Yeah, just collectively as a unit they're just been really soft. This attack is really good but it's nowhere near unplayable and the Indian batsmen just haven't shown anywhere near enough application as a group. So many ********* dismissals.
1 big hundred in 4 innings is usually what you expect from a world class batsman against a great attack tbh. He's looked mostly untroubled, generally got out to good bowling and has converted one of his starts into a huge ton. He's not been Steve Smith but under most other standards I think it qualifies as very good,so far.
You saw the ball he devilish ball he got yesterday... no batsman would have survived.
Right, that's what you expect. That makes it a sort of middling series for him IMO.
Exactly, even Smith may not have got a ton in the 4 innings in these low scoring conditions.
No one is going to win/draw a series in unfamiliar conditions on the back of one or two outstanding individuals carrying their team through a series. It's got to be a team effort. You can drag your team to a win at home, away, it's simply not gonna happen.
Lol no. Easily could've won this if Kohli'd had some support in the first innings. Even a 50 run lead could've been match-winnning at that stage.
Indeed
Yep. Would be a bit like saying Cook had a very good Ashes.
Yeah, people seem to be under the impression I'm saying he hasn't had a good series. He clearly has had a good series, but not a special one by his standards. He personally would have expected more from himself.
50 runt lead = target of 237. We are 127/7. "Match-winning"
Not that simple tbf.
The same performance would have been seen in a better light if a couple of other batsmen had also had middling series and India were level. Now, it's like, why can't this **** score runs in the 2nd innings as well when he had a relatively chaseable score on both occasions? While everyone else is quietly averaging 20 and getting away with it.
I know. Bored.
