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*Official* India Tour of England 2018

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Arachnodouche

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Has there been another bat since Matty Hayden who's used the sweep to negate the rough/turn effectively? Seems like an art lost for our Indian batsmen. Don't use their feet, don't sweep. Leaves you with just the defensive prod forward.
 
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Arachnodouche said:
Has there been another bat since Matty Hayden who's used the sweep to negate the rough/turn effectively? Seems like an art lost for our Indian batsmen. Don't use their feet, don't sweep. Leaves you with just the defensive prod forward.
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Younis Khan was probably the best I've ever seen at doing this.

Indian batsmen even from previous generations didn't sweep as much. Ganguly did but even he preferred to use his feet instead of using the sweep a lot ala Hayden/Younis.
 
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Just saw the replay of the DRS posted on Reddit. I can see how he thought there was bat given he rushed through watching it. I didn't look like bat to me in real time, and when slowed down you see Kohlis bat turn just as the ball passes it, and the ball's seam deviate sharply as it passed the bat to hit the pad. But the ball's seam was spinning in a scrambled manner as soon as it bounced anyways, and the murmurs on snicko started when the toe of Kohli's bat touched the pad, and only intensified after the point where the ball passes the bat.

It's a weird one where the slow mo + snicko is actually less clear than just seeing it in real time, and you need to rewatch it a few times to figure out what's happening. As mentioned, seems Jeff Wilson rushed it a bit.

but I'd agree that there is enough doubt in it to not overturn the on field call. Just because the snicko lines from toe of bat hitting pad would drown out any faint edge that snicko would have picked up otherwise. Anyone have link to that offside angle that apparently shows a clear gap between bat and ball?
 
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That stride he got really was ridiculous. The way he handled Moeen in 2016 in that Oval knock was amazing to watch and makes me sad watching these muppets in the Indian team. All those sweeps and from time to time he'd jump out and disdainfully deposit one 20 rows back.
 
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CricInfo Gambhiring hard as hell now. These two still need another 70-80 minimum. Would be one of the greatest partnerships of all-time if they pulled it off.
 
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All 4th innings runchases have a moment where it looks like the chasing team might do it, and then a wicket falls and everything falls apart

We're in that moment right now
 
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morgieb said:
CricInfo Gambhiring hard as hell now. These two still need another 70-80 minimum. Would be one of the greatest partnerships of all-time if they pulled it off.
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In India, I'd be tempted to agree - we have a good tail there.

Here? If we are to win, and Kohli and Rahane get another 130 out of the 137 required to win and both get out, I still think we wouldn't make it.
 
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