Haha, of course, our lucky ground!But on the bright side we get to go to Perth next.
You have been more competitive but realistically neither side is good enough yet to win an away Ashes series.At least we won two matches last time around.
Ok.Isn't that true of all nations - Aus has won a single match vs India and lost or drawn every away/neutral match in Asia outside Bangladesh, England have won 0, SA have won 1, NZ (of all teams) have won 2. Even against Bangladesh these teams could not win and drew their series (SA at least had rain interruptions although they conceded a lead, Aus/Eng lost matches). Not to mention the fact that they keep losing home matches/series to each other (and England to everyone).
India is the only team to have won series against ALL teams in their last series in India. So India has a home record rivaling the greatest teams of all time (20-1 since the 2012 England defeat) and an away record which although not very good is still better than others means India is definitely the no 1 team and the best team.
As far as playing against the second best subcontinent team there are political reasons for that and considering the fact that the same SL team we just whitewashed away and are beating now just whitewashed Pakistan in their fortress is there any doubt where we stand in regards to that Pakistan team. People might say Misbah/Younis etc but they have retired and we are talking of now.
Being no 1 means being better than the others, doesn't mean being an 80s Windies or a 00's Australia.
If India do well in the next two years it does not cement India as the best team currently (which it already is) but one of the best teams of all time.
Can you GTFO of this tour threadIsn't that true of all nations - Aus has won a single match vs India and lost or drawn every away/neutral match in Asia outside Bangladesh, England have won 0, SA have won 1, NZ (of all teams) have won 2. Even against Bangladesh these teams could not win and drew their series (SA at least had rain interruptions although they conceded a lead, Aus/Eng lost matches). Not to mention the fact that they keep losing home matches/series to each other (and England to everyone).
India is the only team to have won series against ALL teams in their last series in India. So India has a home record rivaling the greatest teams of all time (20-1 since the 2012 England defeat) and an away record which although not very good is still better than others means India is definitely the no 1 team and the best team.
As far as playing against the second best subcontinent team there are political reasons for that and considering the fact that the same SL team we just whitewashed away and are beating now just whitewashed Pakistan in their fortress is there any doubt where we stand in regards to that Pakistan team. People might say Misbah/Younis etc but they have retired and we are talking of now.
Being no 1 means being better than the others, doesn't mean being an 80s Windies or a 00's Australia.
If India do well in the next two years it does not cement India as the best team currently (which it already is) but one of the best teams of all time.
don't be racistCan you GTFO of this tour thread
Current batting approach will help. More cautious.I wonder what kind of approach we will take when the Ashes are in England again. I hope we do some serious preparation because these one sided series are kinda lame