Best team since Waugh/ Ponting’s Australia?

[Chrish]

Losing 2 home matches in the last 8-9 years is invincible. Even 80s WI and 90s-00s Australia lost more.

You wouldn’t have said that had you followed that series on a daily basis..

 

[Shri]

I know. Still fun though. Credit: @OverratedSanity

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mother****er i found it

bc

 

[PaulLennon]

You wouldn’t have said that had you followed that series on a daily basis..

I saw it ball by ball. Losing sessions isn;t the point. They ultimately come through.

 

[OverratedSanity]

mother****er i found it

bc

Hey I was the one who told you about the thing in the first place

 

[ma1978]

So by the transitive property it is Bangladesh who beat New Zealand in NZ who beat India

 

[centurymaker]

Indian fans need to realise that India is not some invincible side at home. They are definitely beatable. Australia will come very hard at India in India early next year and have a good chance of winning! They would be all out seeking REVENGE and also breach their final frontier. This is regardless of how they fare against Pakistan in Pakistan in March. They may lose that series and thus be written off for India..

BUT Im sure they will learn and fight back hard to trouble India. Their players will be so fired up and have vast experience in Indian conditions. It's their 2nd home. And they are coming to India only after playing in Pak and SL. They will be ready!

So Indian fans need to realise that although home record is great, it's only a matter of time.. And it only takes one slip-up and it's gone, just like in 2012 vs England. Every Indian fan was getting carried away by home record and spinning pitches and that Indian spinners will destroy the English lineup. But it was the English spinners who stole the show.

And it's not like India has some formidable batting line up vs spin. They clearly don't! And Australia almost won in 2017 itself and they are a better side now than that. So I am quite confident that Australia is the team which is most likely to end India's run at home. So watch out and maybe brag a little less about being so called invincible/perfect at home.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Indian fans need to realise that India is not some invincible side at home. They are definitely beatable. Australia will come very hard at India in India early next year and have a good chance of winning!

no they don't lol

 

[Slifer]

Indian fans need to realise that India is not some invincible side at home. They are definitely beatable. Australia will come very hard at India in India early next year and have a good chance of winning! They would be all out seeking REVENGE and also breach their final frontier. This is regardless of how they fare against Pakistan in Pakistan in March. They may lose that series and thus be written off for India..

BUT Im sure they will learn and fight back hard to trouble India. Their players will be so fired up and have vast experience in Indian conditions. It's their 2nd home. And they are coming to India only after playing in Pak and SL. They will be ready!

So Indian fans need to realise that although home record is great, it's only a matter of time.. And it only takes one slip-up and it's gone, just like in 2012 vs England. Every Indian fan was getting carried away by home record and spinning pitches and that Indian spinners will destroy the English lineup. But it was the English spinners who stole the show.

And it's not like India has some formidable batting line up vs spin. They clearly don't! And Australia almost won in 2017 itself and they are a better side now than that. So I am quite confident that Australia is the team which is most likely to end India's run at home. So watch out and maybe brag a little less about being so called invincible/perfect at home.

Imo i kinda doubt Australia's chances of winning but if there's any team that can run India close at home it's Australia. Obviously, we have to wait and see.

 

[centurymaker]

They were articles even about 2 years back about how Australia was aiming for India. And Langer & Lyon were saying something like -it's their NO.1 goal to win in India.

This was before India won in Australia for the 2nd time! You can bloody imagine how pumped and prep'd they gonna be now

I wish the series was in Sept/Oct this year as originally planned rather than Feb/Mar next year but we have that bs T20 world cup again, pushing the series out to next yr.

 

[subshakerz]

LOL you literally had fans argue that Kohlis team would beat 80s Wi and 2000s Australia at home. If thats true then this Australia should be comfortably whitewashed.

 

[centurymaker]

LOL you literally had fans argue that Kohlis team would beat 80s Wi and 2000s Australia at home. If thats true then this Australia should be comfortably whitewashed.

the scenario is completely different here!! (and I don't want to discuss imaginary stuff, talk about something that exists now).

India is up against a 'vengeful' Australia. And an Australia side that plays in India for at least 2 months a year. It's their 2nd home. They pretty much know the conditions almost like the home side. They are geared up for this!

They can score tons on slow roads as well as give India a fright on dust bowls like in 2017. Australia at the time had never lost to India in Aus conditions. Now they have lost twice. They are Wounded lions! India has never faced an Aussie side that will be out for revenge, and that knows the conditions better than any Aus side before imo

 

[TheJediBrah]

the scenario is completely different here!! (and I don't want to discuss imaginary stuff, talk about something that exists now).

India is up against a 'vengeful' Australia. And an Australia side that plays in India for at least 2 months a year. It's their 2nd home. They pretty much know the conditions almost like the home side. They are geared up for this!

They can score tons on slow roads as well as give India a fright on dust bowls like in 2017. It will be close.

This is all a joke right

 

[Slifer]

LOL you literally had fans argue that Kohlis team would beat 80s Wi and 2000s Australia at home. If thats true then this Australia should be comfortably whitewashed.

Imo , Kohli's side could beat both those teams at home ie in India. Emphasis on "could" not would. But what I highly doubt is that they'd be "smashed" like a couple trolls suggested.

 

[centurymaker]

I am sure nothing bugs this Australia side more than having lost to India at home and that too back-to-back and at Gabba against half-strength India side!

If I was an Australian player who had suffered these defeats, I would so eager to go out and beat India in India more than beating England in England at the moment!

It's especially the defeats at home which sting by far the most!! And Aus have not lost to anyone else in the meantime either. I am certain Smith, Warner, Lyon, Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and co are itching to get one back over India more than any other team! They have suffered 3 consecutive BG series defeats ffs. They will fight to death. I am sure.

When South Africa beat Aus in 2008, Australia took revenge right away by winning in SA in 2009. When South Africa won in Aus again in 2012, Australia again made amends in by winning in South Africa in 2013. This is the Australian mindset. And they were so desperate to win again in 2018 that they unfortunately resorted to ball tampering. This shows how mad they are about making up for home defeats in particular!

 

[Slifer]

I am sure nothing bugs this Australia side more than having lost to India at home and that too back-to-back and at Gabba against half-strength India side!

If I was an Australian player who had suffered these defeats, I would so eager to go out and beat India in India more than beating England in England at the moment!

It's especially the defeats at home which sting by far the most!! And Aus have not lost to anyone else in the meantime either. I am certain Smith, Warner, Lyon, Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and co are itching to get one back over India more than any other team! They have suffered 3 consecutive BG series defeats ffs. They will fight to death. I am sure.

When South Africa beat Aus in 2008, Australia took revenge right away by winning in SA in 2009. When South Africa won in Aus again in 2012, Australia again made amends in by winning in South Africa in 2013. This is the Australian mindset. And they were so desperate to win again in 2018 that they unfortunately resorted to ball tampering. This shows how mad they are about making up for home defeats in particular!

Awta.

 

[Chrish]

Off topic but I think Australia missed the trick during 3rd game. When Ashwin was batting, he clearly looked uncomfortable against short ball. What still baffles me to this day is why on earth did they keep bowling Lyon to Ashwin while keep firing pacers on the other end to Vihari who was negotiating them just fine?? It was just plain terrible tactic.

 

[Daemon]

Indian fans need to realise that India is not some invincible side at home. They are definitely beatable. Australia will come very hard at India in India early next year and have a good chance of winning! They would be all out seeking REVENGE and also breach their final frontier. This is regardless of how they fare against Pakistan in Pakistan in March. They may lose that series and thus be written off for India..

BUT Im sure they will learn and fight back hard to trouble India. Their players will be so fired up and have vast experience in Indian conditions. It's their 2nd home. And they are coming to India only after playing in Pak and SL. They will be ready!

So Indian fans need to realise that although home record is great, it's only a matter of time.. And it only takes one slip-up and it's gone, just like in 2012 vs England. Every Indian fan was getting carried away by home record and spinning pitches and that Indian spinners will destroy the English lineup. But it was the English spinners who stole the show.

And it's not like India has some formidable batting line up vs spin. They clearly don't! And Australia almost won in 2017 itself and they are a better side now than that. So I am quite confident that Australia is the team which is most likely to end India's run at home. So watch out and maybe brag a little less about being so called invincible/perfect at home.

Maybe if SoK comes out of retirement

 

[Chrish]

Indian fans need to realise that India is not some invincible side at home. They are definitely beatable. Australia will come very hard at India in India early next year and have a good chance of winning! They would be all out seeking REVENGE and also breach their final frontier. This is regardless of how they fare against Pakistan in Pakistan in March. They may lose that series and thus be written off for India..

BUT Im sure they will learn and fight back hard to trouble India. Their players will be so fired up and have vast experience in Indian conditions. It's their 2nd home. And they are coming to India only after playing in Pak and SL. They will be ready!

So Indian fans need to realise that although home record is great, it's only a matter of time.. And it only takes one slip-up and it's gone, just like in 2012 vs England. Every Indian fan was getting carried away by home record and spinning pitches and that Indian spinners will destroy the English lineup. But it was the English spinners who stole the show.

And it's not like India has some formidable batting line up vs spin. They clearly don't! And Australia almost won in 2017 itself and they are a better side now than that. So I am quite confident that Australia is the team which is most likely to end India's run at home. So watch out and maybe brag a little less about being so called invincible/perfect at home.

I would be pleasantly surprised if Pakistan series even happens tbh..

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pakistan is one team I think could give India a close run at home if they ever played each other

 

[Chrish]

Pakistan is one team I think could give India a close run at home if they ever played each other

They definitely would have when YK and Misbah were playing and in form ie. fortress UAE. I remember there was a lot of discussion on who would win the series between these two and how india were coward for refusing to play Pakistan.

Current Pakistan won’t have much of a chance though.