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***Official*** India's Tour of Australia 2020/21 - General discussion
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Burgey
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barring gaps for war, this must be some sort of record for regular first teasers from anywhere?
_00_deathscar
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Nah let’s bankrupt Cricket Australia
Starfighter
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Justin Langer hints that Joe Burns will retain opening spot ahead of Will Pucovski
The Australia coach has said, however, that Will Pucovski has 'been so good we can't ignore him'
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Langer also said stoinis would never play t20's for Australia again unless he bats top 3 the day before stoinis was batting at 6 in a t20 for Australia 3 months ago, take this with a grain of salt.Justin Langer hints that Joe Burns will retain opening spot ahead of Will Pucovski
The Australia coach has said, however, that Will Pucovski has 'been so good we can't ignore him'
Arachnodouche
International Captain
This will be the much belated making of Rohit Sharma at Test level. Also backing Shaw to make a few decent scores. He has worse technique than Sehwag, but like the great man, he should regularly get away to quick starts on the bouncier roads.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
But who will win?
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Let's see how well we go in the first Test. Ideally, to have a realistic chance once Kohli goes back, we'll need to win the first Test without a major contribution from him. Pujara absolutely has to reprise his stonewalling act from last time, and then if a few others pull their weight around him, who knows? I'm just glad Bumrah (and Shami) made it through the IPL without hurting themselves and are nearly back to their best; I expect them to upset some of the more gung-ho predictions here.
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Arachnodouche
International Captain
Yep. Assuming we are playing 3 seamers and 1 spinner, if Rohit is fit, he should bat at 5, followed by Vihari at 6.
Shaw
Agarwal
Pujara
Rahane
Rohit
Vihari
KL's equipped to slot in at any of 1, 5, & 6 in case of lack of form/fitness.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I am still gonna go with my instincts here and say, for the first test, I will go with:
Mayank
Shaw/Rahul
Pujara
Virat (c)
Rahane (vc)
Vihari
Pant
Jadeja
Ishant/Siraj
Shami
Bumrah
And once Virat leaves on his paternity leave, I will rather see Ashwin come in for him as the more aggressive option. Of course, we can have Rohit replace Vihari later in the series if he is not in form or not producing the runs.
If Rohit has no fitness issues, then I guess him and Mayank start as openers for us in the first test, but that seems unlikely as of now.
Mayank
Shaw/Rahul
Pujara
Virat (c)
Rahane (vc)
Vihari
Pant
Jadeja
Ishant/Siraj
Shami
Bumrah
And once Virat leaves on his paternity leave, I will rather see Ashwin come in for him as the more aggressive option. Of course, we can have Rohit replace Vihari later in the series if he is not in form or not producing the runs.
If Rohit has no fitness issues, then I guess him and Mayank start as openers for us in the first test, but that seems unlikely as of now.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
I'm open to both Jadeja and Ashwin playing too, but I doubt whoever's leading in Kohli's absence will have the necessary credit to back that decision.
stephen
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Rahane makes solid calls as captain, really. And I think he has enough awareness and less of the ego that blinds Virat from such pragmatic choices. Expect Rahane to play Ashwin at least in Sydney, if not in Melbourne too.
Burgey
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I don’t think the captaincy in Kohli’s absence is as big a deal now india has a good pace attack. Different story in the past when they were gutter trash, but these blokes are good enough that they should be able to execute plans without having their hand held.
