*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[TheJediBrah]

I didn't expect it to be this drastic, but it really shows the downside of such an extended home schedule for the batsmen. Australia should be much easier, unless they finally get their act together and prepare sporting fast/bouncy pitches unlike last tour. Classic Aussie roads and India's batsmen will feast.

 

[Borges]

If rahane/rahul/the openers are crap again in the second test, then we need to bring in Shaw and a few other youngsters. Nothing to lose.

The second test is at Lords; there is a reasonable chance that how the batsmen perform there won't tell us too much.
Just he kind of wicket where Dhawan (if he plays) may end up as the top scorer; with Rohit Sharma missing out only because he is not in the squad.

 

[Gnske]

I feel India have the most adaptable side to conditions around the world at this moment, which sounds dumb given what we just saw and given it's India. But who is better right now?

 

[vcs]

I feel India have the most adaptable side to conditions around the world at this moment, which sounds dumb given what we just saw and given it's India. But who is better right now?

Yeah I feel we're the best of a poor lot ATM. I know you don't get any point for losing by close margins but at least the bowlers have stood up in the last 4 games instead of conceding 400+ totals.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I feel India have the most adaptable side to conditions around the world at this moment, which sounds dumb given what we just saw and given it's India. But who is better right now?

New Zealand? Equally bad everywhere

 

[cnerd123]

Australia have a good bowling attack for non-Australian conditions, and they're heavily reliant on 1 batsman too. They're on par with India for most adaptable side IMO.

And Pakistan actually won a Test here, lest we forget.

 

[Borges]

I think Pakistan are a side that can adapt reasonably well to varying conditions.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I feel India have the most adaptable side to conditions around the world at this moment, which sounds dumb given what we just saw and given it's India. But who is better right now?

I would say Pakistan confidently with Younus/Misbah but now probably cant say ahead of India

 

[vcs]

Pakistan weirdly do well in England for some reason but they're dire pretty much everywhere else.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Is Dinesh Karthik staying? I don't think chopping up the batting side at this stage is going to do anybody any favors. Give them a rope long enough to hang onto or hang themselves with, at least until the series is decided.

Definitely feel we have to play both Ashwin and Kuldeep. There's no way England would've got that far, Curran notwithstanding, if we had the spinners working in tandem.

 

[Gnske]

Australia have a good bowling attack for non-Australian conditions, and they're heavily reliant on 1 batsman too. They're on par with India for most adaptable side IMO.

And Pakistan actually won a Test here, lest we forget.

Meaningless though. They bowl like an advertisement for Parkinsons when they're overseas the Australians.

 

[Shri]

Nothing like putting a player on debut in a marquee series in foreign conditions is there

Shaw has played in English youth tournaments as a foreign player in addition to A games there for India.

 

[Shri]

Also, our bowlers have taken 20 wickets away from home 4 tests in a row.

 

[srbhkshk]

Virat's become the #1 test Batsman. I would have thought that this was because of Smith's absence mostly. But he actually has super high rating points.

 

[Shri]

Graph of batsmen who have been #1 in both tests and ODIs:

 

[OverratedSanity]

Highest rating ever for an Indian batsman too. A double in the next test might get him close to the very top.

 

[Shri]

Who the **** is Stackpole?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Graph of batsmen who have been #1 in both tests and ODIs:

Keith Stackpole? Really?! TIL.

 

[Shri]

Richards though, wag. Insane. He held the spot for like a decade, give or take a few years in between.

 

[Pratters]

And to think Richard (forum user) argued against IVA Richards being quality player in tests for time immemorial.