*Official* India Tour of Australia 2018/19

[morgieb]

Wasim Jaffer

He's been gunning it this season too.

 

[Tangles]

The Aussie spinners are taking a hammering this match lol.

India’s 2 spinners selection looking dodgy.

 

[morgieb]

this is more what finger spinners (and part-timers) should expect in australia tbh. adelaide and perth were outliers

Never thought I'd see the day where Perth is better for spin than Sydney. Almost should be a crime.

 

[Spark]

Never thought I'd see the day where Perth is better for spin than Sydney. Almost should be a crime.

sydney has been **** for spinners for a while now

 

[morgieb]

sydney has been **** for spinners for a while now

Well tbf in 2 of the last 3 Tests we've played there we've still picked two spinners. But yes, it's not a great spinning pitch.

But the WACA's always been a spinners graveyard.

 

[h_hurricane]

So if Marnus has figures of 0/150 off 20 overs, but scores 50 in one of his two innings, who is the better allrounder - him or Mitch?

And is it too early to start calling him 'Marshnus'?

Mitch. He would have returned 70/0 off 20. 80 runs are too monstrous for Marnus to compensate.

 

[Burgey]

steve smith bowled better pies than this bloke

Landed them so much better in the uae

 

[h_hurricane]

India’s 2 spinners selection looking dodgy.

Yeah, Also with Jadeja and Kuldeep we are likely to bowl more than 90 overs in a day giving Aus more time to force a result.

 

[Shri]

This will end at2-1 at best for au

 

[Arachnodouche]

Yeah, Also with Jadeja and Kuldeep we are likely to bowl more than 90 overs in a day giving Aus more time to force a result.

What result? does this Australia outfit look in any shape to be "forcing" results?

 

[h_hurricane]

What result? does this Australia outfit look in any shape to be "forcing" results?

They ain't. Unless some batting collapse happens. But bowling more than 90 overs is the last thing India should be doing. Hope it does not happen.

 

[silentstriker]

India’s 2 spinners selection looking dodgy.

Two spin bowlers is always dodgy unless you have Warne and MacGill in your lineup, or you're getting a "special" Mumbai pitch. Even in the subcontinent, I'd mostly go for a full time spinner + a good part timer rather than two frontline spinners most of the time.

 

[trundler]

Fantastic from Vihari.

 

[Burgey]

Been a good little knock by Vihari.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Two spin bowlers is always dodgy unless you have Warne and MacGill in your lineup, or you're getting a "special" Mumbai pitch. Even in the subcontinent, I'd mostly go for a full time spinner + a good part timer rather than two frontline spinners most of the time.

But you also have to remember this is the bottom end of a longish series and the seamers have done all the work to get us this far. I'd rather have a fresh Kuldeep and Jadeja over an Ishant who might've been running on empty. I'm biased towards Kuldeep, but I can see him confusing an already confused Aussie batting unit.

 

[OverratedSanity]

But you also have to remember this is the bottom end of a longish series and the seamers have done all the work to get us this far. I'd rather have a fresh Kuldeep and Jadeja over an Ishant who might've been running on empty. I'm biased towards Kuldeep, but I can see him confusing an already confused Aussie batting unit.

Bhuvi and Umesh were available though

 

[trundler]

Come on, golden boy.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Great little knock by Vihari here. Not letting anything loose go. Will have done an excellent job if he can get to stumps.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Bhuvi and Umesh were available though

Bhuvi's been hard done by. no question. However I'm coming to accept Umesh as a subcontinent-only sort of bowler. He had his chance here and pretty much **** the bed.

 

[halba]

Been a good little knock by Vihari.

he's under no pressure anymore, this bowling attack is pretty useless since ball 1 adelaide.