***Official*** India in New Zealand 2020

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Shaw

 

[harsh.ag]

Shaw and Boult looking gooooood

 

[silentstriker]

Why do you think that? Toss results don't seem to affect India's results much at home.

Over the long term - right now they tend to roll everyone regardless.

 

[harsh.ag]

Watson-esque review

 

[weldone]

Uh I haven't yet fixed the tv at the new home. Gonna miss watching a fab Shawntury today I feel

 

[rparikh14]

To somebody watching: is Shaw really middling the ball?

 

[Gnske]

Shaw is playing like a Japanese Colonel leading a banzai charge who doesn't see the GI with the flamethrower up ahead.

 

[CharlesLara]

To somebody watching: is Shaw really middling the ball?

yep, deck looks worse than its playing., and he's putting anything fractionally off away.

 

[weldone]

Shaw is playing like a Japanese Colonel leading a banzai charge who doesn't see the GI with the flamethrower up ahead.

inject some kind of video into my vein...missing the action

 

[harsh.ag]

inject some kind of video into my vein...missing the action

Hotstar app on phone?

 

[weldone]

PEWS can suck it for suggesting dropping Shaw for opening with ****ing Vihari, lol really? ****ing Vihari for Shaw opening in NZ? That'd be such a Azharuddin 90s move.

 

[Nintendo]

Shaw has looked gold today so far but can he please stop playing at balls outside his stump? I've seen 2 balls he's edged doing that and was extremely lucky didn't carry to slip.

 

[harsh.ag]

Bad leave by Pujara but should be saved by the height

 

[harsh.ag]

NZ reciprocating Mayank's review

 

[harsh.ag]

Holy **** he hooked Wagner off the ground!

 

[Nintendo]

Welcome to the crease wagner LOL

 

[BSM]

That's a great catch. It looked like it was still rising pretty steeply

 

[straw man]

This could've been a disastrous morning for India but it's been a great start instead, all thanks to Shaw.

What a catch!

 

[harsh.ag]

Great catch! Fun innings. Kohli's turn to stand up now

 

[Prince EWS]

PEWS can suck it for suggesting dropping Shaw for opening with ****ing Vihari, lol really? ****ing Vihari for Shaw opening in NZ? That'd be such a Azharuddin 90s move.

Nah that was hb, I argued against it. I don't think Vihari would be as bad an opener as you do but I'm a big Shaw fan so I was against leaving him out.

I reckon Vihari could make a decent opener tbh. As far as punts on middle order bats as openers go I think he has a reasonable chance of making it work. I don't think he's better than Shaw overall by enough to make it worth the punt though.

Tell me about this Shaw bloke. Looks decent.

Yeah he's a gun, was the big name at the 2018 World Cup (even though Gill looked better to me watching it), scored a Test ton on debut against the West Indies not long after that tournament, but then spent a little while out with injury and then got banned for a few months for some sort of doping thing. This is basically his international comeback, but he's extremely highly rated as a young (still only 20) talent. I reckon he looks much more technically sound than Agarwal.