***Official*** India in Australia 2014-5

[anil1405]

This is not good from Kohli. Karn should be bowling bulk of the overs here.

 

[viriya]

He's getting Sharma to bowl leg side to stem the run flow.. not a bad strat imo.. very little chance of bowling Aus out.. better to delay them getting to a 350 lead..

 

[Adders]

rohit making a habit of having a dig at players who are far better than he is

Interesting........how should that work? Should they go by the ICC rankings and you only sledge/confront players ranked below you? And if someone higher on the list has a pop at you, you just stand there and get butt ****ed?

 

[viriya]

I don't get all this Rohit hate.. Smith isn't far better than him.. Rohit just hasn't played to his potential in Test cricket yet.

 

[duffer]

Probably asking him why he doesn't ask for a review if he really thinks its out.

Heh.

 

[dfrinku]

That's the second heel turn. This one will be Corporate TPC. Learn your history mate.

Ahh, so we're waiting for the "Die, TPC! Die"

 

[CricAddict]

Manjrekar: I don't agree Wasim, that players who play tests can adapt to T20s and ODIs easily .I would've struggled to play t20
Wasim : I meant those who have good technique can adapt

Such a comprehensive burn

I too do not agree on that. Some good players struggle to accelerate in ODIs, leave alone T20..

 

[anil1405]

There you go....this is what happens when you bowl your prime spinner instead of a part timer.

 

[Stapel]

honestly smith has no reason to run his mouth while rohit is talking to the ump..

I'm not so sure about that.
I can see why a bit of banter is supposed to go from fielders to batsmen, as the purpose is trying to break concentration. Generally, batsmen getting involved in sledging or discussions are signs of sillyness, as they only are drawn out of their concentration. But that doesn't mean batsmen should always be quiet. In rare occasions, can see the point of getting under the skin of a bowler in a verbal way. And about the only situation to do so, is when a desperate bowler makes a ridiculous appeal.

 

[viriya]

More like this is what happens when you try switch hitting every other ball..

 

[viriya]

I'm not so sure about that.
I can see why a bit of banter is supposed to go from fielders to batsmen, as the purpose is trying to break concentration. Generally, batsmen getting involved in sledging or discussions are signs of sillyness, as they only are drawn out of their concentration. But that doesn't mean batsmen should always be quiet. In rare occasions, can see the point of getting under the skin of a bowler in a verbal way. And about the only situation to do so, is when a desperate bowler makes a ridiculous appeal.

That's all well and good but he has to expect it to escalate when Rohit is just talking to the ump and he chirps.. If the roles were reversed and Kohli was batting all the close-in fielders would get stuck in too.. banter shouldn't stop play and make umps try to settle things down.. that was kind of ridiculous.

 

[Gnske]

More like this is what happens when you try switch hitting every other ball..

This is what happens when the bowling is so toothless that you can take the piss

 

[Stapel]

That's all well and good but he has to expect it to escalate when Rohit is just talking to the ump and he chirps.. If the roles were reversed and Kohli was batting all the close-in fielders would get stuck in too.. banter shouldn't stop play and make umps try to settle things down.. that was kind of ridiculous.

God point, I think.
I agree that a common sense boundary on banter is indeed that it shouldn't stop or slow down the game.

 

[Gnske]

TPC is literally too good for these scrubs

 

[Spark]

that was the shot mark waugh was trying to play

 

[Antihippy]

Damn, looked like he had so much time for that reverse pull.

 

[uvelocity]

oh man that tpc left handed pull shot :fapfapfap:

 

[uvelocity]

kohli was carrying on like the numbnut he is when warner got bowled

 

[uvelocity]

Well, Aswin was probably left out because his away record isn't great and he toured here last time and was better with the bat than the ball. This bloke they've picked hasn't done a great deal but I really don't know why people think Ashwin would have got a lot of wickets. He most likely wouldn't have, based on his own performances and the record of visiting spinners.

And if you're picking your frontline spinner because you hope he will get runs at eight, you're doing it wrong.

Wrong being the way Australia does things when it tours the subcontinent.

ashwins away press conference record is pretty good tbh

 

[uvelocity]

booo0000000m