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

Daemon

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cnerd123 said:
I want to rest everone who just played the Tests. So no Pant, Washington or Axar for the first couple of games. Let them heal up, bring them back in later on if needed.

Kohli and Rohit must play since they are captain and vc. Yuzi Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Lokesh, Iyer, Pandya and Natarajan must play. All are fresh and feature heavily in any future WT20 plans.

Keeping that in mind I'd look at this for a starting XI:

Rohit | Lokesh (+) | Kohli (*) | Iyer | Pandya | SYK | Tewatia | Bhuvi | Chahar | Chahal | Natarajan

Bhuvi over Thakur because Thakur isn't great at T20s and I want to see how Bhuvi looks coming back from injury.

Feels bad for Ishan Kishan to miss out. Maybe Lokesh plays as a pure bat and Kishan takes the gloves and bats 7 in place of Tewatia. But I like Tewatia and it's either him or Chakravarthy as 2nd spinner. Tewatia can bat too, so why not.

Don't mind too much if Dhawan and Saini don't get a game, but I think they'll feature at some point. Hope they go well.
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Washington barely bowled in the Tests. He doesn't need a break unless it's to go home, which is very unlikely because he's in the squad.
 
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Yea but he batted a lot. And played the entire Aus tour, and was in the IPL before that. That's a long time to spend in bubbles. Plus the emotional load of all that's happened in his career these last few months, culminating in his dad publicly scolding Ishant and Siraj lol. Give the kid a break. He's young, no need to break him.
 
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cnerd123 said:
Yea but he batted a lot. And played the entire Aus tour, and was in the IPL before that. That's a long time to spend in bubbles. Plus the emotional load of all that's happened in his career these last few months, culminating in his dad publicly scolding Ishant and Siraj lol. Give the kid a break. He's young, no need to break him.
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huh, not that much tbf. It's not that tiring facing 300 balls in a 3 Test series. He had really long breaks in between each Test too.

I'm not saying he doesn't deserve a break, I think he should be sent home as well, but if he's going to be in the squad and the bubble anyways then he should just play.
 
honestbharani

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Its amazing how often we talk about playing FC cricket and people needing to play lots of FC cricket to get better. Washy is the literal antithesis of that. :laugh:

Played purely T20s and the odd OD for about 4 years, rocks up to Test cricket and plays couple of the most crucial innings in couple of the most crucial tests for us. :lol:
 
Manee

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honestbharani said:
Its amazing how often we talk about playing FC cricket and people needing to play lots of FC cricket to get better. Washy is the literal antithesis of that. :laugh:

Played purely T20s and the odd OD for about 4 years, rocks up to Test cricket and plays couple of the most crucial innings in couple of the most crucial tests for us. :lol:
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Indeed - and I'd be willing to bet many of the domestic giants would not have been able to do that!
 
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what happens if the final ends in a draw? coin toss/super over to decide the test champion?
 
honestbharani

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So apparently Varun and Tewatia failed the fitness tests and will not be picked at least for the first game. And Natarajan is still recovering from some kind of injury and has not even made it to Ahmedabad yet. Guess this will be the side now.

Rohit (vc)
Rahul (wk)
Virat (c)
Shreyas
Pant / Manish / another bat
Hardik
Sundar
Shardul
Chahar
Bhuvi
Chahal
 
sunilz

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honestbharani said:
So apparently Varun and Tewatia failed the fitness tests and will not be picked at least for the first game. And Natarajan is still recovering from some kind of injury and has not even made it to Ahmedabad yet. Guess this will be the side now.

Rohit (vc)
Rahul (wk)
Virat (c)
Shreyas
Pant / Manish / another bat
Hardik
Sundar
Shardul
Chahar
Bhuvi
Chahal
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Surya Kumar Yadav instead of Shreyas
 
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