2nd Test at the MCG, Melbourne, 26 Dec - 30 Dec 2020

[Arachnodouche]

Gavaskar having a go at the way Team india is run. Should he be taken seriously?

There are different rules for different players in Indian team: Sunil Gavaskar - Times of India

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar said that Ashwin has suffered within the Indian team because of his forthrightness. He also took a dig at the India skipper Virat Kohli, who got permission to leave the tour of Australia to attend the birth of his child, while T Natarajan who became father...

m.timesofindia.com

Ashwin's place is called into question only abroad where he's been inconsistent tbf. Natarajan could've been sent home earlier to be with his family, but you can also understand why he wouldn't have been as assertive in the matter as Kohli or might've even opted to stay back, even if just as a net bowler. Different statures, social-economic backgrounds, etc.

 

[Daemon]

Ultimately it is Natarajan's fault, if he planned to have a kid during the period he should have not performed well in the IPL or not have had the kid at all.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

pant will drop the test and contribute nothing with the bat

He made 160 last time at SCG.
MCG is normally flat and Pant doesn't have a weakness against pacers, the only problem with him is that he doesn't like to defend.
I am sure he will hit atleast 4 or 5 sixes on Lyon.

 

[honestbharani]

Ashwin's place is called into question only abroad where he's been inconsistent tbf. Natarajan could've been sent home earlier to be with his family, but you can also understand why he wouldn't have been as assertive in the matter as Kohli or might've even opted to stay back, even if just as a net bowler. Different statures, social-economic backgrounds, etc.

I do feel it has been bit unfair on Ashwin often overseas, especially in SENA but at the same time, it is not very often that you have two spinners of the quality of Ash and Jaddu and you play in conditions where you can only play one of them, realistically. It is more an indication of how good Jaddu has been especially post 2015, than Ash's own performances, in my view.

And the rest of the points in that article is just baseless rubbish, as is often the case with articles by Sunny. He writes good articles with decent points a few times but once in a while, he will throw in a very obvious headline bait type article. I think this is one of those.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Why would they bring in pant for Saha.. Saha was fine in the first inning

The days of specialist keepers are long gone.
If after playing cricket for 20 years the only thing you can do is keeping then f*** you.

 

[England First]

Because batting isn't just about technique

No only about 70% is

 

[Burgey]

He made 160 last time at SCG.
MCG is normally flat and Pant doesn't have a weakness against pacers, the only problem with him is that he doesn't like to defend.
I am sure he will hit atleast 4 or 5 sixes on Lyon.

And eventually be caughtfor an invaluable 42(28) with the total on 8/135

 

[Flem274*]

He made 160 last time at SCG.
MCG is normally flat and Pant doesn't have a weakness against pacers, the only problem with him is that he doesn't like to defend.
I am sure he will hit atleast 4 or 5 sixes on Lyon.

his weakness is being useless if it moves a millimetre

 

[Gnske]

His weakness is that indian bowling is so bad he's never had the chance to play good against good bowling

 

[CodeOfWisden]

his weakness is being useless if it moves a millimetre

Yeah, that applies to 90% of our batsman.
Even amongst Australians only Smith and labu can handle lateral movement.

 

[Arachnodouche]

His weakness is that indian bowling is so bad he's never had the chance to play good against good bowling

I see you're primed to leave a trail of runny stool all over this thread just like the last one.

 

[Gnske]

I see you're primed to leave a trail of runny stool all over this thread just like the last one.

Tell me what part of that post is wrong. It's why guys can have such issues making it at whatever the next level is. You might look like a god at grade level but all of a sudden you have the likes of Trent Copeland, Jackson Bird or Jade Herrick bowling at you and you're found out.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Tell me what part of that post is wrong. It's why guys can have such issues making it at whatever the next level is. You might look like a god at grade level but all of a sudden you have the likes of Trent Copeland, Jackson Bird or Jade Herrick bowling at you and you're found out.

Who were the bowlers in your A side.
Were they good enough.?
Pant needed 19 to get to a century in the last over and he made 23, that's the level of your bench bowlers.
Apart from these three +patto there's no upcoming talent in Australian cricket as far as bowling is concerned.

 

[Spark]

Who were the bowlers in your A side.
Were they good enough.?
Pant needed 19 to get to a century in the last over and he made 23, that's the level of your bench bowlers.
Apart from these three +patto there's no upcoming talent in Australian cricket as far as bowling is concerned.

wait do you seriously think that a-team consisted of the best of the best young australian bowlers and bowlers outside of the main four?

also who do you think was bowling when pant scored all those runs? hint: it wasn't necessarily someone known for their bowling

 

[Gnske]

Who were the bowlers in your A side.
Were they good enough.?
Pant needed 19 to get to a century in the last over and he made 23, that's the level of your bench bowlers.
Apart from these three +patto there's no upcoming talent in Australian cricket as far as bowling is concerned.

I'm the first to admit it. The future of Australian cricket is bleak. So much so that the fact that Pant hit a hundred in that game is relatively meaningless.

Hell most runs made in A games prove to be ultimately meaningless.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Who were the bowlers in your A side.
Were they good enough.?
Pant needed 19 to get to a century in the last over and he made 23, that's the level of your bench bowlers.
Apart from these three +patto there's no upcoming talent in Australian cricket as far as bowling is concerned.

Please, may I quickly take a couple minutes of your valuable time to ask you to enlighten me with your thourogh knowledge of the Australian domestic cricket scene?

 

[honestbharani]

And eventually be caughtfor an invaluable 42(28) with the total on 8/135

Could well have been matchwinning in the last game then, #betterthan36

 

[Burgey]

My grandmother bats better than the last game, and she died in 2014

 

[honestbharani]

My grandmother bats better than the last game, and she died in 2014

Channelling ur inner Boycott?

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Please, may I quickly take a couple minutes of your valuable time to ask you to enlighten me with your thourogh knowledge of the Australian domestic cricket scene?

Name three upcoming fast bowlers?
Dont include jhye Richardson, i have seen enough of him.