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4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Can India A team on?
Surely if Australia can’t beat this lot handily, AT HOME, they surely don’t deserve to play in the finals.cricinfo said:
weldone
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Can't find the 3rd test thread anywhere so pasting this here. I agree with Brad Hogg.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Gabbagabba baba gabba... I know 99.9 pc India will finally give into vagaries of law of averages, but the 0.1% encourages cricket fans to dream the impossible
TheJediBrah
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how?
cnerd123
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Yea India really need to win the toss and bat first
If Ashwin is fit, he should play as an allrounder, mainly so that we can play Kuldeep and lighten the bowling workload on him. Last thing we need is for him to pull up injured as part of a 4-man attack. That would leave us with 3 quicks and nothing else.
Vihari has torn a hamstring so he's almost certainly out of this game, so I'd be looking at us playing:
Rohit
Gill
Che Pu
Rahane (*)
Pant
Ashwin
Saha (+)
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Saini/Nattu
Siraj
If Ashwin is fit, he should play as an allrounder, mainly so that we can play Kuldeep and lighten the bowling workload on him. Last thing we need is for him to pull up injured as part of a 4-man attack. That would leave us with 3 quicks and nothing else.
Vihari has torn a hamstring so he's almost certainly out of this game, so I'd be looking at us playing:
Rohit
Gill
Che Pu
Rahane (*)
Pant
Ashwin
Saha (+)
Kuldeep
Bumrah
Saini/Nattu
Siraj
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Seeing as how there's such intense competition for bowling spots in the Indian team, you'd hope at least a few of these chuts would spend some time on their batting to boost their chances.You know, enhance their skills like the rest of the 9-5 brigade.
Niall
International Coach
That's a horrific lower order but India have very few alternatives. I'd probably play Agarwal instead of Kuldeep and Pray none of the 4 front line bowlers break down.
Wouldn't want to be making the call though.
cnerd123
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yea if they drop one of the bowlers for Agarwal it would have to be Ashwin. He's bowled great but is at most risk of breaking down mid-match, especially if he's needed to deliver 20 odd overs in a day. That would leave us with Bumrah - Kuldeep - Siraj - Saini/Nattu. Really weak attack.
If we do play Ashwin, we should have Kuldeep as cover. So maybe 2 spinners 2 quicks at the Gabba? Leave out Saini/Nattu?
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Sheesh, real tough (lack of) choices. The five bowlers have kept us in the series, can't deny it. Even Saini for all his shittiness has at least given the others some sort of breather, besides picking up wickets (can't ignore that tbf to him). Do we gamble with Pant as keeper yet again and get Agarwal in there to shore up the middle order?
TheJediBrah
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A lot of Test sides throughout history have been fine with 4 bowlers. It's not like a super crazy risk.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Yeah this.
Agarwal and Pant to open and Sharma pushed to middle order to give it some respectability.
Kuldeep will largely be ornamental at Gabba pitch and it is wiser to fortify the brittle batting.
Even if they decide to go in with 5 bowlers, would be better to use Natarajan than Kuldeep.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Five bowlers are Bumrah, Siraj, Nataran/Saini, Ashwin and Kuldeep. There's no Natarajan OR Kuldeep here.
cnerd123
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bad take
cnerd123
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Lineup looks okay if Pant takes the gloves again
Rohit - Gill - Pujara - Rahane (*) - Agarwal - Pant (+) - Ashwin - Kuldeep - Bumrah - Siraj - Saini/Nattu
But if Ashwin is ruled out due to his back and Pant is ruled out from keeping, we can't fit 5 bowlers in. It would have to be
Rohit - Gill - Pujara - Rahane (*) - Agarwal - Pant - Saha (+) - Kuldeep - Bumrah - Siraj - Saini/Nattu
IDK if 4 bowlers would be enough to keep us in the game. In that scenario I'd be leaning towards Natranjan or even Thakur as they could potentially keep things tight from one end while bowling long spell. Saini leaks runs. But if we can play 5 bowlers, there is more room for Saini to be used for short sharp bursts. Conditions should suit him more.
Rohit - Gill - Pujara - Rahane (*) - Agarwal - Pant (+) - Ashwin - Kuldeep - Bumrah - Siraj - Saini/Nattu
But if Ashwin is ruled out due to his back and Pant is ruled out from keeping, we can't fit 5 bowlers in. It would have to be
Rohit - Gill - Pujara - Rahane (*) - Agarwal - Pant - Saha (+) - Kuldeep - Bumrah - Siraj - Saini/Nattu
IDK if 4 bowlers would be enough to keep us in the game. In that scenario I'd be leaning towards Natranjan or even Thakur as they could potentially keep things tight from one end while bowling long spell. Saini leaks runs. But if we can play 5 bowlers, there is more room for Saini to be used for short sharp bursts. Conditions should suit him more.