*Official* India Tour of England 2018

[TheJediBrah]

I feel India should now be in a position to win the series than have already lost it. Never mind, this is a series to learn from but still the fact remains.

what?

 

[Starfighter]

That doesn't make any sense.

 

[CricAddict]

That doesn't make any sense.

Yes, it does make sense. India were in a winning position few times in the previous test and then gave it away. So CasMg is just saying a what-if scenario.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This was such a weak English team that can still play decently in their own backyard. They won't win in Australia

Likewise Australia won't win here as they can't bat if the ball moves a bit.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He's a bureaucrat saving his skin, what do you expect? Guy should be sent back into the 80s, would fit right in with the Babu Raj of the time.

Keep saying it you guys need to keep him as coach to save all our ears from bleeding as he would just go straight back to comms.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Speaking of 'what ifs', imagine if India had won a single toss, maybe we'd be all excited for a decider. But yeah, it's very strange. I feel like at a lot of the time India were in fact the better side but England had all the luck and Sam Curran, while India missed their supposed premier bowler and Bumrah for a fair amount and Ashwin was clearly injured. Outside of Asia these sides are pretty even and India have competed. Inside Asia the gap stretches. Ah well, dead rubber to come! At least Cookie might get the 100 he deserves on finale!

 

[TheJediBrah]

Speaking of 'what ifs', imagine if India had won a single toss, maybe we'd be all excited for a decider. But yeah, it's very strange. I feel like at a lot of the time India were in fact the better side but England had all the luck and Sam Curran, while India missed their supposed premier bowler and Bumrah for a fair amount and Ashwin was clearly injured. Outside of Asia these sides are pretty even and India have competed. Inside Asia the gap stretches. Ah well, dead rubber to come! At least Cookie might get the 100 he deserves on finale!

I think you managed to use every losing side cliche whinge in a single post

 

[Spark]

If Ashwin was injured, why play him

 

[CasMcG24]

I think you managed to use every losing side cliche whinge in a single post

I don't feel you have actually read what the gentleman has written... India were the better side and maybe things would be different if India had won the last test and key players free from injury but it is a mosaic of what ifs and all teams can play that card.

Please look up 'cliché' in the OED.

 

[Bolo]

Bumrah and Kumar playing every test would have been interesting. It's not just injuries that need to be considered though. Daft selection policies would have found a way to get it wrong regardless.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I don't feel you have actually read what the gentleman has written... India were the better side and maybe things would be different if India had won the last test and key players free from injury but it is a mosaic of what ifs and all teams can play that card.

Please look up 'cliché' in the OED.

"A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought."

Seems a fair assessment of Moonsorrow's post to me.

 

[Adders]

Speaking of 'what ifs', imagine if India had won a single toss, maybe we'd be all excited for a decider. But yeah, it's very strange. I feel like at a lot of the time India were in fact the better side but England had all the luck and Sam Curran, while India missed their supposed premier bowler and Bumrah for a fair amount and Ashwin was clearly injured. Outside of Asia these sides are pretty even and India have competed. Inside Asia the gap stretches. Ah well, dead rubber to come! At least Cookie might get the 100 he deserves on finale!

Seriously, just ****ing stop you complete and utter muppet.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I don't feel you have actually read what the gentleman has written... India were the better side and maybe things would be different if India had won the last test and key players free from injury but it is a mosaic of what ifs and all teams can play that card.

Please look up 'cliché' in the OED.

How about less "feeling", more thinking, before you post

 

[Starfighter]

If India were the better side, they'd have won.

 

[harsh.ag]

England were definitely the better side, apart from fielding. But India could have won 2 of the 3 games they lost pretty easily, yes.

 

[cnerd123]

England were definitely the better side, apart from fielding. But India could have won 2 of the 3 games they lost pretty easily, yes.

yea it's fair to say that India lost 2 of the Tests by narrow margins, in that it was basically one or two passages of play in each game that ultimately decided the winner. They were competitive, and if they played better in those passages of play they would have won those Tests. Whereas for the one innings loss, they would have to play better in basically every single session to have won that Test, so there is no point mulling on the 'what if' of that.

 

[Borges]

Was it a close series? Yes.
Did the better side win? Yes.

Is Jadeja replacing the overrated Ashwin a medium term solution to India's spin bowling problem? No.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ash had a bad game, let it go guys. He'll come back strong, no need for a witch hunt, India were always at very long odds for this series. What do you expect when you hardly play outside Asia for 2-3 years.

 

[Borges]

It is not just one bad game that he has had. He has generally been poor overseas; even at home he looks mediocre when the conditions are not absolutely to his liking.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

I don't feel you have actually read what the gentleman has written... India were the better side and maybe things would be different if India had won the last test and key players free from injury but it is a mosaic of what ifs and all teams can play that card.

Please look up 'cliché' in the OED.

It’s fine, don’t worry. You’re not allowed to have an opinion on this forum, sticking up for me won’t change that!