is his last chance. Nothing less than a 100 will save his career
nevada Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 28 minutes ago, diga said: Karun Nair is back to the squad after performing for 2+ years in domestics... think even he knows this is his last chance. Nothing less than a 100 will save his career He has played county cricket for two seasons as well, so he should be well aware of English conditions. That 300 probably makes the TM hope that he still has tremendous upside, which is why he was retained and Sai was left out. So far we haven't seen much from him after 3 innings of batting. The second innings of this match and probably the next game could be the line in the sand for him. Hope he delivers!
putrevus Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 (edited) 6 hours ago, rkt.india said: Dhoni used to bat at 7. Then Pant came and started batting at 6. Now he is batting at 5. We are consistently weakening the batting lineup by pushing a wk up the order instead of finding batsmen to do their job Dhoni used to bat at number 7 for one reason Fab five did not have guts to play with just five batsmen. Edited July 3, 2025 by putrevus
R!TTER Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 What the eff has guts gut to do with that? Practically every top side played with 6 specialist batters in the day, including Oz, the only exception being SA due to Kallis & you could argue Eng with Flintoff. Put runs on the board & let the other team buckle under pressure - that's how the game's been played for almost 150 years now & runs on the board is still the best way to win!
crictime Posted July 4, 2025 Posted July 4, 2025 On 7/3/2025 at 1:39 PM, diga said: Karun Nair is back to the squad after performing for 2+ years in domestics... think even he knows this is his last chance. Nothing less than a 100 will save his career That 300+ not out inflates his average. Nobody scores big like that many times in a career. Take nothing away from that marvellous innings, but he needs to be consistent rather than one innings wonder he has been. BacktoCricaddict 1
Frustrated Posted July 5, 2025 Posted July 5, 2025 (edited) Worst batter to hv ever represented Team Ind in white jersey. Averages merely 43 despite having a fluky 300 under his belt (on tailor made home track). That speaks how much of a trash he really is. Averages 19 in the 4 innings on this tour on world's flattest pattas. Edited July 5, 2025 by Frustrated Ultimate_Game 1
Trichromatic Posted July 5, 2025 Author Posted July 5, 2025 India lost last game after setting up 370 target in last game. Pant walks in at #5 with 320 lead and almost throws it away. Need better game awareness for #5 batsman.
putrevus Posted July 5, 2025 Posted July 5, 2025 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Trichromatic said: India lost last game after setting up 370 target in last game. Pant walks in at #5 with 320 lead and almost throws it away. Need better game awareness for #5 batsman. No , he has done exactly what was needed, he injected energy into innings. If he gets out doing so that is just fine. Nair and Rahul screwed India last test by not even putting away bad balls.England were ready to give up on that test after Pant got out. Edited July 5, 2025 by putrevus Ultimate_Game, Frustrated and Number 1 2
The Realist Posted July 27, 2025 Posted July 27, 2025 (edited) Last hurrah for Nair at the Oval? @maniac Could be a great redemption story. Edited July 27, 2025 by The Realist coffee_rules and vvvslaxman 1 1
vvvslaxman Posted July 27, 2025 Posted July 27, 2025 2 minutes ago, The Realist said: Last hurrah for Nair at the Oval? @maniac Could be a great redemption story. You are missing those silky smooth old man drives lol
coffee_rules Posted July 28, 2025 Posted July 28, 2025 Sai is too nervous for a #3, Nair is better option in MO. Play both and go with Kuldeep Jaish-e-Mohd KL Sai Gill Nair Jurel Washy Jadeja Kuldeep Akash Bumrah
BacktoCricaddict Posted July 28, 2025 Posted July 28, 2025 3 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Sai is too nervous for a #3, Nair is better option in MO. Play both and go with Kuldeep Jaish-e-Mohd KL Sai Gill Nair Jurel Washy Jadeja Kuldeep Akash Bumrah After Jurel, tail starts. Haven't you heard? ;-) coffee_rules 1
vvvslaxman Posted July 28, 2025 Posted July 28, 2025 (edited) Karun worked hard and got an opportunity. Happy that he got it. But without ancillary skills it is very hard to fit him in this squad given that India is in transition where they are building a core which should primarily consist of players who are in their mid 20s. He played on reasonably good batting surfaces. He should have cashed in. Failed to score even a single 50.Among the 15 top/middle order players from both sides only one person not to get a 50. Even Carse got a 50. That doesn't reflect well on him. Edited July 28, 2025 by vvvslaxman tapandrun 1
coffee_rules Posted July 31, 2025 Posted July 31, 2025 (edited) On 7/27/2025 at 8:44 PM, coffee_rules said: Sai is too nervous for a #3, Nair is better option in MO. Play both and go with Kuldeep Jaish-e-Mohd KL Sai Gill Nair Jurel Washy Jadeja Kuldeep Akash Bumrah Gauti reads ICF.. Proof above... Except for Kuldeep and Bumrah, all picks were perfect. My cricketing acument is as good as GG . but better than @maniac;a or even @vvvslaxman Edited July 31, 2025 by coffee_rules maniac, vvvslaxman and BacktoCricaddict 1 2
SecondSlip Posted August 7, 2025 Posted August 7, 2025 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. KL Rahul 3. Sai Sudharsan 4. Shubman Gill (C) 5. Tilak Varma 6. Rishabh Pant (WK) This top 6 looks very good!
Ultimate_Game Posted August 7, 2025 Posted August 7, 2025 1 hour ago, SecondSlip said: 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal 2. KL Rahul 3. Sai Sudharsan 4. Shubman Gill (C) 5. Tilak Varma 6. Rishabh Pant (WK) This top 6 looks very good! Sarfaraz instead of Tilak. Sarfaraz hasn't done anything wrong and deserves his chance. I'm bullish on his younger brother as well (Musheer Khan). Or the other option is to have Sundar in place of Tilak and Nitish Reddy or another pace all rounder at 7. We need more bowling options. diga 1
SecondSlip Posted August 8, 2025 Posted August 8, 2025 10 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said: Sarfaraz instead of Tilak. Sarfaraz hasn't done anything wrong and deserves his chance. I'm bullish on his younger brother as well (Musheer Khan). Or the other option is to have Sundar in place of Tilak and Nitish Reddy or another pace all rounder at 7. We need more bowling options. Not really convinced with Sarfaraz‘s batting against fast bowling Musheer needs a few more seasons in domestic cricket before he is ready!
Ultimate_Game Posted August 8, 2025 Posted August 8, 2025 13 minutes ago, SecondSlip said: Not really convinced with Sarfaraz‘s batting against fast bowling Musheer needs a few more seasons in domestic cricket before he is ready! Sarfaraz has done enough to warrant a longer run. At the very least he deserves his shot to fail. If he performs like Karun Nair, dump him but he needs to be given a fair chance. tweaker 1
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