Is India's tail the worst in the world?

[StriKe]

Freddie Wilde ‏@fwildecricket 6m England batting collapse omnibus Ashes 2013 edition: MCG: 6-5 WACA: 17-4 Adelaide: 24-6 Gabba: 28-7

[vipin]

Our tail is bad with everything. Both batting and bowling. And fielding.

[div]

Our tail is bad with everything. Both batting and bowling. And fielding.

:hysterical::hysterical:

[Lord]

Dhoni should be replaced. Only players who can perform under all conditions should be in the test team' date=' even if it is at the expense of an inferior performance at home, where the buffer is much larger.[/quote'] who'd be your captain n keeper?

[The Outsider]

who'd be your captain n keeper?

Pujara/Kohli and Saha.

[JourneyMan]

At least if they were dangerous bowlers we could overlook their inability to bat. What really sucks is having a tail that can't bat OR bowl

[Lord]

Pujara/Kohli and Saha.

I'm okay with trying Saha but Pujara/Kohli are too young in their careers to be thrust captaincy.If we had a performing Gambhir/Sehwag it'd been easier

[King Tendulkar]

In theory our tail starts from 9 only. In theory from 1 to 8 we have top front line batsman

[Texan]

Our tail is bad with everything. Both batting and bowling. And fielding.

Exactly. At least if they can't bat, try to bowl well... but no luck there either!

[Texan]

Indian Tail in 1st innings: 0 + 0 + 4 + 1 = 5 runs total SA Tail in 1st innings: 44 + 61 + 0* + 0 = 105 runs total (100 runs more!) India - 320/6 to 334 all out - last 4 wickets contributed 14 runs SA 384/6 to 500 all out - last 4 wickets contributed 116 runs!

[Lord]

In theory our tail starts from 9 only. In theory from 1 to 8 we have top front line batsman

in theory we play 3 fast bowlers too:giggle:

[Texan]

That means SA only need 4 more wickets to win this match. The other 4 are a cakewalk. Our tail-enders will hand them over on a platter. What was most disappointing was that they don't even look at getting behind the ball. They just move over to the leg side and look at slashing at the ball to give some easy catching practice behind the stumps.

[Number]

Agree with Vipin. Our bowlers can't bat, can't field and can't bowl. Most of our bowlers are low quality cricketers.

[nballa]

right up there with alan mullaly and ajit agarkar

[JourneyMan]

I fear the day when India give up on bowling altogether and decide to play 11 batsmen

[Cricketics]

Atleast our tail is scoring well with the ball consistently.

[The Outsider]

^ Dhoni isn't even doing that, though he is helping others out.

[CoverDrive]

yes they are the worst

[I6MTW]

I fear the day when India give up on bowling altogether and decide to play 11 batsmen

If India plays 11 batsmen. Then they can score 700 each time. Even if bowling is not there, opposition batsmen would never be able to chase down 700. Matches would always end in a draw.

[Vijy]

The tail has been very poor indeed - Jadeja needs to step up more. As for Ishant, he looked as if he could become a Gillespie in bowling and batting. Instead, he has become c**p at the first and a Chris Martin in the second category.