4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

[Senile Sentry]

In an ideal world, Dhawan and Ishant would've flown in. Maybe even Manish Pandey.

 

[trundler]

Saini looks like a good natural athlete

Robust and lean

Must not be a vegetarian

 

[Burgey]

Slow over rate getting a mention.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Saini looks like a good natural athlete

Robust and lean

Gets naked regularly on insta or whatever too. Guy is shredded.

 

[Prince EWS]

Can’t believe I’m agreeing with Warne but India C definitely should have gone with Kuldeep.

Oh yeah definitely. The balance of four quicks and a spin bowling allrounder does make sense out of context at the Gabba, but when the specialist spner you're leaving out would be the second best bowler on show with masses of daylight between he and the fourth quick selected, it makes much less sense.

 

[vicleggie]

Gets naked regularly on insta or whatever too. Guy is shredded.

Yeah I saw that.
Built like a Kshatriaya.

 

[trundler]

Spin bowling RESIGNED after watching Sundar bowl 9 carry dots

 

[vicleggie]

Must not be a vegetarian

He's of the warrior caste so likely not.

 

[Prince EWS]

Much better seam release on the one that went down leg from Sundar. Looks like he's bowled with way too much sidespin most of the time otherwise.

 

[morgieb]

This is just **** bowling.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Sundar getting it to straighten a touch.

 

[Starfighter]

I suppose it's an advantage for Sundar that those can't be called wides in tests.

 

[Spark]

Given that Smith has a bit of a record of the "**** you" hundred, I do wonder how Indian fans would look upon the blow-in English tabloid journalists who did they utmost to try and blow up the "he's cheating by scraping a mark on the crease with his boot" story over the last few days if he makes a big score here.

 

[Window]

Wait, what's the with the Curb Your Enthusiasm music.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Gets naked regularly on insta or whatever too. Guy is shredded.

Really ? Looks like whatever he eats skips the most vital organ in his body... brain

 

[Senile Sentry]

Given that Smith has a bit of a record of the "**** you" hundred, I do wonder how Indian fans would look upon the blow-in English tabloid journalists who did they utmost to try and blow up the "he's cheating by scraping a mark on the crease with his boot" story over the last few days if he makes a big score here.

A **** you 100 vs this attack won't really prove a point really.

 

[Prince EWS]

Given that Smith has a bit of a record of the "**** you" hundred, I do wonder how Indian fans would look upon the blow-in English tabloid journalists who did they utmost to try and blow up the "he's cheating by scraping a mark on the crease with his boot" story over the last few days if he makes a big score here.

Whenever I went to a cricket news site/section over the past week I was legitimately surprised how much airtime they were giving everyone's various takes on it. We spent about an afternoon talking about it here and then everyone moved on, because who cares?

 

[silentstriker]

Given that Smith has a bit of a record of the "**** you" hundred, I do wonder how Indian fans would look upon the blow-in English tabloid journalists who did they utmost to try and blow up the "he's cheating by scraping a mark on the crease with his boot" story over the last few days if he makes a big score here.

He did score a century last Test before the story....

 

[Spark]

A **** you 100 vs this attack won't really prove a point really.

yeah that's probably fair tbh

 

[Spark]

He did score a century last Test before the story....

It's less that he's in form and more his demeanour today. Looks serious as **** out there.