*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[Daemon]

Ashwin's 20s are invaluable. Jadeja is a bit hit and miss in that regard.

Bowling wise it's hard to pick Ashwin over Jadeja, as well as he did in the first test.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I have more faith in Jadeja the batsman too tbh. Been much better than Ashwin with the bat recently and has shown the ability to bat properly instead of just jamming 40s.

 

[Kilowatt]

He averaged 55 for the year before this Test.

 

[cnerd123]

Awesome win. The bowlers basically get the whole day to recover as well.

I'd keep an unchanged XI for Sydney. At most drop Rohit for Ashwin if a second spinner is necessary.

 

[vcs]

Yep, Jaddu should definitely have moved ahead of Ashwin in the pecking order by now. Feel like Ashwin has superior talent, but he's stopped producing those miracle spells which we'd come to expect of him around the last time when England toured us. He was magnificent and quite instrumental in getting us to that No. 1 spot.

 

[trundler]

Third worst yearly average for Australian batsman post war, after 1956 (horrid pitch doctoring in England and first tour of SC) and 1978 (WSC).

 

[Victor Ian]

I know the batting doesn't compare to a couple of sides that have been here, but overall, considering the superior bowling, is this the best Indian side to tour here?

 

[vicleggie]

Our tail is bad enough without Kuldeep in it. Can't drop jaddu,hes been very good.

If Ashwin is fit, **** Jaddu

 

[vicleggie]

I know the batting doesn't compare to a couple of sides that have been here, but overall, considering the superior bowling, is this the best Indian side to tour here?

An Australian friend said to me in about 04, "India are a team of talents, not a talented team".

I would say this is the most talented Indian team I have seen. Individual talents may not add up to past, but as a squad they are brilliant

 

[Furball]

Third worst yearly average for Australian batsman post war, after 1956 (horrid pitch doctoring in England and first tour of SC) and 1978 (WSC).

I find that hard to believe to be honest.

Australia's batting has been pants for years.

 

[social]

I find that hard to believe to be honest.

Australia's batting has been pants for years.

Helps when Smith averages 60 & Warner nearly 50

 

[Spark]

I find that hard to believe to be honest.

Australia's batting has been pants for years.

It's been fine at home, at least statistically. Recall Voges and Marsh making squillions against the might of WI et al

 

[ankitj]

Yeah waht's your problem with Jadeja? Ashwin has proven he cannot operate as a lone spinner without getting injured/crapping the pants in the second innings. He should never be picked again for that role ever and never if it comes down to him vs Jadeja who has already proven to be a superior spinner at home and even with the limited sample size, a superior spinner overseas. Looking at the amount of wickets Lyon got in the first 2 matches, Jadeja would have likely had 2 Ten-fors with 4 fifers in this series had he not been so criminally under--rated by the ******s United.

Yeah, fair enough. I have been mad at Ashwin after the 3rd test in England. But he did well enough in Adelaide. One reason to prefer him over Jadeja would be the number of left handers in the team. I actually don't have a clear preference between those 2. I do want Kuldeep to get a game in Australia however. Experience can be very helpful for him.

 

[ankitj]

Kohli sits back and listens as bowlers dictate terms - ESPNcricinfo

Like some of these cricinfo articles that speak to the psyche of Indian fans. Clearly the site is run by Indian fans who grew up on 90s cricket.

 

[vicleggie]

Are Aus seriously not considering Stephen O'Keefe because of the likely response from SJWs?

 

[Gnske]

There won't be enough full-strength booze in the stadium to sustain him

 

[Biryani Pillow]

Third worst yearly average for Australian batsman post war, after 1956 (horrid pitch doctoring in England and first tour of SC) and 1978 (WSC).

BIB Standard whinging by Australians.

It was a wet summer........

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wasnt the 19-fer pitch a complete dustbowl? I think it's pretty well known that the curator was asked by the England chairman to prepare one

 

[Hicheal Michael]

I followed most of this test and didn't even realise Rohit was playing until someone mentioned dropping him lol.

 

[mr_mister]

It was a super crappy batting line up too. Ian Craig averaged 19 in tests and was meant to be one our batting stars of the era