Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
Sad that Pakistan vs India in Tests is a fantasy match up these days .
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Kohli’s India vs Imran’s Pakistan
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Article out in the last day or 2 (too hard to link on phone) but are plans/thoughts about having an I-P test at the MCG in Oz.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
That would be awesome , could even be a match up rotated by venue ...Lords would be a sellout hell even having an Ind-Pak test match in Durban would be a sellout ...Durban is the most populated city in the World of people with Indian origin backgrounds outside of India itself , and there's a lot of Pakistani's that live in the City too, Kingsmead is a spin friendly pitch so both would be at home .
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Thats so true. Totally forgot about it. People were falling like flies. There were soooo many deaths.Are people suddenly forgetting here what just preceded the finals? How the heck was BCCI going to do anything about WTC when it was peak Covid in India, FFS the IPL had to be cancelled/postponed midway. In fact had the pandemic not been brought slightly under control (in India) there wouldn't have been a final in the first place!
Yeah no looks like you have no idea what you're talking about
The WTC was a farce anyway because the conditions heavily favored one side, not just their prep but also that they didn't even play a spinner! Neutral venue my **** ?
My point of contention was that India couldn't have scheduled any meaningful practice games just before the WTC, for reasons already discussed here. As for the final itself, regardless of the conditions, the better team won. We should've been able to draw that test on the last day! But as usual Brat choked & the rest is history ?
Sunil1z
International Regular
It’s not going to happen. The relation between 2 countries is not good.
MCG is day dreaming.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
Kohlis guys had to face better england and nz sides than what dravid and dhonis sides faced.
And let's be honest . Had it not been for rain india would only have drawn 1-1 on england in 2007.
OverratedSanity
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NZ yes. Not England. The team that beat us 4-1 in 2018 was incredibly mediocre and 2022 team until the weird one off 5th test was poor too.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
I don't think the 2018 England side was weaker than what india faced in 2007.
The 2018 series was played in very seam friendly conditions and india had to contend with Anderson broad and woakes.
England's bowling was extremely inexperienced in 2007 and even though their batting look good on paper the likes of cook, pietersen, Bell and prior were still yet to hit their peak as players.
Salamuddin
International Debutant
They were good at beating mediocre sides like England, nz in the 1990s.
But against their three strongest opponents Australia, south Africa and West indies they were rubbish.
They lost all three series in Australia in the 1990s , were well beaten in the Caribbean in 1993 and were thumped by South Africa in 1995. The sole saving grace is a 1-1 draw in south africa in 1998 but even that would have probably ended in defeat had rain not ruined the first test.
And India was leading up until the 5th test
_00_deathscar
International Regular
Thought that would be San Fran or something