centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Did in 2009.
Failed in 2014 & 2020
Just that these tours are less frequent. Once every 6 yrs on average. So next nz tour might not be until 2025-26
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Indian Cricket Dhaba
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Failed in 2014 & 2020
Just that these tours are less frequent. Once every 6 yrs on average. So next nz tour might not be until 2025-26
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
In 1971- India had 1st ever series wins both in WI (1-0) and in Eng (1-0).
In 2021- 50 years later India is close to having won in all 3 of Aus, Eng and SA.
India were minnows until the 1960s. I would say they only developed into a decent cricket nation after the mid-60s with the emergence of the spin quartet and then the emergence of the original fab 4 from the early 70s.
In 2021- 50 years later India is close to having won in all 3 of Aus, Eng and SA.
India were minnows until the 1960s. I would say they only developed into a decent cricket nation after the mid-60s with the emergence of the spin quartet and then the emergence of the original fab 4 from the early 70s.
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karan_fromthestands
State Captain
He'll do okay. Was picked when he was too green and then got written-off. Only issue is we have too many options atm. Also, he has worked his ass off to improve his batting. Watch him in domestic FC games if you get a chance, he has improved a lot.
who is the original Fab Four? Gavaskar, Viseanath, Amarnath andVengsarkar
four great batsmen
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
As far as this series itself goes, I think we were always expecting our bowling to carry us given we were refusing to move on from Purane. Its amazing how similar this series has been to the 2006 series where Dravid and Sachin batted like ghosts of themselves and were criticized even by the mildest of critics and regular yes-men in the media. I think whoever did bat for us did not apply themselves to the levels they did against Australia in Australia or even against England in England. Daemon pointed out the 2nd half of our 2nd innings at Jo'burg is where it all started to unravel and I agree. Our 3rd innings batting in both tests had a lot of air of "200 is enough" and they just did not want it as badly as they did in Australia. But all that said, given that the batting was expected to be weak, I think the loss of Siraj is what hit us hard. Playing with basically 10 players, and still expecting to defend 240 there at Joburg was not a great effort and somehow the old crappy 2 4s an over nostrils turned up here at Cape Town instead of the new and improved we have seen since the pandemic.
I hope Ishant can find his best form somehow as I feel he still adds a point of difference to our attack that others do not. An attack of Ishant, Bumrah, Siraj and Shardul seems ideal for most conditions in SENA. Ishant has always made a difference in swinging tracks, so I hope he is back in some sort of form for the England test. In the shorter term, it puts a lot of pressure on us for the WTC and we will need to win a lot of games. Hopefully it sees the return of the committed and disciplined sides we saw in England and Australia and not the ones who seemed to be looking to finish games in a hurry that we saw here.
I hope Ishant can find his best form somehow as I feel he still adds a point of difference to our attack that others do not. An attack of Ishant, Bumrah, Siraj and Shardul seems ideal for most conditions in SENA. Ishant has always made a difference in swinging tracks, so I hope he is back in some sort of form for the England test. In the shorter term, it puts a lot of pressure on us for the WTC and we will need to win a lot of games. Hopefully it sees the return of the committed and disciplined sides we saw in England and Australia and not the ones who seemed to be looking to finish games in a hurry that we saw here.
karan_fromthestands
State Captain
Bitching Bot:
17 wickets in a day ....
I should moan about it, but wait, let me check the venue first.
It's Hobart!
I'll just talk about the quality of bowling then and ignore the fact that the pitch has more grass than DC Boon's chest hair.
PS: I loved watching the Hobart game so far and nothing wrong with the pitch IMO. Just calling out hippos! Where are you at Michael Vaughan?
17 wickets in a day ....
I should moan about it, but wait, let me check the venue first.
It's Hobart!
I'll just talk about the quality of bowling then and ignore the fact that the pitch has more grass than DC Boon's chest hair.
PS: I loved watching the Hobart game so far and nothing wrong with the pitch IMO. Just calling out hippos! Where are you at Michael Vaughan?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
So Ahmedabad pick up Hardik, Rashid Khan and Gill. Hardik expected to be captain.
And Lucknow picked up Rahul, Stoinis and Bishnoi. Rahul is expected to be the captain.
Gotta say I am surprised the Goenka buffoon did not pick up Steve Smith given his manlove for him.
And Lucknow picked up Rahul, Stoinis and Bishnoi. Rahul is expected to be the captain.
Gotta say I am surprised the Goenka buffoon did not pick up Steve Smith given his manlove for him.
karan_fromthestands
State Captain
Hardik and Rahul are not captaincy material. May be they can pull something off with a good support staff.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think Hardik can pull it off, pun intended.
But seriously, I think Hardik can be a good leader as long as he has a good group around him, especially the vice-captain.
Apex Predator
State Vice-Captain
Ishan Kishan & Shreyas Iyer are expected to be costliest buys for this season.
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Ishan Ki-shaan dekho
karan_fromthestands
State Captain
I wish there is a good documentary on this. This is easily the greatest away series win ever.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
There's that Down Underdog thing on Sony if you have the stomach for it. Personally feel the series should've been left to live on youtube and in general memory (right!). No amount of incessant background music playing over the self-pitying rags-to-riches narrative typical of Indian productions can compare. The series was great as it happened; Gavaskar bitching about people writing India off, as they had every right to do after Adelaide, and then gloating when the victory happened, is not. Cheapens the whole thing.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Tried watching first episode which is about Adelaide. After 20 off 60 minutes they had only completed discussion of Prithvi Shaw's wicket in 1st over of the match. Too much useless chatter
Teja.
Global Moderator
Would have loved Ashes 2005 production quality documentary. This doesn't sound great.