*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[cnerd123]

Bhuvi doesn't have much of a big hitting game either

Actually he could have batted above Hardik

 

[trundler]

Well in my defense I've just gotten back into watching cricket after a long time. My lasting memory of Steve Smith is him bowling 2 full tosses per over.

 

[cnerd123]

He's trying so hard

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Waiting for the Dhoni boos again

 

[Pratters]

28 off 53. Looking like another classic Gavaskar inning.

 

[Jack1]

Bhuvi doesn't have much of a big hitting game either

Actually he could have batted above Hardik

I was surprised Raina didn’t come in at 5. Hardik did fine, run a ball 21.

 

[cnerd123]

Dhoni 28(50).

Pretty sure there is a rule against simply posting the score in here - we're all watching the game, we're aware of the score. I've seen posters who just post score updates throughout the game in the thread get warned for spamming

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Batting with the tail is hard for an elder statesman like Dhoni...seems to be his bane

 

[Jack1]

Dhoni stat padding his average again. Let’s see how many he wants before he tees off with the tail in and series in jeopardy. Little does he know all
This does is reverse stat pad his strike rate . He clearly doesn’t understand mathematics and strike rate side of limited overs.

 

[Daemon]

Pretty sure there is a rule against simply posting the score in here - we're all watching the game, we're aware of the score. I've seen posters who just post score updates throughout the game in the thread get warned for spamming

It's better than the alternative..

 

[Borges]

Dhoni is really struggling here; this is a sorry sight.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Finally breaks the shackles

 

[trundler]

There's no malicious intent here. He's just not good anymore.

 

[cnerd123]

I was surprised Raina didn’t come in at 5. Hardik did fine, run a ball 21.

Run a ball 20 somethings aren't fine from the top 7. Its neither here nor there. Karthik and Pandya got starts but didn't carry on.

What Jadhav did so well during his run was score 40/50s from down the order - get a start and then kick on in the last 10. We need that.

 

[Jack1]

Partnership 12 runs off 4.3 overs so far.

Hell of a rebuild at this stage of the innings

 

[Singh767]

Dhoni stat padding his average again. Let’s see how many he wants before he tees off with the tail in and series in jeopardy. Little does he know all
This does is reverse stat pad his strike rate . He clearly doesn’t understand mathematics and strike rate side of limited overs.

You don't actually believe he is padding his average do you? He's just one of many great batsman (great in ODIs) who has just played on for too long. Look how grey they guy is ffs.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'm always all for trying to ensure the team bats 50 overs but 8 runs in 4 overs is just woeful. I don't buy that Dhoni doesn't know that he's not good enough to b in the team. He's not that deluded.

And no a few jammy boundaries here won't change that.

 

[91Jmay]

Eh, I agree that Dhoni massively struggles to find another gear at this point but his innings today actually hasn't been bad. It's not a road and 250-260 will be defendable if they bowl really well.

 

[Jack1]

Run a ball 20 somethings aren't fine from the top 7. Its neither here nor there. Karthik and Pandya got starts but didn't carry on.

What Jadhav did so well during his run was score 40/50s from down the order - get a start and then kick on in the last 10. We need that.

It’s fine at 7. Pandya actually has pretty good career stats with the bat in Odis .

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Partnership 12 runs off 4.3 overs so far.

Hell of a rebuild at this stage of the innings

Reminds me of Buttler and Woakes in Aus or Root and Willey in the last game.