*Official* 4th Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 4 - 8 Mar 2021

[silentstriker]

Oh that’s so sad!!!

 

[Spikey]

good god Ax

 

[Arachnodouche]

****ing useless bunny seamers thuu bevarsis

 

[Spark]

haha, poor bloke genuinely seems crushed by that

 

[anil1405]

sundar should return the favour and hang around for axar's ton

Jinx of the top draw.

 

[OverratedSanity]

haha, poor bloke genuinely seems crushed by that

Might be a while before he gets another chance

 

[silentstriker]

haha, poor bloke genuinely seems crushed by that

He’s 21. He’s gonna be crushed. Also should punch Axar in the groin.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Well that escalated quickly.
Heartbroken for Sundar...deserved the ton

 

[cnerd123]

****ing tailenders and Ben Stokes

 

[Spark]

Might be a while before he gets another chance

you say that, but india's lower-middle order has had a lot of opportunities to play long innings in the last few series, so unless the top order actually cleans up its act then it might well not be that long at all

 

[thierry henry]

wtf was Axar doing? Started jogging down the pitch for no reason? Bizarre

 

[silentstriker]

Surely they should just take lunch now? This short little session will help India.

 

[Shri]

stranded on 85 first test

stranded on 96 in the last

**** the tail

 

[Jayro]

Where are all these bowling allrounders raining from now, where were they during the 90's.

Sorry it turned out to be a kiss of death ;barely took ten minutes after this for things to fold up.

 

[silentstriker]

you say that, but india's lower-middle order has had a lot of opportunities to play long innings in the last few series, so unless the top order actually cleans up its act then it might well not be that long at all

I mean he may not be picked for years, once Jadeja comes back.

 

[Burner]

Surely they should just take lunch now? This short little session will help India.

No. This is cricket, baby

 

[OverratedSanity]

wtf was Axar doing? Started jogging down the pitch for no reason? Bizarre

Trying to give him back the strike as it was the last ball

 

[silentstriker]

you say that, but india's lower-middle order has had a lot of opportunities to play long innings in the last few series, so unless the top order actually cleans up its act then it might well not be that long at all

I have no idea where and how he gets a game once Jadeja comes back. Especially up in England. Unless they trot him out as a makeshift opener or something out of left field like that.

 

[Jack1]

I’m expecting England to get about 250 in reply and lost by ~7 wickets. England probably picked the right team. Dom Bess let the side down with his figures. If he bowled well it could have been a close-ish game. Weird running by Axar Patel on that run out. It’s as if he thought the man was back on the boundary. Then the last two didn’t put up a fight at all to get Washington Sundar to the hundred. Not the end of the world the not out helps the average
By the way I think India are a bowler heavy. Could have picked a batsman instead of one of the seamers

 

[Spark]

I have no idea where and how he gets a game once Jadeja comes back. Especially up in England. Unless they trot him out as a makeshift opener or something out of left field like that.

Eh I think he's angling for a slightly different role in the team to Jadeja - the batting all-rounder who bats 6 or 7 and bowls some useful fill-in overs, rather than the critical strike bowler who is also a very dangerous lower order batsmen. I think there's room in the team for both in certain conditions; Axar's spot would be more directly imperiled by Jadeja for mine despite having a literal single digit averagean average just under 11.

Beyond else, a lower-middle order of Pant then Ashwin-Washington-Jadeja would be extremely annoying to encounter.