***Official*** India's Tour of Australia 2020/21 - General discussion

[trundler]

Smith will, Marnus won't. Warner will get exposed by Bumrah.

 

[Nintendo]

Smith will, Marnus won't. Warner will get exposed by Bumrah.

$20 says Warner isn't found out by Bumrah.

 

[trundler]

$20 says Warner isn't found out by Bumrah.

Avatar bet?

Also @TheJediBrah bet Smith would average ~40 after his return.

 

[Nintendo]

Avatar bet?

Also @TheJediBrah bet Smith would average ~40 after his return.

Avatar bet it is.

 

[Daemon]

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.

Yeah agreed on the first test.

Hard to decide for the rest because it depends on how fit Ishant actually is and how well Jadeja goes in the first one.

 

[Daemon]

Avatar bet it is.

Yall need to set some proper parameters for this

 

[Nintendo]

Yall need to set some proper parameters for this

Warnerr averages 49.5 vs India in Australia and averages 36.03 vs them overall, middle of this is 42.7, round that up to 43, I'm willing to label a series average of under 43 as a "flop." That work for you @trundler ?

 

[Daemon]

Warnerr averages 49.5 vs India in Australia and averages 36.03 vs them overall, middle of this is 42.7, round that up to 43, I'm willing to label a series average of under 43 as a "flop." That work for you @trundler ?

But what if Ishant owns him instead of Bumrah or something

 

[Nintendo]

But what if Ishant owns him instead of Bumrah or something

Good point, I'll let trundler throw down an offer, not sure exactly how to quantify that objectively without using really broad brackets or relying in average vs bowler statistics, which are pretty unreliable and don't tell the whole story most of the time.

 

[honestbharani]

TBH, irrespective of who owns Warner, if he averages less than 43, I would say it is a win for India. So maybe the bet can be simplified to those terms.

 

[aussie tragic]

Geez, what's going on the World where <43 as a test opener for a series is considered a failure lol

 

[Prince EWS]

Geez, what's going on the World where <43 as a test opener for a series is considered a failure lol

Home Australian pitches.

If Warner only averaged 43 at home he'd only average 38 overall, rather than the 49 he does in reality.

Context is everything.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Inb4 he does it with australia getting bowled out for 120 every innings

 

[trundler]

Good point, I'll let trundler throw down an offer, not sure exactly how to quantify that objectively without using really broad brackets or relying in average vs bowler statistics, which are pretty unreliable and don't tell the whole story most of the time.

Yeah, let's just say <43 is a win for me, yeah?

 

[Daemon]

Geez, what's going on the World where <43 as a test opener for a series is considered a failure lol

Not a failure for him imo but I'd take that as an Indian going into the series

 

[honestbharani]

Geez, what's going on the World where <43 as a test opener for a series is considered a failure lol

No one said that though?

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah agreed on the first test.

Hard to decide for the rest because it depends on how fit Ishant actually is and how well Jadeja goes in the first one.

Well, true but my gut feeling is that we will play 2 spinners for sure at Sydney but it should not be at the expense of the 3rd seamer. And Melbourne could well end up being a flat batting deck in which case we might need the 5th bowler more than the 6th batsman who may really not be able to contribute that much more than Jadeja/Ashwin anyways.

 

[Prince EWS]

Not a failure for him imo but I'd take that as an Indian going into the series

I hinted at this post but the **** averages 66 at home. India has a decidedly better than average attack, but you'd bite someone's hand off for 43 average across the series.

Whether this is a "failure" or not is a matter for cricket historians, not fans of this series.

 

[Daemon]

Steven Smith to India's fast bowlers: Bring on the short stuff

"I've faced a lot of short bowling in my life and I haven't had too many stresses with it"

www.espncricinfo.com

I hope we don't get sucked into this.

 

[trundler]

Would be hilarious though