Gollum Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 This team has serious character. Second time in 2 years they have come back from 0-1 down to win the series. That too with an underperforming Ashwin and a non performing Kohli. Brilliant !!!! Cricketics, sensible-indian and express bowling 3 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 This is a different era already. This team knows how to not only comeback from a game down but also to raise their performance and close the series on high. Earlier we have lacked the killer instinct to close out the series. This group knows how to "close it out." One for the ages. Gollum 1 Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Yes it can everyone scared overseas . But people forget we were very good overseas since 2001 . Very competitive and successful . Only dhoni era wrecked that this team will go overseas and do very well . Not saying we will win every test and series . But be very very competitive and enjoy plenty of success . No humiliation . Team will give us pride Gollum 1 Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Unleash aaron shami and yadav trio and will scare hell out of teams . Link to comment
mancalledsting Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 On the corresponding series they've played so far...this team has already surpassed them. Link to comment
gakgupta Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) this team can achieve greater heights .....just because kohli's intent is extremely strong...... I have no doubt in my mind that we will continue to generate fast bowlers..... Edited March 29, 2017 by gakgupta Link to comment
jalebi_bhai Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I believe that the Kohli-Kumble-Rahane combo can deliver overseas. Every time this team has had a poor performance, they've responded brilliantly. A lot of these guys are entering their prime or are already there. Next two years of Test cricket will be fantastic to watch as an Indian fan. Link to comment
Gollum Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 9 hours ago, jalebi_bhai said: I believe that the Kohli-Kumble-Rahane combo can deliver overseas. Every time this team has had a poor performance, they've responded brilliantly. A lot of these guys are entering their prime or are already there. Next two years of Test cricket will be fantastic to watch as an Indian fan. Don't forget our bowlers. Probably the best bowling unit+bench strength we have ever had in our 84 year history. express bowling 1 Link to comment
gakgupta Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 34 minutes ago, Gollum said: Don't forget our bowlers. Probably the best bowling unit+bench strength we have ever had in our 84 year history. totally agree..... BTW, bowlers win you a test match..... batting may not be as strong as you would like it to be.....but bowling, as a unit, is all time high....... So I have very high hopes of seeing some competitive cricket in RSA.... Moreover, RSA is not as good as it was earlier......crossing my fingers for a fruitful series for india Link to comment
ShebbySB Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Team-A Gambhir Sehwag Dravid Sachin Ganguly VVS MSD(c & Wk) Kumble Harbhajan Zaheer Ishant VS Team-B Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli(c) Rahane Nair Saha(Wk) Ashwin Jadeja Umesh Shami Which team will win a 5 match test series in India? Link to comment
G_B_ Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 It depends team A was mostly old. Team B I think officially Murli is oldest at 32 Sent from my Wileyfox Swift using Tapatalk ShebbySB 1 Link to comment
Sidhoni Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, ShebbySB said: Team-A Gambhir Sehwag Dravid Sachin Ganguly VVS MSD(c & Wk) Kumble Harbhajan Zaheer Ishant VS Team-B Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli(c) Rahane Nair Saha(Wk) Ashwin Jadeja Umesh Shami Which team will win a 5 match test series in India? Ashwin and Jadeja will be toothless against that batting order if pitch isn't a dustbowl. Btw Mishraji will be on the bench for both teams Edited March 29, 2017 by Sidhoni sscomp32 and ShebbySB 2 Link to comment
ShebbySB Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Sidhoni said: Ashwin and Jadeja will be toothless against that batting order if pitch isn't a dustbowl. Btw Mishraji will be on the bench for both teams What do you reckon will be the result in a 5 match series in India? Link to comment
Sidhoni Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, ShebbySB said: What do you reckon will be the result in a 5 match series in India? 5-0 to team A. I can't see team B bowling team A out twice on traditional Indian pitches. sscomp32 1 Link to comment
BCCI Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 7 minutes ago, ShebbySB said: What do you reckon will be the result in a 5 match series in India? Team A will demolish Team B,though Ishant might turn out be a weak link. Link to comment
Gollum Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 4 hours ago, ShebbySB said: Team-A Gambhir Sehwag Dravid Sachin Ganguly VVS MSD(c & Wk) Kumble Harbhajan Zaheer Ishant VS Team-B Vijay Rahul Pujara Kohli(c) Rahane Nair Saha(Wk) Ashwin Jadeja Umesh Shami Which team will win a 5 match test series in India? It will be very close, probably team B will edge it 2-1. Team A bowling attack is mediocre, remember during 2007-10 Kumble was past his prime and Harbhajan too wasn't that good. Team A also lacks the ruthlessness to close out matches like B. express bowling, sscomp32, Shunya and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 29/03/2017 at 4:45 PM, Gollum said: It will be very close, probably team B will edge it 2-1. Team A bowling attack is mediocre, remember during 2007-10 Kumble was past his prime and Harbhajan too wasn't that good. Team A also lacks the ruthlessness to close out matches like B. Bowling is weak, but can't see team A losing 2 matches to spinners in that kind of form. If matches are played on batting friendly pitches, Sehwag, SRT, Laxman will thrash spinners whole day even in India. Dismissing Gambhir and Dravid would also be difficult and Dravid wasn't in best form at that time. I can see Ashwin repeating 150-1, 160-1 on regular basis. Team A wasn't ruthless, but it didn't surrender to overseas spinners twice in a match even on rank turners. I think that team lost only matches during that period and those losses came in pacer friendly conditions against an ATG bowlers Dale Steyn. It could 1-0 in favor of team A, with team B struggling against out of form Kumble and Bhajji on a tuner. Keeping the core same and with few changes: Team A: 1-1 in SA, Team B: 0-1 in SA Team A: 1-0 in NZ, Team B: 0-1 in NZ Team A: 1-2 in Aus, Team B: 0-2 in Aus Team A: 1-1 in SL, Team B: 2-1 in SL Team A: 1-0 in WI, Team B: 2-0 in WI Team A: 1-0 in Eng, Team B: 1-3 in Eng Shunya and sscomp32 2 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 29/03/2017 at 0:05 PM, G_B_ said: It depends team A was mostly old. Team B I think officially Murli is oldest at 32 Sent from my Wileyfox Swift using Tapatalk 2007-10 was the time everyone was at peak. Sehwag had increased his avg to 55 from low 40s in 2010, Gambhir reached career avg of 57 in 2010, SRT increased to 56-57, Laxman had increased his avg from 43 to 47. Only Draviid was on decline a little bit. Compare that to team Vijay: 39 v Sehwag 54 Rahul 44 v Gambhir 56 Pujara 52 v Dravid 53 Kohli 49 v SRT 56 Rahane 46 v Laxman 47 Saha 30 v Dhoni 39 It's not even a contest between these teams on Indian pitches. Those batsman were much superior players of spin bowling. Even Rahane and Laxman may seem closest by numbers, but against spin there is huge gap between them. With team A, it would be like team B bowling to a line up full of Steve Smith from no 1 to no 5. Ruthlessness or attitude won't matter in front of skills of those guys. Sidhoni, sscomp32, Shunya and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Gollum Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, Trichromatic said: Bowling is weak, but can't see team A losing 2 matches to spinners in that kind of form. If matches are played on batting friendly pitches, Sehwag, SRT, Laxman will thrash spinners whole day even in India. Dismissing Gambhir and Dravid would also be difficult and Dravid wasn't in best form at that time. I can see Ashwin repeating 150-1, 160-1 on regular basis. Ashwin is a class bowler, don't let his last few matches where he was carrying an injury misguide you. Even Jaddu is a class act on Indian pitches. That fab4 team also collapsed against spinners like Udal, Mendis, Paul Harris, Panesar etc. They weren't infallible and would have struggled against the mystery spin of Ashwin. Ashwin of 2015 Sri Lanka/2016 NZ would really challenge even Sehwag/SRT/Laxman. Jaddu is a massive upgrade over Harbhajan on Indian pitches. On the bowling front this team is miles ahead of that team. So the match will always rest in the hands of team B. The real question is how would team A pick up 20 wickets against this team whose bottom 5 alone can keep them in the field for a full day? Edited March 31, 2017 by Gollum express bowling 1 Link to comment
deathmonger Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Thing is Team A at that time was at it's peak. Team B is still to hit it's peak. Team B is currently similar to team A in the early 2000s. Link to comment
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