You're gonna have to say the C word if you want to bait me with this.
That's only six Tests, and in those six Tests the rest of the Indian top 7 has averaged 67. I don't think it's really smashed any paradigms. I definitely think that if Rahane is going to either play all of the Tests or none of them then the former option should be continued, and horses for courses batting changes aren't really a thing, but I half-seriously wonder if there might be a better way.
I thought he did his best work in the 80s and 90s tbh. Haven’t really rated anything he’s done since the turn of the millennium.
Yeah no.
Tbf Rahane did average 71 in the 2019 home season. Just had a stinker last game.
That's only six Tests, and in those six Tests the rest of the Indian top 7 has averaged 67
Which means his run was not extraordinary but he still has had excellent returns at home in the most recent home season and has credit in the bank for more games.
He has strong connections who would not want him to be dropped like when MSD was the test captain.
I am more disappointed with Puji's shot there, the ball pitched and was turning away from his pad, why get the bat involved FFS at a last minute poke? I would rather see a batsman play a proper stroke, even a defensive one and get caught at slip.
Yes but you don’t ignore all of the most recent away runs when picking a side at home. Otherwise you might as well pick Shaw over Gill.
True, but objectively Kohli being an emotional guy spending all his energy in the field trying to abuse the oppn players (even his team mates). Captain should be a calm person who spends his time thinking about the match situation, analyze them and form planst to win the game then and there.. think on your feet, literally.. If you spend all your time in the fielddoing thetrics and to appear like a warrior or something in TV, you dont have time to think about anything else.. Lot of time, kohli simply acts like he is acting out in a movie or something.. this works out great when you play well.. But when not in form, it looks so pathetic
The joint oldest record in test cricket... Only been going around for 144 years.
A lot of times top surface looks explosive when you use the black soil here but if the red soil is used underneath pitch will still hold up fine. It is just a way to get the ball to turn more but as long as the bounce is true and the conditions are same for both sides, the idiots in the comm box and others who go "it cant spin on day 1, baaaahhh" can **** off.
