***Official*** India vs England 2021 General Discussion thread

[Niall]

I think Channel 4 sadly will only show 1 test at best as probably be a joint bid with BT.

What exactly does sky sports offer to anyone who does not like soccer?

 

[Pothas]

I think Channel 4 sadly will only show 1 test at best as probably be a joint bid with BT.

What exactly does sky sports offer to anyone who does not like soccer?

Well every England home match, domestic cricket, pretty much all golf, all F1, NFL I think?

So yeah most sport.

Definitely have a less firm grip of international cricket now though, used to have pretty much everywhere, think it might only be South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies now.

 

[DriveClub]

Can Sundar become a long term no6 as a batting all rounder or is that one spot too high for him?

 

[Niall]

Well every England home match, domestic cricket, pretty much all golf, all F1, NFL I think?

So yeah most sport.

Definitely have a less firm grip of international cricket now though, used to have pretty much everywhere, think it might only be South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies now.

I hate NFL though!

They still have some rugby and some boxing here and their.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Can Sundar become a long term no6 as a batting all rounder or is that one spot too high for him?

In time I reckon he'll have to. Don't think we have the sort of batting riches we're accustomed to coming through the ranks, so people like Sundar and Pant will have to assume more responsibility in about five years time.

 

[cnerd123]

India will have to shake off the high from the Aus tour and get down to business. England are a serious looking outfit.

Slow turners defo the way to go for India.

I just hope the coaches and selectors put the fittest team on the park. We don't want to aggravate anyone's injuries by rushing them back in.

In a best case scenario where everyone is 100% (which it won't be):

Rohit | Gill | Che Pu | Kohli | Rahane | Pant (+) | Washington/Hardik | Ashwin | Bumrah | Ishant | Siraj/Kuldeep

I could actually see Pant batting at 5 and Rahane at 6 in case they're worried about too many right handers in a row

 

[Noumenon]

Keen to see how his lardness Rohit goes in this series. Time to get that test average north of 50.

Have hopes from Virat too. He should be feeling pretty angry and agitated against the world in general after how things transpired post his Adelaide departure. An angry Virat with a chip on his shoulder is the best Virat at crease.

 

[sunilz]

Keen to see how his lardness Rohit goes in this series. Time to get that test average north of 50.

Have hopes from Virat too. He should be feeling pretty angry and agitated against the world in general after how things transpired post his Adelaide departure. An angry Virat with a chip on his shoulder is the best Virat at crease.

He also was very angry and had chip on his shoulder in 2017 IND-AUS series. He averaged 9 then ?

 

[honestbharani]

Also played 3 of the 6 innings with a broken shoulder.

 

[sunilz]

Also played 3 of the 6 innings with a broken shoulder.

Nobody forced him to play. Rahane captained in the decider match which we won handsomely

 

[honestbharani]

Nobody forced him to play. Rahane captained in the decider match which we won handsomely

Did you see our second innings in Pune?

 

[Salamuddin]

I fear there may be a rough crash landing waiting to happen for India in this series after the highs of Australia tour.

England might win a test but I doubt they will win more that.
India will win the series.

 

[Shri]

what do we need to do to get to the wtc final

 

[sunilz]

what do we need to do to get to the wtc final

Win this series 2-0 or 3-1

 

[Salamuddin]

With Jadeja out England's 4,5,6,7 of Root, Pope, stokes and Buttler is arguably stronger than Kohli, Rahane, Pant and Axar.

Problem though for England is I think India's top 3 is decidedly better as as are their spinners. I also don't think England's seamers are better in these conditions.

Hard to see England winning the series. I don't see the parallels to 2012 at all. Back then Swann and Monty and Anderson were at the top of their game and crucially had prior experience in India something Bess and Leach lack.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Win this series 2-0 or 3-1

You can qualify even with a tied series I think if Australia lose in SA.

 

[Shri]

Win this series 2-0 or 3-1

what if we win 2-1

 

[sunilz]

what if we win 2-1

Then we should hope Aus to lose atleast a Test in SA series

 

[ankitj]

what do we need to do to get to the wtc final

The Inaugural World Test Championship

Ind-Aus is quite likely. This SA batting is terrible 2-1 to Australia against SA is very likely which means India will need to win by 2 match margin against England. EDIT: Basically if both Aus and Ind win 2-1 (fairly likely scenario), it will be curtains for India in WTC.

www.cricketweb.net

 

[Spark]

This isn't strictly related to the upcoming series, but since this thread will be relevant to this tour as well:

England may return to terrestrial TV as Channel 4 closes on India Test series | Cricket | The Guardian

This would be a huge deal for English cricket. FTA cricket for the general public >>> money from Sky.