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India misses genuine swing bowlers. There are two things that Aussies struggle against.. against spin on sluggish tracks and swing bowling. Lack of Bhuvan is a big minus. Also spinning options are poor for us.
Ball doesnt swing in Adelaide. For swing, you need conditions. In Australia, you need to be consistently in right areas to be effective. Ball swings a bit in Perth due to wind and also in Gabba when its overcast.
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Shocking numbers... I knew India had a horrible overseas record under MSD' date=' but assumed other teams were doing poorly too.... As somebody else mentioned, MSD the overseas captain was worse than I imagined.[/quote'] It just shows we haven't any crap team away from home like Pak Ban or Zim .If u take out another rubbish team WI the results are even worse for every one. If u take wins from these teams away we have similar to the level of Srl Pak or Nzl which is our level in test cricket ATM.We also play far more tests than these teams away from home which affects our w/l ratio
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I would not want Dhoni even if there is no improvement in the team performance under a new captain for a while. Dhoni is a tried and tested failure under non SC conditions. A new captain would surely need some time to adapt to these conditions. What Dhoni could not do over the past four years, we can't expect a new captain to achieve on day one.

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India misses genuine swing bowlers. There are two things that Aussies struggle against.. against spin on sluggish tracks and swing bowling. Lack of Bhuvan is a big minus. Also spinning options are poor for us.
He would surely be missed in Brisbane, not so much here.
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He would surely be missed in Brisbane' date=' not so much here.[/quote'] Bhuvi's line and length are missed here....even if he would not have been able to get much swing heere
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This was NOT a bad performance. If Saha got that stumping of Smith it would easily have been 475/8 or something. Mitch was struggling against Karn Sharma. So getting them AO under 500 was possible which is a great achievement for 1st test in batting track. Unlucky for Kohli - Saha was dumb to miss it. I see huge potential in Karn will be a threat this tour in spin friendly situations. I think if Rohit fails getting Umesh/Bhuvi also not a bad idea in his place. Especially bhuvi as he can bat better than rohit Sharma and Jadeja overseas
You won't get more help for spin than this.Gabba and MCG will be even worse.SCG might be good
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Ball doesnt swing in Adelaide. For swing' date=' you need conditions. In Australia, you need to be consistently in right areas to be effective. Ball swings a bit in Perth due to wind and also in Gabba when its overcast.[/quote'] The ball does swing in Adelaide. Shami was getting it to swing early on. Ryan Harris has consistently swung it here for the past few years. Anderson got beautiful swing here back in 2010/11. Shami couldn't control it. Watch how Ryan Harris bowls with the new ball.
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The ball does swing in Adelaide. Shami was getting it to swing early on.
in 2007 hussey predicted there will be no swing and the match pretty much turned out that way. there may be slight bit of help in the first 10 overs and there may be exceptions since swing is dependent on so many variables.but as a rule one does not expect it to swing on that ground.
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The ball does swing in Adelaide. Shami was getting it to swing early on. Ryan Harris has consistently swung it here for the past few years. Anderson got beautiful swing here back in 2010/11. Shami couldn't control it. Watch how Ryan Harris bowls with the new ball.
That minimal swing happens even in India with new, nothing threatening.
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That minimal swing happens even in India with new' date=' nothing threatening.[/quote'] there is no help in adelaide ,its that its moslty end of the tour where most teams are shot in the head after losses and just go through the motion which leads to collapses.
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There you go...This is a Fkin difference...Here is a captain batting not to lose........playing it on merit,no blind slogs or shuffling across trying to be innovative and coming across as stupid........FIghting it out out there with a target and with a purpose. That's the Fkin answer

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There you go...This is a Fkin difference...Here is a captain batting not to lose........playing it on merit,no blind slogs or shuffling across trying to be innovative and coming across as stupid........FIghting it out out there with a target and with a purpose. That's the Fkin answer
Get back to your drinking
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There you go...This is a Fkin difference...Here is a captain batting not to lose........playing it on merit,no blind slogs or shuffling across trying to be innovative and coming across as stupid........FIghting it out out there with a target and with a purpose. That's the Fkin answer
Yes. Here you see a century when match is live, which helps set up a match. Much-much better than a 50 purpose of which is neither to save match nor to win match but just to show courage (pun intended). Maniac Bhai put very aptly - Fighting it out with a target and with a purpose. Should be allowed to captain in all four test matches.
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There you go...This is a Fkin difference...Here is a captain batting not to lose........playing it on merit,no blind slogs or shuffling across trying to be innovative and coming across as stupid........FIghting it out out there with a target and with a purpose. That's the Fkin answer
Completely agree... Leading from the front... No politics on the field... Also refreshing to see a genuine wicket keeper on the field... DHOBI is not in the right frame of mind as he will be focussed on Mudgal report, CSK getting banned, another enquiry, his BCCI Baap Srini in trouble etc. Beśt for him to continue faking the injury for the whole series...

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