Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
But given the pitch conditions and the second string bowling attack, you have to say India not falling short by 30-40 runs every game, the batting has to take the blame.
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***Official*** India in Australia ODIs 2016
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
The bowling lineup Australia are playing is irrelevant when it comes to defending the score though.
indiaholic
International Captain
Not defending the bowling at all btw.. But I don't see why they should be the only ones to take the blame. The bowling has been rubbish but the batting has been decidedly mediocre.
indiaholic
International Captain
Okay. But if we score about 330 then it makes it a tiny bit easier to defend?
at India's bowlers who think it is a good idea bowling wide to Smith.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yes but why can't these guys just defend 300? Or at least make it a close loss? The last two were easy wins and this one will be too
indiaholic
International Captain
Because our bowling is ****. We agree on that.
What I don't agree on is that our batsmen should not be blamed just because our bowlers are rubbish. The batsmen have been serving up sub par scores and thus are clearly failing to hold up their end of the bargain.
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
296 is not sub par on the MCG. It may be par, but it is most definitely not sub par.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
I think if Australia scored 300 first up, they would struggle to defend it as well with this bowling attack.
The difference is, Australia would likely make about 350 batting first. This is why India's batting is not delivering what they are expected to.
Both bowling attacks are dire.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes against a first choice Australian attack, not the second string side.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
yep, I don't care if your batting line-up "only" scored 300 against a bunch of 18 year olds, once you've got the 300 your bowlers should be able to make it tight.
If the one thing people talk about on this tour is India's inability to accelerate in the last 20 overs then Indian cricket isn't going to get anywhere.
Spark
Global Moderator
Yeah, as I said in my edit, hardly any indication thus far that even if they put on 330 as suggested, that wouldn't be chased down either.
dermo
International Vice-Captain
I'll be the first to say this australian attack isn't our best but it's streets ahead of this indian attack.
Faulkner and Hastings were good at the death
Spark
Global Moderator
This fielding, **** me.
The Aus attack isn't great, but it's well-drilled. You can rely on them to at least stick vaguely to a plan.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
some very rishi-washy bowling going on here