Batters asked to take one pad off to counter spin ( Gautam Gambhir's fix for India's flop show at Eden)

[Lone Wolf]

3 hours ago, rkt.india said:

No technique is good enough on a minefield. You need luck.

Ultra aggression, use of slog and reverse sweep helps to an extent.

 

Neither are employed by Indians effectively 

[R!TTER]

1 hour ago, AKane said:

So playing with one padded leg will help with luck?

No, this is why it's so *ing dumb 

[vvvslaxman]

Rahul Dravid told this to KP. He was doing it in his spare time not during series.

[Stan AF]

[Manucrick]

No one wanted this Sitanshu Kotak slams Eden pitch  gg will kick out  Kotak now

[Lord]

16 hours ago, rkt.india said:

No technique is good enough on a minefield. You need luck.

 

You can still maximise your chances with soft hands, good defense and picking balls to attack

[vvvslaxman]

4 hours ago, Lord said:

 

You can still maximise your chances with soft hands, good defense and picking balls to attack

 

ALl they havce to do is watch how Bavuma batted albeit against a one-dimensional darts from left arm spinners. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 11/19/2025 at 11:53 AM, Gollum said:

These things one should try in off-season, like KP did a few months before coming to India in 2012 (Dravid's advice). Not in between tests. When you are in such a mind frame, coming from a painful loss, coach should look to simplify things, keep things light, work on mental aspect, not complcate matters more. 

 

Imagine GG in place of Shastrin in 20-21 BGT. After Adelaide disaster, we would have suffered 3 more innings defeats. 

Off-season doesn't exist. They have to play all these prestigious tournaments like Asia cup etc

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 11/19/2025 at 12:20 PM, vvvslaxman said:

 

Shastri was asked about what did you guys do after 36 all out. Seems like everyone took a break. Cleared their mind came back strong in the boxing day Test.

They requested Anushka to help out and she obliged. 

[Chaos]

On 11/19/2025 at 10:50 AM, vvvslaxman said:

Someone is goign to cop it on the shin and go out injured. These nonsense happen before series during series.

Hey its better to get injured pregame v. During game. These days neck spasms n they take game off. Kumble had his head injury and came out to bowl like a champion.  

[Lord]

2 hours ago, Chaos said:

Hey its better to get injured pregame v. During game. These days neck spasms n they take game off. Kumble had his head injury and came out to bowl like a champion.  

 

Yep so many examples in old days. Yuvi played WC through cancer. Pandu got a foot injury and returned straight in IPL

[putrevus]

SA have decimated idiot gambhir's selections with two main bowlers and Maharaj who has been support bowler here .

 

How many bowling options India had in this series and how many runs did they allow in second test.

Edited November 24, 2025 by putrevus

[helperononline]

Now bouncer are causing us trouble. I guess GG will make them practise without helmet now.

Edited November 24, 2025 by helperononline

[Lord]

Take both pads off next innings and end this farce quickly

[maniac]

Ball didn’t spin only but they practiced stroke less tuktuks well, the one pad helped them with limiting the shots

Edited November 24, 2025 by maniac