***Official*** India in South Africa 2017/18

[Daemon]

Vijay's been to SA twice, he'll be fine. Dhawan will get worked over.

Rough on Rahul as well because he was really good in the Aus series and stood up in the first test when most failed.

 

[Bahseph]

Doesn't sound right to me. I'd definitely go Vijay -Rahul in overseas Tests. Dhawan is too much of a stroke maker at times.

 

[NUFAN]

With Pujara at 3, having a stroke maker like Dhawan opening is a positive. Nothing against Rahul, he is the most qualified reserve batsman in world cricket.

 

[Daemon]

With Pujara at 3, having a stroke maker like Dhawan opening is a positive. Nothing against Rahul, he is the most qualified reserve batsman in world cricket.

If you believe some people then it's Maxwell

 

[CricAddict]

If you believe some people then it's Maxwell

And Kusal Mendis.

 

[cnerd123]

Plus Dhawan gives us that left/right combo up top.

 

[Prince EWS]

Apparently Ashwin has been working really hard on his leggies, to the point of bowling a spell consistently entirely of leggies and wronguns in a VAT Trophy match last week.

I've seen him bowl a couple of leggies before, but seeing him take it quite so seriously is getting a bit strange now. I fully expect him to bowl a bunch of them (as variation balls, rather than entire overs) against South Africa now.

 

[Daemon]

Well that's concerning

 

[OverratedSanity]

Haha that's awful if he's actually going to try and do that. Reeks of desperation.

 

[vcs]

Yes, very concerning. Work on putting some more body into your offbreaks, FFS.

 

[weldone]

Apparently Ashwin has been working really hard on his leggies, to the point of bowling a spell consistently entirely of leggies and wronguns in a VAT Trophy match last week.

I've seen him bowl a couple of leggies before, but seeing him take it quite so seriously is getting a bit strange now. I fully expect him to bowl a bunch of them (as variation balls, rather than entire overs) against South Africa now.

To add some more context to this:
In a recent interview Kohli said that outside subcontinent if only one spinner plays in the team and we have a choice between a good off-spinner and a good left-arm orthodox bowler then decision maybe taken based on how many left-handers the opposition batting lineup has.

 

[Burner]

In b4 Ashwin 1 for 140

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yeah, Ashwin go ahead. ...it's not like you're gnna suck in SA.

If you're afraid, you can pull a 'Shakib'

 

[Tec15]

Shakib has 2 fivefers in South Africa, while Ashwin has yet to take even a wicket there (conceded 108 runs). Pulling a Shakib seems to be well beyond him.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shakib has 2 fivefers in South Africa, while Ashwin has yet to take even a wicket there (conceded 108 runs). Pulling a Shakib seems to be well beyond him.

You missed the essence of my post there.

Pulling a Shakib is a recent thing.

 

[weldone]

R Ashwin, now a legspinner too? - ESPNcricinfo

There you go

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

^^ a clickbait article for Crackinfo get more views.

#pathetic

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ashwin told him he had been working on something for close to two years, and asked if Kedar could help him with it. Kedar remembers it was legspin Ashwin had been after and not just a legbreak. He wanted to go the distance: sidespin, overspin, googly, flipper.

Fmd, I doubt even Ashwin has enough brain capacity to pull this off without his nerve endings exploding.

 

[Burner]

This series just keeps on getting spicier.. I have my money on Ashwin's leggies getting a tour of the ground, but at the same time I am a bit excited to see how he goes about it however it unfolds.

 

[Chrish]

One of the main criticism of Kohli is that he usually goes missing in tough conditions. But in hypothetical scenario, if he were to have a godly series in SA like one of the recent home series against SL or England, then will it completely reduce the gap between him and Smith?

Because there are certain qualities that are unique only to Kohli; like scoring big hundreds and if he does that in SA, then I don't think he will have anything to prove for the time being.