*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[cnerd123]

Tbf we're just getting owned by really good bowling. Hard to feel bad about that. It's not like any other batting lineup ATM would play this quality of bowling much better.

 

[vcs]

Great bowling but it's not raining thunderbolts from the heavens. India are just not good enough to deal with this TBH. They've talked plenty about wanting to do well abroad but can't back it up.

 

[OverratedSanity]

What a spell from Woakes. He's bowled 3-4 unplayable balls every over.

 

[SeamUp]

Geeez Pandya pumped his chest out in SA and backed himself.

That was some pathetic fishing from him.

 

[91Jmay]

Best i've seen Woakes bowl in Test matches. Just relentless.

 

[ankitj]

Great bowling but it's not raining thunderbolts from the heavens. India are just not good enough to deal with this TBH. They've talked plenty about wanting to do well abroad but can't back it up.

Talk is all you get with Ravi Shastri. Such an embarrassing human being.

 

[Cow Corner]

Tbf we're just getting owned by really good bowling. Hard to feel bad about that. It's not like any other batting lineup ATM would play this quality of bowling much better.

That's because all batting line ups now suck. Compare this vs say 2003-2010 across the world...when Australia, India, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka even and also Pakistan had pretty good batting line ups relative to anything going around right now. Around that time there was all the talk about poor quality of bowling and every team had 2-3 guys averaging above 50 with the bat. Now Test cricket has actually changed dramatically in favour of the bowlers...mostly due to bad batting to be honest.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Oh dear

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is pretty funny tbh. Atleast we got past 60.

 

[91Jmay]

Ok this is abysmal.

 

[ankitj]

I have just switched over to enjoying English pace bowling :sad:

Bhuvi is not in xi just when he could have been a beast.

 

[SeamUp]

That's because all batting line ups now suck. Compare this vs say 2003-2010 across the world...when Australia, India, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka even and also Pakistan had pretty good batting line ups relative to anything going around right now. Around that time there was all the talk about poor quality of bowling and every team had 2-3 guys averaging above 50 with the bat. Now Test cricket has actually changed dramatically in favour of the bowlers...mostly due to bad batting to be honest.

Truth.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Atleast we got past 60.

Never in doubt

 

[cnerd123]

Great bowling but it's not raining thunderbolts from the heavens. India are just not good enough to deal with this TBH. They've talked plenty about wanting to do well abroad but can't back it up.

What lineup going around would fare better than India have so far?

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Ashwin delivers again

 

[vcs]

You have to deal with these spells if you want to get results abroad. They'll do well when the home cycle comes around and all will be forgotten.

I'm in a grumpy, cynical mood today.

 

[OverratedSanity]

What lineup going around would fare better than India have so far?

Pakistan did ok when they toured recently tbh. Rgardless I don't know what your point is. This is rubbish, plain and simple.

 

[vcs]

What lineup going around would fare better than India have so far?

No, everyone sucks in unfamiliar conditions right now. I guess I should just have not got my hopes up for this series.

 

[Groundking]

Best i've seen Woakes bowl in Test matches. Just relentless.

Yeah I agree, if he can get back to where he was that summer he averaged sub 20 it would be huge for the side with Broad and Anderson getting on.

Savage swing from Curran there, how do you even play that?

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Harbhajan in. Just perfect