*Official* West Indies Tour of India 2018

[OverratedSanity]

Rahane should be dropped if he fails in this test. Been unforgivably bad for far too long now.

 

[Burgey]

He’s a myth. Always has been.

 

[Beamer]

Very impressed with Shannon Gabriel still managing to make batsman look uncomfortable on this pitch. Unfortunately the other bowlers are being exposed and we don't have the metronomic line and length of Holder or the skill of Roach to back him up.

 

[Beamer]

This is much more like it from Keemo and Bishoo. Good discipline. Shame it's when India have piled up nearly 300 at 4 runs per over.

 

[Prince EWS]

Chase has bowled a heap of crap here and still created more half-chances in his seven overs than any of the other bowlers. West Indies will probably regret not picking another specialist spinner; I don't rate Warrican at all but evidently they must to have picked him in the squad ahead of the others I rate higher. I wonder if Kraigg will get a bowl.

 

[Beamer]

Chase has bowled a heap of crap here and still created more half-chances in his seven overs than any of the other bowlers. West Indies will probably regret not picking another specialist spinner; I don't rate Warrican at all but evidently they must to have picked him in the squad ahead of the others I rate higher. I wonder if Kraigg will get a bowl.

I worry about Chase. He's had a very difficult year with both bat and ball at international level. He needs to deliver with the bat here big time. Warrican got picked on the basis that he and Cornwall destroyed England Lions and Rahkeem is too fat. So by process of elimination, and the fact he is Bajan, he got the nod.

 

[Borges]

New ball due in another over. Gabriel needs to make it count, to lift this test out of its somnambulistic state.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Negative rubbish from WI

 

[Borges]

C'mon! Unleash Gabriel with the new ball now.

 

[Beamer]

Negative rubbish from WI

Kraigg is a very negative captain unfortunately. We have seen it at domestic level as well. Why Chase is taking the new ball I have no idea.

 

[Beamer]

Pant looks like he struggles against the short one. Flapping at those hooks. I'd go at him hard with two seamers in the morning.

 

[Singh767]

Hopefully kohli gets a not out to boost his average. And wow at Shaw.

And Nair needs to stop whinging ffs, get over it and start scoring 100s in A matches and in First Class

 

[Shri]

Don't want to be harsh

its ok none of us want to either

 

[weldone]

Holder got the football injury I presume?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Solid innings from Shahenshawwwww.

Feasted on bad bowling. Got set. Built a foundation....and the century

 

[trundler]

Solid innings from Shahenshawwwww.

Feasted on bad bowling. Got set. Built a foundation....and the century

Excellent pun.

 

[weldone]

Came Shaw Conquered

 

[Burner]

He came. He Shaw. He conquered???

 

[vcs]

Quiz - How well do you know India's teenage Test debutants? - ESPNcricinfo

Quite easy, but I'm ashamed I got Sachin wrong here.

 

[Cow Corner]

Pant is a hack. Can't keep, and bats like Suresh Raina. Will be an effective T20 and even ODI player but doesn't have either the temperament or the technique for Test cricket.