*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Gnske]

That's how you use the new ball you lanky ****er

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lol, and it begins.

 

[Burgey]

Lol Rahul. That’s why you don’t sledge when you open up batting last, son.

 

[Spark]

think he'll have a lot of time on his hands over the next few weeks

 

[silentstriker]

Perfect. Please go straight from the middle right to the airport back to Mumbai.

 

[morgieb]

Oof, that nipped back!

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Nice stuff, swinging back at pace. On ya bike KL Rahul

 

[Burgey]

Soooo much carry. I think our blokes are a tad fired up tbh.

 

[Spark]

How does Pujara play in a situation like this? It's unfair to expect him to change his game but I can't help thinking his usual stoic self is going to cost us wickets in a chasing situation.

these sorts of questions are exactly what makes chasing hard. it's simply hard to know what to do, and the indecision unquestionably leads to batsmen making mistakes they usually wouldn't.

 

[ankitj]

Man, KL Rahul was supposed to be the next big thing. What a useless tool he is looking like right now.

 

[Spark]

https://twitter.com/KathLoughnanFOX/status/1074554252612186112

 

[OverratedSanity]

these sorts of questions are exactly what makes chasing hard. it's simply hard to know what to do, and the indecision unquestionably leads to batsmen making mistakes they usually wouldn't.

I usually dont agree with "play your natural game" except in situations like these where it keeps your mind uncluttered.

 

[vcs]

LOL

This is going to be the usual fourth innings failure story for India. Nice to see us give up 40 runs for the 10th wicket too.

 

[anaksr]

ffs send Rahul back to India to play some Ranjee matches. He's totally lost it.

 

[Burgey]

Pujara will have to play normally. There's a fair bit of time in the game, and I don't know that him trying to play differently will do anything more than lead to him getting out anyway.

Don't want to see any half volleys in this dig from our fellas. Fullish, sure. But not the half volleys they gave custard nuts in the first dig.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Man, it must take some ticker to stand out there in the middle, big quickie bowling missiles, huge stands in the foreground, wind if there's any threatening to blow you over. Professional or not, it's a miracle the mind doesn't just freeze to stone.

 

[Spark]

jesus, what the **** is that

 

[Burgey]

Yikes. Don't turn around ffs

 

[OverratedSanity]

If that had taken off like that from a straighter line, Vijay's head might've bounced all the way to the fence.

 

[Burgey]

I usually dont agree with "play your natural game" except in situations like these where it keeps your mind uncluttered.

His game is pretty well suited to this anyway tbh. Plays late and straight, blokes can bat around him once he gets in. There's heaps of time in the game, though it will take something special, and no small amount of luck to get there.