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*Official* 2nd Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 13 - 17 Feb 2021

Prince EWS

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Washy :wub:

Axar better bowl well :mad:
That swap could've potentially not just cost the extra Washy runs themselves but a bunch more Pant runs as well.

Once Ashwin batted ahead of him it was automatically a bad decision for mine. If they rated his batting higher than I did having seen more of him in multi-innings cricket then fair enough, but they didn't. They just went the "must win = m0000re bowlers" meme.
 

Daemon

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That swap could've potentially not just cost the extra Washy runs themselves but a bunch more Pant runs as well.

Once Ashwin batted ahead of him it was automatically a bad decision for mine. If they rated his batting higher than I did having seen more of him in multi-innings cricket then fair enough, but they didn't. They just went the "must win = m0000re bowlers" meme.
I think they rate his batting ahead of Ash but are still living off the left/right combination from Australia

No way Sundar would bat below Ash though
 

Prince EWS

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I think they rate his batting ahead of Ash but are still living off the left/right combination from Australia
Yeah that could explain it. I don't want to give them the benefit of the doubt though, I want to rant about someone I don't rate at all being selected ahead of someone I've rated since he was 18.
 

ankitj

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That swap could've potentially not just cost the extra Washy runs themselves but a bunch more Pant runs as well.

Once Ashwin batted ahead of him it was automatically a bad decision for mine. If they rated his batting higher than I did having seen more of him in multi-innings cricket then fair enough, but they didn't. They just went the "must win = m0000re bowlers" meme.
Axar spins it away from right handers. Other 2 don't. That's why they are playing him
 

Prince EWS

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Axar spins it away from right handers. Other 2 don't. That's why they are playing him
Yeah I get that but I don't think Ashwin at 7 is acceptable in a Test match anymore, so any decision that prioritised literally anything ahead of "make sure we pick at least seven better batsmen than Ashwin" was just automatically bad.
 

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