anil1405
International Captain
Finally some ex-cricketer had the balls to speak up.
Finally some ex-cricketer had the balls to speak up.
Agar for Lyon?????? Get a grip lol.Still? I thought he can bowl next test. Also, is Starc back too? If he is, then I will go all in on batting depth. Get Starc in for Boland, Agar for Lyon and Green for Renshaw. You get 5 bowlers and batting till 9 and 10 if we add Cummins. Murphy-Starc-Cummins is a decent trio to get India all out while Green and Agar can support with their all-round abilities.
So true!!Those stupid dorks would look even worse today with their padding up! A lot of ex players, even from 10 years back, simply don't understand how the game has changed post DRS on even slightly conducive spinning pitches.
the retired ones not part of the establishment usually do these harsh truths well. sadly they are also more often than not nutcases in other ways like SehwagFinally some ex-cricketer had the balls to speak up.
may sound harsh but he has definitely underachieved compared to the talent he has and the potential he once showed. he is the second youngest to a century across all formats for India and only because Gill broke the record few weeks ago. at the end of the day his legacy in tests might well just be those 8 consecutive 50s he made in 2017 that included the BGT at home when Kohli couldn’t buy a runshameful pretty harsh
opening the batting sucks right now given the quality of fast bowling we've seen worldwide for the last decade or so
I mean this just isn't true. There us overwhelming evidence that DRS has massively favours bowlers on slow pitches by making umpires recalibrate LBW. To the point where I'm surprised anyone watching the game still can claim otherwise.It isn't zero sum. DRS can work for the batsman too. If you get hit outside the line it doesn't matter if the umpire gives it. You just refer it. It's still down to your judgment. If players are going for their shots more it's more a reflection of the scoring rates they want to maintain now.
Lara could totally do that."BACK IN MY DAY, I COULD MIDDLE THE BALL WITH MY DICK".
i often find that people who find his record tolerable tend to be overseas fans usually. trust me watching this guy for years and the way he’s failed to live up to is just infuriating… he used to average 45 or something once before his extended slump started. that was his true potential and now he is a level or couple below the best openers of todayYeah gotta agree with impatientline here. Rahul needs to go no matter what, averaging 15 in his last few tests or something like that, but he's averaged 34 opening in one of the hardest batting eras of all time post WWII and played a huge part in India basically winning a series in England.
Yeah completely agree on this. Australia where never infront at any point but they managed to keep themselves in the game despite playing some pretty ordinary cricket at points. Think the turning point was that 5-10 over period in the middle of the jadeja-rohit partnership where smith dropped rohit and jadeja had that umpires call on impact LBW go his way on 30*. If we'de taken that chance or had the umpires call go our way (Not gonna complain about luck here, we already had two legside strangles go our way) and gotten bharat out for single figures like we did then axar comes to the crease in the second session when the balls still doing a bit and the new rock is still around the corner.I do think the gap between the sides is nowhere near as big as the final result suggests. The batting from Aus was mostly abject of course but they really could and should have restricted India to a far lower score, both through bowling to their actual standard more often and doing the simple task of holding their ****ing catches. Those Jadeja and Shami drops were absolutely brutal, both scorecard wise and for mentality.
Was 5 or 6 overs between the drop and rohit's dismissal AFAIR. More just a case of bringing bharat and by proxy, axar to the crease earlier and having a solid go at them when the ball was doing a bit more.I don't think Smith dropping Rohit counts beyond the psychological impact given that Rohit was bowled, you know, the next ball.
Pros:This is Lokesh Rahul's first home test for four and a half years so I'm a bit sympathetic to his recent record. India at least have good options to replace him with though.
Was 5 or 6 overs between the drop and rohit's dismissal AFAIR. More just a case of bringing bharat and by proxy, axar to the crease earlier and having a solid go at them when the ball was doing a bit more.
But yeah at 7/240, Aus are well in the game. Had they shot out the last three for not many and India get a lead of, say, 85, then this is still a serious game. But once it gets to 200+ then Aus threw in the towel.80.4
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Cummins to Rohit Sharma, OUT
Don't need the fielders for that one! The off stump is out of the ground, sent cartwheeling. Full at straight, hint of movement with the new nut, beats the edge. In fact, that's a wonderful delivery to end a wonderful innings. A mighty century from Rohit
Rohit Sharma b Cummins 120 (212b 15x4 2x6 344m) SR: 56.6
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Cummins to Rohit Sharma, 2 runs
Dropped at second slip! Cummins finds the edge as Rohit drives and it's a low chance to Smith. Carried comfortably. Should have been taken