*Official* West Indies Tour of India 2018

[flibbertyjibber]

So is Jadeja going to get there?

WI will probably fold for about 250.

 

[vcs]

I hope he does. Won't get a better opportunity. Home ground for him as well, so it would be nice.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Are we finally getting the long awaited century sword dance today?

 

[Burgey]

Braithwaite a balding Carl Hooper look a like

 

[Burgey]

Are we finally getting the long awaited century sword dance today?

You’d be too embarrassed to do it wouldn’t you?

 

[Burgey]

LOL wasn’t that just quality cricket all round? Half tracker, leading edge, dropped catch.

 

[Prince EWS]

This alternate bowling action Kraigg has when he tries to bowl quicker and flatter is some of the filthiest stuff I've ever seen. Off a medium pace run up but with a closed offies's grip and a knuckle-dragging release. Genuine ew.

 

[weldone]

...Either you or I can eat our words after 10 years, but my prediction is that Pant will be in consideration for the ATG India XI when he retires.

Pant has been practising hard for a few weeks at the NCA (with Kiran More in attendance, I think).
If it is just an issue of poor coaching when he was young, he would have ironed out a few flaws by now, and we should be able to see an improvement in his keeping in this test.

O yes, I am not saying that he can't improve in coming months and years (just making sure that I don't have to eat my words ).

All I am saying is that the keeping we saw in England was not FC-level, let alone test-level. The difference between Saha's keeping and Pant's keeping is the same as the difference between Jadeja's fielding and Ashwin's fielding - but keep in mind that bad keeping impacts matches way more than bad fielding.

 

[Prince EWS]

Jadeja deserves a ton here for the way he's slowly found a way to get his batting to work at this level. Much improvement the last couple of years after the initial disappointment.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Going to get stranded here isn't he

 

[weldone]

Jadeja deserves a ton here for the way he's slowly found a way to get his batting to work at this level. Much improvement the last couple of years after the initial disappointment.

True. Is Ashwin's batting going the other way?

 

[CricAddict]

Yessssssssssssssssssss!

 

[CricAddict]

Finally, my star Sir Jadeja gets a much deserved and due century!! Did not post so far, since the last two times I posted on expecting Shaw's double and Pant's century, they got out the next ball.

 

[Starfighter]

There it is.

Every time Braithwaite bowls I wonder how he got his 6/29. He barely even spins the ball.

 

[OverratedSanity]

So good. His batting has been very good over the last two years.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He deserves that, been close a few times so about time he got it. Now to get his bowling boots on.

 

[Prince EWS]

There it is.

Every time Braithwaite bowls I wonder how he got his 6/29. He barely even spins the ball.

What he bowled in this spell is a little bit different from his 'normal' bowling, but yeah even that doesn't have much on it.

 

[cnerd123]

Jaddu!!

 

[Prince EWS]

Oh, I'm sure Jaddu will do fine. It is definitely a road as far as WI bowlers are concerned though, nothing in it for them.

Basically, it's the exact type of pitch that will bring out the gulf between the sides. India winning the toss and batting first makes it worse as it will have deteriorated a bit by the time WI bat.

Haha yep, it's exactly what I suggested a partisan should prepare before the series:

If I was a partisan groundsman for this series I'd prepare slow flat ones, I think. Like the last home series against England.

The West Indies have some talented batsmen but most of them don't have the ruthless professionalism or body or work behind them needed to consistently post 450+ in the first innings. Turning it into a game where being talented and/or technically adept enough to score 60 against threatening bowlers is a big contribution would only play into their hands by bringing players like Hetmyer, Chase and Holder right into the game, and also not testing the fitness of bowlers like Roach and Gabriel over a long first innings.

 

[vcs]

Jadeja's batting average is 33 and bowling average is 23 now.

Getting into proper allrounder territory.