*Official* India v England T20 International series in Ahmedabad

[Noumenon]

Looking at Indians practice in the build-up to this T20, it was remarkable how much Kohli is crippled in his power game. He goes for those whippy, wristy shots and rarely ever extends his arms fully. This strategy works well in tests and ODIs where risk free run accumulation is needed. But seriously cripples his power game.

 

[anil1405]

India look like clear underdogs on paper with that playing 11.

 

[theegyptian]

lol. ali doesn't play. im glad we rested him for this.

 

[sunilz]

What a pathetic team , Kohli has selected ?
And losing toss as usual.

 

[Arachnodouche]

What a pathetic team , Kohli has selected ?

Who would you have to make it better?

 

[Nintendo]

Not a fan of Kohli's selection tbh. Know there's no Rohit but Dhawan Rahul Kohli Iyer has absolutely no power game in the top 4, should have played Ishan/sky over Iyer or had Ishan open over Dhawan.

 

[Shri]

****ing imbecile panauti

 

[sunilz]

Who would you have to make it better?

Rohit should have been rested in last 2 games.

Rohit , SKY were must. And lol at selecting Thakur as 2nd best pacer.

 

[Teja.]

Lord Thakur will win us the series.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Woah, this Indian team looks so good! So much of depth.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Woah, this Indian team looks so good! So much of depth.

SKY in place of Iyer would have been awesome though.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

TBH, this dew factor coming into play is pretty annoying. Why can't we stick to a regular day game in such conditions? it's T20, people will come and watch no matter what. Luckily for India, they have enough options to tackle it.

 

[Teja.]

TBH, this dew factor coming into play is pretty annoying. Why can't we stick to a regular day game in such conditions? it's T20, people will come and watch no matter what. Luckily for India, they have enough options to tackle it.

TV. It’s not about live audience.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

TV. It’s not about live audience.

Yaa, that's right. But we Indians watch it from our offices as well Unless it's a cookie-cutter BPO and you have to keep your phones away in a locker.

 

[Noumenon]

Iyer with his issues against quicks and Kohli with his limited strokeplay and total lack of power game cannot play together.

The pace attack also has a same-same character with D Chahar, Bhuvi, Thakur playing. Need a tall, pacey bowler. Bumrah could sort that when he's back. Play Saini as much as possible as a back-up.

Chahal is a useless fielder and not all that of a spin threat. Need to give Rahul Chahar game time to be a viable option.

 

[cnerd123]

Lohli

 

[Spark]

That's as rattled an innings as I've seen from Kohli in a long time.

 

[Kirkut]

The champ will be back. It's a rough phase.

 

[MW1304]

This Sky commentary is working great

 

[Spark]

Has Dhawan been in India literally all summer? Poor bloke can't have seen his family in ages.